SQLite is a library that provides a SQL-language database that stores data in disk files without requiring a separate server process. pysqlite provides a SQL interface compliant with the DB-API 2.0 specification described by PEP 249. This means that it should be possible to write the first version of your applications using SQLite for data storage. If switching to a larger database such as PostgreSQL or Oracle is later necessary, the switch should be relatively easy.