databow
Shares rank 11 of 12 database clients by recommenders
A Rust command-line tool that queries many databases through ADBC drivers, giving one consistent interface without attaching each database first.
A Rust command-line tool that queries many databases through ADBC drivers, giving one consistent interface without attaching each database first.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
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One CLI for many databases
“the advantage is simplicity. Why connect first to duckdb and attach the db when you can query it directly with ADBC”
Comment from 5 Jun 2026 in “databow: a Rust CLI to query any database with an ADBC driver” “one consistent CLI across different databases: connection profiles, output formats, history, scripting”
Comment from 5 Jun 2026 in “databow: a Rust CLI to query any database with an ADBC driver”
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See all 12 database clients, rankedWhat people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“one consistent CLI across different databases: connection profiles, output formats, history, scripting”
“the advantage is simplicity. Why connect first to duckdb and attach the db when you can query it directly with ADBC”
“I can pipe the output into other tools like nushell too.”
“As a consultant data engineer (ish), I think it has potential.”
“I don't know when I would ever use this.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.