Verdict
sqlite.org appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Official SQLite project homepage providing description, documentation, downloads, and release information for the SQLite embedded SQL database engine. Content emphasizes public-domain licensing, features, and latest release. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 24 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YE1 | Noted |
The page as captured
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
- The operator behind the site could not be independently connected to a real-world brand or person.
Full analysis
Overview
SQLite.org presents a project homepage for SQLite, an embedded SQL database engine, offering technical documentation, source-code downloads, release information, feature references, and support-oriented resources for software developers and users.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No scam or impersonation contradictions were observed. The homepage’s content is coherent with an established open-source software project: it describes SQLite as a self-contained C-language database engine, provides documentation and download pathways, and does not solicit deposits, investments, or other high-risk financial activity. The site also presents no login form, sensitive submission workflow, wallet functionality, cloaking, or suspicious browser behavior. Available reputation and visibility signals are clean and consistent with a widely established public website.
- Homepage: describes SQLite as a small, fast, self-contained SQL database engine and provides documentation, downloads, release information, and technical references.
- Homepage behavior: no sensitive forms, external posts, wallet-provider activity, clipboard manipulation, hidden forms, or cloaking were detected across two successful runs.
- Registration record: registered 2002-08-06; domain age 24.04 years.
- External reputation: malicious detections 0, suspicious detections 0, and global traffic rank 5234; the domain is within the top 1,000,000.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site’s apparent model is software distribution and open-source project support rather than a regulated financial service. Its navigation and content include About, License, Support, Purchase, documentation, and download resources; the site states that SQLite source code is public-domain and free for use. No financial-services license or independently verified corporate registration is established in the supplied site content, so legal-entity and merchant disclosures remain a routine verification point rather than evidence of deception. The available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website, while the real-world operator identity is not independently verified. A clean broker-context result provides additional reputational context but is not a licensing determination.
- Homepage: states that SQLite source code is in the public domain and free for anyone to use for any purpose.
- Domain registration: registrar is Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC; creation date is 2002-08-06T14:57:52Z and expiration date is 2027-08-06T14:57:52Z.
- Hosting infrastructure: served from AS63949, AKAMAI-LINODE-AP - Akamai Connected Cloud, SG.
- Transport security: TLS certificate issued by YE1, validation level DV, valid to 2026-10-30.
What to Verify Next
Before any credential or payment interaction associated with support or purchase services, independently confirm the responsible legal entity, the applicable terms and refund arrangements, and the payment-protection or chargeback options. Any licensing question should be checked against the relevant jurisdictional registry only if the proposed service involves a regulated activity. Official contact channels should also be confirmed through an independently sourced route rather than relying solely on information encountered during a transaction.
- About and License pages: suitable sources for comparing the project’s stated identity, licensing description, and any operator information with independent records.
- Support and Purchase pathways: relevant locations for confirming the merchant of record, service terms, refund conditions, and payment protections before a transaction.
- Technical download and documentation pages: appropriate locations for confirming that software-related activity remains consistent with the project’s stated open-source purpose.
Summary Verdict
Available evidence supports a high-trust, low-risk posture for the website and is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate technical project. No contradictory scam, phishing, impersonation, or identity-inconsistency signals were identified, although the operator’s real-world identity is not independently verified.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site is protected by Akamai CDN/WAF infrastructure, with observed traffic associated with Akamai Connected Cloud. This provides a meaningful layer of network protection and reduces direct exposure of the service infrastructure, but remains a mitigating technical control rather than proof of organizational legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Normal informational use is proportionate to the available evidence; any purchase or credential exchange should follow the ordinary independent identity, terms, and payment-protection checks described above.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-16 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 50% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of sqlite.org.
- The request stayed on sqlite.org. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by linode.com, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-08-06. Noted
- It is hosted on AKAMAI-LINODE-AP, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC |
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| Hosting | AKAMAI-LINODE-AP - Akamai Connected Cloud, SG |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 2600:3c02::f03c:95ff:fe07:695 |
| Name servers | ns1.linode.com, ns2.linode.com |
| SSL issuer | YE1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-10-30 |
| Domain age | 24.04 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-08-06 |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about sqlite.org at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.