JDbrowser - Terminal TUI Sqlite Browser V1.4

Browse an Sqlite database from the terminal with a text user interface.

Usage

• Run the application from the directory containing the database.

jdbrowser

• Select your database from the initial file menu.

Note

File menu looks for files with extentions ".db", ".sqlite3", ".db3". To open databases with custom extenstions types, see "Open File Directly".

• Use the keybindings to browse the tables and views of your database.

• Copy data to clipboard with y key. ( On wayland clipboard text is cleared after exiting JDbrowser )

Open File Directly

You can open a database file directly by passing the file path as an argument.

jdbrowser -f file_name.my_wierd_extention

Key Binds

General

Action	Keybind
Exit Application	Escape
Help Menu Open/Close	?

File Menu

Action	Keybind
Up	k
Down	j
Select	Enter

Main view left side navigation

Action	Keybind
Show Table/Views	q, e
Up	shift + k
Down	shift + j

Table View

Action	Keybind
View Data/Schema	shift + h, l
Page Up / Down Half	u, d
Move Cell Up	k
Move Cell Down	j
Move Cell Left	h
Move Cell Right	l
Yank Cell to Clipboard	y

Installation and Building

No configuration needed.

Arch Linux

You can install JDbrowser from the AUR. Example using yay.

yay -S jdbrowser-git

Download Binary

Binaries are available for download Here

Simply download the binary run chmod +x ./jdbrowser and use where ever you want.

Install With Rust

A simple way to install the binary using Rust:

cargo install --path .

Build with Rust

A binary can also be directly built with:

cargo build --release 

or:

64-bit Linux (kernel 3.2+, glibc 2.17+)

cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu 

The binary will be available at target/release/jdbrowser

Screen Shots

TODO

• error handling popup
• handle blob data