Alternatives to db-vcs
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. db-vcs itself: install db-vcs.
turso
A SQL database in Rust: SQLite-compatible, now also speaking Postgres (experimental). The LLVM of databases
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MySQL Server, the world's most popular open source database, and MySQL Cluster, a real-time, open source transactional database
sqlboiler
Generate a Go ORM tailored to your database schema
octosql
OctoSQL is a query tool that allows you to join, analyse and transform data from multiple databases and file formats using SQL
gyb
Got Your Back (GYB) is a command line tool for backing up your Gmail messages to your computer using Gmail's API over HTTPS
pgcopydb
Copy a Postgres database to a target Postgres server (pg_dump | pg_restore on steroids)
selecta
A fuzzy text selector for files and anything else you need to select. Use it from vim, from the command line, or anywhere you can run a shell command
prometheus
The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database
postgrest
REST API for any Postgres database
golang-migrate
Database migrations. CLI and Golang library
autojump
A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
Mac-CLI
macOS command line tool for developers – The ultimate tool to manage your Mac. It provides a huge set of command line commands that automatize the u
dbmate
🚀 A lightweight, framework-agnostic database migration tool
sysbench
Scriptable database and system performance benchmark
tbls
tbls is a CI-Friendly tool to document a database, written in Go
wal-g
Archival and Restoration for databases in the Cloud
kuzu
Embedded property graph database built for speed. Vector search and full-text search built in. Implements Cypher
betty
Friendly English-like interface for your command line. Don't remember a command? Ask Betty
sqlancer
Automated testing to find logic and performance bugs in database systems
compiledb
Tool for generating Clang's JSON Compilation Database files for make-based build systems
SuperDB
An analytics database that puts JSON and relational tables on equal footing
Redis
For developers, who are building real-time data-driven applications, Redis is the preferred, fastest, and most feature-rich cache, data structure serv
MonitorControl
🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the
cookiecutter
A cross-platform command-line utility that creates projects from cookiecutters (project templates), e.g. Python package projects, C projects
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than db-vcs — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
db-vcs is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.