Issues

• First new Database() on Linux can block for seconds: isLinuxMusl() calls process.report.getReport() with its network section

  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1527 · Filter by author nathancahill opened on Oct 15, 2026
  2

• Documentation in compilation.md seems to not be correct

  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1525 · Filter by author g-robertson opened on Sep 21, 2026

• v13 getBinding does not use locally built bindings when present

  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1524 · Filter by author everett1992 opened on Sep 17, 2026
  2

• show node:sqlite3 benchmark instead

  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1522 · Filter by author jestarray opened on Sep 15, 2026

• Better musl detection

  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1517 · Filter by author corrideat opened on Aug 26, 2026
  1

• v13.0.3: gypfile:false does not prevent node-gyp/Python invocation on Windows (npm ci)

  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1516 · Filter by author JohannesGuetling opened on Aug 20, 2026
  4

• v13.0.3 segfaults in new Database() on Node 20 and 22 (darwin-arm64); fine on Node 25 and on v12

  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1514 · Filter by author nikolay-e opened on Aug 13, 2026
  5

• Contrib: built and tested better-sqlite3 with LumoSQL

  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1500 · Filter by author danshearer opened on Jul 21, 2026

• Blob size limit at ~512MB despite MAX_LENGTH=2147483647

  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1430 · Filter by author kkshinkai opened on Dec 18, 2025
  3

• Is nolock option available? Accessing to file on WSL ends with error - SqliteError: database is locked

  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1394 · Filter by author janproch opened on Aug 26, 2025
  3

• Expose sqlite3_system_errno() on SqliteError

  enhancement
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1379 · Filter by author wolfgang42 opened on Jun 12, 2025
  2

• Aggressive String Limits Causing Avoidable SQLITE_TOOBIG?

  discussionenhancement
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1369 · Filter by author mharradon opened on May 5, 2025

• How to attach a database read-only

  enhancement
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1354 · Filter by author rensdewolf opened on Mar 24, 2025
  3

• Make transaction work with async callbacks.

  duplicateenhancementwontfix
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1262 · Filter by author KpjComp opened on Sep 18, 2024
  12

• CI: Run test in Electron as well

  discussionenhancementhelp wanted
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1224 · Filter by author Prinzhorn opened on Jul 14, 2024
  10

• Feature Request: Add global configuration option in new Database(options) for transactions (either DEFAULT, IMMEDIATE or EXCLUSIVE)

  enhancementhelp wanted
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1217 · Filter by author titanism opened on Jul 2, 2024
  1

• Performance numbers might not be representitive or are outdated

  discussion
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1120 · Filter by author tobyhinloopen opened on Dec 20, 2023
  4

• Exposing file control operations

  enhancement
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1101 · Filter by author devinivy opened on Nov 9, 2023
  1

• Enable load_extension() function?

  enhancement
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1065 · Filter by author davidkaufman opened on Sep 12, 2023
  3

• Support binding ArrayBuffers

  enhancement
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1048 · Filter by author fabiospampinato opened on Aug 23, 2023

• Exposing the embedded SQLite3 version number and other compile-time variables

  enhancement
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1021 · Filter by author moll opened on Jun 14, 2023

• inserts with triggers that update related FTS tables croak when wrapped in a transaction

  issue with sqlite core
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#1003 · Filter by author punkish opened on May 3, 2023
  4

• Getting an Electron crash, not sure how to further debug - help needed!

  help wanted
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#988 · Filter by author rathboma opened on Apr 10, 2023
  8

• More docs on custom functions

  enhancement
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#912 · Filter by author kentcdodds opened on Nov 28, 2022
  11

• Setting memory database size limit

  question
  WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#860 · Filter by author gatecrasher777 opened on Aug 8, 2022
  1