@@ -139,8 +139,14 @@ function validatePendingMigrations(
 }
 
 export async function runDbCommand(root: string, args: DbArgs): Promise<void> {
-  console.log();
-  intro(cliTitle('db'));
+  // `db export` streams raw SQL to stdout for piping — keep the banner off it.
+  const exportToStdout = args.action === 'export' && !args.output;
+  if (exportToStdout) {
+    process.stderr.write('\n');
+  } else {
+    console.log();
+  }
+  intro(cliTitle('db'), exportToStdout ? { output: process.stderr } : undefined);
 
   const dialect = getDatabaseDialect(readConfig(root));
 
@@ -1374,6 +1380,7 @@ async function runExport(
   args: { output?: string; noData?: boolean; noSchema?: boolean; table?: string },
   dialect: DatabaseDialect,
 ): Promise<void> {
+  const errOut = { output: process.stderr };
   if (dialect === 'postgresql') {
     const parts: Array<string> = [];
     await withPgClient(root, async (client) => {
@@ -1384,7 +1391,7 @@ async function runExport(
           [args.table],
         );
         if (check.rows.length === 0) {
-          log.error(`db: Table '${args.table}' not found.`);
+          log.error(`db: Table '${args.table}' not found.`, errOut);
           process.exit(1);
         }
         tables = [args.table];
@@ -1452,7 +1459,7 @@ async function runExport(
   const dbPath = getMiniflareDatabasePath(persistRoot, 'local');
 
   if (!existsSync(dbPath)) {
-    log.error('No local database found. Run `void dev` first.');
+    log.error('No local database found. Run `void dev` first.', errOut);
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
@@ -1464,7 +1471,7 @@ async function runExport(
         .prepare("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name=?")
         .get(args.table);
       if (!exists) {
-        log.error(`db: Table '${args.table}' not found.`);
+        log.error(`db: Table '${args.table}' not found.`, errOut);
         process.exit(1);
       }
       tables = [args.table];
 
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'pathe';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vite-plus/test';
+
+const shared = vi.hoisted(() => ({ dbPath: '' }));
+
+// Mock the SQLite layer directly (no `importActual`) so the test never loads
+// better-sqlite3's native binding — it feeds the export path a canned schema.
+vi.mock('../../src/migrations/runner', () => {
+  const fakeDb = {
+    prepare(sql: string) {
+      return {
+        get: () =>
+          sql.includes('SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master')
+            ? { sql: 'CREATE TABLE notes (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, title TEXT NOT NULL)' }
+            : undefined,
+        all: () => {
+          if (sql.includes('NOT LIKE')) {
+            return [{ name: 'notes' }];
+          }
+          if (sql.startsWith('SELECT * FROM')) {
+            return [{ id: 1, title: 'hi' }];
+          }
+          return [];
+        },
+      };
+    },
+    close() {},
+  };
+  return {
+    getMiniflareDatabasePath: () => shared.dbPath,
+    openSqliteDatabase: () => fakeDb,
+  };
+});
+
+const EXPECTED_SQL =
+  'CREATE TABLE notes (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, title TEXT NOT NULL);\n' +
+  'INSERT INTO "notes" (id, title) VALUES (1, \'hi\');\n';
+
+describe('void db export → stdout', () => {
+  const roots: Array<string> = [];
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    for (const root of roots.splice(0, roots.length)) {
+      rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('streams pure SQL to stdout and routes the banner to stderr', async () => {
+    const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'void-db-export-'));
+    roots.push(root);
+    writeFileSync(join(root, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({ dependencies: { void: '*' } }));
+    writeFileSync(join(root, 'void.json'), JSON.stringify({}));
+    const dbFile = join(root, 'local.sqlite');
+    writeFileSync(dbFile, '');
+    shared.dbPath = dbFile;
+
+    const { runDbCommand } = await import('../../src/cli/db.ts');
+
+    let stdout = '';
+    let stderr = '';
+    vi.spyOn(process.stdout, 'write').mockImplementation((chunk: string | Uint8Array) => {
+      stdout += chunk.toString();
+      return true;
+    });
+    vi.spyOn(process.stderr, 'write').mockImplementation((chunk: string | Uint8Array) => {
+      stderr += chunk.toString();
+      return true;
+    });
+    vi.spyOn(process, 'exit').mockImplementation(((code?: number) => {
+      throw new Error(`process.exit:${code ?? 0}`);
+    }) as never);
+
+    await runDbCommand(root, { action: 'export' });
+
+    expect(stdout).toBe(EXPECTED_SQL);
+    expect(stdout.startsWith('CREATE TABLE')).toBe(true);
+    expect(stdout).not.toContain('void db');
+    expect(stderr).toContain('void db');
+  });
+});