libdbo is a lightweight database abstraction layer and an associated collection of plug-ins for connecting to databases.

Modelled in many respects after Perl's DBI or PHP's PDO, the focus of libdbo is on providing a consistent API rather than abstracting away the details of differing SQL implementations between RDBMSes—although libdbo does have some tools to help you in this regard.

This aim of libdbo is to produce a layer that is lightweight, extensible (through plug-ins) and easy to use.