<p>We've looked into it before as I agree, it'd be awesome. But as of February 2020, the answer is no because SQLite is missing some key features that Craft currently relies on: <a href="https://www.sqlite.org/omitted.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.sqlite.org/omitted.html</a></p>

<p>Specifically the missing joins and alter table commands.</p>

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libSQL added some features, did you have a look if it would now be possible? It would be such a boon to DX https://github.com/tursodatabase/libsql
Udo
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<p>Is there any plan on supporting SQLite someday? It would be very interesting for small instances where we can't create any MySQL or MariaDB databases for example (in my case, free tier hosting coming with the domain name which offers PHP, 30Mb storage but no MySQL database).</p>

<p>Thanks a lot!</p>

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You might be better off asking your question on https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues, as a feature request.
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SQLite database support
# SQLite database support

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-17)

Is there any plan on supporting SQLite someday? It would be very interesting for small instances where we can't create any MySQL or MariaDB databases for example (in my case, free tier hosting coming with the domain name which offers PHP, 30Mb storage but no MySQL database).

Thanks a lot!

**Tags:** database

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You might be better off asking your question on https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues, as a feature request.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-02-18. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

We've looked into it before as I agree, it'd be awesome. But as of February 2020, the answer is no because SQLite is missing some key features that Craft currently relies on: <https://www.sqlite.org/omitted.html>

Specifically the missing joins and alter table commands.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: libSQL added some features, did you have a look if it would now be possible? It would be such a boon to DX https://github.com/tursodatabase/libsql  

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