How do I open a .SQLite3 file?

Drop a .SQLite3 file onto Analyser at https://analyser.valjdakosta.com/ and it is identified directly in your browser - no upload, no account and no software to install. Open SQLite databases (.sqlite/.db/.sqlite3) and read their full schema in-browser - every table with its columns and row counts, views, indexes, triggers, the CREATE-statement DDL, and a sample of the largest table. Reads the WAL-mode sidecars too: the Write-Ahead Log (-wal) - page size, salts, frame and committed-transaction counts, and the pages it changed - and the shared-memory index (-shm) - valid frame count, database size and checkpoint progress. (.sql dumps are listed under Developer / data.) Microsoft Access (MDB, ACCDB) now opens in a full table viewer - see Access database above. Concordance .dcb databases from the LexisNexis litigation review suite are identified from their bytes, and told apart from the other formats that reuse the same extension (compiled game data, speech-recognition dictionaries).

Can I open a .SQLite3 file online for free?

Yes. Analyser is a free online .SQLite3 identifier that runs entirely in your browser - your .SQLite3 file never leaves your device, so there is nothing to upload and no software to install. It even works offline once installed.

.SQLite3 file - what it is and how to identify it online

Analyse a .SQLite3 file

Home › Formats › .SQLite3ID

What is a .SQLite3 file?

A .sqlite3 file is a SQLite database in a single file. Used inside countless apps and devices.

Did you know: The 3 in the extension refers to SQLite’s version 3 file format, introduced in 2004 and kept backwards compatible ever since.
Hipp built SQLite while working on US Navy software, after a server database kept failing whenever its host went down.
Every database in this format starts with the same 16-byte header - the text “SQLite format 3” followed by a null byte.
What Analyser reads: Open SQLite databases (.sqlite/.db/.sqlite3) and read their full schema in-browser - every table with its columns and row counts, views, indexes, triggers, the CREATE-statement DDL, and a sample of the largest table. Reads the WAL-mode sidecars too: the Write-Ahead Log (-wal) - page size, salts, frame and committed-transaction counts, and the pages it changed - and the shared-memory index (-shm) - valid frame count, database size and checkpoint progress. (.sql dumps are listed under Developer / data.) Microsoft Access (MDB, ACCDB) now opens in a full table viewer - see Access database above. Concordance .dcb databases from the LexisNexis litigation review suite are identified from their bytes, and told apart from the other formats that reuse the same extension (compiled game data, speech-recognition dictionaries).
Depth of analysis: .SQLite3 is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
Open a .SQLite3 file: Drag a .SQLite3 file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.
Related formats: .SQLite · .DB · .DB3 · .SQLite-WAL · .SQLite-SHM · .DB-WAL · .DB-SHM · .DB3-WAL · .DB3-SHM · .SQLite3-WAL · .SQLite3-SHM · .DCB. See all supported file types.