Export SQLite table to JSON Lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON)

Want to export data from SQLite table to JSON lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON)?

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JSON Lines text format (JSONL), also called Newline-delimited JSON (NDJSON), or Line-delimited JSON (LDJSON). JSON Lines files may be saved with the file extension .jsonl, *.ndjson, *.ldjson.

Export data from SQLite table to JSON lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON)

Login to SQLite -> Choose SQLite table -> Set JSON lines file options -> Export SQLite to JSON lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON)

Choose SQLite and logon.

“Export From Table” for “SQLite to JSON lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON)”.

Select JSON file type.

1. Choose SQLite table.

2. Set JSON lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON) file options.

3. Set rows options.

4. Export SQLite data to JSON lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON) table.

After exporting, you can view output JSON lines (JSONL / NDJSON / LDJSON) file.

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SQLite → JSON Lines reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in SQLite	in JSON Lines
Int	INTEGER	1234 (number)
Bigint	INTEGER	9007199254740993
Decimal	NUMERIC	1234.56 (number)
Float	REAL	1.234e10 (number)
Text	TEXT	"text" (string)
Long text	TEXT	"multi-line\ntext"
Date	TEXT	"2026-09-18" (string)
Datetime	TEXT	"2026-09-18T14:30:00Z" (string)
Binary	BLOB	"base64:..." (string)
Boolean	INTEGER	true / false (boolean)
JSON	TEXT	nested object on the same line

Dialect differences

SQLite is a database server and JSON Lines is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference - the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.

Property	in SQLite	in JSON Lines
port	(file-based)	—
identifiers	"double quotes" or [brackets]	Double quotes; backslash escapes (a newline inside a string...
row limit	LIMIT n	—
dates	TEXT (no date type)	No date type: dates arrive as strings
long text	TEXT	—
binary	BLOB	Not supported natively - base64 inside a string
separator	—	Newline between records
encoding	—	UTF-8 by definition
typing	—	Same as JSON, but records cannot nest across lines
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Flat stream
ceiling	—	Streams, so it scales past what a single JSON document can ...

Command line

Side	Command
SQLite	sqlite3 .dump
SQLite (load)	.import (sqlite3)

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