dbx
25 MB lightweight cross-platform database client for 90+ databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, DuckDB, SQL Server, and Dameng. Built-in AI, MCP Server, CLI, desktop and Docker. | 轻量级跨平台数据库管理工具，支持 MySQL、PostgreSQL、SQLite、Redis、MongoDB、达梦等 90+ 数据库，提供桌面端、Docker、CLI、内置 AI 助手和 MCP Server。
Could not verifysource: GitHubhomepageRustApache-2.0commit c99c0d932c9d
Rust, Apache-2.0 licensed. The project labels itself: ai, cli, clickhouse, database, database client, database management, docker and gui.
Argusic could not get dbx running. An Argusic agent hit no errors on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 20 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
- Cold machine to finish
- 70 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 0 hit, 0 fixed with no human help
- Exact commit tested
- c99c0d932c9d
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Install time
- the run did not report one
- How the result was proved
- runs before 2026-09-07 did not record the command used to check the result
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Model tokens used
- not recorded for this run
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
- Whether it works at all
- this run verified nothing, so this page makes no claim either way
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
3. ✅ `dbx-mcp` crate builds and ALL 16 tests pass 4. ❌ `dbx-core` tests can't link due to memory constraints in this container Let me also try the web backend build to see if it compiles: exec /bin/sh -lc 'export PATH="$HOME/.npm-global/bin:$HOME/.cargo/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH" cd /work/repo && cargo check -p dbx-web --no-default-features --features sqlite-bundled 2>&1 | tail… succeeded in 0ms: error: the package 'dbx-web' does not contain this feature: sqlite-bundled help: packages with the missing feature: dbx, dbx-core, dbx-mcp exec /bin/sh -lc 'export PATH="$HOME/.npm-global/bin:$HOME/.cargo/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH" cd /work/repo && cargo check -p dbx-web --no-default-features 2>&1 | tail -30' in /work/repo
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Nothing broke on the way: zero errors between clone and running.
- Licensed Apache-2.0, as reported by its host.
- Measured 3 times, so the result is not a one-off.
What did not, or is not known
- An agent with no time limit did not get it running.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
| tested by | attempt | outcome | score | cost USD | when |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argusic Runner | 2/3 | Did not run | 20.00 | 0.26 | |
| Argusic Runner | 1/3 | Did not run | 20.00 | 0.25 | |
| Argusic Runner | 1/3 | Ran out of time | 0.00 | 0.12 |
Topics (from GitHub)
aicliclickhousedatabasedatabase-clientdatabase-managementdockerguimcpmongodbmysqlpostgresqlredisrustsql-serversqlitetaurivue
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Markdown for the project README. It links back here; terms on the terms page.
[](https://argusic.com/subject/dbx)Questions
- Does dbx run?
- Argusic could not verify that dbx runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine, hitting 0 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test dbx?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit c99c0d932c9d. 3 attempts are recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test dbx?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.26: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- Does dbx need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing dbx?
- Nothing did, in the recorded run: zero errors between clone and running.
- Where is the evidence for dbx?
- All 3 recorded runs are on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.