thevahidal/soul

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1684 stars · 58 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Soul is a Node.js CLI tool that instantly turns any SQLite database into a RESTful API server with a realtime WebSocket endpoint. It supports authentication, rate limiting, CORS, and an optional admin studio out of the box.

Use cases

• expose a sqlite database as a rest api
• build crud apis in minutes
• add realtime updates to a sqlite database
• quickly prototype a backend without writing code
• self-host a lightweight api server for sqlite
• add authentication to a sqlite rest api

When to choose

• you need a REST/realtime API over SQLite with zero boilerplate
• you want quick prototyping or a small self-hosted backend
• you want built-in auth, rate limiting, and CORS for a SQLite API

When to avoid

• you use PostgreSQL, MySQL, or another database instead of SQLite
• you need complex custom business logic in your API layer
• you need high-concurrency write throughput beyond SQLite's capabilities

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

http-server websocket api-framework database auth rate-limiting cli databases backend web-development apis developer-tools cli cross-platform self-hosted sqlite rest-api realtime crud auto-generated-api better-sqlite3 nodejs docker

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