# libSQL

Open source fork of SQLite, embeddable as a library, with a server mode (sqld) for remote access over HTTP.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/libsql/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-29
Listed since: 2026-10-29

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/tursodatabase/libsql
- docs: https://github.com/tursodatabase/libsql/tree/main/docs
- discord: https://discord.gg/turso

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Turso
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2022
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: homebrew tap libsql/sqld (sqld server)

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-13

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 17300
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 109
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://github.com/tursodatabase/libsql (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/tursodatabase/libsql (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tursodatabase/libsql/main/README.md (read 2026-10-29)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tursodatabase/libsql/main/README.md (read 2026-10-29)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/tursodatabase/libsql (read 2026-10-29)
- runtime: https://github.com/tursodatabase/libsql/blob/main/docs/BUILD-RUN.md (read 2026-10-29)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tursodatabase/libsql/main/README.md (read 2026-10-29)
- currentMajor: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/libsql (read 2026-10-29)
- latestReleaseDate: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/libsql (read 2026-10-29)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/tursodatabase/libsql/releases/tag/libsql-0.1.0 (read 2026-10-29)
- license: https://github.com/tursodatabase/libsql (read 2026-10-29)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tursodatabase/libsql/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tursodatabase/libsql/main/docs/BUILD-RUN.md (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tursodatabase/libsql/main/docs/BUILD-RUN.md (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tursodatabase/libsql/main/docs/BUILD-RUN.md (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://github.com/tursodatabase/libsql/blob/main/docs/BUILD-RUN.md (read 2026-10-29)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/tursodatabase/libsql (read 2026-10-29)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/tursodatabase/libsql/contributors (read 2026-10-29)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tursodatabase/libsql/main/libsql-server/README.md (read 2026-10-29)

## Notes

libSQL is an open source fork of SQLite, maintained by Turso. It is a library that runs inside the program that uses it, and its server mode, sqld, is a SQL daemon that serves the database to other clients. sqld installs from a prebuilt binary, with Homebrew, from a Docker image on ghcr.io, or by building from source with a Rust toolchain. The Rust crate published on crates.io under the name libsql comes from the same repository.

## Worth knowing

The README says libSQL is actively maintained while new features are being developed in Turso, a separate database it describes as not a fork of SQLite, and it advises new projects to look at Turso first.

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