Interactive client for PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite3.
dblab is a fast and lightweight interactive terminal based UI application for PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite3, written in Go and works on OSX, Linux and Windows machines. Main idea behind using Go for backend development is to utilize ability of the compiler to produce zero-dependency binaries for multiple platforms. dblab was created as an attempt to build very simple and portable application to work with local or remote PostgreSQL/MySQL/SQLite3 databases.
- Cross-platform support OSX/Linux/Windows 32/64-bit
- Simple installation (distributed as a single binary)
- Zero dependencies
It works with Linux, too.
$ brew install danvergara/tools/dblab
Or
$ brew tap danvergara/tools
$ brew install dblab
You can manually download a binary release from the release page.
Automated install/update, don't forget to always verify what you're piping into bash:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danvergara/dblab/master/scripts/install_update_linux.sh | bash
The script installs downloaded binary to /usr/local/bin
directory by default, but it can be changed by setting DIR
environment variable.
dblab is a terminal UI based interactive database client for Postgres, MySQL and SQLite3.
Usage:
dblab [flags]
dblab [command]
Available Commands:
help Help about any command
version The version of the project
Flags:
--config get the connection data from a config file (default is $HOME/.dblab.yaml or the current directory)
--db string Database name
--driver string Database driver
-h, --help help for dblab
--host string Server host name or IP
--pass string Password for user
--port string Server port
--ssl string SSL mode
-u, --url string Database connection string
--user string Database user
Use "dblab [command] --help" for more information about a command.
You can start the app passing no flags or parameters, you'll be asked for connection data instead.
$ dblab --host localhost --user myuser --db users --pass password --ssl disable --port 5432 --driver postgres
$ dblab --db path/to/file.sqlite3 --driver sqlite3
Connection URL scheme is also supported:
$ dblab --url postgres://user:password@host:port/database?sslmode=[mode]
$ dblab --url mysql://user:password@tcp(host:port)/db
$ dblab --url file:test.db?cache=shared&mode=memory
Now, you can use a configuration file to make a connection to the database.
$ dbladb --config
dblab
is going to look for a file called .dblab.yaml
. For now, the only two places where you can drop a config file are $HOME ($HOME/.dblab.yaml) and the current directory where you run the command line tool.
.dblab.yaml
example:
database:
host: "localhost"
port: 5432
db: "users"
password: "password"
user: "postgres"
driver: "postgres"
Or for sqlite3:
database:
db: "path/to/file.sqlite3"
driver: "sqlite3"
Only the host
and ssl
fields are optionals. 127.0.0.1
and disable
, respectively.
If the query panel is active, type the desired query and press Ctrl+Space to see the results on the rows panel below.
Otherwise, you might me located at the tables panel, then you can navigate by using the arrows Up and Down (or the keys k and j respectively). If you want to see the rows of a table, press Enter. To see the the schema of a table, locate yourself on the rows
panel and press Ctrl+S to switch to the structure
panel, then switch Ctrl+S to switch back.
The same can be achieved for the constraints
view by pressing Ctrl+F to go back and forth between the rows
and the constraints
panels.
Now, there's a menu to navigate between hidden views by just clicking on the desired options:
Key | Description |
---|---|
Ctrl+Space | If the query panel is active, execute the query |
Enter | If the tables panel is active, list all the rows as a result set on the rows panel and display the structure of the table on the structure panel |
Ctrl+S | If the rows panel is active, switch to the schema panel. The opposite is true |
Ctrl+F | If the rows panel is active, switch to the constraints view. The opposite is true |
Ctrl+I | If the rows panel is active, switch to the indexes view. The opposite is true |
Ctrl+H | Toggle to the panel on the left |
Ctrl+J | Toggle to the panel below |
Ctrl+K | Toggle to the panel above |
Ctrl+L | Toggle to the panel on the right |
Arrow Up | Next row of the result set on the panel. Views: rows, table, constraints, structure and indexes |
k | Next row of the result set on the panel. Views: rows, table, constraints, structure and indexes |
Arrow Down | Previous row of the result set on the panel. Views: rows, table, constraints, structure and indexes |
j | Previous row of the result set on the panel. Views: rows, table, constraints, structure and indexes |
Arrow Right | Horizontal scrolling on the panel. Views: rows, constraints, structure and indexes |
l | Horizontal scrolling on the panel. Views: rows, constraints, structure and indexes |
Arrow Left | Horizontal scrolling on the panel. Views: rows, constraints, structure and indexes |
h | Horizontal scrolling on the panel. Views: rows, constraints, structure and indexes |
Ctrl+c | Quit |
- Fork this repository
- Create a new feature branch for a new functionality or bugfix
- Commit your changes
- Execute test suite
- Push your code and open a new pull request
- Use issues for any questions
- Check wiki for extra documentation
The MIT License (MIT). See LICENSE file for more details.