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Three real projects written in Neo: a document database, a full-stack web framework and a headless browser. Each ships as one static binary, and each beats established tools on its own workload.

Document database

ZetaDB

A document database written entirely in the language.

2.03×faster than SQLite at the database work of a durable 10,000-document workflow; 4.01× PostgreSQL, 19.9× MongoDB
WorkloadZetaDBSQLitePostgreSQLMongoDBLead
Database work, 10k docsms, lower is better 45.3 91.8181.5899.2 2.03×
Ingest 10k docsms, lower is better 26.0 42.0101.8676.2 1.61×
Group-by aggregateµs, lower is better 59.45 5,6092,2013,286 37.0×
Peak memory, 10k docsMiB, lower is better 20.8 21.2102.7335.4 1.02×

x86-64 Linux, one pinned AMD EPYC Genoa vCPU for every engine · 31 October 2026 · lead over the closest rival

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Web framework

NeoKit

A full-stack web framework, in the spirit of Next.js.

1.99×Rust's server-rendering throughput on a 1,000-row page; 1.85× Go, 4.58× Bun
WorkloadNeoKitRustGoBunLead
Large page, 105 KBreq/s, higher is better 12,211 6,1336,6132,668 1.85×
Interactive page, 6 KBreq/s, higher is better 71,428 50,17227,46726,926 1.42×
Peak memory, large pageMiB, lower is better 0.93 3.5012.4132.8 3.76×
Deployed sizeMiB, lower is better 0.16 0.897.7597.1 5.70×

x86-64 Linux, each server on one pinned AMD EPYC Genoa vCPU · 31 October 2026 · lead over the closest rival

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Headless browser

NeoBrowser

A headless web browser for agents and crawlers, in the spirit of Lightpanda.

9.2×faster than Lightpanda at loading python.org's home page and reading it from the DOM; 24.7× headless Chrome, with a third of Lightpanda's memory
WorkloadNeoBrowserLightpandaChromeLead
Page load, python.orgms, lower is better 6.9 63.5170.1 9.20×
Page load, Wikipediams, lower is better 23.3 136.7261.0 5.87×
Peak memory, python.orgMiB, lower is better 7.00 21.497.7 3.06×
Deployed sizeMiB, lower is better 13.4 73.6274.1 5.48×

x86-64 Linux, every browser on the same two AMD EPYC Genoa vCPUs · 1 November 2026 · lead over the closest rival

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