Use case

Databases for Scientific data

Arrays, genomics, imaging and simulation outputs. The leading options are TileDB, GenomicsDB and rasdaman.

16 active · ordered by fit for this category, then WhichDB Score

TileDBArray / Scientificopen source

Embeddable multidimensional array storage engine for dense and sparse data on object storage.

10.5
GenomicsDBArray / Scientificopen source

Sparse-array store for genomic variant data, built on TileDB and shipped inside GATK4.

4.2
rasdamanArray / Scientificopen source

Array database for massive multidimensional rasters, with SQL-style queries and OGC WCPS services.

3.9
FaissVectoropen source

Meta's C++/Python library for fast dense-vector similarity search and clustering, CPU and GPU.

44.7
MonetDBColumnar / OLAPopen source

Pioneering open-source column-store from CWI, still a lean research-grade analytical SQL database.

24.2
eXist-dbXMLopen source

Open-source native XML database and XQuery application platform for documents and digital editions.

19.3
QLeverRDF / Triple Storeopen source

Fast open-source SPARQL engine that serves all of Wikidata or OpenStreetMap from one machine.

17.9
BaseXXMLopen source

Lightweight, fast native XML database and XQuery 3.1/4.0 processor with a GUI.

17.5
ArcticDBTime-Series

Serverless DataFrame database from Man Group: Pandas in, versioned columnar data on S3 out.

14.4
ScaNNVectoropen source

Google Research's ANN library using anisotropic quantization; the tech behind Vertex AI and AlloyDB vectors.

6.3
AceDBObjectopen source

Genome database system born for C. elegans in 1989, with an object-tree data model; NCBI fork still updated.

2.2
HyperGraphDBGraphopen source

Embedded Java hypergraph database where edges can link any number of atoms, including other edges.

1.9
QservRelationalopen source

Distributed shared-nothing SQL database built to serve the Rubin Observatory's petascale sky catalogs.

0.8
DatascopeRelational

Flat-file relational database at the heart of BRTT's Antelope seismic and environmental monitoring suite.

0.0
Apache Jena TDBRDF / Triple Storeopen source

Apache Jena's native RDF store, embeddable in Java or served over SPARQL with Fuseki.

18.9
OxigraphRDF / Triple Storeopen source

Small, fast SPARQL database in Rust that embeds in Rust, Python and JavaScript or runs as a server.

15.1

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