InterSystems IRIS vs. OrbitDB vs. Python vs. Toolpad Core Comparison Chart

​OrbitDB is a serverless, distributed, peer-to-peer database that utilizes IPFS for data storage and Libp2p Pubsub for automatic synchronization across peers. It employs Merkle-CRDTs to ensure conflict-free database writes and merges, making it suitable for decentralized applications, blockchain integrations, and local-first web apps. OrbitDB offers various database types tailored to different use cases: 'events' for immutable append-only logs, 'documents' for JSON document storage indexed by a specified key, 'keyvalue' for traditional key-value pairs, and 'keyvalue-indexed' for LevelDB-indexed key-value data. All these databases are built atop OpLog, an immutable, cryptographically verifiable, operation-based CRDT structure. The JavaScript implementation supports both browser and Node.js environments, with a Go version maintained by the Berty project.

Toolpad Core is a self-hosted, low‑code internal tool builder tailored for full-stack and back-end developers, empowering them to craft admin interfaces, dashboards, and CRUD apps using drag‑and‑drop visuals while retaining full code control. Built on MUI's robust React component ecosystem, integrating MUI Core and X libraries, it offers a Postman‑like query builder for REST APIs, the ability to import custom React components, and smooth integration with Node.js backends, eliminating the need for boilerplate API wiring. Toolpad operates entirely locally, storing configuration in version-control–friendly files and giving developers the freedom to extend from low‑code prototypes to production‑grade features using JavaScript and TypeScript. With deep alignment to React, TypeScript, Next.js, and local IDE workflows, Toolpad bridges the gap between rapid UI assembly and maintainable, production-ready development.