Chainguard Container for sqlite3

SQLite is a C-language library that implements a small, fast, self-contained, high-reliability, full-featured, SQL database engine.

Chainguard Containers are regularly-updated, secure-by-default container images.

Download this Container Image

For those with access, this container image is available on cgr.dev:

docker pull cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/sqlite3:latest

Be sure to replace the ORGANIZATION placeholder with the name used for your organization's private repository within the Chainguard Registry.

Compatibility Notes

At the time of writing, there is no official upstream container image for sqlite3 for like-for-like comparison.

The Chainguard image, includes both the SQLite database engine and the sqlite3 command-line interface. It runs as a non-root user (uid: 65532) and uses the following entrypoint: /usr/bin/sqlite3.

Getting Started

Runs the container with a local volume mount, and creates a new 'test.db', writing an example 'users' table:

docker run --rm \
  -v $(pwd):/data -w /data \
  cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/sqlite3:latest \
  test.db "CREATE TABLE users (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT, email TEXT);"

Runs the container, leveraging the test.db from the local volume mount, and writes additional data:

docker run --rm \
  -v $(pwd):/data -w /data \
  -u $(id -u):$(id -g) \
  cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/sqlite3:latest \
  test.db "INSERT INTO users (name, email) VALUES ('Alice', 'alice@example.com'), ('Bob', 'bob@example.com'), ('Charlie', 'charlie@example.com');"

Query and return data:

docker run --rm \
  -v $(pwd):/data -w /data \
  -u $(id -u):$(id -g) \
  cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/sqlite3:latest \
  test.db "SELECT * FROM users;"

Expected output:

1|Alice|alice@example.com
2|Bob|bob@example.com
3|Charlie|charlie@example.com

Launch an interactive shell.

docker run --rm -it \
  -v $(pwd):/data -w /data \
  -u $(id -u):$(id -g) \
  cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/sqlite3:latest \
  test.db

Expected output:

SQLite version 3.49.1 2025-02-18 13:38:58
Enter ".help" for usage hints.
sqlite>

Documentation and Resources

• SQLite official documentation

What are Chainguard Containers?

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