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# Database Browser for SQLite
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## What it is
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Database Browser for SQLite is a high quality, visual, open source tool to
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create, design, and edit database files compatible with SQLite.
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It is for users and developers wanting to create databases, search, and edit
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data. It uses a familiar spreadsheet-like interface, and you don't need to
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learn complicated SQL commands.
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Controls and wizards are available for users to:
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* Create and compact database files
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* Create, define, modify and delete tables
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* Create, define and delete indexes
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* Browse, edit, add and delete records
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* Search records
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* Import and export records as text
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* Import and export tables from/to CSV files
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* Import and export databases from/to SQL dump files
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* Issue SQL queries and inspect the results
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* Examine a log of all SQL commands issued by the application
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## What it is not
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This program is not a visual shell for the sqlite command line tool. It does
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not require familiarity with SQL commands. It is a tool to be used both by
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developers and by end users, and it must remain as simple to use as possible
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in order to achieve its goals.
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## What's been done since the SourceForge project
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* Qt3Support was removed
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* Recent files menu added
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* Improved UI, making it more modern, replacing some dialogs etc.
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* Syntax highlighting for SQL code
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* Cleaned up the code, reducing the SLOC quite a bit
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* Added basic support for triggers and views
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* Added pragma editing
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* Added BLOB support
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* Added a new filter row for searching
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* Improved performance when opening large tables
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* Extended the SQL tab
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* Added SQLite extension support
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* Fixed a ton of bugs
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* Probably more
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All in all a fair amount of the code has been rewritten in order to regain
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maintainability. Based on this quite a few bugs can be fixed and new
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features added.
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## What's still to do
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* Even more code cleanup
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* Further improvement of the UI, adding more features and making it easier to use
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* Feel free to add more issues at
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https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/issues
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## Windows binaries
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Windows binaries can be downloaded from here:
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* https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases
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Nightly builds are also available at:
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* http://rp.oldsch00l.com/sqlitebrowser/
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## MacOS X
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Database Browser for SQLite works well on MacOS X.
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* OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) - 10.9 (Mavericks) are tested and known to work
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### MacOS X binaries
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OSX binaries can be downloaded from here:
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* https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases
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Nightly builds for OSX are available at:
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* http://mirror.salasaga.org/sqlitebrowser/nightly/
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### Compiling on MacOS X
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The application can be compiled to a single executable binary file, similar to
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other command line utilities. Or it can be compiled to a .app bundle, suitable
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for placing in /Applications.
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### Compiling to a single executable binary
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This is incredibly easy using [Homebrew](http://brew.sh). Just run this command:
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$ brew install sqlitebrowser
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And you're done. A "sqlitebrowser" command should now be available in your PATH,
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and can also be launched through Spotlight.
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### Compiling to a .app bundle
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Building the .app bundle version takes a bit more effort, but isn't too hard.
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It requires SQLite and Qt 4.8.x to be installed first. These are the
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[Homebrew](http://brew.sh) steps, though other package managers should work:
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$ brew install sqlite --with-functions --without-readline
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$ brew install qt
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$ brew link sqlite3 --force
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Then it's just a matter of getting the source:
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$ git clone https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser.git
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**Note** - Don't clone the repo to a directory with a quote character (') in
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it's name (eg ~/tmp/foo'), as compiling will error out.
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And compiling it:
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$ cd sqlitebrowser
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$ qmake
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$ make
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$ brew unlink sqlite3
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$ mv src/sqlitebrowser.app /Applications/
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An icon for "sqlitebrowser" should now be in your main OSX Applications
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list, ready to launch.
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## Twitter
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Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sqlitebrowser
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## Website
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* http://sqlitebrowser.org
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## Old project page
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* https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlitebrowser
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## Releases
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* [Version 3.3.1 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.3.1) - 2014-08-31 - Project renamed from "SQLite Database Browser"
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* [Version 3.3.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/v3.3.0) - 2014-08-24
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* [Version 3.2.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/sqlb-3.2.0) - 2014-07-06
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* [Version 3.1.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/sqlb-3.1.0) - 2014-05-17
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* [Version 3.0.3 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/sqlb-3.0.3) - 2014-04-28
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* [Version 3.0.2 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/sqlb-3.0.2) - 2014-02-12
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* [Version 3.0.1 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/sqlb-3.0.1) - 2013-12-02
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* [Version 3.0 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/sqlb-3.0) - 2013-09-15
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* [Version 3.0rc1 released](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/releases/tag/rc1) - 2013-09-09 - Project now on GitHub
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* Version 2.0b1 released - 2009-12-10 - Based on Qt4.6
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* Version 1.2 released - 2005-04-05
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* Version 1.1 released - 2004-07-20
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* Version 1.01 released - 2003-10-02
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* Version 1.0 released to public domain - 2003-08-19
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## History
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This program was developed originally by Mauricio Piacentini
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([@piacentini](https://github.com/piacentini)) from Tabuleiro Producoes, as
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the Arca Database Browser. The original version was used as a free companion
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tool to the Arca Database Xtra, a commercial product that embeds SQLite
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databases with some additional extensions to handle compressed and binary data.
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The original code was trimmed and adjusted to be compatible with standard
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SQLite 2.x databases. The resulting program was renamed SQLite Database
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Browser, and released into the Public Domain by Mauricio. Icons were
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contributed by [Raquel Ravanini](http://www.raquelravanini.com), also from
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Tabuleiro. Jens Miltner ([@jmiltner](https://github.com/jmiltner)) contributed
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the code to support SQLite 3.x databases for the 1.2 release.
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Pete Morgan ([@daffodil](https://github.com/daffodil)) created an initial
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project on GitHub with the code in 2012, where several contributors fixed and
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improved pieces over the years. René Peinthor ([@rp-](https://github.com/rp-))
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and Martin Kleusberg ([@MKleusberg](https://github.com/MKleusberg)) then
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became involved, and have been the main driving force from that point. Justin
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Clift ([@justinclift](https://github.com/justinclift)) helps out with testing
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on OSX, and started the new github.com/sqlitebrowser organisation on GitHub.
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[John T. Haller](http://johnhaller.com), of
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[PortableApps.com](http://portableapps.com) fame, created the new logo. He
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based it on the Tango icon set (public domain).
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In August 2014, the project was renamed to "Database Browser for SQLite" at
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the request of [Richard Hipp](http://www.hwaci.com/drh) (creator of
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[SQLite](http://sqlite.org)), as the previous name was creating unintended
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support issues.
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## License
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Database Browser for SQLite is bi-licensed under the Mozilla Public License
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Version 2, as well as the GNU General Public License Version 3 or later.
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You can modify or redistribute it under the conditions of these licenses.
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