Remind me: was there a native alternative to Mongo?

adamginsburg · July 29, 2026, 8:41pm

I did a quick search here, but nothing jumped out. Just thought Id check? Some old topics from 10 years ago.

I do see Apollo and GraphQL | Docs

Is that it?

harry97 · July 29, 2026, 9:11pm

GitHub - vlasky/meteor-mysql: Reactive MySQL for Meteor · GitHub by
@vlasky the mad scientist

adamginsburg · July 30, 2026, 1:44am

Cool thanks.

Any thoughts on how this would work/would n’t work with other sql servers?

Are you or others using in production?

gr4vitywall · July 30, 2026, 11:11am

The closest thing to it is/was FerretDB. The company was victim of a lawsuit by MongoDB, and development seems to have stopped since then. I’m not aware of anything else.

harry97 · July 30, 2026, 11:15am

@adamginsburg I’ve not used it myself but I know vlasky uses it and it’s pulled straight from a production project of his so it’s battle tested. You can see how long it has been there

@gr4vitywall oh you did remind me! https://github.com/wekan/wekan/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v977-2026-07-06-wekan--release

Wekan uses Ferretdb with Metero @xet7

xet7 · July 30, 2026, 12:03pm

@adamginsburg

My FerretDB v1 fork is full replacement for MongoDB 7

Compatibility:

build.sh and build.bat at GitHub - wekan/wekan: The Open Source kanban, built with Meteor. GitHub issues/PRs are only for FLOSS Developers, not for support, support is at https://wekan.fi/commercial-support/ . New English strings for new features at imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json . Non-English translations at https://app.transifex.com/wekan/wekan only. · GitHub has menu options for running FerretDB, and tests that all pass for current databases (SQLite and PostgreSQL) and experimental databases (MySQL, MariaDB, SAP Hana)

I’ll sometime check is roadmap up-to-date:

github.com

wekan/FerretDB/blob/main-v1/ROADMAP.md

# WeKan on FerretDB — Compatibility Roadmap

This roadmap tracks what is needed to run [WeKan](https://github.com/wekan/wekan)
(Meteor 3 / MongoDB) on **FerretDB v1.24.2 with the SQLite backend** (this repo,
`main-v1` branch), and compares that against **FerretDB v2** (`main`, PostgreSQL +
DocumentDB).

Everything is consolidated into the single **[Compatibility matrix](#compatibility-matrix)**
below: every capability, by category, with whether WeKan uses it, the status in v1
and v2, what is missing, and which tests cover it. The v1 and v2 columns were
validated against the actual code on the `main-v1` and `main` branches (see
[Validation notes](#validation-notes)).

**Assumptions**

- WeKan **attachments are stored on the filesystem** (`WRITABLE_PATH`, storage
  strategy `fs`), not in the database — so **GridFS is out of scope**. GridFS is
  only exercised if an admin explicitly selects the `gridfs` backend or migrates
  legacy CollectionFS data. See WeKan `models/attachments.server.js`,
  `models/lib/fileStoreStrategy.js`, `server/lib/mongoStartup.js` (startup notice:

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geekforbrains · July 31, 2026, 1:42pm

That reactive mysql one is cool! I’ve been messing with a sqlite version for fun. Wanted it for an intranet/local app. Haven’t been very successful though

alimgafar · August 5, 2026, 5:06pm

Reactive SQLite as a drop in would be fun to have, especially for kiosk-style apps. Much lighter-weight.

italojs · August 6, 2026, 1:20pm

Just sharing, today we have a great PR from @mvogt22 where he implements postgress inside the reactive layer, it’s a good promise for the next year IMO since postgress allow us to access a kind of toolkit we havent today like queues, buffer cache, and etc, what will bring more features for the meteorjs with less external dependencies.