Why SkylerX Navicat is paid and closed-source, with renewal/activation friction in ChinaDataGrip subscription is expensive, unfriendly to individual developersDBeaver feels sluggish, its UI is dated, and AI support is thinChinese databases (DM / KingbaseES / openGauss) get poor support in mainstream toolsWe wanted a tool that actually uses AI to write SQL, read EXPLAIN, and diagnose databases So we rewrote one — open source, free, cross-platform, and ready for Chinese-vendor compliance .
Core capabilities 🧠
AI Assistant
Pick from Anthropic / OpenAI / DeepSeek / Codex / Grok, with 7 built-in toolboxes and inline completion
🔌
20+ Dialects
Mainstream SQL + Chinese DBs (DM / Kingbase / openGauss / OceanBase / TiDB) + NoSQL (Mongo / Redis / ES)
✏️
Monaco Editor
SQL highlighting, autocompletion, formatting, parameterized queries, snippet library — run with ⌘+Enter
📊
Rich Result Grid
Virtual scroll + inline edit + JSON/BLOB detection + numeric sparklines + conditional coloring
🛡
Production Safety
Prod-flagged connections + dangerous-SQL confirmation + SQL linter + data masking & contracts
🔍
EXPLAIN Visualizer
Estimated vs actual rows, slow operators highlighted, optional real ANALYZE run
🧬
Schema Diff & Drift
Compare two connections → auto-generate alignment SQL; schema snapshots + evolution history
🛠
DBA Toolbox
Server activity / KILL / slow-query log parsing / replication lag monitoring / index suggestions
🇨🇳
Chinese Stack Ready
DM / Kingbase / openGauss / OceanBase / TiDB + SM2/SM3/SM4 crypto + GB-compliance panels
Supported databases Covers 17 SQL + 3 NoSQL dialects, including the full Chinese-vendor compliance stack :
MySQL SQL
Mainstream
Driver mysql2
MariaDB SQL
MySQL wire-compatible
Driver mysql2
PostgreSQL SQL
Mainstream
Driver pg
Oracle SQL
Mainstream
Driver oracledb
Thin mode, supports SYSDBA role
SQL Server SQL
Mainstream
Driver mssql
达梦 DM SQL
Chinese DB family
Driver dmdb
人大金仓 Kingbase SQL
Chinese DB family Postgres wire-compatible
Driver pg
openGauss SQL
Chinese DB family Postgres wire-compatible
Driver pg
OceanBase SQL
Chinese DB family MySQL wire-compatible
Driver mysql2
Oracle tenant also works
TiDB SQL
Chinese DB family MySQL wire-compatible
Driver mysql2
Apache Doris SQL
Columnar OLAP MySQL wire-compatible
Driver mysql2
StarRocks SQL
Columnar OLAP MySQL wire-compatible
Driver mysql2
CockroachDB SQL
Distributed Postgres wire-compatible
Driver pg
Greenplum SQL
MPP Postgres wire-compatible
Driver pg
H2 SQL
PG-server mode
Driver pg
Amazon Redshift SQL
Cloud DW Postgres wire-compatible
Driver pg
Snowflake SQL
Cloud DW
Driver snowflake-sdk
ClickHouse SQL
Columnar OLAP
Driver @clickhouse/client
SQLite SQL
Local file
Driver better-sqlite3
DuckDB SQL
Local file Columnar OLAP
Driver @duckdb/node-api
TDengine 涛思 SQL
Chinese DB family Time-series
Driver @tdengine/websocket
MongoDB NoSQL
Document
Driver mongodb
Redis NoSQL
KV / data structures
Driver ioredis
Elasticsearch NoSQL
Search engine
Driver @elastic/elasticsearch
See the full database matrix →
Get started bash # 1. Grab the installer for your platform from GitHub Releases
# macOS .dmg / Windows .exe / Linux .AppImage / .deb / .rpm
open https://github.com/duhbbx/SkylerX/releases/latest
# 2. Install and launch SkylerX
# 3. New connection → pick dialect → fill host/port/user/password → test → save
# 4. Double-click the connection → browse the nav tree → double-click a table to open the data grid → start querying Full walkthrough in Quick Start →
About / Business inquiries Wuhan Skyler Network Technology Co., Ltd. — the developer and maintainer of SkylerX. We also take on consulting and project work:
🗄 Database consulting — selection / design / tuning / migration (Oracle / SQL Server → MySQL / PG / Chinese DBs) 🏢 Navicat / DataGrip alternative deployment — private builds for enterprises 🛡 Chinese-vendor compliance — Kylin / UnionTech UOS / Loongson / Phytium etc. 🤖 AI integration — LLM gateways / RAG / agent workflows / private inference 📊 Data platforms — ETL / data warehouses (ClickHouse / Snowflake / DuckDB) 🛠 DevOps & SRE — CI/CD / observability / multi-cloud hybrid Contact: duhbbx@gmail.com · WeChat tuhoooo