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SQLite is an open-source database engine designed to help organizations store, retrieve, and modify data across web browsers, iOS and Android mobile devices, and other applications. The built-in C-language library lets users implement compact, self-reliant, and secure transactional database engines.

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Senior iOS developer

Lightweight relational database, works on many platforms and has gain support from popularity in community. The toolkit for developing is great and easy to understand the concept.

Software development

Sqlite is great for learning sql for android. For an application that will have data stored only in the app is perfect.

Analista de programas

If there is no continuous debugging process and the database scale may present synchronization problems, you do not have the option to have stored procedures.

Ph.D. Student

Very small footprint and overhead, battle-tested in real-world applications (which indicates that it’s pretty reliable) and well supported by several major companies.

SQLite is a fantastic database for resource-constraint systems or for those cases where full-blown SQL client-server system is not required. SQLite has been probably implemented for any platform.

RPA Developer

The best thing about SQLite is undoubtedly that you can work with it for free. In addition with SQLite we can perform any type of query that we would perform with another program.

Student

It is very easy to use and includes several help functionalities for beginners. It also is easy to download and install.

Software Technical Lead

The best solution for small, pre-packaged databases.

It’s also very good for people learning SQL due to its simplicity.

Software Engineer

A very good thing about this software is community support.

Due to the lightweight, there ought to be some restrictions one of them is that a large number of concurrent access might let to a system crash.

Integration to mobile is a nicer experience compare to other db engine. The speed and datasize is good for mobile as well.

Oracle Consultant 

If the application is not an ERP sort of then Sqlite is the best choice, it's easy to integrate and fast if the data is small. Best choice for beginners as well.

Director

SQLite is for a very specific use case and there are no distribution properties or guarantees. Designed to be very simple so not a lot of tuning for SQLite.

Its conformity (in the large part) to MySQL syntax and features make it easy to use as well.

We are using SQLite for java and android application. SQLite is use for small and mid level organization as well because its cost affordable for any one.

General Manager

Last I checked there was no date data type which means enforcing that date formats conformity is often on the developer's side.

Self-Employed

SQLite is best-known for its near-universal availability in many operating systems and programming languages, but this comes at a certain cost.

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Describe your general experience with SQLite
It is very useful for me to be able to store information and consume it from different sources without having to implement specific software to do so. Its portability capacity has allowed us to distribute work effectively.

Experience with SQLite

I work a lot with SQLite as it is the primary medium of local storage in Android devices (and by extension, Android applications) which I work with on a daily basis, and SQLite is just perfect for the purpose it serves on these devices. It's lightweight so you don't have to worry most times about how much of the user's storage space your database is going to take up.

There's not much difference between the standard SQL commands and those used in SQLite, and many have reported that SQLite is a good starting and training resource for SQL in general.

Perfect database tool for embedded software

I use it to quickly test applications that need some form of data storage without needing to install database software.

Good but Limited Use

As a student, I have used SQLite in several projects, in which my experience has been good. Thanks to its interface, understanding all its specific functions was not so difficult for me and at the same time working with its tools is an effective and fast process.

A complete and productive database manager

On a Windows Forms app we used to query services thousand times for data that does not change so frequently. We also had to store some business information (imagine as storing a wizard progress) and that used to be handled using TXT files (and it was a mess). We changed to SQLite and it worked almost like a charm but as the app grew and we decided to create an architecture similar to Google Chrome (multiple processes) it became a major problem for all of them to both read and write at it (we had to create a proxy app to write).

Easy to become a problem

We included SQLite alongside web and mobile applications where a small database was needed with minimum latency. Most commonly, this use case involved storing dynamic configuration values and user preferences.

The best solution for small, pre-packaged databases

A good choice for storing small and local data

We have used SQLite in developing many mobile apps, mostly Android App and as a database at back end we integrated this light weight DB system. The processing speed of queries is exceptionally fast. All the databases are working well.

A lightweight relational database management system especially for offline mobile applications and d

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It is a public domain tool that when created with the C ++ language gives those who have experience in programming the facility to adapt it to their requirements, SQLite is independent of the platform. The operations are carried out very efficiently with a single library and a small memory


Database manager very functional, fast and easy to use for different programming languages

We are using SQLite for java and android application. SQLite is use for small and mid level organization as well because its cost affordable for any one. There is no required to back up every time because SQLite make a file for backup .

No server required, used for standalone application and less configuration

SQLite allows us to setup and test all our database structures, it's quick and easy to get going and it stays out of your way. Most of the time you'll forget that it's even part of your tech stack.

A standard for testing

I used this application to learn database systems. I transferred the excel data I had, created tables, and transferred this data to the external environment with an external connection.

Database easily with SQLite

We always use SQLite as our database when building software and web application prototypes and when deploying basic websites and apps that are not data-intensive.

Best Lightweight Relational Database for Small Applications and Websites. 

Overall, SQLite allows us to build tools more rapidly. We've had a productive overall experience with SQLite.

Great lightweight database for simple use cases

The use-case I used SQLite was fairly simple I had to set up some small application quickly so this was the best possible solution for me.

Free and quick to setup and use.

Good choice for portable database

Fast Embedded database

My overall experience has been smooth and SQLite has satisfied most of my needs. It's a lite, easy to use and robust for everyday needs. The support community is fantastic and you can find solution to most problems there.

Smooth and Reliable DBMS

Sometimes I use it as a stand alone application to make queries in the terminal or as a driver/library that is easily embedded into some of my software.

Very good for studying SQL, small projects and local storage

SQLite is a good embedded database choice

SQLite works great for our specific use case as we prefer performance over HA / concurrency.

fast flexible database with robust features 

Good database to choose if you have small database requirements.

A suitable light weight for small applications (and learning)

a very decent IDE

Ramindu D.:                                            Hi, I'm Ramindu, a Software Technical Lead in the computer science industry. And I give SQLite a four out of five. We switched to SQLite from a bunch of other software that we tried out, like H2 and the plain flat files and SQLite proved to be the best solution out of all these different products that we tried out.
                                                       We chose SQLite because it's easy to use and it's very easy to bundle a whole database next to the applications as we deploy them. And it is the best solution to use with small applications that don't need a massive database alongside it.
                                                       Onboarding and integrating SQLite into our applications was pretty easy because it follows a standard sequel syntax and moving from standard sequel databases is quite easy and it provides a large number of connectors for all the different programming languages and frameworks that we use. So, it proved to be less time-consuming and efficient to integrate and onboard this into our applications.
                                                       For anyone who's trying to use SQLite, I would recommend, first of all, looking at whether you have the correct connectors for the programming languages that you're using. Of course, it covers a lot. So there, it should be good there, and make sure that your database is a small size database. So, something like a configuration store, something that won't be too heavy because you're going to be packaging your database alongside your application, and SQLite is mainly designed for applications that need small datasets. So, mainly for things like configuration, saving settings, things like that, SQLite is the best option. So, you should really consider whether your application fits that requirement of using SQLite.

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