SharpCoreDB v1.4.1 delivers critical bug fixes, 60-80% metadata compression, enterprise-scale distributed features, and a fully functional network database server.
Phase 1-11 (100% Complete): SharpCoreDB is now a fully-featured, production-ready embedded AND networked database with advanced analytics, vector search, graph algorithms, distributed capabilities, and server mode.
Latest Achievement: 🚀 Phase 11 - SharpCoreDB.Server COMPLETE (100%)
SharpCoreDB has been successfully transformed from embedded database into a network-accessible database server with gRPC, Binary Protocol, HTTP REST API, and WebSocket streaming support.
Server Features Delivered:
- ✅ gRPC protocol (HTTP/2 + HTTP/3, primary protocol)
- ✅ Binary TCP protocol handler
- ✅ HTTPS REST API (DatabaseController)
- ✅ WebSocket streaming protocol (real-time query streaming)
- ✅ JWT authentication + Role-Based Access Control
- ✅ Mutual TLS (certificate-based authentication)
- ✅ Multi-database registry with system databases
- ✅ Connection pooling (1000+ concurrent connections)
- ✅ Health checks & metrics (Prometheus-compatible)
- ✅ .NET Client library (ADO.NET-style)
- ✅ Python client (PySharpDB - published to PyPI)
- ✅ JavaScript/TypeScript SDK (published to npm)
- ✅ Docker + Docker Compose deployment
- ✅ Cross-platform installers (Windows Service, Linux systemd)
- ✅ Complete server documentation and examples
See documentation: docs/server/PHASE11_IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md
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🐛 Critical Bug Fixes
- Database reopen edge case fixed (graceful empty JSON handling)
- Immediate metadata flush ensures durability
- Enhanced error messages with JSON preview
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📦 New Features
- Brotli compression for JSON metadata (60-80% size reduction)
- Backward compatible format detection
- Zero breaking changes
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📊 Quality Metrics
- 1,468+ tests (was 850+ in v1.3.5)
- 100% backward compatible
- All 11 phases production-ready
Phase 11: SharpCoreDB.Server (Network Database Server) ✅
- gRPC protocol (HTTP/2 + HTTP/3) - primary, high-performance protocol
- Binary TCP protocol - PostgreSQL wire protocol compatibility
- HTTPS REST API - web browser and simple integration support
- WebSocket streaming - real-time query streaming
- JWT + Mutual TLS authentication
- Role-Based Access Control (Admin/Writer/Reader)
- Multi-database support with system databases
- Connection pooling (1000+ concurrent connections)
- Health checks & Prometheus metrics
- .NET, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript client libraries
- Docker + cross-platform installers (Windows/Linux)
- Complete documentation and examples
Phase 10: Enterprise Distributed Features ✅
- Multi-master replication with vector clocks (Phase 10.2)
- Distributed transactions with 2PC protocol (Phase 10.3)
- Dotmim.Sync integration for cloud sync (Phase 10.1)
Phase 9: Advanced Analytics ✅
- 100+ aggregate functions (COUNT, SUM, AVG, STDDEV, VARIANCE, PERCENTILE, CORRELATION)
- Window functions (ROW_NUMBER, RANK, DENSE_RANK, LAG, LEAD)
- 150-680x faster than SQLite
Phase 8: Vector Search ✅
- HNSW indexing with SIMD acceleration
- 50-100x faster than SQLite
- Production-tested with 10M+ vectors
Phase 6: Graph Algorithms ✅
- A* pathfinding (30-50% improvement)
- Graph traversal (BFS, DFS, bidirectional search)
- ROWREF data type for graph edges
- GRAPH_TRAVERSE() SQL function
Phases 1-5: Core Engine ✅
- Single-file encrypted database (AES-256-GCM)
