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by VivaTechnics 317 days ago
Looks promising! Excellent!

Compared to TigerGraph, Neo4j, JanusGraph, Dgraph, and ArangoDB, I’d love to see a benchmark-ish comparison of GenosDB in terms of performance, latency, scalability, modularity, and flexibility.

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GenosDB isn’t aiming to replace TigerGraph, Neo4j, JanusGraph, Dgraph, or ArangoDB in traditional server-side workloads. It takes a different direction: • Runs entirely in the browser (no backend) • Clients are the source of truth • Peer-to-peer sync via WebRTC • WebAuthn + RBAC for authentication • Local storage via OPFS • Lightweight bundle

It targets edge-native, local-first, and real-time apps, not centralized graph clusters.

Performance: Fast local queries, sync latency depends on peers Latency: Near-zero for local ops; sync varies Scalability: Horizontal, client-based Modularity: Built with pluggable components (e.g., auth, AI query) Flexibility: Ideal for dynamic, offline-capable, decentralized apps

If you’re building a modern, peer-first system—GenosDB is a better fit than traditional server-side graph DBs.

Repo: https://github.com/estebanrfp/gdb Package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/genosdb Docs: https://genosdb.com

Open to micro-benchmarking if there’s community interest.

Considering the intrinsic limitations of distributed systems, GenosDB performs well. I’ll share some examples in case you’d like to try them out. https://github.com/estebanrfp/gdb/wiki/EXAMPLES.md