# benbjohnson/litestream

> Litestream is a background tool for incremental replication of SQLite databases to a file or S3, designed for disaster recovery. It works through the SQLite API and does not corrupt the database.

- Magnitude: 1.9 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 14,534 total · +2 stars measured 2026-10-26, 11:33–13:18 UTC, ≈ 4 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Backend & databases · Language: Go · License: Apache-2.0 · Created: 2020-10-06 · Last push: 2026-10-23
- GitHub: https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream · Homepage: https://litestream.io · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/benbjohnson/litestream

## Useful for

- Set up continuous replication of a SQLite database to S3 for disaster recovery
- Restore a database from a replica after a failure
- Run Litestream as a background process alongside a SQLite-based application

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-26 (UTC), 11:33–13:18: 14532 → 14534 stars (+2). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +4 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- GitHub Trending Go today: #15, +6 stars.
- Recent forks include notable developers: @mikeckennedy (3,121 followers), @rudycelekli (606 followers), @peters (230 followers).

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 448
- Issues and pull requests: 1,480
- Watchers: 82
- Average over the last week: 5 per day
- Usual pace: 4 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 3
- Latest release: v0.5.17 (2026-08-31)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-09-27 … 2026-10-26: 5, 4, 1, 5, 6, 7, 6, 2, 3, 12, 6, 7, 9, 2, 7, 4, 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 6, 0, 7, 5, 2

## Spotted in now

- GitHub Trending Go today: #15, +6 stars

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