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Guide to setting up and using Turso Cloud

Introduction

Turso is a cloud database platform built on libSQL, an open-source fork of SQLite.

It is designed for edge and serverless environments — each database is a lightweight SQLite file hosted on the cloud, accessible over HTTP from any runtime (Node.js, Deno, Bun, browsers, Cloudflare Workers, Netlify Edge Functions, etc.).

Key features:

  • SQLite-compatible — standard SQL, no new query language to learn
  • Serverless-first — connects over HTTP/WebSockets, no persistent connection needed
  • Global replication — replicate databases closer to users with embedded replicas
  • Free tier — generous limits for development and small projects

Cloud

Refer to the official Turso Cloud documentation for more information.

Quickstart

Quick Start

Install the Turso CLI using the following command:

shell
curl -sSfL https://get.tur.so/install.sh | bash

The next command will open your browser to sign up:

shell
turso auth signup

Now create your first database with the name my-db:

shell
turso db create my-db

You can inspect your new database using the following command:

shell
turso db show my-db

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