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Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite (DB4S) project. Previously known as "SQLite Database Browser" and "Database Browser for SQLite". Website at:
https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser

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Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite (DB4S) project. Previously known as "SQLite Database Browser" and "Database Browser for SQLite". Website at:

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# DB Browser for SQLite



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## Table of Contents

- [DB Browser for SQLite](#db-browser-for-sqlite)

  - [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)

  - [What it is](#what-it-is)

  - [What it is not](#what-it-is-not)

  - [Wiki](#wiki)

  - [Continuous, Nightly builds](#continuous-nightly-builds)

  - [Windows](#windows)

      - [Continuous, Nightly builds](#continuous-nightly-builds-1)

  - [macOS](#macos)

      - [Stable release](#stable-release)

      - [Continuous, Nightly builds](#continuous-nightly-builds-2)

  - [Linux](#linux)

    - [Arch Linux](#arch-linux)

    - [Debian](#debian)

    - [Fedora](#fedora)

    - [openSUSE](#opensuse)

    - [Ubuntu and Derivatives](#ubuntu-and-derivatives)

      - [Stable release](#stable-release-1)

      - [Nightly builds](#nightly-builds)

    - [Other Linux](#other-linux)

  - [FreeBSD](#freebsd)

  - [Snap packages](#snap-packages)

      - [Snap Nightlies](#snap-nightlies)

      - [Snap Stable](#snap-stable)

  - [Nix Packages](#nix-packages)

    - [Flox](#flox)

  - [Compiling](#compiling)

  - [X (Known as Twitter)](#x-known-as-twitter)

  - [Website](#website)

  - [Old project page](#old-project-page)

  - [Releases](#releases)

  - [History](#history)

  - [Contributors](#contributors)

  - [License](#license)



## What it is



_DB Browser for SQLite_ (DB4S) is a high quality, visual, open source tool to

create, design, and edit database files compatible with SQLite.



DB4S is for users and developers who want to create, search, and edit

databases.  DB4S uses a familiar spreadsheet-like interface, so complicated SQL commands do not have to be learned.



Controls and wizards are available for users to:



* Create and compact database files

* Create, define, modify and delete tables

* Create, define, and delete indexes

* Browse, edit, add, and delete records

* Search records

* Import and export records as text

* Import and export tables from/to CSV files

* Import and export databases from/to SQL dump files

* Issue SQL queries and inspect the results

* Examine a log of all SQL commands issued by the application

* Plot simple graphs based on table or query data



## What it is not



Even though DB4S comes with a spreadsheet-like interface, it is not meant to replace your spreadsheet application.

We implement a few convenience functions which go beyond a simple database frontend but do not add them when they

do not make sense in a database context or are so complex to implement that they will only ever be a poor

replacement for your favorite spreadsheet application. We are a small team with limited time after all. Thanks

for your understanding :)



## Wiki



For user and developer documentation, check out our Wiki at:

https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/wiki.



## Continuous, Nightly builds



Download continuous builds for AppImage, macOS and Windows here:



* https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/continuous

> Note: A continuous build is generated when a new commit is added to the `master` branch.



Download nightly builds for Windows and macOS here:



* https://nightlies.sqlitebrowser.org/latest



## Windows



Download Windows releases here:



* https://sqlitebrowser.org/dl/#windows



Or use Chocolatey:



```

choco install sqlitebrowser

```



Or use winget:



```

winget install -e --id DBBrowserForSQLite.DBBrowserForSQLite

```



Or use scoop:

```

scoop install sqlitebrowser

```



#### Continuous, Nightly builds



Continuous builds are available here:



* https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/continuous



Nightly builds are available here:

* https://nightlies.sqlitebrowser.org/latest



## macOS



DB Browser for SQLite works well on macOS.



* macOS 10.15 (Catalina) - 14.0 (Sonoma) are tested and known to work.



