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SQLite Explorer privacy policy

Last updated: October 6, 2026

SQLite Explorer is a browser extension that opens SQLite database files in a Chrome tab. This policy describes exactly what it does with your data: it reads the file you open on your own device and sends nothing to us or to anyone else.

What the extension collects

Nothing. The extension does not collect, store on a server, sell or share personal data, browsing history, database contents or usage statistics. It has no accounts, no tracking and no third-party analytics inside the extension.

Your database files

A file you open is read into the memory of that tab, on your device, by a copy of the SQLite library that ships inside the extension (compiled to WebAssembly). The file is not uploaded and not copied to another place, and the original on your disk is not changed. Closing the tab clears it from memory. CSV exports and saved BLOB values are created on your device and handed to Chrome as ordinary downloads. The extension itself makes no network requests at all.

What stays in your browser

Two small records, both in your browser's extension storage (chrome.storage.local):

• the draft of the query you typed in the SQL console (with a format version number next to it), so that it is still there the next time you open the extension;
• the state of the rating question: on which days you opened a database (the dates only, up to five), whether you already answered and whether you chose "Not now", so that the question appears once, after a few days of use, and not again after you answer.

Neither record is synced to other devices or sent anywhere, and both are deleted automatically when you remove the extension. File names, file paths and the contents of your databases are not stored.

Pages the extension opens

• After installation it opens a one-time welcome page, and after removal your browser opens a feedback page — both are ordinary web pages hosted on GitHub Pages. They may use standard web analytics.
• After a few days of use the extension may ask whether it is useful. A rating of 4 or 5 stars opens the extension's reviews page in the Chrome Web Store; 1 to 3 stars opens a short feedback form on the same GitHub Pages site. Both open only when you click a star, as an ordinary link in a new tab; the extension itself sends nothing.
• Like other websites, these pages and this policy are served by third parties: GitHub Pages hosts them and Google Fonts provides the typeface. Both receive your IP address and basic browser details when a page loads.
• Feedback you choose to submit on the removal page or the feedback form (a reason, an optional comment and, on the feedback form, an optional email address for a reply) is sent to the developer via Google Forms, and only when you press Send feedback. Submitting it is entirely optional and it contains only what you pick and type — no identifiers are attached by the page. An email address you leave is used only to reply to you.

Permissions, explained

• storage — to keep the draft of your SQL query and the state of the rating question in your browser. This is the only permission the extension asks for.
• The extension cannot read the websites you visit or your browsing history, and it does not run on web pages. It reads only the files you drop or pick yourself.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be published at this address with a new date above.

Contact

Questions? Open an issue on GitHub.

SQLite is a registered trademark of Hipp, Wyrick & Company, Inc. SQLite Explorer is an independent project and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by the SQLite project or Hipp, Wyrick & Company, Inc.