Package
better-sqlite3
The fastest and simplest library for SQLite in Node.js.
Key numbers
As of 25 Sept 2026
- Weekly downloads
- 7.4m
- +356% over 12 months
- Gzip bundle size
- -
- No Bundlephobia data
- Dependencies
- 1
- Direct, from package.json
- Last release
- 1 month ago
- v13.0.3
- GitHub stars
- 7.5k
- 480 forks
- Open issues / PRs
- 58 / 16
- Contributors
- -
- Commits, last 52 weeks
- 78
Downloads
Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
7,355,311 downloads last week, 37,785,190 in the last month. The 12-month change of +356% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.
- Releases, last 12 months
- 14159 in total
- Latest version
- 13.0.3, 5 Aug 20261 month ago
- First published
- 7 Sept 2016
- Last push to GitHub
- 10 Aug 202646 days before the snapshot
- Repository archived
- No
- Open issues
- 58
- Open pull requests
- 16
- Commits, last 52 weeks
- 78
- Dependents on npm
- 10,046
Major versions
- v13 first release 13.0.0, 21 Jul 2026
- v12 first release 12.0.0, 21 Jun 2025
- v11 first release 11.0.0, 31 May 2024
- v10 first release 10.0.0, 12 May 2024
- v9 first release 9.0.0, 10 Oct 2023
- v8 first release 8.0.0, 22 Nov 2022
- v7 first release 7.0.0, 25 Apr 2020
- v6 first release 6.0.0, 24 Feb 2020
- v5 first release 5.0.0, 9 Oct 2018
- v4 first release 4.0.0, 29 Aug 2017
- v3 first release 3.0.0, 6 Jun 2017
- v2 first release 2.0.0, 1 Mar 2017
- v1 first release 1.0.0, 13 Sept 2016
- v0 first release 0.5.0, 7 Sept 2016
Recent releases
| Version | Published |
|---|---|
| 13.0.3 | 5 Aug 2026 |
| 13.0.2 | 29 Jul 2026 |
| 13.0.1 | 21 Jul 2026 |
| 13.0.0 | 21 Jul 2026 |
| 12.11.1 | 15 Jun 2026 |
| 12.10.1 | 13 Jun 2026 |
| 12.10.0 | 12 May 2026 |
| 12.9.0 | 12 Apr 2026 |
| 12.8.0 | 14 Mar 2026 |
| 12.6.2 | 17 Jan 2026 |
| 12.6.0 | 10 Jan 2026 |
| 12.5.0 | 29 Nov 2025 |
| 12.4.6 | 22 Nov 2025 |
| 12.4.5 | 21 Nov 2025 |
- Module format
- CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
- TypeScript types
- None
- Node.js engine range
- >=22
- Runtimes
- -
- Unpacked size (npm)
- 26.0 MB
- Dependencies (1)
node-addon-api
npm install better-sqlite3- jsDelivr
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/better-sqlite3@13.0.3/ - unpkg
https://unpkg.com/better-sqlite3@13.0.3/ - esm.sh
https://esm.sh/better-sqlite3@13.0.3
| Package | Weekly downloads | Gzip | Last release | Module | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| @rocicorp/zero-sqlite3 | 105.2k | - | 1 month ago | CommonJS | - |
| sql.js | 1.9m | - | 1 month ago | CommonJS | - |
| sqlite3 | 1.8m | - | 6 months ago | CommonJS | - |
| @vscode/sqlite3 | 89.9k | - | 3 months ago | CommonJS | - |
Indexability: Indexed.