Who uses SQLite database?

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Adobe uses SQLite as the application file format for their Photoshop Lightroom product. SQLite is also a standard part of the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR). It is reported that Acrobat Reader also uses SQLite. Airbus confirms that SQLite is being used in the flight software for the A350 XWB family of aircraft.

Who uses SQLite?

SQLite is often used as the on-disk file format for desktop applications such as version control systems, financial analysis tools, media cataloging and editing suites, CAD packages, record keeping programs, and so forth.

Is SQLite used in industry?

It is said you can't use SQLite in production because it doesn't support concurrency (no more than one user can be writing to the database at the same time) and it can't scale. But let's be pragmatic. Many applications are used only by a few users. For example, they are used on an intranet of a small company.

Is SQLite popular?

Since SQLite is used extensively in every smartphone, and there are more than 4.0 billion (4.0e9) smartphones in active use, each holding hundreds of SQLite database files, it is seems likely that there are over one trillion (1e12) SQLite databases in active use.

Is SQLite a good database?

SQLite is a self-contained, file-based, and fully open-source RDBMS known for its portability, reliability, and strong performance even in low-memory environments. Its transactions are ACID-compliant, even in cases where the system crashes or undergoes a power outage.

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