DB Browser for SQLite (DB4S) is a high quality, visual, open source tool to create, design, and edit database files compatible with SQLite.
It is for users and developers wanting to create databases, search, and edit data. It uses a familiar spreadsheet-like interface, and you don't need to learn complicated SQL commands.
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
This program is not a visual shell for the sqlite command line tool. It does not require familiarity with SQL commands. It is a tool to be used both by developers and by end users, and it must remain as simple to use as possible in order to achieve its goals.
Nightly builds for Windows and OSX can be downloaded here:
Windows releases can be downloaded here:
Note - If for some reason the standard Windows release doesn't work for you (eg it gives an error), try a nightly build. They often fix bugs reported after the last release. :D
DB Browser for SQLite works well on MacOS X / macOS.
- OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion) - 10.13 (High Sierra) are tested and known to work
OSX releases can be downloaded here:
Latest OSX binary can be installed via Homebrew Cask:
brew cask install db-browser-for-sqlite
DB Browser for SQLite works well on Linux.
Arch Linux provides a package through pacman.
For Fedora (i386 and x86_64) you can install by issuing:
$ sudo dnf install sqlitebrowser
Note that Debian focuses more on stability rather than newest features. Therefore packages will typically contain some 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
For Ubuntu and derivaties, @deepsidhu1313 provides a PPA with our latest release here:
To add this ppa just type in these commands 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
Ubuntu 14.04.X, 15.04.X, 15.10.X and 16.04.X are supported for now (until Launchpad decides to discontinue building for any series).
Ubuntu Precise (12.04) and Utopic (14.10) are not supported:
- Precise doesn't have a new enough Qt package in its repository by default, which is a dependency
- Launchpad doesn't support Utopic any more, as that has reached its End of Life
Nightly builds are available here:
To add this ppa just type in these commands in 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
On others you'll need to compile it yourself using the (simple) instructions in BUILDING.md.
DB Browser for SQLite works well on FreeBSD, and there is a port for it (thanks to lbartoletti 😄). It can be installed using either this:
# make -C /usr/ports/databases/sqlitebrowser install
or this:
# pkg install sqlitebrowser
Instructions for compiling on (at least) Windows, OSX, Linux, and FreeBSD are in BUILDING.
For development related discussion about DB4S and DBHub.io:
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sqlitebrowser
- 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
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".
You can see the list by going to the Contributors tab.
DB Browser for SQLite is bi-licensed under the Mozilla Public License Version 2, as well as the GNU General Public License Version 3 or later.
You can modify or redistribute it under the conditions of these licenses.