SQLite version

This is using the version I installed from SQLite on Ubuntu Linux.

Interactive

$ sqlite3
sqlite> .version
SQLite 3.53.0 2026-04-09 11:41:38 4525003a53a7fc63ca75c59b22c79608659ca12f0131f52c18637f829977f20b
zlib version 1.3.1
gcc-13.3.0 (64-bit)

sqlite> .quit

Piped to STDIN

$ echo .version | sqlite3
SQLite 3.53.0 2026-04-09 11:41:38 4525003a53a7fc63ca75c59b22c79608659ca12f0131f52c18637f829977f20b
zlib version 1.3.1
gcc-13.3.0 (64-bit)

Redirect from file

.version

$ sqlite3 < examples/version.sql
SQLite 3.53.0 2026-04-09 11:41:38 4525003a53a7fc63ca75c59b22c79608659ca12f0131f52c18637f829977f20b
zlib version 1.3.1
gcc-13.3.0 (64-bit)

Command line flag

$ sqlite3 --version
3.53.0 2026-04-09 11:41:38 4525003a53a7fc63ca75c59b22c79608659ca12f0131f52c18637f829977f20b (64-bit)