Open source persistence projects

Every project in the registry tagged persistence, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 4 combined stars ★ 28K refresh nightly
01 WatermelonDB ★ 12K

🍉 Reactive & asynchronous database for powerful React and React Native apps ⚡️

last pushyesterday languageJavaScript licenseMIT
02 sled ★ 9.1K

the champagne of beta embedded databases

last push6 months ago languageRust licenseApache-2.0
03 hibernate-orm ★ 6.5K

Idiomatic persistence for Java and relational databases

last push34 minutes ago languageJava licenseApache-2.0
04 EntityAuditBundle ★ 643

Audit for Doctrine Entities

last push5 months ago languagePHP licenseMIT

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source persistence projects are there?

This registry tracks 4 projects tagged persistence, with 27,991 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is WatermelonDB at 11,786 stars.

Are these persistence projects free to use?

Yes — 4 of the 4 carry an explicit open-source licence across 2 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.

Which persistence project should I choose?

The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.

Are these persistence projects still maintained?

2 of the 4 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.