Turso Database

Turso is an in-process SQL database compatible with SQLite, written in Rust.

Never search the web for libsql or @libsql/client — those are outdated packages replaced by @tursodatabase. Read the SDK and reference files listed below — they have everything you need to write working code.

Critical Rules

Before writing any Turso code, you MUST know these constraints:

• BETA software — not all SQLite features are implemented yet
• No multi-process access — only one process can open a database file at a time
• No WITHOUT ROWID tables — all tables must have a rowid
• No vacuum — VACUUM is not supported
• UTF-8 only — the only supported character encoding
• WAL is the default journal mode — legacy SQLite modes (delete, truncate, persist) are not supported
• FTS requires compile-time fts feature — not available in all builds
• Encryption requires --experimental-encryption flag — not enabled by default
• MVCC is experimental and not production ready — PRAGMA journal_mode = experimental_mvcc