Turso
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.
Quick Start
Install the Turso CLI using the following command:
| The next command will open your browser to sign up:
Now create your first database with the name my-db:
You can inspect your new database using the following command:
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