# SQLite Doesn't Come With Encryption. Here's What Developers Actually Use.

DevFeed: [SQLite Doesn't Come With Encryption. Here's What Developers Actually Use.](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/sqlite-doesn-t-come-with-encryption-here-s-what-developers-actually-use-6039.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://turso.tech/blog/sqlite-encryption-what-developers-actually-use>)

Author: Jeff Olson

Published: 2026-09-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>), [SQLite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sqlite.md>), [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>), [Operating system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/operating-system.md>)

Tags: [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encryption.md>), [extension](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/extension.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [sqlite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sqlite.md>), [turso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/turso.md>)

## AI overview

An overview of SQLite encryption options, page-level AEAD encryption, and the impact of SQLite removing the undocumented SQLITE_HAS_CODEC hook in version 3.32.0.

## Source excerpt

A map of the SQLite encryption landscape: SQLCipher, SEE, SQLite3MultipleCiphers, and modern alternatives, plus how page-level AEAD encryption actually works.