# Litestream

Streaming replication tool for SQLite that continuously copies write-ahead log changes to object storage or local files.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://litestream.io
- repository: https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream
- docs: https://litestream.io/getting-started/
- x: https://twitter.com/litestreamio

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: benbjohnson
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2020
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: prebuilt binary download

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-31

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 14550
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 42
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://litestream.io/ (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://litestream.io/ (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/benbjohnson/litestream (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://litestream.io/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-29)
- maintainer: https://api.github.com/users/benbjohnson (read 2026-10-29)
- maintainerType: https://api.github.com/users/benbjohnson (read 2026-10-29)
- category: https://litestream.io/ (read 2026-10-29)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/benbjohnson/litestream (read 2026-10-29)
- runtime: https://litestream.io/install/ (read 2026-10-29)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream/releases/tag/v0.5.17 (read 2026-10-29)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/benbjohnson/litestream/releases (read 2026-10-29)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/benbjohnson/litestream/releases (read 2026-10-29)
- license: https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream/blob/v0.5.17/LICENSE (read 2026-10-29)
- databases: https://litestream.io/tips/ (read 2026-10-29)
- runsAs: https://litestream.io/install/linux/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://litestream.io/install/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://litestream.io/install/linux/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://litestream.io/install/linux/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://litestream.io/install/mac/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://litestream.io/guides/docker/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://litestream.io/install/source/ (read 2026-10-29)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/benbjohnson/litestream (read 2026-10-29)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/benbjohnson/litestream/contributors?per_page=1&anon=false (read 2026-10-29)

## Notes

Litestream is a replication tool for SQLite, written in Go and distributed as a compiled binary. It continuously streams SQLite changes to cloud storage or to local files, so a database on one server can have a replica somewhere else.

It runs as a separate background process next to the application that owns the database, so the application needs no code changes. The install docs describe prebuilt binaries, Debian and RPM packages, a Homebrew tap, a Docker image and a build from source with the Go toolchain.

## Worth knowing

Litestream only works with SQLite's write-ahead log (WAL) journal mode. The [tips page](https://litestream.io/tips/) also asks the application to set a busy timeout, because Litestream takes short write locks while it checkpoints.

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