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Slick

Database query and access library for Scala
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What is Slick?

It is a modern database query and access library for Scala. It allows you to work with stored data almost as if you were using Scala collections while at the same time giving you full control over when a database access happens and which data is transferred.
Slick is a tool in the Database Tools category of a tech stack.
Slick is an open source tool with 2.7K GitHub stars and 610 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Slick's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses Slick?

Companies
7836 companies reportedly use Slick in their tech stacks, including ROBLOX, MasterCard, and Grab.com.

Developers
1369 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Slick.

Slick Integrations

MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, SQLite, and Scala are some of the popular tools that integrate with Slick. Here's a list of all 12 tools that integrate with Slick.

Slick's Features

  • Seamless data access for your Scala application
  • Write Scala code to query your database
  • All database entities and queries are statically checked at compile-time
  • Compose query operations just as if you were using Scala's collections

Slick Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Slick?
Quill
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MySQL
The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions.
MongoDB
MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.
Redis
Redis is an open source (BSD licensed), in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache, and message broker. Redis provides data structures such as strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets with range queries, bitmaps, hyperloglogs, geospatial indexes, and streams.
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Slick's Followers
1171 developers follow Slick to keep up with related blogs and decisions.