DB Browser for SQLite
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, and 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
This program is not a visual shell for the sqlite command line tool, and does not require familiarity with SQL commands. It is a tool to be used by both developers and end users, and must remain as simple to use as possible in order to achieve these goals.
Wiki
For user and developer documentation, check out our Wiki at: https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/wiki.
Nightly builds
Download nightly builds for Windows and OSX here:
Windows
Download Windows releases here:
Note - If for some reason the standard Windows release does not work (e.g. gives an error), try a nightly build. Nightly builds often fix bugs reported after the last release. :D
MacOS X / macOS
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
Download OSX releases here:
The latest OSX binary can be installed via Homebrew Cask:
brew cask install db-browser-for-sqlite
Linux
DB Browser for SQLite works well on Linux.
Arch Linux
Arch Linux provides a package through pacman.
Fedora
Install for Fedora (i386 and x86_64) by issuing the following command:
$ sudo dnf install sqlitebrowser
Debian
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
Ubuntu and Derivatives
Stable release
For Ubuntu and derivaties, @deepsidhu1313 provides a PPA with the 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 does not have a new enough Qt package in its repository by default, which is a dependency
- Launchpad does not support Utopic any more, which has reached its End of Life
Nightly builds
Nightly builds are available here:
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.
FreeBSD
DB Browser for SQLite works well on FreeBSD, and there is a port for it (thanks to lbartoletti π). 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
Compiling
Instructions for compiling on Windows, OSX, Linux, and FreeBSD are in BUILDING.
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sqlitebrowser
Website
Old project page
Releases
- 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. RenΓ© 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
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.
Modification or redistribution is permitted under the conditions of these licenses.