tabularis
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Tabularis is an open-source desktop SQL workspace with a built-in MCP server that enables AI agents to read database schemas and run queries.
Open-source desktop SQL workspace with 3 built-in database drivers and 16 shipped plugins, including SQL Server, DuckDB, ClickHouse and Redis. Built-in MCP server for Claude, Cursor and Devin, SQL notebooks and visual EXPLAIN.
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What you can do with it
- Use your AI agent to explore and understand the schema of a connected database visually.
- Let Claude write and execute complex SQL queries directly within your Tabularis workspace.
- Generate visual EXPLAIN plans for your SQL queries with AI assistance to optimize performance.
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From the README
Tabularis
Tabularis is an open-source desktop SQL workspace with 3 built-in database drivers and 21 shipped plugins, including DuckDB, ClickHouse, Redis and Firestore. Its built-in MCP server lets Claude, Cursor and Devin (formerly Windsurf) read your schema and run queries in the same app you already use.
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Download
winget install Debba.Tabularis # Windows
brew install --cask tabularis # macOS
sudo snap install tabularis # Linux
Or grab an installer directly:
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The app UI is available in English, Italian, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Tagalog and Portuguese (Brazilian).
[!TIP] Discord: Join our Discord server to talk with the maintainers, share feedback, and get help from the community.
Table of Contents
- Why tabularis?
- Installation
- Updates
- Discord
- Changelog
- Features
- Tech Stack
- Development
- Roadmap
- Contributing
- Sponsors and supporters
- Origin Story
- License
Why tabularis?
| tabularis | DBeaver CE | TablePlus | Beekeeper Studio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| License | Apache 2.0, free | Apache 2.0, free (Pro is paid) | Commercial | GPLv3 (paid editions) |
| SQL notebooks (SQL + Markdown cells, cross-cell variables, charts) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Built-in MCP server for AI agents | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Plugins in any language (JSON-RPC over stdio) | ✅ | Java/Eclipse plugins | JavaScript plugins | ❌ |
| AI text-to-SQL with local models (Ollama) | ✅ | Cloud-based AI assistant | ❌ | ❌ |
| Visual EXPLAIN with interactive plan graphs | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Databases out of the box | 3 built-in + 21 official plugins | 100+ | 20+ | ~10 |
[!NOTE] Comparison as of June 2026; features in other tools may have changed since. If you need dozens of drivers, use DBeaver. Tabularis focuses on doing a few databases well.
Database support
PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB and SQLite ship built in. Everything else is a plugin. The built-in PostgreSQL driver is deprecated in favour of the PostgreSQL plugin, which Tabularis installs automatically. Current coverage, mirroring the driver & plugin coverage on the website:
Shipped
| Database | Plugin | Database | Plugin |
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| ClickHouse | tabularis-clickhouse-plugin | LibSQL / Turso | tabularis-libsql-plugin |
| Cloudflare D1 | tabularis_cloudflare_d1_plugin | MongoDB | tabularis-mongodb-plugin |
| Cloudflare D1 (HTTP API) | cloudflare-tabularis | MongoDB Atlas | tabularis-mongodb-plugin |
| DM / Dameng | tabularis-dameng-plugin | Oracle | [tabularis-oracle-plugin](https://github |