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24 alternatives to gRPSQLite – A SQLite VFS for remote databases via gRPC

A SQLite VFS for remote databases via gRPC. Contribute to danthegoodman1/gRPSQLite development by creating an account on GitHub.

gRPSQLite is a SQLite Virtual File System that enables access to remote databases through gRPC. It allows developers to query and interact with SQLite databases hosted on remote servers as if they were local files. The… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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Embed an SQLite database in your PostgreSQL table▲180
pglite-fusion is a PostgreSQL extension that allows you to embed SQLite databases into your PostgreSQL tables by enabling the creation of columns with the `SQLITE` type. This means every row in the table can have an embedded SQLite database. In addition to the PostgreSQL `SQLITE` type, pglite-fusion provides the `query_sqlite`` function for querying SQLite databases and the `execute_sqlite` function for updating them. Additional functions are listed in the project’s README. The pglite-fusion extension is written in Rust using the pgrx framework [1]. ---- Implementation Details The PostgreSQL…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Turbolite – a SQLite VFS serving sub-250ms cold JOIN queries from S3▲185
I built a SQLite VFS in Rust that serves cold queries directly from S3 with sub-second performance, and often much faster. It’s called turbolite. It is experimental, buggy, and may corrupt data. I would not trust it with anything important yet. I wanted to explore whether object storage has gotten fast enough to support embedded databases over cloud storage. Filesystems reward tiny random reads and in-place mutation. S3 rewards fewer requests, bigger transfers, immutable objects, and aggressively parallel operations where bandwidth is often the real constraint. This was explicitly inspired…
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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PGlite – in-browser WASM Postgres with pgvector and live sync▲509
Hey, Sam and the team from ElectricSQL here. PGlite is a WASM Postgres build packaged into a TypeScript/JavaScript client library, that enables you to run Postgres in the browser, Node.js and Bun, with no need to install any other dependencies. It's 3mb Gzipped, now has support for many Postgres extensions, including pgvector, and it has a reactive "live query" API. It's also fast, with CRUD style queries executing in under 0.3 ms, and larger, multi-row select queries occurring within a fraction of a single frame. PGlite started as an experimental project we shared on X, and the…
2024 · pglite.dev · its alternatives →
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Distributed SQLite on FoundationDB▲150
Hello HN! I'm building mvsqlite, a distributed variant of SQLite with MVCC transactions, that runs on FoundationDB. It is a drop-in replacement that just needs an `LD_PRELOAD` for existing applications using SQLite. I made this because Blueboat (https://github.com/losfair/blueboat) needs a native SQL interface to persistent data. Apparently, just providing a transactional key-value store isn’t enough - it is more easy and efficient to build complex business logic on an SQL database, and it seems necessary to bring a self-hostable distributed SQL DB onto the platform.…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A simple demo of Postgres wire protocol and SQLite as storage engine▲14
postgres + sqlite = pglite. Contribute to viggy28/pglite development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users▲465
SQL OnLine - SQLite, DuckDB, PGLite, MariaDB / MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server. AI error analysis, User-friendly interface for Data Science. No registration for start, No DownLoad, No Install. | sql compiler, federated queries, temporal query federation, BI Analytics
2025 · sqliteonline.com · its alternatives →
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Bi-directional sync between Postgres and SQLite▲356
Hi HN, Today we’re launching PowerSync, a Postgres<>SQLite bi-directional sync engine that enables an offline-first app architecture. It currently supports Flutter, React Native and web (JavaScript) using Wasm SQLite in the browser, with more client SDKs on the way. Conrad and I (Ralf) have been working on our sync engine since 2009, originally as part of a full-stack app platform. That version of the system is still used in production worldwide and we’ve learnt a lot from its use cases and scaling. About a year ago we started on spinning off PowerSync as a standalone product that is…
2023 · powersync.com · its alternatives →
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Replicate App-Embedded DuckDBs into PostgreSQL with SyncLite OSS▲73
