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Show HN: Sqlit – A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases

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190 points MaxTeabag | 1 comments | 15 Dec 25 15:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source

I work mostly in the terminal but found myself constantly switching to bloated GUIs like SSMS only for the simple task of browsing tables and run queries. And I didn't find Existing SQL TUIs intuitive, having to read documentation to learn keybindings and CLI flags to connect. Given I had recently switched to linux, I found myself using vs code's sql database extension. Something was awfully wrong.

I wanted something like lazygit for databases – run it, connect, and query and frankly just make it enjoyable to access data.

  Sqlit is a keyboard-driven SQL TUI with:

  - Context-based keybindings (always visible)
  - Neovim-like interface with normal and insert mode for query editing
  - Browse databases, tables, views, stored procedures
  - Adapters for SQL Server, SQLite, PostgreSQL, Turso & more
  - SSH tunneling support
  - Themes (Tokyo Night, Nord, Gruvbox etc.)

  Inspired by lazygit, neovim and lazysql. Built with Python/Textual.
Feedback welcome – especially on which adapters to prioritize next. My vision of sqlit is to make a tool that makes it easy to connect and query data, and to do that, and that thing only, really well.

https://github.com/Maxteabag/sqlit

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mrbump ◴[17 Dec 25 08:30 UTC] No.46299535[source]▶
Congrats, looks fantastic! I have been looking for something like that. Maybe I have missed it, but one feature I would really love is support for temporary connections - e.g. being able to do something like "sqlit --db-type sqlite --file-path db.sqlite3" to quickly inspect a DB without having to set up a connection first.
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1. MaxTeabag ◴[17 Dec 25 19:44 UTC] No.46304516[source]▶
That's a great suggestion, thanks! I'll be updating the CLI in the next release.