DB Browser for SQLite (DB4S)
GitHub - sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser: 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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Table of Contents

DB Browser for SQLite

Table of Contents
What it is
What it is not
Wiki
Continuous, Nightly builds
Windows

Continuous, Nightly builds


macOS

Stable release
Continuous, Nightly builds


Linux

Arch Linux
Debian
Fedora
openSUSE
Ubuntu and Derivatives

Stable release
Nightly builds


Other Linux


FreeBSD
Snap packages

Snap Nightlies
Snap Stable


Nix Packages

Flox


Compiling
X (Known as Twitter)
Website
Old project page
Releases
History
Contributors
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:
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:
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
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:

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
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:

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:

Install the package using:
sudo apt-get install sqlitebrowser

Other Linux
On others, compile DB4S using the instructions in BUILDING.md.
FreeBSD
DB Browser for SQLite works well on FreeBSD, and there is a port for it (thanks
to lbartoletti 😄).DB4S can be installed
using either this command:
make -C /usr/ports/databases/sqlitebrowser install

or this command:
pkg install sqlitebrowser

Snap packages

Snap Nightlies
 snap install sqlitebrowser --devmode

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.
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 - 2024-10-16
Version 3.13.0 released - 2024-07-23
Version 3.12.2 released - 2021-05-18
Version 3.12.1 released - 2020-11-09
Version 3.12.0 released - 2020-06-16
Version 3.11.2 released - 2019-04-03
Version 3.11.1 released - 2019-02-18
Version 3.11.0 released - 2019-02-07
Version 3.10.1 released - 2017-09-20
Version 3.10.0 released - 2017-08-20
Version 3.9.1 released - 2016-10-03
Version 3.9.0 released - 2016-08-24
Version 3.8.0 released - 2015-12-25
Version 3.7.0 released - 2015-06-14
Version 3.6.0 released - 2015-04-27
Version 3.5.1 released - 2015-02-08
Version 3.5.0 released - 2015-01-31
Version 3.4.0 released - 2014-10-29
Version 3.3.1 released - 2014-08-31 - Project renamed from "SQLite Database Browser"
Version 3.3.0 released - 2014-08-24
Version 3.2.0 released - 2014-07-06
Version 3.1.0 released - 2014-05-17
Version 3.0.3 released - 2014-04-28
Version 3.0.2 released - 2014-02-12
Version 3.0.1 released - 2013-12-02
Version 3.0 released - 2013-09-15
Version 3.0rc1 released - 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) 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, also from
Tabuleiro. Jens Miltner (@jmiltner) contributed
the code to support SQLite 3.x databases for the 1.2 release.
Pete Morgan (@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-)
and Martin Kleusberg (@MKleusberg) then
became involved, and have been the main driving force from that point.  Justin
Clift (@justinclift) helps out with testing
on OSX, and started the new github.com/sqlitebrowser organisation on GitHub.
John T. Haller, of
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 (creator of
SQLite), 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.
License
See the LICENSE file for licensing information.
