TeaTime – distributed book library powered by SQLite, IPFS and GitHub

In plain words

TeaTime is a distributed book library that lets users browse and read books from SQLite databases published on GitHub Pages. The system fetches book files through IPFS gateways and renders them directly in the browser. Users can choose which database to query and create their own databases for sharing. All processing happens locally in the browser with no tracking, and reading progress is saved using browser storage.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

In the maker’s words, at launch

Recently there seem to be a surge in SQLite related projects. TeaTime is riding that wave... A couple of years ago I was intrigued by phiresky's post[0] about querying SQLite over HTTP. It made me think that if anyone can publish a database using GitHub Pages, I could probably build a frontend in which users can…

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