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sqlite-ecosystem
All the SQLite extensions, tools, and guides that I (Alex Garcia šš¼) have written and open sourced.
Feel free to start a discussion in this repo about meta-level SQLite extension and tooling talk! Though if you're having a specific issue with a particular extension or tool, then file an issue in that project's repository.
Overview
These are all the loadable SQLite extensions I have built, along with which programming language they are written in and where they are distributed.
Extension | Description | Language | Python | Node.js | Deno | Ruby | Datasette | sqlite-utils |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
sqlite-http | Make HTTP requests | Go | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā |
sqlite-html | parse HTML documents | Go | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā |
sqlite-lines | Read files/blob line-by-line | C | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā |
sqlite-path | Parse and generate filepaths | C | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā |
sqlite-url | Parse and generate URLs | C | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā |
sqlite-xsv | Query CSVs | Rust | ā | ā | ā | ā | š§ | š§ |
sqlite-regex | Regular expression functions | Rust | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā |
sqlite-ulid | Work with ULIDs | Rust | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā |
sqlite-jsonschema | Validate JSON objects with JSON Schema | Rust | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā |
sqlite-fastrand | Generate fast numbers/blobs quickly | Rust | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā |
sqlite-vss | Vector search in SQLite | C++ | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā |
Extensions
sqlite-http
A SQLite extension for making HTTP requests purely in SQL.
- Create GET, POST, and other HTTP requests, like curl, wget, and fetch
- Download response bodies, header, status codes, timing info
- Set rate limits, timeouts
select http_get_body('https://text.npr.org/');
select
http_get_body('https://api.github.com/repos/sqlite/sqlite') ->> '$.description';
Language/Platform | Install | |
---|---|---|
Python | pip install sqlite-http | |
Node.js | npm install sqlite-http | |
Deno | deno.land/x/sqlite_http | |
Datasette | datasette install datasette-sqlite-http | |
sqlite-utils | sqlite-utils install sqlite-utils-sqlite-http | |
Ruby | gem install sqlite-http | |
Github Release |
linux-x86_64
(Linux x86_64)macos-x86_64
(MacOS x86_64)macos-aarch64
(MacOS M1 and M2 chips)windows-x86_64
(Windows x86_64)
sqlite-html
A SQLite extension for querying, manipulating, and creating HTML elements.
- Extract HTML or text from HTML with CSS selectors, like
.querySelector()
,.innerHTML
, and.innerText
- Generate a table of matching elements from a CSS selector, like
.querySelectorAll()
- Safely create HTML elements in a query, like .createElement() and
.appendChild()
select html_extract('<p> Anakin <b>Skywalker</b> </p>', 'b'); -- "<b>Skywalker</b>"
Language/Platform | Install | |
---|---|---|
Python | pip install sqlite-html | |
Node.js | npm install sqlite-html | |
Deno | deno.land/x/sqlite_html | |
Datasette | datasette install datasette-sqlite-html | |
sqlite-utils | sqlite-utils install sqlite-utils-sqlite-html | |
Ruby | gem install sqlite-html | |
Github Release |
linux-x86_64
(Linux x86_64)macos-x86_64
(MacOS x86_64)macos-aarch64
(MacOS M1 and M2 chips)windows-x86_64
(Windows x86_64)
sqlite-lines
A SQLite extension for efficiently reading large files or blobs line-by-line.
select line from lines_read('logs.txt');
Language/Platform | Install | |
---|---|---|
Python | pip install sqlite-lines | |
Node.js | npm install sqlite-lines | |
Deno | deno.land/x/sqlite_lines | |
Datasette | datasette install datasette-sqlite-lines | |
sqlite-utils | sqlite-utils install sqlite-utils-sqlite-lines | |
Ruby | gem install sqlite-lines | |
Github Release |
linux-x86_64
(Linux x86_64)macos-x86_64
(MacOS x86_64)macos-aarch64
(MacOS M1 and M2 chips)
sqlite-path
A SQLite extension for parsing, generating, and querying paths.
