---
id: aiosqlite
version: "0.22.1"
license: unclear
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# aiosqlite — asyncio bridge to the standard sqlite3 module

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install aiosqlite
uv add aiosqlite
poetry add aiosqlite

## Description

aiosqlite\: Sqlite for AsyncIO
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aiosqlite provides a friendly, async interface to sqlite databases.

It replicates the standard ``sqlite3`` module, but with async versions
of all the standard connection and cursor methods, plus context managers for
automatically closing connections and cursors:

.. code-block:: python

    async with aiosqlite.connect(...) as db:
        await db.execute("INSERT INTO some_table ...")
        await db.commit()

        async with db.execute("SELECT * FROM some_table") as cursor:
            async for row in cursor:...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

aiosqlite provides an async interface to SQLite databases that mirrors the standard sqlite3 module, allowing non-blocking database queries and operations within AsyncIO event loops.

Verdict: aiosqlite is a production-stable, well-maintained async SQLite wrapper with zero dependencies, no known vulnerabilities, and permissive licensing. It is suitable for projects needing non-blocking database access in AsyncIO applications.

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