Couch Community Compat Table

Many Couch* clients and servers claim to be "CouchDB-compatible." But compatibility is a fuzzy thing.

The point of this table is to make an honest assessment of how we're doing as a community to interop with each other. And eventually, to make it one big grid of checkmarks. 😃

Please open a pull request to add your own sync pair.

Servers

• CouchDB 1.x
• CouchDB 2.x
• Couchbase Sync Gateway (CSG)
• Cloudant
• rcouch
• PouchDB Server

Clients

• PouchDB
• Couchbase Lite Android
• Couchbase Lite iOS
• Cloudant Sync Android
• Cloudant Sync iOS

Click the ✓, ✗, or ? to see notes.

	CouchDB 1.x	CouchDB 2.x	CSG	Cloudant	rcouch	PouchDB Server
PouchDB	✓	✓	✗	?	?	✓
Couchbase Lite Android	?	?	?	?	?	?
Couchbase Lite iOS	?	?	?	?	?	?
Cloudant Sync Android	✓	✓	?	✓	?	?
Cloudant Sync iOS	✓	✓	?	✓	?	?

Notes

PouchDB ↔ CouchDB 1.x

Fully tested in the PouchDB test suite.

PouchDB ↔ CouchDB 2.x

Fully tested in the PouchDB test suite.

PouchDB ↔ Couchbase Sync Gateway

Untested, many known issues. In particular, attachments are not replicated due to PouchDB not supporting the multipart/mixed style and CSG not supporting the older JSON style.

PouchDB ↔ Cloudant

Mostly works, but there may be issues. PouchDB is tested against CouchDB 2.x, which is largely compatible with Cloudant. No big known issues.

PouchDB ↔ rcouch

Untested.

PouchDB ↔ PouchDB Server

Fully tested in the PouchDB test suite.

Couchbase Lite Android ↔ CouchDB 1.x

Your info here

Couchbase Lite Android ↔ CouchDB 2.x

Your info here

Couchbase Lite Android ↔ Couchbase Sync Gateway

Your info here

Couchbase Lite Android ↔ Cloudant

Your info here

Couchbase Lite Android ↔ rcouch

Your info here

Couchbase Lite Android ↔ PouchDB Server

Your info here

Couchbase Lite iOS ↔ CouchDB 1.x

Your info here

Couchbase Lite iOS ↔ CouchDB 2.x

Your info here

Couchbase Lite iOS ↔ Couchbase Sync Gateway

Your info here

Couchbase Lite iOS ↔ Cloudant

Your info here

Couchbase Lite iOS ↔ rcouch

Your info here

Couchbase Lite iOS ↔ PouchDB Server

Your info here

Cloudant Sync Android ↔ CouchDB 1.x

Fully tested, integration test suite

Cloudant Sync Android ↔ CouchDB 2.x

Your info here

Cloudant Sync Android ↔ Couchbase Sync Gateway

Untested.

Cloudant Sync Android ↔ Cloudant

Fully tested.

Cloudant Sync Android ↔ rcouch

Untested.

Cloudant Sync Android ↔ PouchDB Server

Untested.

Cloudant Sync iOS ↔ CouchDB 1.x

Fully tested in Replication Acceptance test suite.

Cloudant Sync iOS ↔ CouchDB 2.x

Fully tested in Replication Acceptance test suite.

Cloudant Sync iOS ↔ Couchbase Sync Gateway

Untested.

Cloudant Sync iOS ↔ Cloudant

Fully tested

Cloudant Sync iOS ↔ rcouch

Untested.

Cloudant Sync iOS ↔ PouchDB Server

Untested.