hash-anu/snkv

SNKV — a lightweight key-value store focused on simplicity, security and performance file based database , written using sqlite's b-tree directly. Now supports vector HNSW , Join the discussion: https://discord.gg/Wwe9dFy3P

36 best points · 33 comments · 8 Hacker News posts · 78 GitHub stars · View on GitHub

Hacker News discussions

• Show HN: SNKV – SQLite's B-tree as a key-value store (C/C++ and Python bindings) (36 points, 31 comments, by swaminarayan, 2026-02-24)
• Show HN: SnkvDB – Single-header ACID KV store using SQLite's B-Tree engine (5 points, 1 comments, by hashmakjsn, 2026-02-16)
• Show HN: Developed key value storage using SQLite's b-tree APIs directly (4 points, 0 comments, by hashmakjsn, 2026-02-09)
• Ask HN: Designing TTL for a B-tree KV store – feedback on dual-index approach (4 points, 1 comments, by swaminarayan, 2026-02-26)
• Show HN: SNKV and LiteFS – Distributed KV store with automatic replication (3 points, 0 comments, by hashmakjsn, 2026-02-10)
• SnkvDB – Single-header ACID KV store using SQLite's B-Tree engine (3 points, 0 comments, by usefulcat, 2026-02-18)
• Show HN: SNKV – KV store on SQLite's B-tree with 11x less memory than RocksDB (3 points, 0 comments, by swaminarayan, 2026-02-18)
• Show HN: SNKV benchmark with RocksDB (2 points, 0 comments, by hashmakjsn, 2026-02-11)