diff --git a/fanficfare/browsercache/__init__.py b/fanficfare/browsercache/__init__.py
index 43e8641b..50db06ea 100644
--- a/fanficfare/browsercache/__init__.py
+++ b/fanficfare/browsercache/__init__.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from .base_browsercache import BaseBrowserCache, CACHE_DIR_CONFIG
 from .browsercache_simple import SimpleCache
 from .browsercache_blockfile import BlockfileCache
 from .browsercache_firefox2 import FirefoxCache2
+from .browsercache_sqldb import SqldbCache
 
 import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ class BrowserCache(object):
     def __init__(self, site, getConfig_fn, getConfigList_fn):
         """Constructor for BrowserCache"""
         # import of child classes have to be inside the def to avoid circular import error
-        for browser_cache_class in [SimpleCache, BlockfileCache, FirefoxCache2]:
+        for browser_cache_class in [SimpleCache, BlockfileCache, FirefoxCache2, SqldbCache]:
             self.browser_cache_impl = browser_cache_class.new_browser_cache(site,
                                                                             getConfig_fn,
                                                                             getConfigList_fn)
diff --git a/fanficfare/browsercache/browsercache_sqldb.py b/fanficfare/browsercache/browsercache_sqldb.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67e8e17d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fanficfare/browsercache/browsercache_sqldb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2026 FanFicFare team
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+import os
+import apsw
+import ctypes
+
+from .base_chromium import BaseChromiumCache
+from .chromagnon import SuperFastHash
+
+import logging
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class SqldbCache(BaseChromiumCache):
+    """Class to access data stream in Chrome Disk Sqldb Cache format cache files"""
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kargs):
+        """Constructor for SqldbCache"""
+        super(SqldbCache,self).__init__(*args, **kargs)
+        logger.debug("Using SqldbCache")
+
+    # def scan_cache_keys(self):
+        ## XXX will impl a scan if and when needed.  It's a lot easier
+        ## to peek inside an sqlite
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def is_cache_dir(cache_dir):
+        """Return True only if a directory is a valid Cache for this class"""
+        if not os.path.isdir(cache_dir):
+            logger.debug("Cache dir not found")
+            return False
+        index_path = os.path.join(cache_dir, "index")
+        if not os.path.isfile(index_path):
+            logger.debug("index file not found")
+            return False
+        sqldb0_path = os.path.join(cache_dir, "sqldb0")
+        if not os.path.isfile(sqldb0_path):
+            logger.debug("sqldb0 file not found")
+            return False
+        ## XXX check schema of db?
+        return True
+
+## XXX others uses share_open() - will sqlite open work concurrently?
+
+    def get_data_key_impl(self, url, key):
+        """
+        returns location, entry age(unix epoch), content-encoding and
+        raw(compressed) data
+        """
+        location, age, encoding, data = '', None, None, None
+        qstr = 'SELECT last_used, head, blob FROM resources as r join blobs as b on b.res_id=r.res_id where cache_key_hash=?'
+        cache_key_hash = _key_hash(key)
+        logger.debug("           key:%s"%key)
+        logger.debug("cache_key_hash:%s"%cache_key_hash)
+        ## XXX worth optimizing to keep sql conn open?
+        with apsw.Connection(os.path.join(self.cache_dir, "sqldb0")) as db:
+            for last, head, blob in db.execute(qstr,[cache_key_hash]):
+
+                row_age = self.make_age(last)
+                if age and row_age < age:
+                    logger.debug("skipping an older row for same hash")
+                    break
+
+                age = row_age
+                logger.debug("age from last_used:%s"%age)
+
+                ## cheesy way to pull out the http headers, inspired
+                ## by equal cheese in chromagnon/cacheData.py.  Only
+                ## actually care about location &content-encoding,
+                ## ignore the rest.
+                head = head[head.index(b'HTTP'):]
+                head = head[:head.index(b'\x00\x00')]
+                # logger.debug(head)
+                for line in head.split(b'\0'):
+                    logger.debug(line)
+                    if b'content-encoding' in line.lower():
+                        encoding = line.split(b':')[1].strip().lower()
+                        logger.debug("encoding from header:%s"%encoding)
+                    if b'location' in line.lower():
+                        location = b':'.join(line.split(b':')[1:]).strip()
+                        logger.debug("location from header:%s"%encoding)
+                    ## XXX might need entry age from header, too.
+                    ## Hoping db last_used is equiv.
+                data = blob
+
+        if data:
+            return (location, age, encoding, data)
+        else:
+            return None
+
+## calculate SuperFashHash, but the sql saved it signed.
+def _key_hash(key):
+    unsigned_hash = SuperFastHash.superFastHash(key)
+    number = unsigned_hash & 0xFFFFFFFF
+    return ctypes.c_int32(number).value
+