# Datasette

Open source Python tool for exploring data held in SQLite and publishing it as an interactive website and JSON API.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/datasette/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://datasette.io
- repository: https://github.com/simonw/datasette
- docs: https://docs.datasette.io/
- plugins: https://datasette.io/plugins
- discord: https://datasette.io/discord

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Simon Willison
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: admin-panel
- hosting: python
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.10
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: sqlite
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: jinja
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on, local, browser
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: pip

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-16

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 11525
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 101
- pluginCount: 154
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 285
- dependentPackages: 143

### Sources

- urls: https://datasette.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://datasette.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://datasette.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- pluginCount: https://datasette.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/0.65.5/setup.py (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/0.65.5/setup.py (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://datasette.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/0.65.5/setup.py (read 2026-10-28)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/0.65.5/setup.py (read 2026-10-28)
- adminUi: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/getting_started.html (read 2026-10-28)
- databases: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/deploying.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/installation.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/installation.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/installation.html (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/installation.html (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/deploying.html (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/installation.html (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/getting_started.html (read 2026-10-28)
- templating: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/custom_templates.html (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/releases/tags/0.65.5 (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/releases/tags/0.65.5 (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/datasette (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/datasette (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Datasette is an open source Python tool for exploring data held in SQLite and publishing it as an interactive website with a JSON API. It serves SQLite files from a directory or from an application deployed with its publish command. It is installed with pip, Homebrew, a Docker image or a Mac app, and a plugin ecosystem extends it. Simon Willison maintains it on GitHub.

Datasette Lite packages the same software for WebAssembly, so it runs in the browser without a Python server. A normal server install runs as a single process that listens on a port.

## Worth knowing

The deployment guide says Datasette is not designed to run as root. It recommends a proxy such as nginx, Apache or HAProxy to serve ports 80 and 443 and forward traffic to the process.

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