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nsrht / time-travel-sqlite-debugger

time-travel-sqlite-debugger

⏱️ A zero-dependency, ultra-lightweight database time machine for SQLite. Monitors changes in real-time and lets you scrub back to any previous state in seconds during local development!

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45GitHub stars
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What it is

⏱️ A zero-dependency, ultra-lightweight database time machine for SQLite. Monitors changes in real-time and lets you scrub back to any previous state in seconds during local development!

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Observed mentions: 2026-08-09 18:59:53 UTC to 2026-08-09 19:25:57 UTC.

012026-08-09 18:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-09 19:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsAug 9, 18:002026-08-09 19:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-09 20:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsAug 9, 19:00

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Aug 9, 19:002026-08-09 19:00:00 UTC2026-08-09 20:00:00 UTC101

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https://github.com/nsrht/time-travel-sqlite-debugger/blob/ma... works by checking the mtime on the database file (and -wal file) once per second and creating a backups/unixtime_database.sqlite file if anything has changed, then keeps the last 50 copies. So OK for smaller database files but not great if you're pushing into a GB+ of data. I'm not convinced by the way it copies the files - I think using a "vacuum into" backup would be safer then file copies. Litestream offers point-in-time recovery for SQLite by backing up chunks of WAL directly, which I expect is a lot more efficient than this mechanism.
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