SQLite migration

AthenaDB provides a native SQL engine plus a SQLite-compatible C API and an athenadb-sqlite3 compatibility CLI so many existing SQLite applications can migrate with minimal changes — and gain encryption at rest and AI-native retrieval. See the SQLite compatibility page and SQL docs.

This is an Early Access migration path, not a certified drop-in for every workload. Validate before production cutover.

The compatibility shell

athenadb-sqlite3 ./app.db ".tables"
athenadb-sqlite3 ./app.db "SELECT count(*) FROM events;"

Applications linked against libsqlite3

AthenaDB ships a shim exposing the sqlite3 C API. Applications built against -lsqlite3 can often load AthenaDB's implementation with little or no code change. Test your workload.

Why migrate

• Encryption at rest with AthenaDB's own crypto stack.
• Hybrid AI-native retrieval — keyword + vector + timeline + entity — on the same data, alongside your existing SQL.
• A path, not a rewrite — keep your SQL surface and application code where compatibility covers it.