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An intuitive spreadsheet-like interface that lets users of all technical skill levels view, edit, query, and collaborate on Postgres data directly. 100% open source and self hosted, with native Postgres access control.

33 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 4 stories, 29 comments · first 2021-04-24 · latest 2026-06-17

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    Show HN: Hosted version of Mathesar, intuitive open source UI built on Postgres
    story by kgodey · 2026-06-17 · 0 comments
  2. …since then to help with LookML generation. There are also other open source tools like mathesar ( https://github.com/mathesar-foundation/mathesar ) which look promising.
    comment by heckintime · 2025-07-23 · in SQL Injection as a Feature
  3. …time, it would be great if you could make a GitHub issue with more details about your use case! https://github.com/mathesar-foundation/mathesar/issues
    comment by kgodey · 2025-01-31 · in Mathesar – an intutive spreadsheet-like interface to Postgres data
  4. …thinking about bulk actions and integrations as well. Please feel free to open a feature request on https://github.com/mathesar-foundation/mathesar/issues for anything that would particularly help your use case.
    comment by kgodey · 2025-01-31 · in Mathesar – an intutive spreadsheet-like interface to Postgres data
  5. If you're referring to the line count being omitted here: https://github.com/mathesar-foundation/mathesar/graphs/contr... , please submit your feedback to the GitHub product team, we have no say in their decision. There are some other…
    comment by kgodey · 2025-01-31 · in Mathesar – an intutive spreadsheet-like interface to Postgres data
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    Mathesar – an intutive spreadsheet-like interface to Postgres data
    story by gjvc · 2025-01-30 · 80 comments
  7. I'll throw in https://github.com/mathesar-foundation/mathesar (disclaimer: I work on it).
    comment by kgodey · 2024-09-10 · in Show HN: Visual DB – Web front end for your database
  8. You've described exactly what we're doing with Mathesar: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar Disclaimer: I also mentioned Mathesar in a sibling comment but this describes our vision so exactly that I thought it was worth mentioning…
    comment by kgodey · 2023-11-15 · in Grist is a modern, relational spreadsheet
  9. This is what we're trying to do with Mathesar ( https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar ). We probably don't meet your needs yet because we don't support real-time concurrent editing, but we're actively working on the project and it is…
    comment by kgodey · 2023-11-02 · in Grist is a modern, relational spreadsheet
  10. …space! [1]: https://mathesar.org/assets/crm-table-zoomed.png [2]: https://demo.mathesar.org/ [3]: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/issues/475
    comment by seancolsen · 2023-08-23 · in Show HN: Visual DB – Airtable alternative for your own database
  11. I’m not sure if it’s okay to plug my project, but I work on Mathesar ( https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar ) which can be used as a Postgres GUI. We’re putting a lot of product/design effort into making it nice to use for non technical…
    comment by kgodey · 2023-07-07 · in Ask HN: What’s the best GUI you’ve ever used for managing/querying databases?
  12. We're trying to build a community driven project in this space - https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar . We just did our alpha release a couple of months ago. I'm philosophically opposed to open core (Mathesar is run out of a non-profit),…
    comment by kgodey · 2023-06-21 · in Undb – Private first, unified, self-hosted no code database
  13. Also Mathesar ( https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/ ) - PostgreSQL based
    comment by seancolsen · 2023-03-31 · in Retool Database
  14. …as Svelte's community keeps growing and more projects choosing Svelte, this would be tackled. [1]: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar [2]: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/discussions/55
    comment by pavish · 2023-03-27 · in Thoughts on Svelte
  15. …from Outerbase's launch, but if you have time, would you be able to open an issue for the crash at https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar ? We're still in alpha and relying on people checking out the project to report problems like these…
    comment by kgodey · 2023-03-16 · in Launch HN: Outerbase (YC W23) – A new UI and editor for your database
  16. …seem to work as expected. You've just helped us discover a bug. Here's the issue that tracks it: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/issues/2634 Thanks!
