Litestream Files

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)

:::bash
brew tap benbjohnson/litestream
brew install litestream

Debian/Ubuntu

Download the .deb file for your architecture and install:

:::bash
sudo dpkg -i litestream-*.deb

RPM-based systems

Download the .rpm file for your architecture and install:

:::bash
sudo rpm -i litestream-*.rpm

Binary 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:

Install via package managers:

:::bash
pip install litestream-vfs    # Python
npm install litestream-vfs    # Node.js
gem install litestream-vfs    # Ruby

Changelog

• [ad55ec] feat(ci): add nightly stability CI, LTX behavioral tests, and release gating (#1195)
• [13ef32] feat(logging): add tint pretty handler, optional source info, and path cleaning (#1204)
• [1678a9] fix(ci): dedupe nightly stability issues (#1217)
• [d65fa3] fix(cmd): add helpful hint when 'litestream start' is run without args (#1208)
• [4cb0f8] fix(db): wrap raw errors with LTXError in paths reaching replica monitor (#1227)
• [5780f4] fix(replica): wrap missing LTX file error with LTXError in uploadLTXFile (#1225)
• [016c36] fix(restore): fix v3 restore (#1229)