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ObjectBox
Company blog · objectbox.iodatasystems
ObjectBox is the company blog at objectbox.io, writing about data and systems. Since 2017, 16 different Hacker News readers have linked it 27 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-08, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (10) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters mention ObjectBox as an embedded database option and link its benchmarks, FAQ and Go release post, which cite performance numbers against SQLite. Two comments are job postings.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 10 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
High-speed & lightweight database solution which securly stores your data privatly on-device and syncs it seamless to millions of devices
Most-linked posts?
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-09-29
What Hacker News says?
ObjectBox DB | iOS and C++ developers | Full time | ONSITE and REMOTE | Munich, Germany ObjectBox (Techstars ’17) is a well funded startup that helps app/IoT developers develop faster apps faster by ensuring data is where it is needed when it is needed. The core of this solution is our embedded mobile database which is 10x faster than SQLite. On top of the database, we’re building a data synchronization solution. We…
Comment linking /jobs/objectbox-senior-c-plusplus-developer/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)”Submitted First on-device Vector database for mobile devices as a story · 6 points
HN discussionObjectBox | ioS Developer with C++ background | Seedstage | Fulltime / Flexible | Munich or remote The fastest way to access what we do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D63F9euA6hE&feature=youtu.be... Main responsibilities * Build the Objective C and Swift API for ObjectBox on top of an existing C++ API * Build additional iOS specific components for ObjectBox * Build components related to data synchronization Requir…
Comment linking /jobs/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)”Submitted Flutter / Dart database benchmarks released alongside new version as a story · 4 points
HN discussionHas anyone used ObjectBox in anger and can share their experience? https://objectbox.io/ https://github.com/objectbox/ (addition) Some benchmarks https://greenrobot.org/android/benchmarking-on-android/ https://greenrobot.org/android/android-orm-performance-2016/ (edit) You can even measure it yourself https://github.com/objectbox/objectbox-performance
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on “Offline First”Submitted ObjectBox database for Java / Kotlin 3.0: now with String List and Map support as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAdding ObjectBox to the list. https://objectbox.io/
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on “EdgeDB 2.0”Submitted ObjectBox Release for Azure Sphere: Efficient IoT Edge Computing as a story · 3 points
HN discussionIt would be great to have the vector database run on the edge / on-device for offline-first and be privacy-focused. https://objectbox.io/ does this but i would like to see AWS and others offer this as well.
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on “Will Amazon S3 Vectors kill vector databases or save them?”Submitted ObjectBox on Azure Sphere: Efficient IoT Data Persistence as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe Go release post ( https://objectbox.io/go-objectbox-golang/ ) has some numbers. "On a i7-8850H CPU, ObjectBox consistently processes over 1.5 million CRUD operations per second with 4.4 million object reads per second."
Comment linking /go-objectbox-golang/
on “ObjectBox: Fast object-oriented database for Go”Submitted An On-Device Vector Database: ObjectBox 4.0 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThere's some general info here, including a comparison to SQLite: https://objectbox.io/dev-get-started/ For Android, there's even a repository to test it yourself: https://github.com/objectbox/objectbox-performance
Comment linking /dev-get-started/
on “ObjectBox: Fast object-oriented database for Go”Submitted Flutter database ObjectBox reaches 2.0 with new async APIs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionLooks like it https://objectbox.io/faq/ " We will open source more components later, but first we need to figure out some things with ObjectBox. Please give us time on this. We’re currently putting all our efforts in advancing the product. Please contact us if you have questions about this (email contact [at] objectbox.io.). Thank you."
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on “ObjectBox: Fast object-oriented database for Go”Submitted Time series and objects: hybrid DB as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSee here for performance benchmarks: https://objectbox.io/go-1-0-release-and-performance-benchmar...
Comment linking /go-1-0-release-and-performance-benchmarks/
on “ObjectBox Go: Efficient object-oriented IoT database released in version 1.0”Submitted Android App Bundle and Sideloading: How to Prevent Crashes as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIf you are just getting into this tech, like me, then this article leads down the rabbit hole of different index types supported in different vector stores. Most easy-to-use vector stores only use HNSW indices, which is "good enough". A few offer different types of indices. Milvus[1] and FAISS[2] are a couple that support IVF indices. It's great to see another lightweight tool that does this with GPU acceleration. 1…
Comment linking /vector-database/
on “GPU-Accelerated Indexing in LanceDB”Submitted We made a fast database that thinks like Swift 5 help us make it better? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What is an Edge Database, and why do you need one? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building a Business on Open Source as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted C++ developers, ask for feedback before going 1.0 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted ObjectBox for EdgeX as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted ObjectBox 1.0 – fastest object persistence for mobile as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted ObjectBox: The mobile database as a story · 1 points
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