select path_dirname('foo/bar.txt'); -- 'foo/'
select path_basename('foo/bar.txt'); -- 'bar.txt'
select path_extension('foo/bar.txt'); -- '.txt'
Language/Platform | Install | |
---|---|---|
Python | pip install sqlite-path | |
Node.js | npm install sqlite-path | |
Deno | deno.land/x/sqlite_path | |
Datasette | datasette install datasette-sqlite-path | |
sqlite-utils | sqlite-utils install sqlite-utils-sqlite-path | |
Ruby | gem install sqlite-path | |
Github Release |
linux-x86_64
(Linux x86_64)macos-x86_64
(MacOS x86_64)macos-aarch64
(MacOS M1 and M2 chips)windows-x86_64
(Windows x86_64)
sqlite-url
A SQLite extension for parsing, generating, and querying URLs and query strings
- Extract specific parts of a URL, like schemes, hostnames, and paths
- Generate URLs with parts safely
- Iterate through all key and values in a query string
select url_valid('https://sqlite.org'); -- 1
select url_scheme('https://www.sqlite.org/vtab.html#usage'); -- 'https'
select url_host('https://www.sqlite.org/vtab.html#usage'); -- 'www.sqlite.org'
Language/Platform | Install | |
---|---|---|
Python | pip install sqlite-url | |
Node.js | npm install sqlite-url | |
Deno | deno.land/x/sqlite_url | |
Datasette | datasette install datasette-sqlite-url | |
sqlite-utils | sqlite-utils install sqlite-utils-sqlite-url | |
Ruby | gem install sqlite-url | |
Github Release |
linux-x86_64
(Linux x86_64)macos-x86_64
(MacOS x86_64)
sqlite-xsv
A fast and performant SQLite extension for CSV files, written in Rust!
- Query CSVs, TSVs, and other-SVs as SQLite virtual tables
- The "reader" interface lets you query CSVs from other data sources, such as
sqlite-http
- Builtin support for querying CSVs with gzip or zstd compression
create virtual table temp.students using csv(
filename="students.csv"
);
select * from temp.students;
create virtual table temp.students_gz using csv(
filename="students.csv.gz"
);
create virtual table temp.students_reader using csv_reader(
id integer,
name text,
age integer,
progess real
);
select * from temp.students_reader('./target/students.csv');
Language/Platform | Install | |
---|---|---|
Python | pip install sqlite-xsv | |
Node.js | npm install sqlite-xsv | |
Deno | deno.land/x/sqlite_xsv | |
Ruby | gem install sqlite-xsv | |
Github Release |
linux-x86_64
(Linux x86_64)macos-x86_64
(MacOS x86_64)macos-aarch64
(MacOS M1 and M2 chips)windows-x86_64
(Windows x86_64)
sqlite-regex
A fast SQLite extension for regular expressions.
select regex_find(
'[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}',
'phone: 111-222-3333'
);
select rowid, *
from regex_find_all(
'\b\w{13}\b',
'Retroactively relinquishing remunerations is reprehensible.'
);
/*
āāāāāāāāā¬āāāāāāāā¬āāāāāā¬āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā
ā rowid ā start ā end ā match ā
āāāāāāāāā¼āāāāāāāā¼āāāāāā¼āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā¤
ā 0 ā 0 ā 13 ā Retroactively ā
ā 1 ā 14 ā 27 ā relinquishing ā
ā 2 ā 28 ā 41 ā remunerations ā
ā 3 ā 45 ā 58 ā reprehensible ā
āāāāāāāāā“āāāāāāāā“āāāāāā“āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā
*/
Language/Platform | Install | |
---|---|---|
Python | pip install sqlite-regex | |
Node.js | npm install sqlite-regex | |
Deno | deno.land/x/sqlite_regex | |
Datasette | datasette install datasette-sqlite-regex | |
sqlite-utils | sqlite-utils install sqlite-utils-sqlite-regex | |
Ruby | gem install sqlite-regex | |
Github Release |
linux-x86_64
(Linux x86_64)macos-x86_64
(MacOS x86_64)macos-aarch64
(MacOS M1 and M2 chips)windows-x86_64
(Windows x86_64)
sqlite-ulid
A SQLite extension for generating and working with ULIDs.
select ulid(); -- '01gqr4j69cc7w1xdbarkcbpq17'
select ulid_bytes(); -- X'0185310899dd7662b8f1e5adf9a5e7c0'
select ulid_with_prefix('invoice'); -- 'invoice_01gqr4jmhxhc92x1kqkpxb8j16'
select ulid_datetime('01gqr4j69cc7w1xdbarkcbpq17') -- '2023-01-26 22:53:20.556'
Language/Platform | Install | |
---|---|---|
Python | pip install sqlite-ulid | |
Node.js | npm install sqlite-ulid | |
Deno | deno.land/x/sqlite_ulid | |
Datasette | datasette install datasette-sqlite-ulid | |
sqlite-utils | sqlite-utils install sqlite-utils-sqlite-ulid | |
Ruby | gem install sqlite-ulid | |
Github Release |
linux-x86_64
(Linux x86_64)macos-x86_64
(MacOS x86_64)macos-aarch64
(MacOS M1 and M2 chips)windows-x86_64
(Windows x86_64)
sqlite-jsonschema
A SQLite extension for validating JSON objects with JSON Schema.
