Turso CLI

Turso CLI

Official CLI for Turso. Manage libSQL/SQLite databases at the edge with global replication.

• Official repo: https://github.com/tursodatabase/turso-cli
• Docs: https://docs.turso.tech/cli

Authentication

turso auth login                          # Browser-based login
turso auth token                          # Print auth token
turso auth whoami                         # Check current user

Common Commands

Databases

turso db create my-db                     # Create database
turso db create my-db --group default     # Create in specific group
turso db list                             # List databases
turso db show my-db                       # Show database details (URL, regions)
turso db destroy my-db                    # Delete database
turso db shell my-db                      # Interactive SQL shell
turso db shell my-db "SELECT * FROM users LIMIT 10"  # Run query directly

Tokens

turso db tokens create my-db              # Create auth token for database
turso db tokens create my-db --expiration 7d  # Token with expiration
turso db tokens invalidate my-db          # Invalidate all tokens

Groups

turso group create my-group               # Create group
turso group list                          # List groups
turso group locations add my-group lax    # Add region to group
turso group locations list my-group       # List group regions

Replication

turso db replicate my-db lax              # Add replica in region
turso db show my-db --instance-urls       # Show all replica URLs

Agent Best Practices

• Use turso db shell for quick queries and debugging
• Create database tokens with expiration for application use
• Use groups to manage replication strategy for multiple databases
• Use turso db show to get the connection URL for application config
• Use --json flag where available for machine-readable output
• Prefer creating databases in groups for consistent replication

Example Workflows

Create database and get connection info

turso db create my-app-db
turso db show my-app-db  # Get URL
turso db tokens create my-app-db  # Get auth token

Run a migration

turso db shell my-db < migrations/001_create_tables.sql