SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is sqlite.org legit or a scam?

This looks safe to use.

Official SQLite project site, 23.9-year-old domain, zero malware detections, and positive independent reviews.

Cross-checked against 9 independent sources — none raised a concern
sqlite.orgScanned 1h ago
0/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 100·MT 95
Screenshot of sqlite.orgSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (5)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsDomain is 24 years oldEncrypted connectionClean server reputation
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
24 years old
Registered Aug 6, 2002

Website Preview

Screenshot of sqlite.org
LIVE RENDER
sqlite.org

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

Visual analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

0
/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

This page is the legitimate website for the SQLite database engine.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

2 signals

The screenshot displays the official SQLite documentation and project portal.

Content is consistent with the legitimate SQLite open-source project website.

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain sqlite.org has been registered since 2002 and shows no signs of malicious activity. Our antivirus network returned zero detections from 92 engines and the hosting IP carries an abuse score of zero. The page content matches the legitimate SQLite documentation and project portal exactly. Independent review sites contain positive feedback from users confirming the software's real-world use. No scam reports, complaints, or clone indicators appear in our research. The combination of extreme domain age, clean infrastructure signals, and consistent public-domain licensing leaves no room for doubt about legitimacy.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain registered 23.9 years ago with no privacy masking.
  • Zero detections across 92 malware engines and clean browser blocklist status.
  • Hosting IP shows zero abuse reports and zero abuse score.
  • Page content matches official SQLite documentation exactly.
  • Positive reviews on independent sites and confirmed US business registration.
The full analysis

Page Content

The page is titled "SQLite Home Page" and presents the official documentation and download portal for the SQLite database engine. Body text describes SQLite as a public-domain C-language library used in billions of devices worldwide. The site lists features, SQL syntax references, API documentation, and sponsor information. No login forms, countdown timers, or data-collection prompts are present.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on IP 194.195.208.62 with an abuse score of 0/100 and zero abuse reports. SSL certificate is valid, issued by Let's Encrypt, and expires in 44 days. A single redirect hop occurs with no cross-domain or homoglyph activity. Our sandbox and browser blocklist feeds returned clean results.

Domain History

The domain was registered on 2002-08-06 through Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC. At 23.9 years old, it ranks among the oldest active project domains on the internet. No privacy protection is enabled on the registration.

Web Reputation

Our research found zero scam reports or complaints. Two positive reviews appear on independent platforms describing SQLite as reliable and easy to integrate. Business registration records confirm the project is maintained by Hwaci, a private Georgia-based corporation with active status in the United States. The domain sits in the global top-100k for traffic.

What this means for you

This is the genuine SQLite project website. You can safely download the database engine, read documentation, or explore the source code here without risk.

AI Recommendation
This is the official SQLite website. You can safely browse documentation and download the database engine here.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for sqlite.org, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · United States
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
2 positive
Key findings
6 headline facts from open-web research
  • SQLite is a widely used, open-source, serverless, embedded relational database engine.
  • The software and its documentation are dedicated to the public domain.
  • The project is maintained by Hwaci, a private corporation based in Georgia, USA.
  • SQLite is used globally in billions of devices, including mobile operating systems, web browsers, and desktop applications.
  • The project does not accept external code contributions unless the author signs an affidavit dedicating the work to the public domain.
  • Professional support contracts are available through the project's maintainers, but the software itself is free for any use.
Positive reviews (2)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • TrustRadiusopen

    "SQLite is an excellent tool because it's easy to use with many languages... It is a transactional SQL database engine self-contained, serverless, and requires zero configuration."

  • Gartneropen

    "It doesn't require any specific setup to use, we can also put a huge amount of data into a single folder or file and supports SQL query also to maintain our data."

Business registration
Status: active · United States

Maintained by Hwaci, a private Georgia-based corporation.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research found no scam reports or complaints about sqlite.org. Two positive reviews appear on independent platforms describing SQLite as reliable and easy to integrate across languages. Business records confirm the project is maintained by Hwaci, a private Georgia-based corporation with active US registration.

Domain Timeline

  1. Aug 6, 2002
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 24 years old today.

  2. Jul 17, 2026
    Latest security review — Reviewed as safe

    This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.

sqlite.org has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Threat Detection

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not queried
ESET-NOD32
Not queried
Avira
Not queried
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Not queried
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Technical Details

The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers(2026-06-26
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed ((2026-06-26).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age24 years old
RegistrarDomain.com - Network Solutions, LLC
RegisteredAug 6, 2002
ExpiresAug 6, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE2
ExpiresAug 30, 2026 (44d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingLinode, LLC
Server locationUS
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://sqlite.org/
  • 2200https://sqlite.org/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPLinode, LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

What to do

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on sqlite.org and not a lookalike like s-qlite.org.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

    Open

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·sqlite.org
SAFE

This is the official website for the SQLite database engine. The domain is 23.9 years old with clean scans across our malware engines and no scam reports found anywhere.

This is the official SQLite website. You can safely browse documentation and download the database engine here.

AV engines
92
Domain age
24 yrs
Flagged
0
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Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on sqlite.org, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, it ranks among the world's most-visited sites, and the domain is 24 years old, registered on August 6, 2002 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
  • sqlite.org passed our automated checks with a trust score of 95/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
  • Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from sqlite.org), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from sqlite.org is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
  • No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report sqlite.org as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
  • No — sqlite.org is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
  • sqlite.org is 24 years old, registered on August 6, 2002 through Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
  • Yes — sqlite.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE2, valid for another 44 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
  • sqlite.org resolves to an IP operated by Linode, LLC in US (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
  • Yes — sqlite.org ranks in the global top 100,000 most-visited sites, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. Genuine popularity doesn't automatically make a site safe, but throwaway scam domains almost never reach this level of traffic, so it's a meaningful point in the site's favour.
  • This report is a record of the scan run on July 17, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about sqlite.org has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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