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?
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