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rqlite

The lightweight, easy-to-use, distributed relational database built on SQLite

rqlite.io Source★ 1,100MITSoftware Development / Backend, Databases & Storage

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rqlite
GitHub @rqlite
Launched
10y ago
2016-09-02 · Est.

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  • Launched on Show HN (4 pts · 2 comments)Launch

    rqlite – the fault-tolerant DB built on SQLite – v10.0 released — Major new release which improves clustering robustness, especially when dealing with slow Followers. New features include a built in web-b…

    Apr 28 · 7mo agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Show HN (2 pts)Launch

    rqlite and Docker and SQLite-vec – highly-available Vector Search — Hi -- I'm the creator of rqlite[1], a lightweight distributed database built on SQLite. Recently I released support for SQL Extensions[2],…

    Aug 15, 2024 · 2y agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Show HN (101 pts · 22 comments)Launch

    Rqlite v4.0 – With node-to-node encryption

    Jun 19, 2017 · 9y agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Show HN (8 pts · 1 comments)Launch

    rqlite v3.4.1 – replicating SQLite via Raft consensus

    Sep 2, 2016 · 10y agoLaunch page

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Show HN
2024-08-15Source
Post excerpt:
Hi -- I'm the creator of rqlite[1], a lightweight distributed database built on SQLite. Recently I released support for SQL Extensions[2], making it possible to load extensions into rqlite at launch time. This has opened up a bunch of new possibilities for the database. I have now taken it one step further, and baked a bunch of SQLite extensions into the rql
Console.dev
2025-01-23Source
What engineers like:
Adds fault tolerance and high availability on top of SQLite. Supports queued async writes. Configurable read consistency. Easy to start a cluster which can configure itself automatically. Can automatically backup to S3 compatible storage.
Trade-offs & limitations:
Access must be via a custom HTTP API (or one of the client libraries) to get all the functionality.
Best suited for:
Developers using SQLite who need a distributed database
Show HN
2026-04-28Source
Post excerpt:
https://rqlite.io Major new release which improves clustering robustness, especially when dealing with slow Followers. New features include a built in web-based console (at localhost:4001/console) and comprehensive use of CRC32 for even strong data integrity guarantees. Lots of other bug fixes and improvements under the covers. Full list of changes at at htt

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GitHub · MCP / Skill
rqlite/rqliteSelf-hostable
Last commit 2026-11-07
GitHub Stars
★ 1,100
Forks
48
License
MIT
Primary language
Go
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Ecosystem & integrations:
SQLiteDocker ComposeKubernetesDockerSqleanSqlite-vecSqliteai-vectorSQLite ICUSQLite Misc
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Distributed Database
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Tracked since 2026-07-31

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  1. Nov 1 · 13d ago

    Homepage headline (H1) changed to “rqlite”Positioning

    Why run rqlite?→rqlite

  2. Nov 1 · 13d ago

    Adopted technology: UnpkgFeatures

    —→Unpkg

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What is rqlite and what platforms does it support?
rqlite is catalogued under Backend, Databases & Storage: The lightweight, easy-to-use, distributed relational database built on SQLite. Supported platforms: CLI / SDK, API.
Is rqlite open source?
rqlite has a public repository (https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite) under the MIT license, recording 1,100 GitHub stars, and supporting self-hosted deployment.Source

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