Your SQLite is on a server. Your GUI can't reach it.
There's no way to connect TablePlus, DBeaver, or DataGrip to a SQLite database on a remote server. Every time you need to check a record, you're SSH'ing in and typing raw SQL in a terminal.
Remote SQLite fixes this.
Why I built this
Every time I needed to check a record in production, I'd SSH into the server and type raw SQL in a terminal. No autocomplete. No schema browser. Just me and a blinking cursor.
I chose SQLite because it's the best database for most web apps. But the moment you deploy, you lose the one thing every other database gives you for free: the ability to connect a GUI tool and actually see your data.
PostgreSQL? Open TablePlus, connect, done. SQLite on a remote server? Good luck. It's 2026 and I'm debugging like it's 1995.
I got tired of it, so I built the thing I wanted.
Remote SQLite sits in your menu bar. Point TablePlus at localhost and browse your remote SQLite database like any other database. Queries come back in about 85 milliseconds. No cloud service. No account. No daemon.
Try it free for a week. Then it's $50. One-time. No subscription. You buy it, you own it.
I built this for myself. Turns out a lot of developers have the same itch.
A macOS menu bar app that connects your database GUI to remote SQLite over SSH.
Remote SQLite runs quietly in your menu bar. It speaks the PostgreSQL wire protocol locally and translates everything to SQLite on your remote server. You open TablePlus, connect to localhost, and browse your data like any other database.
TablePlus
Your Mac
The Internet
Your Server
database.sqlite
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