    comment by pavish · 2023-03-03 · in Show HN: Mathesar – open-source collaborative UI for Postgres databases
  17. …install process to help users install Mathesar without Docker. We have an issue[1] to track it. [1] https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/issues/2427
    comment by silentninja · 2023-03-03 · in Show HN: Mathesar – open-source collaborative UI for Postgres databases
  18. …publicly via a permalink is part of our roadmap[1][2]. [1] https://mathesar.org/roadmap.html [2] https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/discussions/2266
    comment by pavish · 2023-03-03 · in Show HN: Mathesar – open-source collaborative UI for Postgres databases
  19. …data editing operations in our roadmap[2] which would depend on the auditing implementation. [1] https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/discussions/113#discu... [2] https://mathesar.org/roadmap.html
    comment by pavish · 2023-03-03 · in Show HN: Mathesar – open-source collaborative UI for Postgres databases
  20. …if we should establish a GalaxyQuest theme when naming it, perhaps Laliari. Here's the discussion: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/discussions/833
    comment by pavish · 2023-03-03 · in Show HN: Mathesar – open-source collaborative UI for Postgres databases
  21. …your database (since the URL includes the database identifier). You can see our code for it here: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/tree/develop/demo [1] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/manage-ag-templatedb...
    comment by kgodey · 2023-03-02 · in Show HN: Mathesar – open-source collaborative UI for Postgres databases
  22. …for Rust. But keep in mind I'm just a front end dev! :) [0]: https://mathesar.org/about.html [1]: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/discussions/913
    comment by seancolsen · 2023-03-02 · in Show HN: Mathesar – open-source collaborative UI for Postgres databases
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    Show HN: Mathesar – open-source collaborative UI for Postgres databases
    story by kgodey · 2023-03-02 · 74 comments
  24. We're building one – our first release is coming early 2023: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar
    comment by kgodey · 2022-12-25 · in APITable: open-source Airtable alternative
  25. …source anything I write that I think would be useful for other people. [1] My current project is https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar
    comment by kgodey · 2022-04-27 · in Ask HN: Open-source software authors – why do you do it?
  26. …up to Postgres and pull out and display data with the same functions" portions of what'd you like. https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar
    comment by kgodey · 2022-04-09 · in Spreadsheets Are Hot–and Cranking Out Complex Code
  27. We're building a similar tool that's self-hosted only ( https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar ). I'm glad there are more tools to make working with data easier, but I don't use any of them because putting my data into a proprietary…
    comment by kgodey · 2022-04-09 · in Spreadsheets Are Hot–and Cranking Out Complex Code
  28. …We work asynchronously and value work/life balance. Our work is public: * Look through our code: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar * Read our project and team wiki: https://wiki.mathesar.org/en/home * Join our communication channels:…
    comment by kgodey · 2022-04-07 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2022)
  29. …We have zero standing meetings; we do most of our planning and discussion on GitHub. See: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/discussions About the project: https://wiki.mathesar.org/ Our roadmap: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/m…
    comment by kgodey · 2021-10-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2021)
  30. …We have zero standing meetings; we do most of our planning and discussion on GitHub. See: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/discussions About the project: https://wiki.mathesar.org/ Our roadmap: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/m…
    comment by kgodey · 2021-09-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2021)
  31. …We have zero standing meetings; we do most of our planning and discussion on GitHub. See: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/discussions About the project: https://wiki.mathesar.org/ Our roadmap: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/m…
    comment by kgodey · 2021-08-02 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)
  32. …product that help users of all skill levels store, manipulate, and visualize data. Github link: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar We are in the very early stages and are looking for opinions on choosing the frontend framework/library.…
    comment by pavish · 2021-04-24 · in Help us decide the front end framework for our OSS
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    Help us decide the front end framework for our OSS
    story by pavish · 2021-04-24 · 1 comment