Rui CarmoSQLite is my database engine of choice for simple, no-frills stuff, and has of late become popular enough for me not to have to bother compiling it from scratch anywhere.
| Category | Date | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmarks | 2025 | go-sqlite-bench | a set of benchmarks for the various Go SQLite bindings |
| Extensions | 2026 | honker | SQLite extension and bindings for Postgres-style NOTIFY/LISTEN with durable queues, streams, pub/sub, and scheduling. |
| 2025 | sqlite-js | an embedding of QuickJS inside SQLite to allow for in-database processing. | |
| sqliteai-vector | another, arguably less resource hungry vector extension | ||
| 2023 | sqlite-vss | an extension for efficient vector search | |
| sqlean.py | a bundle of pre-packaged extensions for Python | ||
| Unofficial SQLite package registry | an interesting set of public extensions | ||
| 2022 | sqlite-html | An extension for parsing HTML | |
| 2008 | SpatiaLite | An extension to support spatial data in conformance with OpenGIS | |
| Forks | 2026 | libsql | A fork of SQLite full of niceties and creature comforts |
| Turso | a Rust based distributed database built on SQLite | ||
| 2023 | libsql | A fork of SQLite that allows for open contributions | |
| 2022 | litetree | A branching database | |
| Networking | 2023 | FerretDB | a proxy that converts MongoDB 6.0+ wire protocol queries to Postgres or SQLite |
| 2022 | Postlite | A Postgres wire protocol for remote access to SQLite | |
| Ports | 2024 | limbo | a Rust port of the core engine |
| Replication | 2023 | litefs | FUSE-based file system for replicating SQLite databases across a cluster of machines |
| 2022 | litestream | streaming replication | |
| marmot | A distributed SQLite replicator | ||
| rqlite | |||
| Tools | 2026 | datasette-ts | A TypeScript-first Datasette-style static explorer for SQLite, with local serve and Cloudflare Workers deploy |
| 2025 | sqlitebrowser | a visual tool to manage SQLite databases | |
| Base | a commercial macOS desktop app to manage databases | ||
| 2024 | sqlite-studio | a single binary SQLite explorer with an embedded web UI | |
| 2023 | sqinn-go | A library that makes it easy to run | |
| TablePlus | a modern, native app for managing databases (commercial) | ||
| 2006 | SQLite Control Center |