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yvbolt
A graphical interface for multiple databases.
Features
- Native desktop application, running on Linux, Windows, macOS, and Android
- Connect to multiple databases at once
- Browse table/bucket content
- Use context menu to perform special table/bucket actions
- Run custom SQL queries
- Select text to run partial query
- Safe handling for non-UTF8 key and data fields
- Connection Manager saves connections with AEAD AES256-GCM using OS keychain
See also qbolt for more/different functionality.
Supported databases
There are currently 10 supported databases:
| Database | Read | Editing | Connection options | Context menu actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badger v4 | Yes | No | Encrypted, readonly, in-memory | Backup, restore, compact |
| Bolt | Yes | Yes | Readonly | Create/delete child buckets |
| Debconf | Yes | No | ||
| Freedesktop.org Secret Service | Yes | No | Unlock, create new collection | |
| LevelDB | Yes | No | Readonly | |
| LMDB | Yes | Yes | Multi-DB, readonly | Create/delete child databases |
| Pebble | Yes | No | Readonly, in-memory | |
| Redis | Yes | No | SSH tunnel, RESP v3 | |
| SQLite | Yes | Yes | CLI driver, in-memory | Vacuum, export |
| Starskey | Yes | No | Compression |
License
The code in this project is licensed under the ISC license (see LICENSE file for details) with the following caveats:
- This project depends on third-party libraries under additional open source licenses.
- This project redistributes images from the famfamfam/silk icon set under the CC-BY 2.5 license.
- This project includes trademarked logo images for each supported database type.
- The Windows binary is released under LGPL-3+ owing to the static copy of Qt.
Changelog
2025-12-02 v0.9.0
- LMDB: Initial support, including multi-database mode, data editing, and managing child databases
- Starskey: Initial support
- Freedesktop.org Secret Service: Initial support, including unlocking collections and creating child collections
- App: Use global toolbar style
- App: Add connection manager, encrypting credentials with AEAD AES256-GCM using OS keychain
- App: Offer to save valid quick-connection to the connection manager
- App: Add 'About Qt' menu option
- App: Fixed file extension filter for database files with no extension
- App: Fixed background colour for Properties area on different OSes
- App: Fixed libpng warnings about greyscale image data for embedded logo images
- App: Fixed issue with non-UTF8 child database names
- Debconf: Improve navigation speed by splitting applications into virtual tables
- SSH: Redesign options to pick only one of the available auth methods
- Fixed running release binary on Debian 12
⬇️ Download for Windows x86_64
2025-11-23 v0.8.0
- Port from liblcl to MIQT Qt 6
- Badger: Upgrade v4.2.0 -> v4.8.0
- Pebble: Upgrade v1.0.0 -> v1.1.5
- SQLite: Upgrade v1.14.22 -> v1.14.32
- Redis: Upgrade v9.5.3 -> v9.16.0
- Bolt: Upgrade v1.4.0-alpha.1 -> v1.4.3
- Bolt: Fix child buckets appearing in data area
- Badger, Pebble, Debconf: Remove redundant "Data" navigation layer
- Badger: Support encrypted databases
- Badger: Support readonly databases
- Badger: Add context-menu actions for backup, restore, and compact
- Pebble: Support readonly databases
- LevelDB: Add LevelDB database integration
- Redis: Support SSH tunnel
- SQLite: Allow editing the primary key column
- App: New style connection dialog
- App: Updated keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+O to open new connection, F5 to refresh, F9 to execute query)
- App: Add confirmation when refreshing the data table if there are uncommitted changes
⬇️ Download for Windows x86_64
2024-07-18 v0.7.0
- SQLite, Bolt: Initial support for editing data (insert, per-cell update, delete)
- SQLite: Add context menu actions for compact (vacuum), export, and drop table
- App: New grid widget
- App: Add refresh button
- App: Bigger window size, use icons for toolbars, better UI colours for Windows
- App: Prevent submitting blank queries to database
- Refactor database interface and error handling
⬇️ Download for Windows x86_64
2024-06-30 v0.6.0
- Debconf: Add as supported database
- SQLite: Support table names containing special characters
- SQLite: Improvements for experimental command-line driver
- Redis: Improve connection dialog window position
- App: Cosmetic fixes for frame borders, help dialog, and Windows fonts+colours
- Build: Change compression parameters for release builds
- Build: Compile CGO with -O2 for release builds
⬇️ Download for Windows x86_64
2024-06-29 v0.5.0
- Pebble: Add as supported database
- Bolt: Support opening as readonly
- Bolt: Support creating new databases
- Bolt: Support adding/removing recursive child buckets
- SQLite: Support custom CLI driver that parses
/usr/bin/sqlite3 -jsonoutput (experimental) - Redis: Improve query parser to support quoted strings
- App: Support refreshing elements in nav tree
- App: Help menu option to show driver versions
- App: Add image icons for refresh and close context menu actions
- Build: Add makefile for cross-compiling release binaries
⬇️ Download for Windows x86_64
2024-06-23 v0.4.0
- Redis: Add as supported database
- Badger: Allow creating in-memory databases
- App: Allow selecting partial query text to execute
- App: Allow closing database connections from context menu
- App: Allow scrolling large content on Properties pane
- App: Preload recursive navigation
- App: Automatically switch to selected database when new connection is created
- App: Add help website link
- App: Add database logo images
2024-06-25 v0.3.0
- Badger: Add BadgerDB v4 as supported database
- SQLite: Add support for CGo-free SQLite driver under cross-compilation
- Bolt: Update Bolt to v1.4.0-alpha.1
- App: Add support for running custom queries
- App: Add status bar showing currently selected DB
- App: Fix missing icons in nav when selecting items
- App: Fix extra quotemarks when browsing string content of database
2024-06-08 v0.2.0
- SQLite: Add SQLite support (now requires CGo)
- App: Add images for menu and navigation items
2024-06-03 v0.1.0
- Initial public release
