Embedded NoSQL database for .NET
An open source MongoDB-like database with zero configuration - mobile ready
Install-Package LiteDB
Standalone database
LiteDB is a serverless database delivered in a single small DLL (< 450kb) fully written in .NET C# managed code (compatible with .NET 4.5 and NETStandard 2.0).
Install it via NuGet or just copy the DLL to your bin project folder.
Fast and lightweight
LiteDB is a simple and fast NoSQL database solution. Ideal for:
- Mobile Apps (Xamarin ready)
- Desktop/local applications
- Application file format
- Web applications
- One database per account/user data store
And much more...
- Portable UWP and Xamarin iOS/Android
- ACID transactions
- Single datafile (like SQLite)
- Recovery data in writing failure (WAL mode)
- Map your POCO class to BsonDocument
- Fluent API for custom mapping
- Cross collections references (DbRef)
- Store files and stream data (like GridFS in MongoDB)
- LINQ query support
- FREE for everyone - including commercial use
Features
SQL Syntax
- LiteDB supports SQL-like language for data and structure manipulations. You can insert, update, delete or query your database using a very similar SQL relational language
- LINQ expressions (lambda functions) can be used to create fluent API query in your C# code
- All SQL commands are supported in new LiteDB.Studio admin tool
- You can also get detailed EXPLAIN PLAN from the query engine to check if your query will run with the best performance
Awesome features
- Thread-safe with cross collection transaction
- No locks for readers. Per collection writer locks
- Partial document lookup/loader and index-only queries supported
- FileStorage to store files and streams inside your database
- System collections to easily import/export data and manage your database
Work everywhere
- LiteDB is fully written in C# managed code
- Support .NET Framework 4.5 and .NET Standard 1.3 and 2.0, .NET Core 2.0+, UWP, Linux, mobile Xamarin (iOS and Android), Unity... in every .NET platform
- Did I mention that LiteDB is free and open source?
LiteDB Community
LiteDB is a growing community that needs your help. You can contribute with LiteDB in many ways:
- Open a bug issue on Github
- Chat with us on Gitter
- Make a question on StackOverflow
- Answer these few questions about how you use LiteDB
- And follow us on Twitter
Meet LiteDB team
Maurício David
Founder/Software Engineer
Cassiano Sombrio
Software Engineer
