Platform Support
⚠️ Windows Notice: Windows binaries are provided for convenience but Windows is NOT an officially supported platform. Use at your own risk. Community contributions for Windows improvements are welcome.
✅ Supported Platforms: Linux (amd64, arm64, armv6, armv7), macOS (amd64, arm64)
Installation
Homebrew (macOS and Linux)
brew tap benbjohnson/litestream
brew install litestreamDebian/Ubuntu
Download the .deb file for your architecture and install:
sudo dpkg -i litestream-*.debRPM-based systems
Download the .rpm file for your architecture and install:
sudo rpm -i litestream-*.rpmBinary installation
Download the appropriate archive for your platform, extract, and move to your PATH.
VFS Extension (Experimental)
SQLite loadable extensions for read-only access to Litestream replicas are available for supported platforms:
| Platform | File |
|---|---|
| Linux x86_64 | litestream-vfs-v0.5.18-linux-amd64.tar.gz
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| Linux ARM64 | litestream-vfs-v0.5.18-linux-arm64.tar.gz
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| macOS Intel | litestream-vfs-v0.5.18-darwin-amd64.tar.gz
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| macOS Apple Silicon | litestream-vfs-v0.5.18-darwin-arm64.tar.gz
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Install via package managers:
pip install litestream-vfs # Python
npm install litestream-vfs # Node.js
gem install litestream-vfs # RubyChangelog
- daf7646 [metrics] expose replica validation results (#1535)
- 3b91159 chore(deps): bump grpc to v1.83.1 (#1533)
- b052aad chore(deps): bump otel to v1.45.0 for govulncheck (#1553)
- 4ed7a30 chore(deps): bump x/crypto for govulncheck (#1496)
- 3569ce0 chore(deps): bump x/crypto to v0.56.0 for govulncheck (#1507)
- 6a71ccd docs(contributing): give the soak command a timeout it can pass under (#1517)
- e393ab4 feat(s3): add Neon Object Storage provider auto-detection (#1582)
- ffd4fea fix(abs): read the endpoint from a replica URL (#1566)
- 53fc7d6 fix(abs): tolerate a download without Content-Length (#1565)
- 25b569f fix(ci): build MinIO test image from upstream source (#1554)
- e8128fd fix(ci): pass -replica-clients to the integration test jobs (#1575)
- 9fae135 fix(ci): pin MinIO server and client images on Quay (#1526)
- 7766bf1 fix(ci): retain nightly failure details with null step conclusions (#1583)
- 7954033 fix(ci): write MinIO build cache only from main (#1556)
- 0ba3050 fix(config): reject snapshot retention shorter than interval (#1471)
- eedda9f fix(db): cache LTX pages for checkpoint verification (#1584)
- f282d0e fix(db): keep read lock alive after caller context is cancelled (#1579)
- 6620cc3 fix(db): read the whole WAL when the last-page check fails (#1547)
- 9b37876 fix(deps): bump Go toolchain to 1.26.10 for GO-2026-6809 (#1598)
- 56a5617 fix(deps): bump x/net and Go toolchain for govulncheck (#1573)
- 59ba89e fix(dir-watch): detect a database recreated after a failed close (#1597)
- e5de39c fix(gs): abort uploads when source reader fails (#1480)
- bc91f74 fix(gs): preserve authentication after init (#1602)
- 93ba3cd fix(internal): skip directory sync on Windows (#1548)
- 5acb9dd fix(metrics): delete per-database series on close (#1571)
- 61c06f8 fix(packaging): omit Homebrew sample config (#1413)
- c3085f1 fix(python): use version-independent wheel tags (#1519)
- 716acc5 fix(replica): bound each LTX stream read so a silent connection cannot hang a restore (#1528)
- 24ead77 fix(replica): honor LTX file seek contract (#1461)
- 899a804 fix(replica): reconcile resumable reader recovery (#1500)
- 1be2782 fix(replica): wrap ctx error on cancelled reopen (#1504)
- 9f3af35 fix(replicate): bound shutdown when SFTP stalls (#1590)
- 0eee9c6 fix(restore): accept checksum-tracked LTX (#1470)
- 065b32a fix(restore): deprecate ineffective parallelism flag (#1588)
- 057d395 fix(restore): replan after replica files disappear (#1585)
- fb9c163 fix(restore): resume follow mode when saved TXID is ahead of latest s… (#1385)
- 1068145 fix(s3): add opt-in PutObject checksums (#1610)
- 9a4ffed fix(s3): detect providers with endpoint ports (#1525)
- 3cd52a2 fix(s3): retry throttling with bounded backoff (#1609)
- d114c6a fix(server): cancel abandoned sync requests (#1589)
- fac8092 fix(sftp): fsync LTX files before renaming them into place (#1574)
- 703a7aa fix(store): skip idle compaction without listing the replica (#1564)
- d42408d fix(store): stop monitors before closing databases (#1530)
- 2cad11a fix(vfs): discard stale replica poll results (#1595)
- fd72802 fix(vfs): fix litestream_time() to update with new LTX files (#1455)
- beb4a49 fix(vfs): recover straddling L1 polls (#1478)
- 2a2689b fix(vfs): return SQLITE_OK from the auto-extension for non-VFS connections (#1506)
- bcf029e fix(vfs): scope synced TXIDs to each replica (#1549)
- bd4a2eb fix(webdav): read LTX header timestamps for timestamp-based restore (#1576)
- 88de494 fix: log context errors from replica clients while monitors are running (#1572)
- b088b57 fix: prevent metric counter panics on clock regressions (#1494)
- d8b24e8 perf(restore): open every restore-plan file concurrently (#1568)
- 4b39bea test(cli): drain usage capture pipe (#1557)
- c2ea2b2 test(db): stabilize delayed checkpoint (#1498)
- 51417c6 test(integration): give load deadline headroom (#1505)
- 8e0e270 test(store): wait for initial replication (#1596)
- a2c5808 test(vfs): make load checks CPU independent (#1594)
- 077db77 test(vfs): synchronize active reader polling (#1593)