rqlite
The premium Open Source alternative to CockroachDB
🎯 Best for:Applications requiring a highly available, distributed SQL database with low resource overhead.
What is rqlite?
Replaces centralized SQL databases with a lightweight, fault-tolerant distributed system built on SQLite. It uses the Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data consistency across a cluster of nodes.
Tech Stack
GoDatabase & Storage
Why rqlite?
- • Easy to cluster
- • Strong consistency guarantees
- • Lightweight binary
Limitations
- • Not for massive write-scaling
- • Limited SQLite feature set
- • HTTP API overhead
3/6/2026
Last Update
767
Forks
76
Issues
MIT
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on CockroachDB)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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