#### Stable release



Download macOS releases here:



* https://sqlitebrowser.org/dl/#macos



The latest macOS binary can be installed via [Homebrew Cask](https://caskroom.github.io/ "Homebrew Cask"):



```

brew install --cask db-browser-for-sqlite

```



#### Continuous, Nightly builds



Continuous builds are available here:



* https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/continuous



Nightly builds are available here:

* https://nightlies.sqlitebrowser.org/latest



and also you can be installed via [Homebrew Cask](https://caskroom.github.io/ "Homebrew Cask"):



```

brew tap homebrew/cask-versions



# for the version without SQLCipher support

brew install --cask db-browser-for-sqlite-nightly



# for the version with SQLCipher support

brew install --cask db-browser-for-sqlcipher-nightly

```



It also has its own Homebrew tap the include Cask for older version.


For more information, see the following: https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/homebrew-tap



## Linux



DB Browser for SQLite works well on Linux.



### Arch Linux



Arch Linux provides an [up to date version](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/sqlitebrowser/)



Install with the following command:



    sudo pacman -S sqlitebrowser



### Debian



Debian focuses more on stability rather than newest features.


Therefore packages will typically contain an older (but well tested) version, compared to the latest release.



Update the cache using:



    sudo apt-get update



Install the package using:



    sudo apt-get install sqlitebrowser



### Fedora



Install for Fedora (i386 and x86_64) by issuing the following command:



    sudo dnf install sqlitebrowser

    

### openSUSE



    sudo zypper install sqlitebrowser



### Ubuntu and Derivatives



#### Stable release



For Ubuntu and derivatives, [@deepsidhu1313](https://github.com/deepsidhu1313)

provides a PPA with the latest release here:



* https://launchpad.net/~linuxgndu/+archive/ubuntu/sqlitebrowser



To add this PPA just type in this command in terminal:



    sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:linuxgndu/sqlitebrowser



Then update the cache using:



    sudo apt-get update



Install the package using:



    sudo apt-get install sqlitebrowser



Packages for Older Ubuntu releases are supported while launchpad keeps building those or if Older Ubuntu release has dependency packages that are required to build the latest version of Sqlitebrowser. We don't remove builds from our ppa repos, so users can still install older version of sqlitebrowser if they like. Alternatively Linux users can also switch to Snap packages if Snap packages are supported by the distro they are using.



#### Nightly builds



Nightly builds are available here:



* https://launchpad.net/~linuxgndu/+archive/ubuntu/sqlitebrowser-testing



To add this PPA, type these commands into the terminal:



    sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:linuxgndu/sqlitebrowser-testing



Then update the cache using:



    sudo apt-get update



Install the package using:



    sudo apt-get install sqlitebrowser



### Other Linux



On others, compile DB4S using the instructions in [BUILDING.md](BUILDING.md).



## FreeBSD



DB Browser for SQLite works well on FreeBSD, and there is a port for it (thanks

to [lbartoletti](https://github.com/lbartoletti) :smile:).
DB4S can be installed

using either this command:



    make -C /usr/ports/databases/sqlitebrowser install



or this command:



    pkg install sqlitebrowser



## Snap packages



[![Get it from the Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/static/images/badges/en/snap-store-black.svg)](https://snapcraft.io/sqlitebrowser)



#### Snap Nightlies



     snap install sqlitebrowser --edge



#### Snap Stable



     snap install sqlitebrowser



## Nix Packages



`sqlitebrowser` is packaged and available in nixpkgs.

It can be used with the experimental flakes and nix-command features with:



    nix profile install nixpkgs#sqlitebrowser



Or with the `nix-env` or `nix-shell` commands:



    nix-shell -p sqlitebrowser



### Flox



`sqlitebrowser` can be installed into a Flox environment with.



    flox install sqlitebrowser



## Compiling



Instructions for compiling on Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD are

in [BUILDING](BUILDING.md).



