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whodb

Where data access meets operational intelligence

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Where data access meets operational intelligence

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Hey this is really cool! I love how sleek the interface is. We're doing something similar at WhoDB (https://github.com/clidey/whodb) and love seeing all the work happening in…

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What Hacker News says

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Show HN: Open-source database CLI that doubles as an MCP server for agents

Hi HN, I work on WhoDB (a database management tool) and we've recently added a lot of updates to our cli so I wanted to share it here. WhoDB (https://github.com/clidey/whodb) is a database management tool for SQL and NoSQL databases, runs in your browser, can be launched via Docker, and is available on the Apple, Microsoft, and Snap store. The WhoDB cli is both an interactive and command driven client that shares the same WhoDB Go backend and provides a TUI around it alongside an MCP server. I use the mcp within Claude Code to help me when I develop with local databases (checking schemas, data, running actual SQL, etc) although CC is pretty good with this in general. I haven't yet tried it out with Codex so cannot comment on that. We've added (in no particular order): - DuckDB support - TiDB support - Updated layout system to support mult
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iple windows - SQL formatter and extended autocomplete - SSH support (still testing this one) - ER diagram generation - EXPLAIN plan generation - Mock data generation - Simple table data audit functionality - Read-only mode - Streaming AI chat - CLI profiles - Different theme support - JSON, NDJSON, CSV outputs Disclaimer: a lot of the CLI code was AI-generated (mostly Claude Code). I point it to existing repos using the same libraries as reference, which helps since I don't have deep CLI development experience. If you want to install it, there are several ways: (1) curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clidey/whodb/main/cli/inst... | bash (2) brew install whodb-cli (3) npm install -g @clidey/whodb-cli (4) docker pull clidey/whodb-cli:latest (5) Grab the executables from our latest Github release If you want to add it to CC: (1) claude mcp add whodb -- npx -y @clidey/whodb-cli mcp serve (2) or you can configure it with database credentials via an env variable profile: claude mcp add whodb -e WHODB_POSTGRES='[{"alias":"dev","host":"localhost","user":"user","password":"pass","database":"mydb","port":"5432"}]' -- whodb-cli mcp serve It should work with Codex as such: codex mcp add whodb -- whodb-cli mcp serve Happy to hear your thoughts on how you might use this, or what additions you might find interesting. Thanks for reading!
3 points · Open discussion
hkdeman·Jan 20, 2026Submission

Show HN: WhoDB CLI – Terminal database client (Golang) with local AI support

We built a terminal database client that lets you connect to multiple databases and interact with them through a TUI. It’s open source (Apache 2.0). Motivation: My cofounder and I were tired of switching between pgAdmin-style GUIs and the psql CLI. Some tasks are faster in a UI, others in a terminal. So we built a TUI inspired by k9s that tries to cover both. Features: * Visual WHERE condition builder (column / operator / value via dropdowns) * Natural language → SQL via AI (explicit consent required); supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama (more planned) * Schema-aware autocomplete for tables and columns * Grid-based table browser with keyboard navigation * Built-in MCP server (we use it with Claude Code locally and want to add it to the official plugin list) * Supports all core WhoDB databases: Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MongoDB, Red
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is, ClickHouse, Elasticsearch Performance: * Startup: <300ms * Query execution: ~50–200ms overhead vs raw SQL (mostly rendering) * Binary size: ~50MB (OS/arch dependent) Tradeoffs: 1. Optimized for interactive exploration, not bulk operations. Pagination exists but very large tables can be painful. 2. TUI complexity: Bubble Tea is powerful but harder to debug than a simple CLI. Errors are shown with copy-pasteable GitHub issue text. 3. AI requires setup: Ollama locally or env vars (WHODB_OPENAI_API_KEY, WHODB_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY). 4. Keyboard shortcuts may not feel intuitive to everyone—feedback welcome. Known limitations: 1. Syntax highlighting is basic and sometimes wrong. 2. Large result sets can feel sluggish when scrolling, even with pagination. 3. Connections are file-based (~/.whodb-cli/config.yaml). Passwords/secrets are stored in the system keyring. This tool was built primarily for ourselves as software developers. It’s not meant for heavy analytics or DBA-style power tooling, but we plan to keep improving it and make it more enterprise-ready. CLI README with usage examples: [https://github.com/clidey/whodb/blob/main/cli/README.md](https://github.com/clidey/whodb/blob/main/cli/README.md) Open questions: 1. Is the MCP server actually useful to others? 2. Is a simple yes/no AI consent sufficient, or is there a better/compliant approach? 3. Is tab-based view switching intuitive, or would vim-style :commands be better? 4. How should this fit into existing workflows instead of feeling “extra”? Try it: npm i -g @clidey/whodb-cli whodb-cli Supports macOS, Windows, and Linux (arm64/x64, plus armv7 without AI). We’ll add Homebrew and go install support. Binaries are also attached to releases: https://github.com/clidey/whodb/releases/tag/0.89.0
4 points · Open discussion

