litestream

Project Overview

Litestream is a standalone streaming replication tool for SQLite. It runs as a background process and safely replicates changes incrementally to another file or S3. Litestream only communicates with SQLite through the SQLite API so it will not corrupt your database.

Key Features

• Streaming replication for SQLite
• Incremental change replication to file or S3
• Embeddable as a Go library into applications
• VFS extension for read-only and read-write replicas
• Cross-platform (Linux, macOS)

Target Audience

• Developers using SQLite
• Users who need database disaster recovery and backup
• Teams who want lightweight replication

Quick Start

1. Homebrew installation: brew tap benbjohnson/litestream && brew install litestream
2. Configure replication target (local file or S3)
3. Start Litestream as a background service
4. Database changes are stream-replicated to the target automatically

Core Advantages

• Lightweight standalone replication tool
• Communicates via SQLite API – safe and non-intrusive
• Supports cloud storage like S3
• Embeddable as a Go library

System Requirements

• OS: Linux, macOS (Windows experimental)
• Architectures: x86_64, arm64, armv6, armv7
• Additional Dependencies: None

Notes

• VFS extension is experimental
• Full documentation at litestream.io