tursodatabase/turso

A SQL database in Rust: SQLite-compatible, now also speaking Postgres (experimental). The LLVM of databases.

Backend & databasesRust#database#embedded-database#sql#sqlite3#webassembly

1.5 Steady Magnitude out of 10 — how fast interest is growing, not a quality score. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 23, 2026, 12:53 UTC.

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About the project

An in-process SQL database written in Rust, compatible with SQLite file formats and C API, with an experimental Postgres frontend and WebAssembly support.

Useful for

Replace SQLite in a Rust app without rewriting SQL queries
Launch the tursodb interactive shell to work with a local database
Connect the Turso MCP server so an AI assistant can list tables and run SELECTs

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

2 stars so far today, about 6 expected by the end of the day.
GitHub Trending Rust today: #20, +13 stars.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 24,358
Today: 2 · ≈ 6 by evening
Forks: 1,360
Issues and pull requests: 9,078
Watchers: 101
Language: Rust
License: MIT
Latest release: v0.8.0-pre.12 · September 22, 2026
Created: August 26, 2023
Last push: September 23, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

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September 23, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #20, +13 stars

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