SQL database engine. SQLite is the most used database engine in the world. SQLite is built into all mobile phones and most computers and comes bundled inside countless other applications that people use every day. More Information... The SQLite file format is stable, cross-platform, and backwards compatible and the developers pledge to keep it that way through the year 2050 . SQLite database files are commonly used as containers to transfer rich content between systems and as a long-term archival format for data [4] . There are over 1 trillion (1e12) SQLite databases in active use [5] . SQLite source code is in the public-domain and is free to everyone to use for any purpose.

Latest Release

Version 3.50.2 (2025-06-28). Download Prior Releases

Common Links

Features

When to use SQLite

Getting Started

Try it live!

SQL Syntax

Pragmas

SQL functions

Date & time functions

Aggregate functions

Window functions

Math functions

JSON functions

C/C++ Interface Spec

Introduction

List of C-language APIs

The TCL Interface Spec

Quirks and Gotchas

Frequently Asked Questions

Commit History

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