## X (Known as Twitter)



Follow us on X: https://x.com/sqlitebrowser



## Website



* https://sqlitebrowser.org



## Old project page



* https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlitebrowser



## Releases



* [Version 3.13.1 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.13.1) - 2024-10-16

* [Version 3.13.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.13.0) - 2024-07-23

* [Version 3.12.2 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.12.2) - 2021-05-18

* [Version 3.12.1 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.12.1) - 2020-11-09

* [Version 3.12.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.12.0) - 2020-06-16

* [Version 3.11.2 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.11.2) - 2019-04-03

* [Version 3.11.1 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.11.1) - 2019-02-18

* [Version 3.11.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.11.0) - 2019-02-07

* [Version 3.10.1 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.10.1) - 2017-09-20

* [Version 3.10.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.10.0) - 2017-08-20

* [Version 3.9.1 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.9.1) - 2016-10-03

* [Version 3.9.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.9.0) - 2016-08-24

* [Version 3.8.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.8.0) - 2015-12-25

* [Version 3.7.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.7.0) - 2015-06-14

* [Version 3.6.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.6.0) - 2015-04-27

* [Version 3.5.1 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.5.1) - 2015-02-08

* [Version 3.5.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.5.0) - 2015-01-31

* [Version 3.4.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.4.0) - 2014-10-29

* [Version 3.3.1 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.3.1) - 2014-08-31 - Project renamed from "SQLite Database Browser"

* [Version 3.3.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.3.0) - 2014-08-24

* [Version 3.2.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/sqlb-3.2.0) - 2014-07-06

* [Version 3.1.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/sqlb-3.1.0) - 2014-05-17

* [Version 3.0.3 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/sqlb-3.0.3) - 2014-04-28

* [Version 3.0.2 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/sqlb-3.0.2) - 2014-02-12

* [Version 3.0.1 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/sqlb-3.0.1) - 2013-12-02

* [Version 3.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/sqlb-3.0) - 2013-09-15

* [Version 3.0rc1 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/rc1) - 2013-09-09 - Project now on GitHub

* Version 2.0b1 released - 2009-12-10 - Based on Qt4.6

* Version 1.2 released - 2005-04-05

* Version 1.1 released - 2004-07-20

* Version 1.01 released - 2003-10-02

* Version 1.0 released to public domain - 2003-08-19



## History



This program was developed originally by Mauricio Piacentini

([@piacentini](https://github.com/piacentini)) from Tabuleiro Producoes as

the Arca Database Browser. The original version was used as a free companion

tool to the Arca Database Xtra, a commercial product that embeds SQLite

databases with some additional extensions to handle compressed and binary data.



The original code was trimmed and adjusted to be compatible with standard

SQLite 2.x databases. The resulting program was renamed SQLite Database

Browser, and released into the Public Domain by Mauricio. Icons were

contributed by [Raquel Ravanini](http://www.raquelravanini.com), also from

Tabuleiro. Jens Miltner ([@jmiltner](https://github.com/jmiltner)) contributed

the code to support SQLite 3.x databases for the 1.2 release.



Pete Morgan ([@daffodil](https://github.com/daffodil)) created an initial

project on GitHub with the code in 2012, where several contributors fixed and

improved pieces over the years. René Peinthor ([@rp-](https://github.com/rp-))

and Martin Kleusberg ([@MKleusberg](https://github.com/MKleusberg)) then

became involved, and have been the main driving force from that point.  Justin

Clift ([@justinclift](https://github.com/justinclift)) helps out with testing

on OSX, and started the new github.com/sqlitebrowser organisation on GitHub.



[John T. Haller](https://johnhaller.com), of

[PortableApps.com](https://portableapps.com) fame, created the new logo.  He

based it on the Tango icon set (public domain).



In August 2014, the project was renamed to "Database Browser for SQLite" at

the request of [Richard Hipp](https://www.hwaci.com/drh) (creator of

[SQLite](https://sqlite.org)), as the previous name was creating unintended

support issues.



In September 2014, the project was renamed to "DB Browser for SQLite", to

avoid confusion with an existing application called "Database Browser".



## Contributors



View the list by going to the [__Contributors__ tab](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/graphs/contributors).



## License



See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for licensing information.



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  [gitter]: https://gitter.im/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser



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  [download-img]: https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/total.svg

  [download]: https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases



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  [qt]: https://www.qt.io



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  [coverity]: https://scan.coverity.com/projects/sqlitebrowser-sqlitebrowser



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  [patreon]: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=11578749



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  [wiki]: https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/wiki



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