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SQLite is a database engine embedded in the application: the whole database is one file on disk, and there is no server to install or connect to. That suits local development, small sites and read-heavy workloads, and it removes the database from the hosting bill. It needs a persistent, writable filesystem, which some serverless and container platforms do not provide, and concurrent writes are limited. A record holds this value when its documentation lists SQLite as supported, for development or production.

61 projects support SQLite, listed alphabetically. Mostly web frameworks, APIs and backends and content management systems, of 14 categories in all. 122 records do not record this field, and cannot appear here either way. For 317 the question does not apply. Counts only projects with momentum; the full list has the rest.

A

  • Active Record

    Object-relational mapping library for Ruby that maps classes to database tables, distributed as part of Rails.

  • Adminer

    Web-based database management tool distributed as a single PHP file.

  • AdminNeo

    Database management tool written in PHP that is distributed as a single file and built on Adminer.

  • AdonisJS

    TypeScript-first Node.js web framework for web apps and API servers, with ORM, validation, mail and queues in the core distribution.

  • Alinea

    Git-based headless CMS for Next.js that stores every entry as a JSON file in the project repository.

  • ALTCHA

    Open-source proof-of-work CAPTCHA widget and server verification libraries, with a paid self-hosted server (Sentinel) and a hosted service (Cloud).

  • Auth.js

    Authentication library for JavaScript web frameworks, with OAuth and OpenID Connect providers, email sign-in and credentials.

  • Authelia

    Open-source authentication and authorization server and portal that adds multi-factor authentication and single sign-on in front of web applications.

B

  • Better Auth

    Framework-agnostic authentication and authorization framework for TypeScript.

C

  • c15t

    Open-source consent manager that renders cookie banners, a preferences dialog and consent-gated scripts for JavaScript frameworks.

  • Camaleon CMS

    Content management system for Ruby on Rails, distributed as a gem and run inside a Rails application.

  • Casdoor

    Open-source identity and access management and single sign-on platform with a web admin console.

  • CodeIgniter

    PHP MVC web framework with a small footprint and few configuration requirements.

  • Comentario

    Self-hosted web comment engine that adds threaded comments, voting and moderation to web pages through an embedded widget.

  • Convex

    Open-source reactive database and backend for web apps, with server functions written in TypeScript and a cloud platform run by the maker.

  • CubicWeb

    Python web framework for data-centric applications built on an explicit schema, with a query language and components called cubes.

D

  • DBeaver

    Desktop database management tool and SQL client for many SQL and NoSQL databases, with a free community edition.

  • Diesel

    Safe, extensible ORM and query builder for Rust.

  • Django

    Python web framework with an ORM, URL routing, templating, forms and an automatic admin interface.

  • Doctrine DBAL

    PHP database abstraction layer with an object-oriented API for queries and for schema introspection and management.

  • Dotclear

    Open-source PHP engine for publishing blogs, with several blogs and users in one installation.

E

  • Easy CMS

    Embedded headless CMS that runs inside a Nuxt or Next.js app, with a typed local API, a REST API and an admin at /admin.

  • EmDash

    Full-stack TypeScript CMS built on Astro, with an admin panel, a REST API and a plugin system, that runs on Cloudflare or a Node.js server.

F

  • FlexSearch

    Full-text search library for browsers and Node.js that keeps its index in memory or in a database.

G

  • GORM

    Go ORM library that maps structs to database tables, with associations, hooks, transactions and auto migrations.

  • Grafana

    Open source application for querying, visualizing, alerting on and exploring metrics, logs and traces.

H

  • Hocuspocus

    WebSocket backend for Yjs documents that syncs changes between clients in real time, from the team behind Tiptap.

I

  • Inngest

    Workflow orchestration platform for durable functions with step retries, scheduling and flow control, run by applications through language SDKs and self-hostable as a single server.

K

  • KahunaCart

    E-commerce plugin for the Grav CMS that adds a catalog, checkout, payments, shipping and customer accounts.