- SQL support with advanced query optimization
- ACID transactions with WAL
- B-tree and hash indexing
- Full-text search
- SIMD-accelerated operations
- Memory pooling and JIT optimizations
# Core database (v1.4.1 - NOW WITH METADATA COMPRESSION!)
dotnet add package SharpCoreDB --version 1.4.1
# Server mode (network database server with gRPC/HTTP/WebSocket)
dotnet add package SharpCoreDB.Server --version 1.4.1
dotnet add package SharpCoreDB.Client --version 1.4.1
# Distributed features (multi-master replication, 2PC transactions)
dotnet add package SharpCoreDB.Distributed --version 1.4.1
# Analytics engine (100+ aggregate & window functions)
dotnet add package SharpCoreDB.Analytics --version 1.4.1
# Vector search (HNSW indexing, semantic search)
dotnet add package SharpCoreDB.VectorSearch --version 1.4.1
# Sync integration (bidirectional sync with SQL Server/PostgreSQL/MySQL/SQLite)
dotnet add package SharpCoreDB.Provider.Sync --version 1.4.1
# Graph algorithms (A* pathfinding)
dotnet add package SharpCoreDB.Graph --version 1.4.1
# Optional integrations
dotnet add package SharpCoreDB.EntityFrameworkCore --version 1.4.1
dotnet add package SharpCoreDB.Extensions --version 1.4.1
dotnet add package SharpCoreDB.Serilog.Sinks --version 1.4.1
# Client libraries for other languages
# Python: pip install pysharpcoredb
# JavaScript/TypeScript: npm install @sharpcoredb/client| Operation | SharpCoreDB | SQLite | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulk Insert (1M rows) | 2.8s | 18.2s | 6.5x faster |
| COUNT (1M rows) | 0.8ms | 544ms | 682x faster |
| Window Functions | 15ms | 2.3s | 156x faster |
| Vector Search (10M) | 1.2ms | 120ms | 100x faster |
| Metadata Compression | 24KB → 5.8KB | N/A | 75% reduction |
| gRPC Query Latency | 0.8-1.2ms | N/A | Sub-millisecond |
| Concurrent Connections | 1000+ | N/A | Server mode |
- Single-file encrypted database with AES-256-GCM
- Full SQL support with advanced query optimization
- ACID transactions with Write-Ahead Logging (WAL)
- Multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
- Automatic indexing (B-tree and hash)
- gRPC Protocol - Primary, high-performance protocol (HTTP/2 + HTTP/3)
- Binary TCP Protocol - PostgreSQL wire protocol compatibility
- HTTPS REST API - Web browser and simple integration support
- WebSocket Streaming - Real-time query streaming
- Enterprise Security - JWT + Mutual TLS authentication, RBAC
- Connection Pooling - 1000+ concurrent connections
- Multi-Database Support - Multiple databases + system databases
- Health & Metrics - Prometheus-compatible monitoring
- Cross-Platform - Docker, Windows Service, Linux systemd
- Client Libraries - .NET (ADO.NET-style), Python (PyPI), JavaScript/TypeScript (npm)
- 100+ aggregate functions
- Window functions for complex analysis
- Statistical analysis (STDDEV, VARIANCE, PERCENTILE, CORRELATION)
- 150-680x faster than SQLite for analytics
- HNSW indexing with SIMD acceleration
- Semantic similarity search
- 50-100x faster than SQLite
- Production-tested with 10M+ vectors
- Multi-master replication across nodes
- Distributed transactions with 2PC protocol
- Bidirectional sync with cloud databases
- Automatic conflict resolution
- Vector clock-based causality tracking
- Windows (x64, ARM64)
- Linux (x64, ARM64)
- macOS (x64, ARM64)
- Android, iOS (via portable library)
- IoT/Embedded devices
- Docker - Official container images
- Cloud - Azure, AWS, GCP compatible
using SharpCoreDB;
// Create encrypted database
var factory = new DatabaseFactory();
var db = factory.Create("myapp.scdb", "master-password");
// Create table and insert data
db.ExecuteSQL("CREATE TABLE users (id INT PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT)");
db.ExecuteSQL("INSERT INTO users VALUES (1, 'Alice')");
// Query with advanced analytics
var results = db.ExecuteQuery(
"SELECT name, COUNT(*) as count FROM users GROUP BY name"
);
// Persist to disk
db.Flush();Start the Server:
# Using Docker
docker run -d -p 5001:5001 -p 8443:8443 \
-v /data/sharpcoredb:/data \
sharpcoredb/server:latest
# Or using Windows Service
sc create SharpCoreDBServer binPath="C:\Program Files\SharpCoreDB\SharpCoreDB.Server.exe"
sc start SharpCoreDBServer
# Or using Linux systemd
sudo systemctl enable sharpcoredb
sudo systemctl start sharpcoredbConnect from .NET:
using SharpCoreDB.Client;
// Connect to SharpCoreDB server
await using var connection = new SharpCoreDBConnection(
"Server=localhost;Port=5001;Database=mydb;SSL=true;Username=admin;Password=***"
);
await connection.OpenAsync();
// Execute queries
await using var command = new SharpCoreDBCommand("SELECT * FROM users WHERE age > @age", connection);
command.Parameters.Add("@age", 21);
await using var reader = await command.ExecuteReaderAsync();
while (await reader.ReadAsync())
{
Console.WriteLine($"Name: {reader["name"]}, Age: {reader["age"]}");
}Connect from Python:
import asyncio
import pysharpcoredb as scdb
async def main():
async with scdb.connect("grpc://localhost:5001", database="mydb") as conn:
result = await conn.execute("SELECT * FROM users WHERE age > ?", {"age": 21})
print(f"Found {len(result)} users")
asyncio.run(main())Connect from JavaScript/TypeScript:
import { connect } from '@sharpcoredb/client';
const connection = await connect('grpc://localhost:5001', { database: 'mydb' });
const result = await connection.execute('SELECT * FROM users WHERE age > ?', { age: 21 });
console.log(`Found ${result.rows.length} users`);
await connection.close();
