Is it written in Rust?
Of course it is. We also use mise, and mise is written in Rust. That’s how you know it’s good. Please don’t ask any follow-up questions about this methodology.
Your query took 30ms.
Why is your app
still thinking?
Built for people who want to get their work done. Not clowns. 🤡 (Clowns may build from source.)
We wanted a database client that felt quick. Click a table, see the table. Run a query, get the results. Fairly modest demands, apparently.
So we’re making one. An egui interface built to keep up with your display, and an unhealthy amount of time spent looking for unnecessary round trips.
Get the source ↗Still in development. Downloads aren’t ready yet.
See the SQL editor
What’s in it
- Room for your databases
- Multiple connections, separate windows. Production gets its own alarming color. More database engines are on the way.
- The useful bits
- SSH tunnels, schema browsing, SQL tabs, saved queries, and edits you can review before saving.
- Less waiting around
- Reused connections. Virtualized rows. Work kept off the UI thread. Speed comes from doing less work, which suits us perfectly.
- Your monitor gets a say
- Built with egui: a native, GPU-rendered UI that can redraw at your monitor’s refresh rate. Smooth scrolling, resizing, and moving around your data. You bought the nice monitor. Might as well use it for something besides the mouse cursor.
- No browser included
- Rust + egui. You already have a browser. It’s displaying this website.
A few entirely reasonable questions
100% Rust. We’re not kidding.
The app code, yes. Even GitHub says so. Check the sauce for yourself ↗
Languages
App language breakdown; packaging and benchmark scripts excluded.Rust 100%
Why did we start with PostgreSQL and SQLite?
Because PostgreSQL is the only correct choice for a server-side SQL database, and SQLite is obviously, objectively awesome. These are completely unbiased engineering conclusions.
MySQL, MariaDB, Redis, and more are planned. We can have opinions and still support your toy databases.
Handmade?
Every line, by skilled artisans. Our artisan is called Astra and works suspiciously quickly.
Fine. It’s vibe coded. You can read the source.
Faster than my current client?
That’s the plan. We’re tired of open-source database apps making a small table feel like a large undertaking. We’re testing real queries and fixing the slow bits. A flattering bar chart will have to wait.
What about Windows and Linux?
We’re even building first-class native versions for operating systems inferior to macOS, like Windows and Linux. Unlike certain database explorers that cost money and are closed sauce. Very generous of us.
Can I use it yet?
If you’re happy building from source and finding rough edges, yes. Packaged releases are still coming. This is early software; we’re using it and working on it.
Anyway. Back to your database.
Having issues with the app? Sounds like a PICNIC problem.