Package

sqlite3

Asynchronous, non-blocking SQLite3 bindings

v6.0.1, 12 Mar 2026BSD-3-ClauseCommonJSTypes: BundledDatabase clients and drivers

$ npm install sqlite3

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 1.8m; +25% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 4; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 6 months ago; v6.0.1
GitHub stars: 6.4k; 850 forks
Open issues / PRs: 165 / 9
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 21

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

1,832,480 downloads last week, 9,176,426 in the last month. The 12-month change of +25% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 1102 in total
Latest version: 6.0.1, 12 Mar 20266 months ago
First published: 24 Feb 2011
Last push to GitHub: 27 Jun 202689 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: Yes
Open issues: 165
Open pull requests: 9
Commits, last 52 weeks: 21
Dependents on npm: 5,041

Major versions

v6 first release 6.0.1, 12 Mar 2026
v5 first release 5.0.0, 1 Jul 2020
v4 first release 4.0.0, 15 Mar 2018
v3 first release 3.0.0, 21 Sept 2014
v2 first release 2.0.0, 24 Feb 2011

Recent releases

Version	Published
6.0.1	12 Mar 2026
5.1.7	5 Jan 2024
5.1.6	14 Mar 2023
5.1.5	13 Mar 2023
5.1.4	12 Dec 2022
5.1.3	12 Dec 2022
5.1.2	3 Oct 2022
5.1.1	15 Sept 2022
5.1.0	14 Sept 2022
5.0.11	31 Jul 2022
5.0.10	22 Jul 2022
5.0.9	14 Jul 2022
5.0.8	6 May 2022
5.0.7	5 May 2022

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=20.17.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 3.2 MB
Dependencies (4): tarbindingsnode-addon-apiprebuild-install
Peer dependencies (1): node-gyp

Install

npm install sqlite3

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/sqlite3@6.0.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/sqlite3@6.0.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/sqlite3@6.0.1

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
@vscode/sqlite3 Asynchronous, non-blocking SQLite3 bindings	89.9k	-	3 months ago	CommonJS	-
@appthreat/sqlite3 Asynchronous, non-blocking SQLite3 bindings. Modern rewrite of TryGhost/node-sqlite3	29.7k	-	7 days ago	ESM only	-
@expo/websql WebSQL Database API, implemented for Node using sqlite3	64.1k	-	8 years ago	CommonJS	-
better-sqlite3 The fastest and simplest library for SQLite in Node.js.	7.4m	-	1 month ago	CommonJS	-
@rocicorp/zero-sqlite3 better-sqlite3 on bedrock	105.2k	-	1 month ago	CommonJS	-

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.