# Litestream

> Simple streaming replication and disaster recovery for SQLite

- Canonical URL: https://www.fosshunter.com/tools/litestream
- JSON export: https://www.fosshunter.com/tools/litestream.json
- Website: https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream
- Category: Database
- Open source: yes
- Self-hostable: yes
- Verified listing: no
- Featured: no
- Published at: 2026-05-20T16:47:17+00:00
- Catalog revision: `156355998`

## Repository metrics (point-in-time)

- Repository: https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream
- Stars: 14569
- Forks: 455
- Open issues: 145
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last push: 2026-11-03T17:27:22+00:00
- Metrics observed at (synced_at): 2026-11-03T20:45:00+00:00
- Archived: no

Tags: Database, SQL, SQL Server
Tech stacks: Amazon S3, docker, go, golang, javascript, sqlite

## Features
- Provides continuous incremental replication to S3 and other cloud storage providers. *(highlighted)*
- Operates as a separate background process without modifying your application code. *(highlighted)*
- Ensures data safety by communicating exclusively through the standard SQLite API. *(highlighted)*

## Description

Litestream is a standalone disaster recovery tool for SQLite that runs as a background process. It safely replicates database changes incrementally to S3 or other storage backends using the SQLite API to ensure data integrity.

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