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-A Bitcask (LSM+WAL) Key/Value Store written in Go.
+A high performance Key/Value store written in Go with a predictable read/write performance and high throughput. Uses a [Bitcask](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcask) on-disk layout (LSM+WAL) similar to [Riak](https://riak.com/).
 
 ## Features