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This commit refactors vast parts of the sqlitetypes.h interface. Its main goals are: less code, easier code, a more modern interface, reduced likelihood for strange errors and more flexibility for future extensions. The main reason why the sqlitetypes.h functions were working so well in DB4S was not because they were that stable but because they were extremely interlinked with the rest of the code. This is fine because we do not plan to ship them as a separate library. But it makes it hard to find the obvious spot to fix an issue or to put a new function. It can always be done in the sqlitetypes function or in the rest of the DB4S code because it is just not clear what the interface between the two should look like. This is supposed to be improved by this commit. One main thing here is to make ownership of objects a bit clearer. In theory the new code should be faster too but that difference will be neglectable from a user POV. This commit also fixes a hidden bug which caused all table constraints to be removed in the Edit Table dialog when a single field was removed from the table. This is all still WIP and more work is needed to be done here.
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.
It is for users and developers wanting to create databases, search, and edit data. It uses a familiar spreadsheet-like interface, and you don't need to learn complicated SQL commands.
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. It does not require familiarity with SQL commands. It is a tool to be used both by developers and by end users, and it must remain as simple to use as possible in order to achieve its goals.
Wiki
For documentation, for users as well as for developers, check out our Wiki at https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/wiki.
Nightly builds
Nightly builds for Windows and OSX can be downloaded here:
Windows
Windows releases can be downloaded here:
Note - If for some reason the standard Windows release doesn't work for you (eg it gives an error), try a nightly build. They 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
OSX releases can be downloaded here:
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
For Fedora (i386 and x86_64) you can install by issuing:
$ 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 our 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 doesn't have a new enough Qt package in its repository by default, which is a dependency
- Launchpad doesn't support Utopic any more, as that has reached its End of Life
Nightly builds
Nightly builds are available here:
To add this ppa just type in these commands in 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 you'll need to compile it yourself using the (simple) instructions in BUILDING.md.
FreeBSD
DB Browser for SQLite works well on FreeBSD, and there is a port for it (thanks to lbartoletti 😄). It can be installed using either this:
# make -C /usr/ports/databases/sqlitebrowser install
or this:
# pkg install sqlitebrowser
Compiling
Instructions for compiling on (at least) Windows, OSX, Linux, and FreeBSD are in BUILDING.
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sqlitebrowser
Website
Old project page
Releases
- 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. René 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
You can see 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.
You can modify or redistribute it under the conditions of these licenses.