# TablePlus/DBngin

DB Engine

Repository: https://github.com/TablePlus/DBngin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dbngin
Homepage: https://dbngin.com
License Family: other
Topics: databases, database-management, version-control, postgresql, mysql, redis
Last push: 2024-09-02T11:24:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2934, "days_push": 730, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1236, forks 21 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:05.227096+00:00)

## What it is
DBngin is a free native desktop application for managing local database servers, supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and Redis with multiple versions and ports. It runs database engines natively without Docker or virtual machines, and this GitHub repo hosts its issue tracker.

## Use cases
- spin up a local postgres server for development
- run multiple mysql versions side by side on different ports
- start a local redis instance with one click
- manage local database servers without docker
- set up throwaway database environments for testing
- bootstrap a local mariadb server on mac

## When to choose
- you want zero-dependency local database servers on macOS or Windows
- you need multiple database versions or ports running concurrently
- you prefer native apps over Docker or VMs for local dev databases

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI to browse and query data (use TablePlus or similar)
- you need Linux or cloud-hosted database management
- you want containerized, reproducible database environments

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: database, developer-tools, configuration-management
- domain: databases, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: windows
- tags: database-server-manager, local-development, postgresql, mysql, redis, mariadb, multi-version, free-tool, tableplus, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- TablePlus/DBngin (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:05.227096+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T08:21:56.868762+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TablePlus/DBngin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:05.227096+00:00, sha 009951b0d21e)
  - homepage: https://dbngin.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:21:30.302353+00:00, sha b4a2052bf99c)
  - site_page: https://dbngin.com/osx/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T12:21:30.304963+00:00, sha 87d92cf3a762)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.