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)