can someone tell me what are some common use cases of such a tool? may be i'm not the intended customer base, but am curious to know what others are using it for.

It's not for everyone but I can think of 2 use cases immediately:

1. If you're a developer, then you're probably using sqlite to store data and having a GUI for checking/modifying the database is probably handy.

2. Most application by other developers (even massive companies) use sqlite to store data under the hood even if the file doesn't appear to be named `.sqlite`. So if you want to tweak certain settings that aren't exposed to the end user, then you can use this to do that in a more user friendly way rather than crack out a command line tool for sqlite changes.

To add to what xmprt and msephton have said, people have told me they use it for:

  - Storing results for scientific research
  - Local analysis of data exported from server-based databases
  - Experimenting with database designs before exporting SQL to codebases
  - Maintaining relational data where a website or app are not needed (eg. tutors keeping client records)
  - Recovering data from databases used by other products (eg. phone backups, discontinued apps)

It's for manipulating SQLite databases with a GUI, rather than in a web page or at the command line. I previously used V2 of Base and the user interface was excellent, and this looks to be even better.