# dqlite

Embeddable, replicated SQL database library in C that extends SQLite across a cluster of machines using Raft consensus.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://dqlite.io
- repository: https://github.com/canonical/dqlite
- docs: https://dqlite.io/docs/
- forum: https://discourse.dqlite.io

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Canonical Ltd
- maintainerType: company
- parent: Canonical Group Limited
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: database
- hosting: binary
- language: c
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: sqlite

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: sqlite
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: Ubuntu PPA (development release)

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: LGPL-3.0 with a static linking exception

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-02

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4418
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 32
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://dqlite.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/canonical/dqlite (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://dqlite.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://dqlite.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://dqlite.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- parent: https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/canonical/dqlite/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://dqlite.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/canonical/dqlite (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://dqlite.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://dqlite.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canonical/dqlite/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- basedOn: https://dqlite.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canonical/dqlite/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://dqlite.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- databases: https://dqlite.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/canonical/dqlite/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/canonical/dqlite/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/canonical/dqlite (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/canonical/dqlite/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

dqlite is an embeddable SQL database library written in C. The [docs](https://dqlite.io/docs/) describe it as an extension of SQLite across a cluster of machines, with failover between them, and the [repository](https://github.com/canonical/dqlite) describes a C library that implements an embeddable and replicated SQL database engine. An application links the library, and the cluster replicates the data with the Raft algorithm. The site names a development archive for Ubuntu as an install route, and the README builds the library from source with autotools.

## Worth knowing

The library is licensed under LGPL-3.0 with an exception that allows static linking, so a binary built with it can be released under other terms. The README states that dqlite runs on Linux and needs a kernel with native asynchronous I/O support.

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