LiteFork CLI

Branch, sync, and anonymize local SQLite databases from the command line.

Installation

# Install globally
npm install -g litefork

# Or run directly with npx
npx litefork

Usage

Create a branch

Fork a SQLite database and automatically anonymize PII:

litefork branch --source ./production.db --name feature-auth

# Or using the shorthand alias:
litefork fork ./production.db feature-auth

Output:

✓ Branch created successfully

  source   /path/to/production.db
  branch   feature-auth
  output   /path/to/production_feature-auth.db

  ⚿  anonymized  42 rows in users

✓ Branch 'feature-auth' created and automatically anonymized. (42 rows scrubbed)

List branches

View all SQLite files in a directory:

litefork list
litefork list --dir ./data

Output:

  📁 SQLite files in /path/to/dir

  [source]  production.db      120.5 KB  modified Mar 11, 2026
  [branch]  production_auth.db  121.2 KB  modified Mar 10, 2026

Diff a branch

Compare a branch's schema against its source:

litefork diff --branch ./production_auth.db
litefork diff --branch ./production_auth.db --source ./production.db

Output:

  Schema Diff
  source  production.db
  branch  production_auth.db

  + TABLE  sessions
    + id
    + user_id
    + token
  ~ TABLE  users
    + last_login

Version

litefork --version

Web Dashboard

For a visual interface with cloud branches, schema evolution tracking, and team audit logs, see the LiteFork Dashboard.

License

MIT