L

  • Laravel

    PHP web application framework with routing, an ORM, templating, queues and scheduled jobs.

  • Loupe

    PHP full-text search library that stores its index in SQLite and needs no separate search service.

  • Lowdefy

    Config-first web framework that builds business apps and internal tools from YAML configuration, served by a Node.js server.

  • Lucid

    SQL query builder, Active Record ORM and migrations library for AdonisJS applications.

N

  • n8n

    Workflow automation platform for building AI agents and workflows on a visual canvas, self-hosted or in the cloud.

  • Nginx Proxy Manager

    Web admin interface for managing Nginx reverse proxy hosts, distributed as a Docker image with free Let's Encrypt certificates.

  • Nitro

    TypeScript server toolkit for full-stack servers with filesystem routing, storage, caching and a Vite plugin, deployable to Node.js, Bun, Deno and serverless hosts.

  • NocoDB

    Spreadsheet-style interface for building online databases on SQLite, PostgreSQL or an existing database, self-hosted with Docker or offered as NocoDB Cloud.

  • ntfy

    Self-hostable HTTP publish-subscribe server that delivers published messages as push notifications to phones, desktops and browsers.

  • Nuxt Content

    File-based content module for Nuxt that queries Markdown, YAML, CSV and JSON files from a Vue application.

P

  • Payload

    TypeScript framework that runs inside a Next.js app and generates an admin panel, database schema and REST, GraphQL and local APIs from one config, used as a headless CMS or application backend.

  • PocketBase

    Open-source Go backend shipped as a single executable, with an embedded SQLite database, realtime subscriptions, authentication and a dashboard.

  • Prefect

    Python workflow orchestration framework that runs flows on schedules, events or API calls, with a self-hostable server.

  • Prisma ORM

    TypeScript and Node.js object-relational mapper that generates a type-safe database client from a schema file.

  • Pushword

    Symfony-based content management system for websites, with Markdown or database content and an optional static export.

R

  • Radiance

    Web application environment for Common Lisp, for personal websites and deployable applications.

  • Reflex

    Python library for building full-stack web apps, with the frontend compiled to React and the backend run as a Python server.

  • Remix

    Full-stack web framework built on Web APIs that combines routing, data, UI and asset compilation in one stack.

  • Rocket

    Async web framework for Rust with typed routes, request guards and built-in form and JSON handling.

  • Ruby on Rails

    Ruby web application framework with an ORM, routing, ERB views, background jobs and built-in deployment tooling.

S

  • SeaweedFS

    Distributed file system and S3-compatible object store, written in Go, shipped as one weed binary.

  • ServiceStack

    Services framework for .NET that builds HTTP and message-based web services from typed request DTOs.

  • SPIP

    Publishing system for the Internet, written in PHP, for multilingual websites with collaborative editing.

  • Spree Commerce

    Open-source commerce platform built on Ruby on Rails, with a REST API, TypeScript SDKs and a Next.js storefront.

  • Statamic

    Laravel-based content management system that stores content in flat files or a database, with a control panel and optional static site generation.

T

  • Topcoat

    Rust framework that renders full-stack web apps as HTML on the server, with client reactivity compiled from the same Rust code.

  • Traks

    Self-hosted web analytics that runs on Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, D1 and R2 in the site owner's own Cloudflare account.

  • Turso Database

    Embedded SQL database engine written in Rust that is compatible with SQLite, with a hosted service beside it.

  • txtai

    Python framework for semantic search, LLM pipelines and workflows, with an embeddings database, a web API and Docker images.

V

  • Vapor

    Server-side Swift HTTP web framework for building backends, web apps, APIs and HTTP servers.

  • Vendure

    Open-source headless commerce framework built on Node.js and TypeScript, with a GraphQL API.

Z

  • Zero

    Sync engine that keeps a client-side datastore of a web app in step with a Postgres database.

What is the best web software for SQLite?

We don't know. A portfolio, a shop and a documentation site need different things from their software, and so does a team of one against an agency. Nobody pays to be listed here and the order is alphabetical.