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Products that do what FrogDB does

A sleek, blazing fast, and strictly local database client

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   Hasura – Fast, instant GraphQL APIs on Postgres▲382

   2018 · github.com

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   InstantDB – A Modern Firebase▲1,145

   Hey there HN! We’re Joe and Stopa, and today we’re open sourcing InstantDB, a client-side database that makes it easy to build real-time and collaborative apps like Notion and Figma. Building modern apps these days involves a lot of schleps. For a basic CRUD app you need to spin up servers, wire up endpoints, integrate auth, add permissions, and then marshal data from the backend to the frontend and back again. If you want to deliver a buttery smooth user experience, you’ll need to add optimistic updates and rollbacks. We do these steps over and over for every feature we build, which can…

   2024 · github.com

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   clientdb▲295

   Build lightning fast apps with instantaneous interactions

   2022

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   Chat2DB Local▲407

   Write SQL & analyze data with ai

   2024

5. 5BS
   Beekeeper Studio – open-source, cross-platform SQL client▲343

   2020 · beekeeperstudio.io

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   DrawDB – open-source online database diagram editor (a retro)▲263

   One year ago I open-sourced my very first 'real' project and shared it here. I was a college student in my senior year and desperately looking for a job. At the time of sharing it i couldn't even afford a domain and naively let someone buy the one i had my eyes on lol. It's been a hell of a year with this blowing up, me moving to another country, and switching 2 jobs. In a year we somehow managed to hit 26k stars, grow a 1000+ person discord community, and support 37 languages. I couldn't be more grateful for the community that helped this grow, but now i don't know what direction to take…

   2025 · drawdb.app

7. 7AS
   A SQL database implemented purely in TypeScript type annotations▲426

   2020 · github.com

8. 8OD
   Online database diagram editor▲311

   Hey all! I released drawDB about a month ago and now it's open source. I hope you find it useful. If you want to check out the app you can go to https://drawdb.vercel.app/ . Thank you:)

   2024 · github.com

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   Hasura GraphQL Engine▲133

   Instant Realtime GraphQL on Postgres

   2018

10. 10GI
    Godb is a simple Go ORM for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and SQL Server▲205

    2016 · github.com

11. 11SP
    SQL Polyglot▲53

    Try running a query anywhere from PostgreSQL to DuckDB without leaving your browser.

    2023 · codapi.org

12. 12RI
    Restdb.io – a plug and play database service▲101

    2016 · restdb.io

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    Hasura GraphQL Engine 2.0▲176

    Instant realtime GraphQL APIs on your data

    2021

14. 14HO
    HelixDB – Open-source vector-graph database for AI applications (Rust)▲237

    Hey HN, we want to share HelixDB (https://github.com/HelixDB/helix-db/), a project a college friend and I are working on. It’s a new database that natively intertwines graph and vector types, without sacrificing performance. It’s written in Rust and our initial focus is on supporting RAG. Here’s a video runthrough: https://screen.studio/share/szgQu3yq. Why a hybrid? Vector databases are useful for similarity queries, while graph databases are useful for relationship queries. Each stores data in a way that’s best for its main type of query (e.g.…

    2025 · github.com

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    InstantDB▲329

    Complete backend with auth and storage in one prompt

    Apr 2026 · instantdb.com

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    LatticeDB – Like SQLite but for graph databases▲190

    We have been using graph DBs more and more at work. I found them painful to work with locally and decided to try and build something better.

    12d ago · github.com

17. 17VD
    Visualize database schemas with a single query▲227

    Hey HN! We are Jonathan & Guy, and we are happy to share a project we’ve been working on. ChartDB is a tool to help developers and data analysts quickly visualize database schemas by generating ER diagrams with just one query. A unique feature of our product is AI-Powered export for easy migration. You can give it a try at https://chartdb.io and find the source code on GitHub. Next steps ---> More AI. We’d love feedback :)

    2024 · github.com

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    StationDB▲100

    Launch your instant admin panel online in a few clicks

    2022

19. 19PA
    Postgres as a VectorDB GUI▲162

    2024 · github.com

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    DBeaver▲130

    A free and universal database tool

    2018

21. 21WS
    WhoDB – Streamlined, Lightweight Database Management with a Sleek UI/UX▲37

    Hello fellow hackers! I'm excited to share the launch of WhoDB by Clidey. We are hoping to redefine the user experience with database management. Going away from the LLMs hype, we really just want to make developers' lives better! WhoDB is written in Golang, is lightweight, and supports a variety of database backends (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite3, MongoDB, & Redis). WhoDB offers: * Better UX: Intuitive and easy-to-use interface. * Faster Performance: Built with GoLang for exceptional speed and table virtualization in the Frontend. * Schema Visualization: Interactive graphs to visualize your…

    2024 · github.com

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    JawsDB▲116

    Fast, reliable, no-bullshark MySQL as a service

    2017

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    Firebase2GraphQL▲106

    Migrate from Firebase to GraphQL on Postgres

    2018

24. 24AT
    A tool to seed your dev database with real data▲129

    A bunch of developers and myself have created RepliByte - an open-source tool to seed a development database from a production database. Features: - Support data backup and restore for PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB - Replace sensitive data with fake data - Works on large database (> 10GB) (read Design) - Database Subsetting: Scale down a production database to a more reasonable size - Start a local database with the prod data in a single command - On-the-fly data (de)compression (Zlib) - On-the-fly data de/encryption (AES-256) - Fully stateless (no server, no daemon) and lightweight…

    2022

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