Pgcli – A CLI for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting
Pgcli – A CLI for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting launched on January 6, 2015 with 227 votes, #44 of 1,772 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.
In plain words
Pgcli is a command line interface for Postgres that provides auto-completion and syntax highlighting to streamline database queries. It is designed for developers who work with Postgres databases and prefer command line tools over graphical interfaces. The tool can be installed via Homebrew on macOS, making it accessible to users on that platform.
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