tursodatabase

    tursodatabase/turso

    A SQL database in Rust: SQLite-compatible, now also speaking Postgres (experimental). The LLVM of databases.

    25.2K stars
    1.5K forks
    25.2K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 5, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 7 days ago, with 358 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #54 in the weekly ranking the week of Mar 8, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Implements an in-process SQL database written in Rust, compatible with SQLite and experimental Postgres support.
    • Offers native async support, cross-platform compatibility, and advanced features like change data capture and vector search.
    • Use for embedding a lightweight, SQLite-compatible database in Rust applications requiring async and cross-platform support.
    • Use for real-time tracking of database changes with change data capture in development and testing environments.
    • Use for integrating SQL database capabilities into WebAssembly or multi-language projects including Python, JavaScript, Go, and Java.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

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    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    An in-process SQL database, compatible with SQLite.

    Turso Database is an in-process SQL database written in Rust, compatible with SQLite.

    ⚠️ Warning: This software is ALPHA, only use for development, testing, and experimentation. We are working to make it production ready, but do not use it for critical data right now.

    Excerpt from the tursodatabase/turso README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Sep 24: +6Oct 4: +44Oct 5: +38Oct 6: +16Oct 22: +41

    +1,312 stars over 84 days across 13 snapshot days; best day +44 on Oct 4.

    Forks

    1.5K+268

    Open issues

    1.5K+702

    Compared with peers in Database

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