SQLite sī chit-ê sú-iōng SQL chu-liàu-khò͘ gí-giân chhau-chok--ê sok-kiat (lightweight)--ê, chu-liāu-khò͘ hē-thóng. i bô daemon têng-sū (chi̍t khoán tī pōe-kéng chi̍p-hêng--ê têng-sū (process)), kan-ta ēng chu-liāu-khò͘ tóng-àn tiông chu-liāu, ēng "sqlite"--ê têng-sek chi̍p-hêng chhau-chok chu-liāu-khò͘ tóng-àn.

Che sī chi̍t-ê kong-iú léng-he̍k (public domain)--ê nn̄g-thé, sú-iōng--ê chu-iû koh khah chē MIT hí-khó-chèng (MIT license) iáu-sī GPL hí-khó-chèng.