I kept running into database GUIs that felt massive, slow, or overloaded, so I started building my own: Tabularis.

Initially, I used AI to quickly scaffold the project, and now I’m refining the details, improving performance, and polishing the experience.

It’s a lightweight, cross-platform open-source DB manager built with Rust/Tauri + React.

A few things I cared about:

• under 10 MB

• fast startup

• clean UI

• focused on everyday DB tasks, not feature bloat

It’s still evolving, but it’s already usable.

If you want give a look: https://github.com/debba/tabularis

I’d genuinely love to hear from people who use DB clients a lot: what’s the one feature you need most, and what’s the bloat you wish tools would drop?