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DBX: a 25 MB lightweight cross-platform database client supporting 100+ databases and MCP

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What changedt8y2/dbx ships a 25 MB lightweight cross-platform database client supporting 100+ databases, with a built-in AI assistant, MCP server, CLI, and desktop and Docker deployment.
Why it mattersCompiled in Rust into a single ~25 MB binary, it needs no Java runtime or Python environment, and its MCP lets coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor query configured database connections directly.
Who should careAI coding tool users, Agent builders
Affected stackClaude CodeMCPOpenAICursor
Builder actionUpdate Claude Code to the latest version
Source confidenceHigh · Official release / blog / repo

DBX is a ~25 MB cross-platform database client supporting 100+ databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, and DM, plus message queues like Kafka, RocketMQ, RabbitMQ, and Pulsar, and middleware like Nacos, Consul, ZooKeeper, and etcd. It replaces Java-runtime tools such as DBeaver with a single small binary, offering native macOS, Windows, and Linux apps as well as Docker self-hosting and a web version. A built-in AI SQL assistant converts natural language to SQL, supporting Claude, OpenAI, or local models via Ollama, with safety checks before execution. Its Rust-written MCP server ships separately as npx @dbx-app/mcp-server, letting MCP-compatible coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf list connections, browse tables, and execute SQL, with permissions centrally managed via a connection whitelist and three modes in DBX settings: read-only, data read/write, and full access. For developers using coding agents like Claude Code, DBX lets agents query established database connections with no extra setup; for teams running local models, the AI assistant can run entirely through Ollama without external APIs; and for ops managing many heterogeneous databases and message queues, the 25 MB single file covers both database and middleware consoles, avoiding switching between tools.

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