# outerbase/starbasedb

HTTP SQLite scale-to-zero database on the edge built on Cloudflare Durable Objects.

Repository: https://github.com/outerbase/starbasedb
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/starbasedb
Homepage: https://starbasedb.com
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: cloudflare, database, durableobjects, sqlite
Last push: 2026-06-22T20:27:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 40, longevity 50
- inputs: {"age_days": 703, "days_push": 72, "days_rel": 595, "gap_med": 17.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1161, forks 161 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:49.228077+00:00)

## What it is
StarbaseDB is an open-source, scale-to-zero SQLite database exposed over HTTP and WebSockets, built on Cloudflare Durable Objects. It provides REST API endpoints, transactions, import/export, and a database GUI deployed as a Cloudflare Worker. The project is no longer maintained after Outerbase's acquisition by Cloudflare.

## Use cases
- host a sqlite database on cloudflare workers
- query sqlite over http from the edge
- auto-generate a rest api for sqlite tables
- scale-to-zero database for serverless apps
- connect to sqlite via websocket with low latency
- import and export sqlite data as sql csv or
- replace a backend with a hosted sqlite api

## When to choose
- you deploy on Cloudflare Workers and want embedded SQLite storage with HTTP access
- you need a quick REST API over SQLite without writing backend code
- you want a scale-to-zero database with pay-per-use edge pricing

## When to avoid
- you need long-term maintenance, updates, or security patches - the repo is archived and unmaintained
- you need heavy write throughput or multi-region write consistency
- you want to avoid vendor lock-in to Cloudflare Durable Objects

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: abandoned
- function: database, http-server, websocket, api-framework, self-hosted
- domain: databases, web-development, cloud-computing, backend, self-hosted
- platform: cloud, serverless
- tags: sqlite, cloudflare-workers, durable-objects, scale-to-zero, edge-computing, rest-api, serverless-database, web-server, typescript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- outerbase/starbasedb (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.228077+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:31:43.213024+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/outerbase/starbasedb (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.228077+00:00, sha 64ee219d843f)
  - homepage: https://starbasedb.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:36:25.780433+00:00, sha 65f4a25cf985)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.