database

gobang - a Free Yet Fancy Database Manager Written in Rust

Hazem Abbas

Nov 16, 2024 — 4 min read

gobang is a free and open-source app that allow developers to manage databases easily from the command-line with a TUI interface.

Features

Cross-platform support (macOS, Windows, Linux)
Lighting Fast Speed
Multiple Database support (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite)
Intuitive keyboard only control
Simple configuration

Although, it is a polished project, it does not include handy tools, as SQL editing, and support multiple connections.

Install

macOS

brew install tako8ki/tap/gobang

Windows

scoop install gobang

Arch Linux

paru -S gobang-bin

with Rust's Cargo

cargo install --version 0.1.0-alpha.5 gobang

Usage

gobang

$ gobang -h
USAGE:
    gobang [OPTIONS]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -c, --config-path <config-path>    Set the config file

Configuration

The location of the file depends on your OS:

macOS: $HOME/.config/gobang/config.toml
Linux: $HOME/.config/gobang/config.toml
Windows: %APPDATA%/gobang/config.toml

The following is a sample config.toml file:

[[conn]]
type = "mysql"
user = "root"
host = "localhost"
port = 3306

[[conn]]
type = "mysql"
user = "root"
host = "localhost"
port = 3306
password = "password"
database = "foo"
name = "mysql Foo DB"

[[conn]]
type = "postgres"
user = "root"
host = "localhost"
port = 5432
database = "bar"
name = "postgres Bar DB"

[[conn]]
type = "sqlite"
path = "/path/to/baz.db"