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:
| Platform | File |
|---|---|
| Linux x86_64 | litestream-vfs-v0.5.11-linux-amd64.tar.gz |
| Linux ARM64 | litestream-vfs-v0.5.11-linux-arm64.tar.gz |
| macOS Intel | litestream-vfs-v0.5.11-darwin-amd64.tar.gz |
| macOS Apple Silicon | litestream-vfs-v0.5.11-darwin-arm64.tar.gz |
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)