MySQL · PostgreSQL · Amazon Redshift · DynamoDB · Redis — a fast, native desktop app for backend engineers who are tired of running five tools and five credential stores.
Key browsing, per-type editing, memory analysis, a console — in the same app as your SQL.
Point it at any node — standalone or cluster is detected automatically. Keys fold into a : tree with per-folder counts, and scanning walks every cluster master.
Sample the keyspace and see memory by TTL bucket, the namespaces that cost the most, and keys by type — plus per-node stats and the slow log across all masters.
Type any command. Replies are rendered by type — hashes, sorted sets with scores, JSON pretty-printed, nested arrays for streams — with history recall.
EXPLAIN and EXPLAIN ANALYZE on MySQL, PostgreSQL and Redshift, with sequential scans, nested loops and Redshift redistribution (DS_BCAST_INNER, DS_DIST_BOTH) called out.
Each engine gets its own tooling — not a generic SQL box with the logo swapped.
Transactions, table & index designers, routines, users & privileges, backup/restore, performance pane.
Extensions, ENUM types, materialized views, sequences, RLS & partition visibility, EXPLAIN ANALYZE.
IAM or password auth, SSH tunnel, structured EXPLAIN, WLM queue time, UNLOAD/COPY, Spectrum schemas.
Scan/Query/PartiQL with cost stats, item editor, GSI queries, Load more, consistent reads, native capacity monitoring.
Auto-detected cluster, key browser with tree grouping, type-aware editors, Analyze pane, console.
The parts of the job a generic client leaves you to do by hand.
Go + native webview, not Electron. Opens in under two seconds.
AES-256-GCM at rest, key in the OS keychain. Passwords never touch disk in plaintext.
Tiered confirmations for DELETE/UPDATE/DROP on production connections; read-only mode; server-side guard on every path, including MCP.
Slow queries, live activity with one-click kill, locks and index health — MySQL, Postgres, Redshift, DynamoDB and Redis.
Let Claude Code or Cursor query the connections you allow — token-authenticated, read-only by default, time-boxed write grants.
Tables after FROM, columns in scope after WHERE, engine-specific keywords and functions.
Edit, insert and delete in the grid with primary-key-based updates — and disabled when no key is known.
CSV import with a field mapper; export CSV, JSON, Excel or engine-correct INSERT statements.
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redshift and Redis through a bastion, with tunnel secrets encrypted like everything else.
Searchable history, favourites, saved queries with {{parameters}}, saved grid filters.
Tabs bound to connections, sidebar grouped by engine, Cmd+K command palette, Cmd+P connection switcher.
mysqldump-backed backups for MySQL; UNLOAD/COPY generators for Redshift.
| Feature | DB Connect | DataGrip | DBeaver | TablePlus | Beekeeper Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free (non-commercial)¹ | Free (Community) | $99+ | Free (Community) |
| DynamoDB Support | Yes | No | No² | No | No³ |
| Redis Support | Yes | Yes | No² | Yes | No |
| Redshift Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PostgreSQL Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Startup Time | <2s | 10-30s | 5-15s | <3s | Electron |
| App Size | ~32MB | ~800MB | ~400MB | ~80MB | ~500MB |
| SSH Tunnels | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in Performance Monitoring | Slow queries, locks, index health, "where fired from" | No | Partial | No | No |
| Real backup/restore | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Local MCP server (AI tool integration) | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Encrypted Credentials | AES-256 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
¹ DataGrip is free for non-commercial use (learning, hobby, open-source) since Oct 2025; commercial use requires a paid license. ² DynamoDB and Redis support in DBeaver are gated to paid tiers (Lite and above) — not included in the free Community edition. ³ Beekeeper Studio's Community edition includes Redshift but gates DynamoDB to its paid Indie/Professional/Business tiers. Verified against each vendor's own docs; open an issue if something's out of date.
MySQL Workbench and Sequel Ace are two of the most popular MySQL-only clients — worth a direct look if MySQL is the only engine in your stack.
| Feature | DB Connect | MySQL Workbench | Sequel Ace |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free (Community) | Free (open source) |
| PostgreSQL / Redshift / DynamoDB | All three | None | None |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows | macOS, Windows, Linux | macOS only |
| Native app | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| EXPLAIN | Visual | Visual | Text output |
| Backup/restore | Yes | Yes | Yes (SQL dump) |
Free for personal and commercial use. No account required.
macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) or later
Intel & Apple Silicon
brew install --cask shubhesh07/db-connect/db-connect
brew upgrade --cask db-connect. Homebrew unblocks Gatekeeper for you.
curl -fsSL https://github.com/shubhesh07/db-connect/releases/latest/download/install.sh | bash
curl downloads don't get the macOS quarantine flag, so the app launches normally.
Prefer a DMG? Open it and double-click install-mac.sh — the bundled script copies the app to /Applications and clears the quarantine flag automatically.