select jsonschema_matches('{"maxLength": 5}', json_quote('alex')); -- 1
Language/Platform | Install | |
---|---|---|
Python | pip install sqlite-jsonschema | |
Node.js | npm install sqlite-jsonschema | |
Deno | deno.land/x/sqlite_jsonschema | |
Datasette | datasette install datasette-sqlite-jsonschema | |
sqlite-utils | sqlite-utils install sqlite-utils-sqlite-jsonschema | |
Ruby | gem install sqlite-jsonschema | |
Github Release |
linux-x86_64
(Linux x86_64)macos-x86_64
(MacOS x86_64)macos-aarch64
(MacOS M1 and M2 chips)windows-x86_64
(Windows x86_64)
sqlite-fastrand
A SQLite extension for quickly generating random numbers, booleans, characters, and blobs
select fastrand_int(); -- 556823563
select fastrand_alphabetic(); -- 's'
select fastrand_uppercase();-- 'M'
select fastrand_double(); -- 0.740834390248454
Language/Platform | Install | |
---|---|---|
Python | pip install sqlite-fastrand | |
Node.js | npm install sqlite-fastrand | |
Deno | deno.land/x/sqlite_fastrand | |
Datasette | datasette install datasette-sqlite-fastrand | |
sqlite-utils | sqlite-utils install sqlite-utils-sqlite-fastrand | |
Ruby | gem install sqlite-fastrand | |
Github Release |
linux-x86_64
(Linux x86_64)macos-x86_64
(MacOS x86_64)macos-aarch64
(MacOS M1 and M2 chips)windows-x86_64
(Windows x86_64)
sqlite-vss
A SQLite extension for efficient vector search, based on Faiss!
create virtual table vss_articles using vss0(
headline_embedding(384),
description_embedding(384),
);
insert into vss_articles(rowid, headline_embedding)
select rowid, headline_embedding from articles;
select rowid, distance
from vss_articles
where vss_search(
headline_embedding,
(select headline_embedding from articles where rowid = 123)
)
limit 100;
Language/Platform | Install | |
---|---|---|
Python | pip install sqlite-vss | |
Node.js | npm install sqlite-vss | |
Deno | deno.land/x/sqlite_vss | |
Datasette | datasette install datasette-sqlite-vss | |
sqlite-utils | sqlite-utils install sqlite-utils-sqlite-vss | |
Ruby | gem install sqlite-vss | |
Github Release |
linux-x86_64
(Linux x86_64)macos-x86_64
(MacOS x86_64)macos-aarch64
(MacOS M1 and M2 chips)
sqlite-hello
The smallest "Hello world" SQLite extension possible.
sqlite> .load ./hello0
sqlite> select hello('Alex');
'Hello, Alex!'
Language/Platform | Install | |
---|---|---|
Python | pip install sqlite-hello | |
Node.js | npm install sqlite-hello | |
Deno | deno.land/x/sqlite_hello | |
Datasette | datasette install datasette-sqlite-hello | |
sqlite-utils | sqlite-utils install sqlite-utils-sqlite-hello | |
Ruby | gem install sqlite-hello | |
Github Release |
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linux-x86_64
(Linux x86_64) -
macos-x86_64
(MacOS x86_64) -
macos-aarch64
(MacOS M1 and M2 chips) -
windows-x86_64
(Windows x86_64)
Distribution
SQLite extensions have historically been hard to shared with other people. Installing and using them can be tricky and confusing, but these are some strategies I've used to make that easier!
pip
for Python Developers
Most of my SQLite extensions are additional placed in a small Python library and distributed on PyPi. Python developers can then install these extensions with a pip install
command like so:
pip install sqlite-regex
The actual Python library is small and meant to be used with the builtin sqlite3
Python module, like so:
import sqlite3
import sqlite_regex
db = sqlite3.connect(':memory:')
db.enable_load_extension(True)
sqlite_regex.load(db)
db.execute("select regex_version(), '[abc]' regexp 'a';").fetchone()
# ('v0.1.0', 1)
See _Making SQLite extensions pip install-able _ (February 2023) for more details.
