Alternatives to sqlx-cli
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. sqlx-cli itself: install sqlx-cli.
pspg
Unix pager (with very rich functionality) designed for work with tables. Designed for PostgreSQL, but MySQL is supported too. Works well with pgcli to
yazi
💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O
cargo-release
Cargo subcommand `release`: everything about releasing a rust crate
zoxide
A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells
gitui
Blazing 💥 fast terminal-ui for git written in rust 🦀
Neovide
No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust
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MySQL Server, the world's most popular open source database, and MySQL Cluster, a real-time, open source transactional database
bear
Generate compile_commands.json for any C or C++ build
dsq
Commandline tool for running SQL queries against JSON, CSV, Excel, Parquet, and more
ios-deploy
Install and debug iPhone apps from the command line, without using Xcode
cargo-chef
A cargo-subcommand to speed up Rust Docker builds using Docker layer caching
wasm-tools
CLI and Rust libraries for low-level manipulation of WebAssembly modules
godns
A dynamic DNS client tool that supports AliDNS, Cloudflare, Google Domains, DNSPod, HE.net & DuckDNS & DreamHost, etc, written in Go
Postbird
Open source PostgreSQL GUI client for macOS, Linux and Windows
jwt-cli
A super fast CLI tool to decode and encode JWTs built in Rust
xleak
A fast terminal Excel viewer with an interactive TUI. Features full-text search, formula display, lazy loading for large files, clipboard support, and
cargo-outdated
A cargo subcommand for displaying when Rust dependencies are out of date
arttime
arttime is a CLI application that blends beauty of ASCII / text art with functionality of clock / timer / pattern-based time manager in terminal ⏰
t-rec
Blazingly fast terminal recorder that generates animated gif images for the web written in rust
yt-dlp
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
cc-switch
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
gemini-cli
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
thefuck
Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command
fzf
:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder
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 sqlx-cli — 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.
sqlx-cli 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.