sqlit
Ranked 2 of 12 database clients by recommenders
Free terminal SQL client for many databases, praised for being easy and intuitive to use. Critics note missing features that keep it from becoming a daily client, and install problems with uvx and database drivers.
Free terminal SQL client for many databases, praised for being easy and intuitive to use. Critics note missing features that keep it from becoming a daily client, and install problems with uvx and database drivers.
21 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 19
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 90%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: 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
- 19 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 9.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 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 and intuitive to use
“Love how easy and intuitive it is to use it!”
Comment from 20 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Sqlit – A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases” “Otherwise it feels great, thanks for it”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Sqlit – A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases” Covers a wide range of databases
“still doesn't cover the range that sqlit does”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Sqlit – A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases” “It seems like the OP's offering has the same problem, although it does offer more objects than Harlequin.”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Sqlit – A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Install problems with uvx and drivers
“I was surprised to find that I could not run it with uvx”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Sqlit – A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases” “Connection failed, no module named 'psycopg2'”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Sqlit – A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases” Missing features stop daily use
“If you added those this would probably become my go-to SQL client.”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Sqlit – A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases”
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See all 12 database clients, rankedWhat people said
10 of the 22 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it's actually already possible with a feature I call "telescope"”
“Love how easy and intuitive it is to use it!”
“If you added those this would probably become my go-to SQL client.”
“Otherwise it feels great, thanks for it”
“the ability to define an in-memory only connection seems super useful”
“It seems like the OP's offering has the same problem, although it does offer more objects than Harlequin.”
“Congrats, looks fantastic!”
“Connection failed, no module named 'psycopg2'”
“I was surprised to find that I could not run it with uvx”
“still doesn't cover the range that sqlit does”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.