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+### Warning: this package is not actively supported. ###
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+You may prefer to use something newer like [Couchbase Lite](http://www.couchbase.com/autodocs/couchbase-lite-ios-1.0b3/annotated.html), which is excellent and is widely supported. This package was made long before NoSQL was really available on iPhone.
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 # kvdb
 
 **kvdb** is a key-value store for iOS backed by SQLite3.