---
title: "Deep dive into Turso, the \"SQLite rewrite in Rust\""
url: https://daily.dev/posts/qrnmbonq7
source_url: https://kerkour.com/turso-sqlite
type: share
source: "scopespace"
author: "Furqan ahmad"
published: 2026-02-09T14:17:26.703Z
updated: 2026-02-09T14:17:26.707Z
tags: ["database", "rust", "sqlite"]
upvotes: 16
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Deep dive into Turso, the "SQLite rewrite in Rust"

**[scopespace](https://daily.dev/sources/scope_space)** · [@fab978](https://daily.dev/fab978) · 16 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Turso is a new database engine written in Rust that maintains compatibility with SQLite's file format while addressing long-standing limitations. It adds built-in encryption, MVCC with concurrent writes support, and async I/O with io_uring. Unlike SQLite, Turso can scale from in-process usage to networked deployment across multiple machines, making it suitable for projects that start small but may need to scale. The project supports extensions through a Rust SDK and aims to combine the simplicity of embedded databases with the scalability of traditional client-server databases.

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Tags: [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#sqlite](https://daily.dev/tags/sqlite)

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