Hi HN, We have been building SyncLite, an open-source platform to simplify offline-first application development. If your application uses SQLite or DuckDB, SyncLite lets it continue using the local database as usual while synchronization happens in the background. For SQL-based applications, SyncLite records transactions into transactionally consistent .sqlog files using SQLite as an open replication format. A background consolidator replays those transactions, derives row-level CDC and schema changes, and applies them transactionally to destination databases like PostgreSQL. The same…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I wrote a RDBMS (SQLite clone) from scratch in pure Python▲371
I wrote a relational database management system (RDBMS) (sqlite clone) from scratch in pure Python.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Rqlite v4.0 – With node-to-node encryption▲101
The lightweight, fault-tolerant database built on SQLite. Designed to keep your data highly available with minimal effort. - Release v4.0.0 · rqlite/rqlite
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Doculite – Use SQLite as a Document Database▲160
Hi! As I was working on a side project, I noticed I wanted to use SQLite like a Document Database on the server. So I built Doculite. DocuLite lets you use SQLite like Firebase Firestore. It's written in Typescript and an adapter on top of sqlite3 and sqlite. Reasons: 1) Using an SQL Database meant having less flexibility and iterating slower. 2) Alternative, proven Document Databases only offered client/server support. 3) No network. Having SQLite server-side next to the application is extremely fast. 4) Replicating Firestore's API makes it easy to use. 5) Listeners and real-time…
2023 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →
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Query SQLite files stored in S3▲160
Query SQLite files in S3 using s3fs. Contribute to litements/s3sqlite development by creating an account on GitHub.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Prisma Postgres▲262
The future of serverless databases
2025 · prisma.io · its alternatives →
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Sqinn-Go is a Golang library for accessing SQLite databases in pure Go▲113
Golang SQLite without cgo. Contribute to cvilsmeier/sqinn-go development by creating an account on GitHub.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Outerbase Studio – Open-Source Database GUI▲356
We just launched Outerbase Studio, the open-source version of our core database offering. It works in your browser or as a desktop app and supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite. What it does: • Connects to MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite databases. • Spin up local databases directly through the UI, even if you don’t have one running. • Manage and query your data in a lightweight, intuitive interface. • Completely open source. Why we built it: We wanted to share the core Outerbase experience with the developer community as a free, open-source tool. It’s simple, fast, and removes the barriers…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Godb is a simple Go ORM for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and SQL Server▲205
A Go SQL query builder and struct mapper. Contribute to samonzeweb/godb development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Postgres-SQLite: SQLite as first-class types in Postgres▲15
In Memory SQLlite as a Postgres data type. Contribute to michelp/postgres-sqlite development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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rqlite, the distributed database built on SQLite – now with ARM support▲5
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. 7.6.0 improves access-control options, and also has official ARM and ARM64 builds for the first time. Cross compiling for ARM was relatively straightforward. Once I installed
2022 · philipotoole.com · its alternatives →
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PlanetScale▲215
The MySQL-compatible serverless database platform
2021 · planetscale.com · its alternatives →
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NoSQL, but it's SQLite▲98
Manipulate your SQLite database like a giant Javascript object. Built with o1.
2024 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
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Postgres as a VectorDB GUI▲162
Contribute to Z-Gort/Reservoirs-Lab development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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rqlite 7.15, the distributed DB built on SQLite, now with backups to S3▲13
The lightweight, fault-tolerant database built on SQLite. Designed to keep your data highly available with minimal effort. - Release v7.15.0 · rqlite/rqlite
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Bunny Database▲244
The content delivery platform that truly hops.
Feb 2026 · bunny.net · its alternatives →
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rqlite v2.2.2, replicating SQLite via Raft consensus▲66
The lightweight, fault-tolerant database built on SQLite. Designed to keep your data highly available with minimal effort. - rqlite/rqlite
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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