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Experimental Features

Some Turso features are still experimental and must be explicitly enabled before use. Experimental features are stable enough for testing but their API may change in future releases.

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Experimental Features List

FeatureFlagDescription
ViewsviewsCREATE VIEW and CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW
Custom Typescustom_typesCREATE TYPE and DROP TYPE for STRICT tables
TriggerstriggersCREATE TRIGGER and DROP TRIGGER
EncryptionencryptionAt-rest encryption via PRAGMA cipher / hexkey
Index Methodsindex_methodCREATE INDEX … USING for FTS and custom index types
AutovacuumautovacuumAutomatic database file compaction
AttachattachATTACH DATABASE and DETACH DATABASE

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CLI

Pass --experimental-<feature> flags when starting tursodb: 
tursodb --experimental-views --experimental-triggers database.db
Multiple flags can be combined: 
tursodb \
  --experimental-views \
  --experimental-custom-types \
  --experimental-triggers \
  --experimental-encryption \
  --experimental-index-method \
  database.db

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Rust SDK

The Rust binding uses a fluent Builder API: 
use turso::Builder;

let db = Builder::new_local("database.db")
    .experimental_encryption(true)
    .experimental_triggers(true)
    .experimental_materialized_views(true)
    .experimental_custom_types(true)
    .experimental_index_method(true)
    .experimental_attach(true)
    .build()?;

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Python SDK

Pass a comma-separated string to the experimental_features parameter: 
import turso

conn = turso.connect(
    "database.db",
    experimental_features="views,triggers,custom_types",
)

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JavaScript / Node.js SDK

Pass an array of feature strings to the experimental option: 
import { Database } from "@tursodatabase/libsql";

const db = new Database("file:database.db", {
    experimental: ["views", "triggers", "custom_types", "encryption"],
});

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Go SDK

Set the ExperimentalFeatures field as a comma-separated string: 
db, err := turso.NewDatabase(turso.TursoDatabaseConfig{
    Path: "database.db",
    ExperimentalFeatures: "views,triggers,custom_types",
})
The Go driver also supports DSN query parameters: 
db, err := sql.Open("turso", "database.db?experimental=views,triggers")

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Java SDK

The Java binding currently supports encryption through a dedicated method: 
TursoDB db = TursoDB.openWithEncryption(
    "database.db",
    OpenFlags.CREATE,
    "aegis256",
    "your-hex-key-here"
);

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.NET SDK

The .NET binding currently supports encryption through the C FFI: 
var db = Database.OpenWithEncryption(
    "database.db",
    "aegis256",
    "your-hex-key-here"
);

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