SQL-tap
SQL traffic viewer in Developer tools
Free real-time viewer for PostgreSQL and MySQL SQL traffic, praised as an easy drop-in proxy for debugging queries and observability.
Free real-time viewer for PostgreSQL and MySQL SQL traffic, praised as an easy drop-in proxy for debugging queries and observability.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 92%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not 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
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 11 recommenders for every criticNeeds 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
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Easy drop-in proxy setup
“you can do everything by just setting a different host to connect to”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: SQL-tap – Real-time SQL traffic viewer for PostgreSQL and MySQL” “I like how you made it an easy to drop in proxy.”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: SQL-tap – Real-time SQL traffic viewer for PostgreSQL and MySQL” Useful for observability and debugging
“That's some sick observability, nice.”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: SQL-tap – Real-time SQL traffic viewer for PostgreSQL and MySQL” “also great for debugging queries”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: SQL-tap – Real-time SQL traffic viewer for PostgreSQL and MySQL”
What people said
7 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“also great for debugging queries”
“you can do everything by just setting a different host to connect to”
“Why do you need a proxy? Pull the queries off the network. You’re adding latency to every query!”
“Looks really cool, will try it out soon”
“Really been wanting something like this.”
“That's some sick observability, nice.”
“I like how you made it an easy to drop in proxy.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.