I Built a Hosted SQLite SaaS That's Free to Use 🚀

Now Open to Free Signups

SQLite is magical. S3 is cheap. I combined them.

LiteLoft is a hosted database service built on
distributed-sqlite
— SQLite backed by S3, with a full provisioning layer,
auth, and monetization baked in.

Why this exists

I was already running SQLite on S3 with Litestream for a
production app. Then I built distributed-sqlite — a
SQLAlchemy dialect that treats S3 as the storage layer
with concurrent write support.

The next logical step? Host it.

How it works

• Your DB lives in S3 as SQLite files + manifests
• We issue short-lived STS credentials scoped to your tenant prefix — zero standing IAM access, ever
• Connect with one line of Python via our client SDK

with connect(api_key=API_KEY, api_base_url=BASE) as engine:
    with engine.begin() as conn:
        conn.execute(
            text("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS hello (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, msg TEXT)")
        )

The Stack

• distributed-sqlite — S3-backed SQLAlchemy dialect
• AWS STS AssumeRole — per-tenant isolated creds
• App Runner — lightweight provisioning layer
• S3 — the actual database storage

Two Ways to Use It

☁️ Use Our Cloud (Free Tier Available)

Sign up → get a DB → connect. Done.

👉 liteloft.dev

🛠️ BYO Bucket — Self Host in Your AWS Account

One-click CloudFormation deploy. Your data never
leaves your account.

Install

Server (self-host):

pip install db-host-api

👉 pypi.org/project/db-host-api

Client:

pip install db-host-client

👉 pypi.org/project/db-host-client

Open Source

MIT licensed. Contributions welcome.

👉 github.com/chrisk60331/distributed-sqlite-host

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🆓 Free signups open now. No credit card. No infra.
Just a DB that lives in the cloud and costs almost
nothing to run.

Drop a comment if you have questions or want to
collaborate. Building in public — follow along. 🔷

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