.. _rhodecode-database-ref:

Supported Databases
===================

|RCE| supports the following databases; **SQLite**, **MySQL**, **PostgreSQL**.

SQLite
------

|RCE| installs SQLite as the default database if you do not specify another during installation. SQLite is suitable for
small teams, projects with a low load, and evaluation purposes since it is built into |RCE| and does not require any
additional database server.
However, **we do not recommend using SQLite in a large development environment** as it has an internal locking
mechanism which can become a performance bottleneck when there are more than 5 concurrent users.

Using MySQL or PostgreSQL in an large setup gives you much greater performance, and while migration tools exist to
move from one database type to another, it is better to get it right first time and to immediately use MySQL or
PostgreSQL when you deploy |RCE| in a production environment.

.. include:: using-mysql.rst

.. include:: using-postgresql.rst