losfair/mvsqlite

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mvSQLite is a distributed, MVCC layer that runs SQLite on top of FoundationDB via a custom VFS, providing scalable lock-free transactions and time-travel snapshots. It integrates into existing applications as a drop-in replacement through LD_PRELOAD or a patched libsqlite3.

Use cases

• turn sqlite into a distributed database
• scale sqlite reads and writes across a cluster
• query past snapshots of a database (time travel)
• drop-in distributed storage for existing sqlite apps
• run sqlite transactions larger than foundationdb's 5-second limit
• get foundationdb replication and backup for sqlite data

When to choose

• you already use SQLite and need horizontal scalability and replication
• you want FoundationDB's correctness and transactional guarantees with a SQL interface
• you need MVCC time-travel or snapshot reads
• you want a drop-in VFS-based integration without rewriting app code

When to avoid

• you need a simple single-node embedded database (plain SQLite suffices)
• you cannot operate a FoundationDB cluster
• you require fully stable, production-validated experimental features like commit groups
• you need a managed database service rather than self-hosted infrastructure

Facets

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database orm caching databases microservices backend developer-tools rust self-hosted sqlite foundationdb mvcc distributed-database vfs time-travel drop-in-replacement linux macos

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