LMDB
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
May 28, 2026first mention
Jul 3, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I also added support for parallel read your own writes”
Meilisearch developeron “Lightning Memory-Mapped Database Manager (LMDB) 1.0”
“I love LMDB, we use it in Meilisearch”
uses LMDB in Meilisearch for about 7 yearson “Lightning Memory-Mapped Database Manager (LMDB) 1.0”
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“It has worked well for me as a way to read mutable (by any client) parameters during synthesis”
computer music system developeron “Lightning Memory-Mapped Database Manager (LMDB) 1.0”
“As long as you stick to the safe LMDB options, which are the default options, it's reliable.”
maintains a commandline application for employeron “Lightning Memory-Mapped Database Manager (LMDB) 1.0”
Caveats and dissent
“I think lmdb is mostly unusable, for many use cases.”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Lightning Memory-Mapped Database Manager (LMDB) 1.0 5 mentions
- The Green Side of the Lua 1 mention
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All comments 6
“I also added support for parallel read your own writes”
“I love LMDB, we use it in Meilisearch”
“I think lmdb is mostly unusable, for many use cases.”
“It has worked well for me as a way to read mutable (by any client) parameters during synthesis”
“As long as you stick to the safe LMDB options, which are the default options, it's reliable.”
“Depending on read/write frequency, lmdb or tidesdb might be a better fit.”