dblab
Interactive client for PostgreSQL and MySQL.
Overview
dblab is a fast and lightweight interactive terminal based UI application for PostgreSQL and MySQL,
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 databases.
Features
- Cross-platform support OSX/Linux/Windows 32/64-bit
- Simple installation (distributed as a single binary)
- Zero dependencies
Installation
Help
dblab is a terminal UI based interactive database client for Postgres, MySQL and SQLite.
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.
Usage
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
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
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"
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.
Key Bindings
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 |
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 rows panel. Next table on the tables panel |
k |
Next row of the result set, on the rows panel. Next table on the tables panel |
Arrow Down |
Previous row of the result set, on the rows panel. Previous table on the tables panel |
j |
Previous row of the result set, on the rows panel. Previous table on the tables panel |
Arrow Right |
Horizontal scrolling on the rows panel |
l |
Horizontal scrolling on the rows panel |
Arrow Left |
Horizontal scrolling on the rows panel |
h |
Horizontal scrolling on the rows panel |
Ctrl+c |
Quit |
Contribute
- 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
License
The MIT License (MIT). See LICENSE file for more details.