liteweb

A fast, single-binary SQLite database viewer with a web UI. Open any SQLite file and browse its tables, inspect schemas and explore data — all from your browser.

Features

• Single self-contained binary — no runtime dependencies
• Browse tables and views with pagination
• Inspect column types, primary keys and indexes
• Optional password protection
• Light and dark mode

Installation

From a GitHub release

Download the latest binary for your platform from the releases page.

# Linux (amd64)
curl -L https://github.com/eugenioenko/liteweb/releases/latest/download/liteweb-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar xz
chmod +x liteweb
./liteweb --file ./mydb.sqlite

Available release archives:

Platform	File
Linux x86_64	liteweb-linux-amd64.tar.gz
Linux arm64	liteweb-linux-arm64.tar.gz
macOS x86_64	liteweb-darwin-amd64.tar.gz
macOS arm64	liteweb-darwin-arm64.tar.gz
Windows x86_64	liteweb-windows-amd64.zip

From source

Requirements: Go 1.25+, Node.js 22+, pnpm

git clone https://github.com/eugenioenko/liteweb.git
cd liteweb
make build
./liteweb --file ./mydb.sqlite

Usage

$ liteweb help

  liteweb — SQLite Viewer

  A fast, single-binary SQLite database viewer with a web UI.

  Usage:
    liteweb --file <path> [options]
    liteweb help

  Options:
    --file      <path>    Path to the SQLite database file (required)
    --port      <number>  Port to listen on (default: 9090)
    --password  <string>  Password to protect the UI (optional)

  Examples:
    liteweb --file ./mydb.sqlite
    liteweb --file ./mydb.sqlite --port 8080
    liteweb --file ./mydb.sqlite --password secret

Development

# Build the Go backend only (requires dist to exist)
make build-go

# Start the Vite dev server (proxies /api/ to :9090)
make ui-dev

# Run tests
make test

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This project was built with the assistance of Claude Code to fulfil the need of viewing SQLite databases with a single portable binary.