What is it?
A terminal database client with SQL editing, schema tools and a built-in MCP server. MCP lets compatible assistants call software tools.
What problem does it solve?
Six database engines, a terminal interface and an unusually broad brief. Worth a closer look.
This is a source-led first look. We have read public project material, but have not installed or run this software. No performance, reliability or security verdict is implied.
What does it replace?
Potentially several database command-line clients and a separate database MCP adapter for routine work.
What doesn’t it replace?
The database itself, backups, or the judgement required to make a safe production change.
Who is it for?
Developers and database operators comfortable with SQL and a terminal.
The review notebook
The appeal is consolidation. Database work tends to spill across a query window, a shell and another tool for examining structure. A shared interface could make that work less fragmented. The question is whether it stays legible as the tasks become complicated.
Our interest is strongest at the boundary between human and assistant use. If both reach the same connection through one client, we want to understand whether the same limits really follow them. A read-only label is a starting point for a test, not the conclusion of one.
Known catches & open questions
Support varies by driver. Query cancellation, for example, is not listed for every engine. Feature breadth is not evidence of equal maturity.
Current judgement
This is a promising lead, not a recommendation. We will only make a hands-on judgement after the stated test has been run.
Next on the bench
Use a disposable database, exercise a normal query and a deliberate failure, then check read-only behaviour through both the terminal and MCP.
Sources & evidence
Project repository and README ↗
Release history ↗
Public material checked 5 September 2026. Version labels are the latest stable release returned at that check, where available. Platform descriptions are upstream claims, not Toolglass acceptance tests.
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