HSQLDB vs IndexedDB: What are the differences?
Developers describe HSQLDB as "Leading SQL relational database software written in Java". It offers a small, fast multi-threaded and transactional database engine with in-memory and disk-based tables and supports embedded and server modes. It includes a powerful command line SQL tool and simple GUI query tools. On the other hand, IndexedDB is detailed as "A low-level API for client-side storage of significant amounts of structured data". This API uses indexes to enable high-performance searches of this data. While Web Storage is useful for storing smaller amounts of data, it is less useful for storing larger amounts of structured data.
HSQLDB and IndexedDB can be primarily classified as "Databases" tools.
Some of the features offered by HSQLDB are:
- Original code, based on in-depth study of database theory and the SQL Standard
- Extensive syntax compatibility modes for porting from other database systems
- The fastest overall open-source SQL implementation for small and medium sized databases
On the other hand, IndexedDB provides the following key features:
- Stores key-pair values
- It is not a relational database
- IndexedDB API is mostly asynchronous
HSQLDB is an open source tool with 16 GitHub stars and 5 GitHub forks. Here's a link to HSQLDB's open source repository on GitHub.