
Turso Has a Free API You Should Know About
Turso is an edge database built on libSQL (a fork of SQLite). It gives you SQLite's simplicity with the scalability of a distributed database — replicas in 30+ locations worldwide. Why Turso Matters A developer running a global SaaS app had 200ms database latency for users in Asia because their PostgreSQL instance was in US-East. With Turso, they added edge replicas and latency dropped to 5ms everywhere. Key Features: Edge Replicas — Database replicas in 30+ global locations SQLite Compatible — Use any SQLite client library Embedded Replicas — Sync database directly into your app Branching — Git-like branching for databases Free Tier — 9GB storage, 500 databases, 25M row reads/month Quick Start brew install tursodatabase/tap/turso turso auth signup turso db create my-app JavaScript SDK import { createClient } from " @libsql/client " const db = createClient ({ url : " libsql://my-app-username.turso.io " , authToken : " your-token " }) const result = await db . execute ( " SELECT * FROM
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