Database developer tools
Every listing tagged database, A to Z: 5 tools across 1 category. Listed in alphabetical order, not ranked.
Busabase
Open-source (MIT) database and workspace that acts as a system of record for AI agents: agents and people share data, docs, skills and apps, every change keeps its history, and important writes can wait for review; desktop, self-hosted or Busabase Cloud.
Egres
Open-source (Apache-2.0) Postgres-compatible database written in Zig by Dgraph founder Manish Jain for heavy, multi-tenant workloads: speaks the Postgres protocol so psql, drivers and ORMs connect unchanged, runs on local disk or S3, compresses storage, needs no VACUUM, branches databases and tables instantly and meters resources per query. First release is single node with basic queries (equality-only, no joins).
GenesisDB
Event sourcing database, open source under MIT since version 2.0 (Oct 24, 2026) with no editions, license keys or event limits: one static Go binary storing CloudEvents 1.0 records in a subject tree, with precondition-guarded batch commits, the GDBQL query language, live subscriptions over Server-Sent Events, a SHA-256 hash chain you can audit in one request, GDPR erasure, backups, Prometheus/OpenTelemetry metrics and an embeddable Go mode. Runs from one Docker command; SDKs and a VS Code extension.
GhostBase
Open-source (MIT) keyboard-driven terminal database studio for SQLite, PostgreSQL and MySQL, from the maker of Ghostman: it connects from DATABASE_URL in your .env, double-confirms or (in one-key read-only Safe Mode) blocks DELETE or UPDATE without WHERE, DROP and TRUNCATE, runs EXPLAIN with one key, beautifies SQL, and exports results as INSERT statements or Markdown tables. Built on Textual; pip install ghostbase-cli (Python 3.10+).
Rustable
Open-source (MIT) desktop database client written in Rust with a GPU-rendered egui UI, for PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB and standalone Redis: multiple connections in separate windows, SQL tabs, saved queries, schema browsing, import and export, row edits you review before saving, and SSH tunnels on macOS and Linux. Builds for macOS (Apple Silicon), Windows and Linux x64; early software, with an in-browser WASM demo.