OrbisDB is a fully open-source relational database built on top of Ceramic, a decentralized event store. It inherits data ownership, composability and decentralized properties of Ceramic, while providing a highly scalable way of querying data via SQL, GraphQL and a built-in Dashboard.

Features

• Easy setup
  • Thanks to our GUI wizard (link dash), you can get started in minutes
• Scalability
  • Scale both reads and writes independently
• Decentralized
  • Built on top of a decentralized event store, Ceramic (link arch)
• PostgreSQL
  • Full SQL compatibility via our Postgres backend, utilize the existing ecosystem
• GraphQL
  • A native GraphQL interface allows you to query data your way
• Composable
  • Models (link) dictate the way data is structured so other apps can consume it
• Data ownership
  • All data is singed and ultimately owned by the end user (link dids)
• Contextualized
  • Organize your data the way you want with Contexts (link)
• Customizable
  • Plugins (link) enable unlimited customization, if you can imagine it, you can do it

Motivation

OrbisDB is a successor of Orbis, an open social protocol. The experience of building a user and developer friendly open social protocol gave us insights into existing solutions and their limitations.

Most Web3 database solutions today come with trade-offs such as high gas costs, scalability issues or a completely new architecture and developer experience.

OrbisDB, on other hand, builds on top of existing solutions and protocols (link arch). This allows us to focus on the core product, without reinventing existing foundations. It also benefits from the vast existing ecosystems.

Since nobody can predict all the use cases, OrbisDB comes with plugins (link plugins), allowing anyone to build and extend core functionality, expose new API routes or customize the way data is being validated and stored.

Use cases

• Social platform
• Forum
• Web apps