# Datasette 17 Hacker News commenters recommended Datasette and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Open source tool for exploring and publishing SQLite data, praised as a flexible framework that runs in the browser and works with many extensions. Critics point to honor-system write limits and browser problems. ## Why people recommend it - Query SQLite data in the browser (3 comments): "Datasette-lite + URL redirect API + litestream would probably work well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46342488)) "it's pretty cool to query the SQLite db in the browser" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46270627)) "there is also Datasette in a browser now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46394701)) - Extensible, part of a useful ecosystem (3 comments): "Simon Willison wonderful Datasette plus the mbox-to-sqlite extension is exactly what you want." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47969764)) "I have a project to help with that: uvx datasette data.db" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47680313)) "Looks like a good addition to the datasette ecosystem" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48595247)) - Flexible framework for data exploration (2 comments): "datasette is a terrific framework to build any kind of data exploration or visualization on." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48608278)) "datasette historically was something I leaned on often at work and in personal projects" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49159963)) ## What people warn about - Fails to load in some browsers (2 comments): "The links you posted only show a frozen loading spinner for me (iOS Safari)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48309230)) "It doesn't work on Firefox" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49566099)) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Datasette", https://hackerapproved.com/p/datasette/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).