Everything about IndexedDB

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: IndexedDBA 5-minute orientation
2. Pick up a classic book: Mastering IndexedDBThe most-reprinted book on the subject
3. Read the landmark paper: Browser Forensic Investigations of WhatsApp Web Utilizing IndexedDB Persistent StorageCited 17 times
4. Go sideways: Web SQL DatabaseA closely related topic
5. Go sideways: WebXRA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Browser Forensic Investigations of WhatsApp Web Utilizing IndexedDB Persistent Storage

  Furkan Paligu, Cihan Varol · 2020 · Future Internet · 17 citations

• Microsoft Teams desktop application forensic investigations utilizing IndexedDB storage

  Furkan Paligu, Cihan Varol · 2022 · Journal of Forensic Sciences · 10 citations

• Browser Forensic Investigations of Instagram Utilizing IndexedDB Persistent Storage

  Furkan Paligu, Cihan Varol · 2022 · Future Internet · 5 citations

• MIC: Memory analysis of IndexedDB data on Chromium-based applications

  Byeongchan Jeong, Sangjin Lee, Jungheum Park · 2024 · Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation · 1 citations

• Decrypting IndexedDB in private mode of Gecko-based browsers

  Dohun Kim, Sangjin Lee, Jungheum Park · 2024 · Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation · 0 citations

• Application of NoSQL Technology to Facilitate Storing and Retrieval of Clinical Data Using IndexedDb in Offline Conditions

  B. R. Nagarakshitha, K. S. Lohith, K. P. Aarthy · 2020 · Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience · 0 citations

• HTML5 IndexedDB Encryption: Prevention against Potential Attacks

  Stefan Kimak, Jeremy Ellman · 2015 · International Journal of Intelligent Computing Research · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕Mastering IndexedDBRobert Johnson · 2025

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