turso
The premium Open Source alternative to PlanetScale
🎯 Best for:Modern web applications needing global distribution and low-latency database access.
What is turso?
Replaces centralized cloud databases with a distributed SQL platform based on libSQL. It enables low-latency data access by replicating SQLite databases to edge locations globally near the users.
Tech Stack
RustDatabase & Storage
Why turso?
- • Global data replication
- • SQLite compatibility
- • Generous free tier
Limitations
- • libSQL is a fork
- • Limited to SQLite features
- • Newer ecosystem
3/5/2026
Last Update
766
Forks
513
Issues
MIT
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on PlanetScale)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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