Developer tools and infrastructure
Database clients and SQL tools
Desktop, web and editor-based tools for connecting to, querying, designing, monitoring and backing up databases, often with AI natural-language-to-SQL, aimed at developers, data engineers and analysts.
Built for: Developers, data engineers and analysts
Projects since May 04
134
Different builders
129
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
▼ -39%
AI is the core
25%
Projects per week
Mostly web app (43%), developer tool or library (30%), desktop app (14%) · from r/SideProject, r/SaaS, r/vibecoding, r/IMadeThis
Latest
- Hosts containers and managed Postgres and MSSQL databases for customers through a control panel.“I built a container + managed Postgres/MSSQL host on weekends, here's why”
- dbm — Manages database backups for PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB, storing them locally or in S3 and restoring them into another database of the same type.“Built an open source backup manager after one too many "did I just drop prod?" moments”
- DataRunner — Connects to databases, runs scheduled SQL queries, and turns the results into dashboards that are sent out by email or Telegram.“I got my first paying tenant today... R$79 MRR. It’s not much, but damn,”
- Sqlaris Studio — Provides a desktop-style GUI for browsing, editing, querying and maintaining PostgreSQL and MySQL/MariaDB databases.“I built my own database GUI for PostgreSQL and MySQL”
- chaosdata — Generates fuzzy or chaotic sample data from a database schema for testing.“Silly developer/testing tool”
- SQLCrab — Teaches and lets users practice writing SQL database queries.“SQLCrab: Practice Database Queries (SQL)”
- AppMaker — Provides a visual environment for building database-backed web apps with a visual UI builder, client and server JavaScript, and a built-in database.“Would you still use a visual app builder in the AI coding era?”
- Draxlr — Provides a web product for working with database data, as presented on its home page.“Just redesigned my home page, any feedback?”
- DBDelve — Provides a lightweight, GPU-accelerated desktop client for browsing and querying databases that stays responsive with very large result sets.“Built an open source, fast and modern DB Client”
- DBVERSE — Renders PostgreSQL and SQLite schemas as 3D and 2D entity-relationship diagrams, lets users browse and edit rows, and translates natural-language questions into SQL.“I built a 3D ER diagram viewer for PostgreSQL and SQLite”
- dig data — Lets teams ask natural-language questions of their self-hosted SQL and MongoDB databases using an AI model and builds dashboards from the answers.“I built a self-hosted AI analytics tool for asking questions about your databases”
- Builds business intelligence dashboards and answers data questions through any LLM tool, as an alternative to Power BI and Tableau.“Giving up after a year”
- SQLParity — Compares SQL queries and checks SQL parity entirely in the browser without sending queries or data to a server.“SQLParity - SQL tools that never see your data”
- Datasmith — Designs relational database schemas on a visual canvas and generates mock data that follows the schema's relationships.“I built Datasmith — a visual approach to designing relational schemas and generating mock data”
- WebDataStudio — Provides a browser-based database UI that connects to databases via environment-variable connection strings and runs as a Docker container.“R.I.P Saas ?”
- Simfinity.js — Generates GraphQL CRUD operations, relationships, filters and pagination from GraphQLObjectType definitions and connects them to PostgreSQL or MongoDB storage.“Simfinity.js: GraphQL APIs from object types, with PostgreSQL or MongoDB”
- Merges data from multiple databases into one database locally, running as a docker agent without manual field mapping.“I got tired of copy-pasting between databases, so I built a docker agent that merges them”
- Aiadio — Creates temporary PostgreSQL databases through an API that are automatically removed after a set expiry time.“I built an API for creating temporary PostgreSQL databases”
- Opaline — Provides a desktop database client for running queries, editing table data, and making backups.“I'm build open-source database client and ....”
- NoLeaks — Tests a Supabase app for row-level security gaps that let logged-in users read other users' data.“Built a tool that tests if a Supabase app actually leaks user data”
Most discussed
- Sqlaris Studio — Provides a desktop-style GUI for browsing, editing, querying and maintaining PostgreSQL and MySQL/MariaDB databases.“I built my own database GUI for PostgreSQL and MySQL”
- Provides a self-hosted Supabase-style backend on a cheap VPS to manage a database and deploy edge functions.“The $25 a month problem”
- Builds business intelligence dashboards and answers data questions through any LLM tool, as an alternative to Power BI and Tableau.“Giving up after a year”
- Indi Engine AI — Generates a self-hosted database schema and realtime grid/form UI from plain-language specs, with sample data and no AI-written application code.“6k+ hours solo building a tool to kill DB groundwork tax. Applied to TC Disrupt. Am I crazy?”
- Orchestrates Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Fabric pipelines from metadata definitions.“We published our pricing on day one, including a $100 tier for charities. Was that a mistake?”
- VibeETL — Provides a visual drag-and-drop canvas for building data transformation pipelines backed by Polars.“I was a Data Scientist for 10 years before becoming a quadriplegic. For the past 3 months, I built VibeETL from scratch: A lightning-fast, visual Alteryx alternative powered by Polars & React Flow.”
- Query Garden — Saves and version-controls SQL queries for marketers and data analysts without requiring Git.“How do you market a technical tool to non-technical users? (Solo dev needing advice)”
- SemanticQL — Translates plain-English queries into PostgreSQL SQL using a deterministic TypeScript parser pipeline.“I built a PostgreSQL CLI that lets you query your database in plain English.”
- trashdb — Provisions ephemeral throwaway databases such as Postgres and Redis via an API in about 200ms for CI pipelines, then automatically deletes them.“founder here: shipped my devtool saas MVP, but I have 0 distribution. how do you guys get the first 10 users to validate it?”
- maha-mcp-bridge — Proxies AI coding agents' database queries through read-only rolled-back transactions and redacts personal data from results before they leave the machine.“I built a zero-trust local proxy to safely give Cursor and Claude Code access to my dev databases. Would you use this?”