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He answered the question with this. > I wanted to make something that makes intuitive sense to me, and I wanted to make a sql version of what lazygit does, namely you can just jump in and there's no need for external documentation. To navigate the harlequin with keyboard only you have to learn the keybindings. Also I though it was quite hard to connect to ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Sqlit \u2013 A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases"}, {"id": 740757776, "item_id": 46297361, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46297361", "by": "tanin", "date": "2025-12-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The UI is very similar to this app because I like TUI style UI due to the efficient use of UI space.", "excerpt": "I've built a similar app but for desktop GUI. The UI is very similar to this app because I like TUI style UI due to the efficient use of UI space. It focuses more on editing and exploring data for power users. 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Also check out https://github.com/achristmascarl/rainfrog which seems to have similar goals, though is Postgres only.", "context": "", "use_case": "SQL database TUI", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Sqlit \u2013 A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["database client", "sql database tui"], "compared": [], "makers": [{"id": 741375648, "item_id": 46335978, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46335978", "by": "MaxTeabag", "date": "2025-12-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I've added this now", "excerpt": "Hi, I've added this now: https://github.com/Maxteabag/sqlit/releases/tag/v1.1 Thank you for the suggestion.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Sqlit \u2013 A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases"}], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46276002", "title": "Show HN: Sqlit \u2013 A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases", "mentions": 4}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 3}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 740789664, "item_id": 46299354, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46299354", "by": "NSPG911", "date": "2025-12-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "though sqlit has SSH tunnels, which harlequin lacks.", "excerpt": "I asked the same thing on Discord where he also showcased it. He answered the question with this. > I wanted to make something that makes intuitive sense to me, and I wanted to make a sql version of what lazygit does, namely you can just jump in and there's no need for external documentation. To navigate the harlequin with keyboard only you have to learn the keybindings. Also I though it was quite hard to connect to ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Sqlit \u2013 A lazygit-style TUI for SQL databases"}, {"id": 740757776, "item_id": 46297361, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46297361", "by": "tanin", "date": "2025-12-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The UI is very similar to this app because I like TUI style UI due to the efficient use of UI space.", "excerpt": "I've built a similar app but for desktop GUI. The UI is very similar to this app because I like TUI style UI due to the efficient use of UI space. It focuses more on editing and exploring data for power users. 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