shodh-redb

Multi-modal embedded database for Rust — vectors, blobs, TTL, merge operators, and causal tracking built on ACID B-trees.

shodh-redb extends redb with capabilities for AI/ML workloads, edge computing, and multi-modal data storage. Written in pure Rust with no_std support.

What's different from redb?

Capability	redb	shodh-redb
ACID key-value store	Yes	Yes
Vector types & similarity search	No	`FixedVec<N>`, `DynVec`, `BinaryQuantized<N>`, `ScalarQuantized<N>`
Blob store (streaming, dedup, compaction)	No	Append-only with SHA-256 dedup, seekable reads, causal lineage
TTL (per-key expiration)	No	`TtlTable` with lazy filtering and bulk purge
Merge operators (atomic RMW)	No	`NumericAdd`, `NumericMax`, `BitwiseOr`, closures
Group commit (batched fsync)	No	Leader-election batching for concurrent writes
Hybrid Logical Clock	No	48-bit physical + 16-bit logical for causal ordering
Memory budget	No	Hard RAM cap with adaptive cache sizing
`no_std` support	No	`#![no_std]` with `std` feature flag (default on)

Quick start

[dependencies]

shodh-redb = "0.1"

Key-value store

use shodh_redb::{Database, Error, ReadableDatabase, ReadableTable, TableDefinition};

const TABLE: TableDefinition<&str, u64> = TableDefinition::new("my_data");

fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
    let db = Database::create("my_db.redb")?;
    let write_txn = db.begin_write()?;
    {
        let mut table = write_txn.open_table(TABLE)?;
        table.insert("my_key", &123)?;
    }
    write_txn.commit()?;

    let read_txn = db.begin_read()?;
    let table = read_txn.open_table(TABLE)?;
    assert_eq!(table.get("my_key")?.unwrap().value(), 123);
    Ok(())
}

Vector embeddings

use shodh_redb::{Database, FixedVec, TableDefinition, cosine_distance, nearest_k};

// Store 384-dim embeddings
const EMBEDDINGS: TableDefinition<u64, FixedVec<384>> = TableDefinition::new("embeddings");

// Quantized storage (32x smaller)
use shodh_redb::{BinaryQuantized, quantize_binary, hamming_distance};
const BINARY: TableDefinition<u64, BinaryQuantized<12>> = TableDefinition::new("binary_vecs");

TTL tables

use shodh_redb::{Database, TtlTableDefinition};
use std::time::Duration;

const SESSIONS: TtlTableDefinition<&str, &[u8]> = TtlTableDefinition::new("sessions");

// Insert with 30-minute expiry
// table.insert_with_ttl("session_abc", data, Duration::from_secs(1800))?;
// Expired entries are automatically filtered on read
// Bulk cleanup: table.purge_expired()?;

Merge operators

use shodh_redb::{NumericAdd, MergeOperator};

// Atomic counter increment — no read-modify-write boilerplate
// table.merge(&"page_views", &1u64, &NumericAdd)?;

Blob store

use shodh_redb::{Database, ContentType, StoreOptions};

// Store large data with streaming writes and content dedup
// let blob_id = write_txn.store_blob(image_bytes, ContentType::ImagePng, "photo", &StoreOptions::default())?;
// let reader = read_txn.blob_reader(blob_id)?; // Seekable reader

Feature flags

Flag	Default	Description
`std`	Yes	File backends, group commit, TTL, full error types
`logging`	No	Enable `log` crate messages
`cache_metrics`	No	Cache hit/miss counters
`compression_lz4`	No	LZ4 page compression
`compression_zstd`	No	Zstandard page compression
`compression`	No	Enable all compression algorithms

`no_std` usage

[dependencies]

shodh-redb = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }

Requires alloc. File backends, group commit, and TTL are unavailable in no_std mode. Use InMemoryBackend or implement a custom StorageBackend.

Credits

shodh-redb is built on top of redb by Christopher Berner. The core B-tree engine, page cache, MVCC, and crash recovery are inherited from redb. All extended features (vectors, blobs, TTL, merge operators, HLC, group commit, memory budget, no_std) are original additions.

License

Licensed under either of

at your option.

shodh-redb 0.1.0