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nalgeon / sqlean

sqlean

The ultimate set of SQLite extensions

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The ultimate set of SQLite extensions

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Observed mentions: 2021-04-03 19:13:56 UTC to 2026-01-12 13:58:32 UTC.

02468102021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 2 submissions, 3 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 9 mentions; 4 submissions, 5 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 1 submissions, 4 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC523
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC945
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC514
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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justinclift·Apr 28, 2023
> Can one disable json support ... Yeah, it's pretty configurable, including the JSON support. Being able to include/exclude things can be done at compile time: https://www.sqlite.org/compile.html ← lists the options for including/excluding stuff And there's a function for loading 3rd party extensions at run-time too, which itself can be turned off. :) There's a fair amount of 3rd party extensions too. eg: https://github.com/nalgeon/sqlean GIS stuff, encryption support (several varieties), Excel/ODS support, and tonnes of other things
In Exciting SQLite Improvements Since 2020
alexgarcia-xyz·Feb 6, 2023
Author here, happy to answer questions! Simon already gave a great intro to my SQLite extensions, and I just want to point folks to Anton Zhiyanov's sqlean project, for pure-C extensions: https://github.com/nalgeon/sqlean Also, some of these extensions are also packaged as Datasette plugins, so you can also run `datasette install datasette-sqlite-regex` or `datasette install datasette-sqlite-ulid` to add these extension to your Datasette instances! https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/plugins.html
In Making SQLite extensions pip install-able

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