An open source SOTA SQL Agent in 1k lines of code
TextQL open-sources Ana Small, a barebones text-to-SQL tool that outperforms every major competitor on complex benchmarks -- and it is free to use.
An open source SOTA SQL Agent in 1k lines of code launched on March 11, 2025 with 10 votes, #2,743 of 7,215 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
TextQL is an open source SQL agent built in approximately 1,000 lines of code. It enables users to query databases using natural language instead of writing SQL directly. The tool is designed for developers and data analysts who need to interact with databases more intuitively. Its compact codebase and open source nature make it accessible for customization and integration into other projects.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
TextQL's pipeline, the entire system that turns a question into an answer, can seem complex. It is complex. To sanity check ourselves with the question "is any of this doing anything?" we built the most simple, barebones version of TextQL's Ana that we could: Ana Small . In short, it's really good. We tested Ana Small alongside Enterprise Ana and all the major text-to-SQL tools on the market using our internal Conglomerate benchmark. Conglomerate is an algorithmically generated ontology with over 100 tables, paired with test questions that require complicated SQL to answer, often requiring many joins. It's primarily designed to test Ana's ability to search by overwhelming it with thousands…from textql.com
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