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24 alternatives to Seeknal

Data & AI/ML CLI for pipelines and NL queries

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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SeekStorm – open-source sub-millisecond search in Rust▲245
SeekStorm: vector & lexical search - in-process library & multi-tenancy server, in Rust. - SeekStorm/SeekStorm
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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SeekAll▲417
Search across multiple platforms in one tab, even AI & YT
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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AskEdith▲289
Never write SQL from scratch again
2022 · its alternatives →
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nao▲498
AI data IDE for 10x faster data work
Nov 2025 · getnao.io · its alternatives →
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Early-stage Yahoo Pipes spiritual successor▲280
Get and manipulate data with a visual programming interface.
2017 · pipes.digital · its alternatives →
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SeekWell▲87
Write code faster and automate reports in Sheets and Slack
2018 · seekwell.io · its alternatives →
7AN
A Natural Language Query Engine Without Machine Learning▲115
2016 · blog.ayoungprogrammer.com · its alternatives →
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ShapedQL▲211
The SQL engine for search, feeds, and AI agents
Jan 2026 · its alternatives →
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SnapQL – Desktop app to query Postgres with AI▲104
SnapQL is an open-source desktop app (built with Electron) that lets you query your Postgres database using natural language. It’s schema-aware, so you don’t need to copy-paste your schema or write complex SQL by hand. Everything runs locally — your OpenAI API key, your data, and your queries — so it's secure and private. Just connect your DB, describe what you want, and SnapQL writes and runs the SQL for you.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built an open-source data pipeline tool in Go▲200
Every data pipeline job I had to tackle required quite a few components to set up: - One tool to ingest data - Another one to transform it - If you wanted to run Python, set up an orchestrator - If you need to check the data, a data quality tool Let alone this being hard to set up and taking time, it is also pretty high-maintenance. I had to do a lot of infra work, and while this being billable hours for me I didn’t enjoy the work at all. For some parts of it, there were nice solutions like dbt, but in the end for an end-to-end workflow, it didn’t work. That’s why I decided to build an…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Pipelex – Declarative language for repeatable AI workflows▲122
We’re Robin, Louis, and Thomas. Pipelex is a DSL and a Python runtime for repeatable AI workflows. Think Dockerfile/SQL for multi-step LLM pipelines: you declare steps and interfaces; any model/provider can fill them. Why this instead of yet another workflow builder? - Declarative, not glue code: you state what to do; the runtime figures out how. - Agent-first: each step carries natural-language context (purpose, inputs/outputs with meaning) so LLMs can follow, audit, and optimize. Our MCP server enables agents to run pipelines but also to build new pipelines on demand. - Open…
Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Steampipe – select * from cloud;▲24
Instantly query your cloud, code, logs & more with SQL. Build on thousands of open-source benchmarks & dashboards for security & insights.
2021 · steampipe.io · its alternatives →
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SeekWell▲115
SQL in the apps you already use
2022 · seekwell.io · its alternatives →
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queryinside▲134
Powerful AI-based data searching and system monitoring tool
2025 · queryinside.com · its alternatives →
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Spice.ai – materialize, accelerate, and query SQL data from any source▲177
Hi HN, We're Luke and Phillip, and we're building Spice.ai OSS - a lightweight, portable runtime, built in Rust and powered by Apache DataFusion to locally materialize, accelerate, and query data tables sourced from any database, data warehouse or data lake. Phillip and I first introduced Spice on Show HN in September 2021. Since then, we’ve been schooled and humbled in every way building 100TB+ data and ML systems for the https://spice.ai cloud platform. Along with our customers, we struggled with getting fast, low-latency, high-concurrency SQL query within a budget, accessing and…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Searchbase – Plug-n-play semantic/fuzzy search for your data▲63
Step into the future with Searchbase Cloud's AI-enhanced search capabilities. Effortless to integrate, intuitive to use, and built for insightful discoveries. Transform your data into action with the smartest search on the market. Join the revolution.
2024 · searchbase.dev · its alternatives →
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DataQuestion▲81
Query database using natural language, no SQL required
2021 · its alternatives →
18PB
PipeSQL – Building SQL queries bottom-up using pipes and filters▲36
2014 · pipesql.com · its alternatives →
19OS
Open-Source Business Intelligence for BigQuery – Looker Alternative▲95
2019 · mprove.io · its alternatives →
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Steampipe▲69
Open source SQL interface to your favorite cloud APIs🧑‍💻
2022 · steampipe.io · its alternatives →
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JQL – A JSON Query Language CLI Tool Built with Rust▲25
crates.io serves as a central registry for sharing crates, which are packages or libraries written in Rust that you can use to enhance your projects
2020 · crates.io · its alternatives →
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Qquest (Beta)▲33
An AI tool to help users query data and files with text.
2024 · qquest.io · its alternatives →
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FilterQL – A tiny query language for filtering structured data▲77
Hey all, I just released v2.0.0 of FilterQL, a query language and TypeScript library. This version adds support for Operations, which allow you to transform the data after filtering. If you think this would be useful in a project you're working on, give it a try and let me know what you think!
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
24SA
Spice.ai OSS 1.0 – data query and AI-inference engine built in Rust▲26
2025 · spiceai.org · its alternatives →

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