created by Austin Poor

A small, toy database written in pure python.

• GitHub
• PyPi Package
• Read the Docs

I started writing ToyDB as a toy project, in order to get a better sense of how RDBMSs work.

My goal isn't to write a high-performance database or even necessarily to finish ToyDB -- it's to continue to get a better understanding of the inner workings of a database.

ToyDB can be installed using PyPi:

$ pip install toydb

NOTE: Still in development.

• Add indexes and keys
• Implement ORDER BY

There currently isn't any functionality for JOINs or GROUP BYs.

I'd love to hear your thoughts or suggestions on ToyDB.

Please feel free to reach out to me here or on twitter!