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Related products
Related products that work with Alopex DB: Alopex Skulk and Alopex Chirps. Each is an independent product developed in its own repository.
Updated: Oct 11, 2026
Alopex DB has related products you can combine with it. Each is an independent product with its own repository and releases, and each works on its own.
Alopex Skulk: an embedded time-series engine
Alopex Skulk is an embedded engine for time-series data. It suits workloads that write large volumes of timestamped data, such as metrics or sensor readings, and read it back quickly by time range. It has storage built specifically for time series.
Alopex Chirps: a gossip, QUIC, and Raft messaging layer
Alopex Chirps is a library that bundles node discovery, membership, and messaging for distributed systems. It provides QUIC, SWIM-style gossip, and Raft, and it carries Alopex DB’s node-to-node communication. Chirps is an independent product developed in its own repository.
Putting them together
- Alopex DB alone runs as an embedded SQL and vector-search database.
- For apps that handle time-series data, use Skulk.
- For multi-node clusters, Chirps connects the nodes.