Show HN: Docucod – Automatic documentation for any codebase

Hi HN, I'm Hemang from Clidey, and we are working on Docucod. Docucod is a tool that automatically generates and maintains documentation from any repository. * What is the problem? * My co-founder and I have both worked in large corporates like J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, smaller companies like Palantir, and continuously see the issues that stem from unmaintained documentation. Most codebases are under-documented, comments are sparsed, types aren't always obvious, and there's often a lot of knowledge that is forgotten as time goes on. The deeper you go, the harder it gets to understand how things work. This slows down onboarding, wastes time during debugging, and increases the chance of things breaking. Until today, we have been running pilots with small to medium sized companies and startups tweaking the product and gaining lots of feed
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back. Today we want to open it up to the public with a release of the generation service! * Try it out! * Go to https://docucod.com/oss and put your repository URL there. Once generated, the link will be visible. You can also put the prefix url in front of the repo url: https://docucod.com/docs/<repo-url> (example: https://docucod.com/docs/https://github.com/clidey/whodb) Please note this will work only for public repos up to 100MB. How it works: Docucod analyzes the codebase, parses files, comments, types, examples, and the readme, then builds a static documentation site you can browse immediately — no config, no setup. It tries to surface useful context automatically so you don’t have to read the code line by line to figure out what’s going on. There is diagram generation with Mermaid, and we are working on generating images and later videos! The publishing is done with our own static site builder called Dory ([https://github.com/clidey/dory](https://github.com/clidey/dory)). It handles parsing, structure extraction, and HTML generation. Dory has been built with handling AI-generated MDX in mind, which is an interesting hurdle to overcome. We're still fleshing it out, so PRs and feedback are very welcome. What’s next: Right now we support public GitHub repos (private support coming). We’re also working on features like code search across the docs, customized responses based on the user's query, better navigation, theme customization, and integration with CI pipelines. If you check it out, I’d really appreciate your feedback — both the good and the bad. Does it solve a real problem for you? What’s confusing, missing, or just not helpful? Thanks!
7 points · Open discussion

Show HN: Time Travel with Your SQL

Hi, my name is Anguel and I am one of the developers of WhoDB (https://github.com/clidey/whodb) I am not a fan of the dbeaver, beekeeper, adminer, etc experience because they are bloated, ugly, and at best okay but not great. Hence why I started working on WhoDB. The approach: - browser-based (chrome/firefox) - no bloat - jupyter notebook-like experience (Scratchpad) - built-in AI co-pilot with ollama (local) or openai/anthropic We just shipped query history and replay (time travel?) to the Scratchpad. Would love for you to check it out and give some feedback aka roast us into oblivion: docker run -p 8080:8080 clidey/whodb Food for thought: 1. What's your biggest database pain point? 2. Any killer feature missing from current tools?
43 points · Open discussion

Show HN: Houdini by WhoDB – connect any data source to natural language

Hello Fellow Hackers! I am Hemang - CEO of Clidey WhoDB. We’ve just added a new feature to WhoDB that allows you to interact with your data using natural language. Instead of writing SQL queries, you can now just ask questions, and WhoDB will do the heavy lifting. We hope this makes data management a bit easier for everyone, whether you’re just starting out or have been working with databases for years. We didn’t integrate AI just because it’s trendy; we genuinely think it improves the user experience. By using large language models, we’ve aimed to make data management more intuitive. WhoDB is still open-source and driven by community feedback, so your thoughts and suggestions are really important to us. If you’re curious, you can check out a demo video or try it out with a quick Docker command: docker run -it -p 8080:8080 clidey/whodb. W
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e’d appreciate hearing your feedback. GitHub: https://github.com/clidey/whodb
2 points · Open discussion

Show HN: WhoDB – Streamlined, Lightweight Database Management with a Sleek UI/UX

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 entire database schema. * Inline Editing & Preview: Easily preview cell or edit inline Why did we build it? * User Experience First: Imagine Adminer but built for 2024, with a modern, user-friendly interface. * Broad Support: Fully supports PostgreSQL, M
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ySQL, SQLite3 MongoDB, Redis, and other SQL and NoSQL support coming soon! * Completely Open Source: WhoDB is entirely open source, so you can get started right away and contribute to its growth. You can run WhoDB with a single Docker command: docker run -it -p 8080:8080 clidey/whodb WhoDB is in active development and thus some things will be rough around the edges. We have docs at https://github.com/clidey/whodb/blob/main/docs/docs.md and welcome any suggestions! If you find any issues, please report them here, on Github, or contact us at support@clidey.com. https://github.com/clidey/whodb
37 points · Open discussion

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