What makes Couchbase Lite different?

Couchbase Lite is a developer-friendly embedded NoSQL database for offline-first apps that run on mobile, desktop, and custom devices. Unlike similar solutions, it supports SQL, vector search, and provides built-in data sync peer-to-peer and cloud-to-edge.

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Couchbase Lite key capabilities

Develop AI-powered apps that work all the time by embedding the database directly in the device. Provide a lightning-fast experience while eliminating dependencies on an unreliable internet. Take advantage of a rich feature set and wide platform and language support.

Offline-first

Embedding Couchbase Lite ensures that data is always available regardless of network connections. Data is stored locally and automatically synced with the cloud and peer devices when connectivity is available.

Developer-friendly

Develop GenAI apps for any device and platform faster with SQL and simple-to-use APIs for database CRUD, vector search, full-text search and query operations.

Edge AI-ready

Couchbase Lite supports vector search on-device and plugs right into your AI ecosystem, call local or remote ML and LLM models.

Multiplatform

Support for mobile platforms includes iOS, Android, and Windows. You can develop desktop and web server apps with .NET and Java libraries. C-API support allows developers to build applications in C that run on nearly any platform and any language.

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