npm
for Node.js Developers
These extensions are also distributed on npm
for use in Node.js. they can be install with a npm install
command like so:
npm install sqlite-regex
And then used in Node.js programs with better-sqlite3
or node-sqlite3
like so:
import Database from "better-sqlite3";
import * as sqlite_regex from "sqlite-regex";
const db = new Database(":memory:");
db.loadExtension(sqlite_regex.getLoadablePath());
const version = db.prepare("select regex_version()").pluck().get();
console.log(version); // "v0.2.0"
See Making SQLite extensions npm install'able for Node.js, and on deno.land/x for Deno (March 2023) for more details.
deno.land/x
for Deno Developers
These extensions are also distributed on deno.land/x
for use in Deno programs. It's meant to work with the x/sqlite3
client like so:
import { Database } from "https://deno.land/x/sqlite3@0.8.0/mod.ts";
import * as sqlite_regex from "https://deno.land/x/sqlite_regex@v0.2.3-alpha.2/mod.ts";
const db = new Database(":memory:");
db.enableLoadExtension = true;
sqlite_regex.load(db);
const [version] = db.prepare("select regex_version()").value<[string]>()!;
console.log(version);
See the "Deno" section of Making SQLite extensions npm install'able for Node.js, and on deno.land/x for Deno (March 2023) for more details.
gem
for ruby Developers
These extensions are also distributed on rubygems.org for use in Ruby applications. It's meant to work with the sqlite3
client like so:
require 'sqlite3'
require 'sqlite_regex'
db = SQLite3::Database.new(':memory:')
db.enable_load_extension(true)
SqliteRegex.load(db)
db.enable_load_extension(false)
result = db.execute("select regex_version(), '[abc]' regexp 'a';")
puts result.first.first # "v0.2.3-alpha.7"
puts result.first.last # 1
See Making SQLite extension gem install'able for Ruby Developers (June 2023) for more details.
As Datasette Plugins
Most of these SQLite extensions are also distributed as Datasette Plugins. They are small wrappers around their corresponding pip packages.
They can be installed like so:
datasette install datasette-sqlite-regex
Now all future Datasette instances will include sqlite-regex
functions. Here we test it using datasette --get
.
$ datasette --get '/_memory.csv?sql=select+regex_version()'
regex_version()
v0.1.0
As sqlite-utils Plugins
Most of these SQLite extensions are also distributed as sqlite-utils plugins. They are small wrappers around their corresponding pip packages.
They can be installed like so:
sqlite-utils install sqlite-utils-sqlite-regex
Now when using the sqlite-utils CLI, the sqlite-regex
functions will be available.
$ sqlite-utils memory 'select regex_version()'
[{"regex_version()": "v0.2.3"}]
Roadmap
Various extensions and tools that I plan to build and open source in the future! Most of the development of these happen in private repos, to make my life easier.
If you're interested in any of these, just send me a message!
Future SQLite Extensions
sqlite-img
: Query and manipulate images (cropping, thumbnails, rotation, etc.)sqlite-xml
: Query XML documents with XPath stringssqlite-assert
: Make assertions of your data at query-timesqlite-parquet
: Query Parquet files from SQLitesqlite-md
: Query Markdown documents as their ASTsqlite-geo
: A GIS extension, a slimmed-down alternative to spatialitesqlite-python
: Write loadable SQLite extensions in pure Pythonsqlite-qjs
: Create custom scalar, aggregate, and table functions in JavaScript with QuickJSsqlite-duckdb
: Query and insert data in DuckDB tables, query CSVs/Parquet/JSON with DuckDBsqlite-pg
: Query and insert data into Postgres tablessqlite-notion
: Query and insert data into Notion databasessqlite-google-sheets
: query and insert data into Google Sheet
Future Extension Bindings
- Elixir
- Rust
- Go
Future Tooling
sqlite-package-manager
: A command-line tool for manage SQLite extensions for your project, similar to npm/pip/brewsqlite-docs
: Document SQLite tables and columns with in-line comments onCREATE TABLE
statements, like JSDoc/rustdoc/docstringssqlitex
: A modernsqlite3
alternative, a new CLI with Parquet/S3 support, a bigger stdlib, syntax highlighting, and more