rqlite/rqlite
The lightweight, fault-tolerant database built on SQLite. Designed to keep your data highly available with minimal effort. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
93/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 80
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 3
- age_days: 4393
- days_rel: 59
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 118
Adoption not part of the score
17704 stars · 804 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
rqlite is a lightweight, fault-tolerant distributed relational database built on SQLite, replicating data across nodes using the Raft consensus algorithm. It ships as a single self-contained binary with an HTTP/JSON API, making it exceptionally easy to deploy and operate in the cloud or at the edge.
Use cases
- run a highly available SQL database without complex operations
- deploy a fault-tolerant SQLite-backed database cluster
- store critical application data that survives node failures
- query a relational database over plain HTTP with no drivers
- run a consistent replicated database at the edge or on small servers
- set up a distributed database in seconds with Docker or Kubernetes
When to choose
- you need SQLite's simplicity with high availability and fault tolerance
- you want a database that deploys as a single binary with an HTTP API
- your workload is read-heavy and consistency matters more than write throughput
- you need full SQL, full-text search, JSON, or SQLite extensions in a replicated setting
When to avoid
- you need high write throughput or write scaling, since every write goes through the Raft log
- you need a full-featured distributed database with horizontal write sharding
- you need heavy analytical or OLAP workloads better served by columnar databases
Facets
application · maturity stable
database http-server search-engine cli databases microservices self-hosted backend developer-tools windows go cross-platform sqlite raft-consensus fault-tolerance distributed-database http-api replication high-availability edge-computing linux macos docker kubernetes
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite · fetched 2026-08-28 · cfe7d569c137
- homepage: https://rqlite.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 246b110c736f
- site_page: https://rqlite.io/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · d366ccace06f
- site_page: https://rqlite.io/docs/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · a7e11db7f07f
- site_page: https://rqlite.io/docs/install-rqlite · fetched 2026-08-29 · 81064c371b49
- site_page: https://rqlite.io/docs/quick-start · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8e07bb268b13
- site_page: https://rqlite.io/docs/api/client-libraries · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6309e054b1d3
- site_page: https://rqlite.io/docs/api/api · fetched 2026-08-29 · 176338e7221d
- site_page: https://rqlite.io/docs/guides/docker-compose · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5ff7beb7c01a
- site_page: https://rqlite.io/docs/guides/kubernetes · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0eb22ef0bc84
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rqlite/rqlite | main | 93 |
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