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Kinto vs Apache CouchDB: catalog facts
Kinto	Apache CouchDB
Free Free and open source; you run it on your own server.	Free Free and open source Apache project.
Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Built-in synchronisation and sharing of JSON records Permission inheritance across buckets, collections and records	Multi-primary replication between many nodes and devices Plain HTTP/JSON API
A backend for developers, not an end-user app Requires PostgreSQL for production use	Document model is not a fit for relational workloads Running a cluster takes server administration
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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