infra
SQLite
The gold standard for lightweight databases, so reliable it's embedded in every major OS
9.5Overall
Utility10
Onboarding9
Craft10
Niche fit8
Longevity10
Five dimensions scored independently; overall is a weighted average. Scores are only comparable within this same rubric.
Good for
Mobile/desktop devs needing embedded DB
Not for
Web services needing horizontal scaling
Project description
Embedded SQL database. Single file, zero config, billions of deployments. Increasingly used as app DB (Litestream, Turso, libSQL).