# Migrating from PostgreSQL/MySQL to SQLite: When and How to Make the Switch

DevFeed: [Migrating from PostgreSQL/MySQL to SQLite: When and How to Make the Switch](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/migrating-from-postgresql-mysql-to-sqlite-when-and-how-to-make-the-switch-6004.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://turso.tech/blog/migrating-from-postgres-to-sqlite>)

Author: Jeff Olson

Published: 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [SQLite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sqlite.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [MySQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mysql.md>), [Turso](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/turso.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

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## AI overview

A practical guide to deciding whether SQLite is suitable for production and migrating from PostgreSQL or MySQL. It discusses performance improvements, operational trade-offs, and Turso's cloud and local synchronization options.

## Source excerpt

When SQLite makes sense, how to migrate from PostgreSQL or MySQL, and what trade-offs you're actually making.