# Introducing Fast, Native Encryption in Turso Database

DevFeed: [Introducing Fast, Native Encryption in Turso Database](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-fast-native-encryption-in-turso-database-5981.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://turso.tech/blog/introducing-fast-native-encryption-in-turso-database>)

Author: Avinash Sajjanshetty

Published: 2025-10-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Turso Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/turso-blog.md>)

Topics: [Turso](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/turso.md>), [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>), [SQLite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sqlite.md>), [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [data-privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-privacy.md>), [data-protection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-protection.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encryption.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [sqlite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sqlite.md>), [standards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/standards.md>), [turso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/turso.md>)

## AI overview

Turso Database introduces native page-level encryption built into its SQLite-compatible database, without requiring extensions. It supports AEGIS and AES-GCM authenticated encryption, keeps keys in memory, and reports approximately 6% read overhead and 14% write overhead.

## Source excerpt

Turso Database now ships native page-level encryption with AEGIS and AES-GCM, adding just 6% read and 14% write overhead with no SQLite extension.