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Universal command-line interface for SQL databases

26 mentions on Hacker News by 17 people: 10 stories, 16 comments · first 2017-12-23 · latest 2026-06-05

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  1. Golang: https://github.com/xo/usql Reviewing the issues and PRs there provides a clue what to expect as this project matures.
  2. leaving this here: https://github.com/xo/usql
    comment by techn00 · 2025-08-19 · in DBCrust – A modern database CLI
  3. …[2] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Database_Connectivity [3] : https://github.com/xo/usql
  4. …aka visual, python, etc. spreadsheet data can be retreived from / sent to a database. ---- [1] : https://github.com/xo/usql
  5. …drivers. If file size is such a concern you could recompile it with unneeded drivers omitted. https://github.com/xo/usql?tab=readme-ov-file#building
  6. …ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), static-pie linked, stripped https://github.com/xo/usql/releases/download/v0.19.12/usql_s... 185M 2024-10-24 07:58 usql_static usql_static: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version…
  7. …I only found the 'json1' mention at [2] in the code. SQLiteStudio [3] doesn't have it either. [1] https://github.com/xo/usql [2] https://github.com/xo/usql/blob/f94abe93593a2e2a2aff2d72ac86... [3] https://github.com/pawelsalawa/sqlitestudio
  8. https://github.com/xo/usql has a similar feel to it, with a variety of backends.
  9. …be used by allowing users to connect to a database in a similar fashion as something like usql ( https://github.com/xo/usql ), I would find the most power in a tool like PRQL is this setting: Ad hoc SQL queries. This would open the editor…
  10. …[1] https://github.com/google/zx#markdown-scripts [2] https://github.com/httpie/httpie [3] https://github.com/xo/usql
  11. …and many more. If that got your attention, give it a spin. Full release notes are available at https://github.com/xo/usql/releases . As always, all feedback and contributions are welcome.
    comment by nineinchnick · 2021-05-09 · in Usql 0.9.1 – Now with Autocomplete
  12. …that you might be able to build something on top of. [1] https://github.com/scgray/jsqsh [2] https://github.com/xo/usql
    comment by fayten · 2020-11-17 · in Graphics for JVM
  13. …SQL editors * PopSQL * TeamSQL * DataGrip * https://www.beekeeperstudio.io CLI tools * [usql](https://github.com/xo/usql/releases) * [dbcli](http://www.dbcli.com/)
  14. …excited. Sadly this is "just" a plain old CLI. Also: had to install with `go get -tags "no_sqlite3" -u github.com/xo/usql` since the sqlite3 package did not build. [1] https://www.pgcli.com/
    comment by the_duke · 2019-11-11 · in Usql – A Universal CLI for Databases
  15. Please try usql: go get -u -tags oracle github.com/xo/usql
    comment by kenshaw · 2017-12-23 · in DBCLI – Modern Suite of Database CLIs
  16. Or just use usql. go get -u github.com/xo/usql Autocompletion is the only feature it doesn't have compared to these, and it's significantly easier to work with, and works with more databases. Autocompletion will be done early next year.
    comment by kenshaw · 2017-12-23 · in DBCLI – Modern Suite of Database CLIs