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

• [6c8547] feat(s3): add storage class option (#1321)
• [bffb88] fix(compaction): resume remote source reads (#1326)
• [71a1b3] fix(config): respect explicit replica type (#1319)
• [2b3401] fix(retention): retain prior snapshot txid (#1325)
• [64cb69] fix(s3): keep retrying through sustained transport flaps (#1305)
• [9bbc25] fix(sftp): write ltx files atomically (#1320)