oldmoe/litestack

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Litestack is a Ruby gem that bundles SQLite-based data infrastructure for Ruby and Rails applications, providing a database, cache, job queue, pub/sub, full-text search, and metrics in one package. It replaces the need for separate servers like PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, and Elasticsearch with embedded, efficient components.

Use cases

• replace postgres and redis in a rails app with sqlite
• run background jobs without sidekiq
• add full text search without elasticsearch
• self-contained web app data infrastructure in a single gem
• reduce memory and cpu usage for small rails deployments
• pubsub for actioncable without redis

When to choose

• building a small-to-medium Rails or Ruby app that wants minimal infrastructure
• deploying to a single server or VPS where running separate database/cache servers is overkill
• you want lower cost and simpler ops with embedded SQLite components

When to avoid

• multi-server or horizontally scaled deployments needing a shared network database
• very high write concurrency workloads that exceed SQLite's capabilities
• you already rely on advanced features of PostgreSQL, Redis, or Elasticsearch

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database caching message-queue search-engine monitoring web-development backend databases self-hosted ruby cross-platform sqlite rails all-in-one embedded-database job-queue pubsub full-text-search

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