dbx

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What it does

An editorial selection.

25 MB cross-platform client for 100+ databases (MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, Redis, Mongo and more), as a desktop app, Docker image or CLI, with an AI assistant and MCP server.

Why it is listed

Very active (8k+ issues) and much lighter than DBeaver-class tools. Agents can query your DBs through MCP.

GitHub description, translated into English: A lightweight, 25 MB cross-platform client for more than 100 databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, DuckDB, SQL Server and Dameng. Available on desktop, in Docker and through a CLI, with a built-in AI assistant and MCP server.

Counts were observed on 27/10/2026, 23:15:40 UTC. Observations older than 36 hours are excluded from current movement rankings.

Repository at a glance

Stars: 27,928
Forks: 2,517
Open issues: 1,273
Merged PRs: 4,604
Commits, last 30 days: 1,718
Stars, 7 days: unavailable
Stars, 30 days: unavailable

Counts observed on 27/10/2026, 23:15:40 UTC. Growth uses complete dated windows; see Methodology.

History

History: 2 observations, 2026-10-27 to 2026-10-28. Dots are observations; lines connect consecutive daily observations only.

Project details

Language: Rust
Licence: Apache-2.0
Created: 29 Apr 2026
Last push: 27 Oct 2026
Latest release: v0.6.58 · 27 Oct 2026
Category: Developer Tools
Topics: clickhouse database database-client database-management gui mongodb mysql postgresql redis rust
Observed: 2026-10-27 23:15:40 UTC

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Development context

These are observations of work in the repository. They do not establish quality, security or support commitments.

Total commits on default branch: 9,143
Open pull requests: 144
Closed issues, lifetime: 7,084
Median time to close an issue: 0.2 days
Median time to merge a pull request: 0.1 days

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