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Knex.js vs OctoSQL: What are the differences?

Knex.js: SQL query builder for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite3, and Oracle. Knex.js is a "batteries included" SQL query builder for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite3, and Oracle designed to be flexible, portable, and fun to use. It features both traditional node style callbacks as well as a promise interface for cleaner async flow control, a stream interface, full featured query and schema builders, transaction support (with savepoints), connection pooling and standardized responses between different query clients and dialects; OctoSQL: A query tool that allows you to join, analyse and transform data from multiple databases. It is a SQL query engine which allows you to write standard SQL queries on data stored in multiple SQL databases, NoSQL databases and files in various formats trying to push down as much of the work as possible to the source databases, not transferring unnecessary data.

Knex.js and OctoSQL belong to "Database Tools" category of the tech stack.

Knex.js and OctoSQL are both open source tools. Knex.js with 10.2K GitHub stars and 1.25K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than OctoSQL with 1.59K GitHub stars and 62 GitHub forks.

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Pros of Knex.js
Pros of OctoSQL
  • 11
    Write once and then connect to almost any sql engine
  • 10
    Faster
  • 8
    Nice api, Migrations/Seeds
  • 7
    Flexibility in what engine you choose
  • 7
    Free
  • 5
    Multi support and easy to use
  • 1
    Simple query API
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    What is Knex.js?

    Knex.js is a "batteries included" SQL query builder for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite3, and Oracle designed to be flexible, portable, and fun to use. It features both traditional node style callbacks as well as a promise interface for cleaner async flow control, a stream interface, full featured query and schema builders, transaction support (with savepoints), connection pooling and standardized responses between different query clients and dialects.

    What is OctoSQL?

    It is a SQL query engine which allows you to write standard SQL queries on data stored in multiple SQL databases, NoSQL databases and files in various formats trying to push down as much of the work as possible to the source databases, not transferring unnecessary data.

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