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Install dbx with Homebrew Cask

Database management tool. Version 0.5.98 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#dbx.

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macOS

Homebrew Caskverified · 100%
brew install --cask dbx

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

Database management tool

Commands and aliases

No executable aliases were found in the local package database.

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history

Project history and usage

DBX is an open-source, lightweight cross-platform database client supporting more than 70 database profiles, with desktop, web, Docker, CLI, AI-assistant, and MCP-server interfaces.

Project history

DBX was developed as an open-source, cross-platform database client by t8y2. It expanded from a lightweight graphical manager into a suite spanning desktop, Docker/web, CLI, an AI SQL assistant, and a Model Context Protocol server.

Adoption history

DBX is distributed through direct releases and package channels including Homebrew, Scoop, WinGet, and Flatpak, and it also offers a Docker-deployed web edition. The project does not publish reliable active-user figures.

How it is used

Users create database connections, browse schemas, execute and format queries, edit or export results, inspect plans and relationships, and optionally generate or explain SQL with supported AI providers. The MCP server exposes configured connections to compatible coding agents under centrally managed access policies.

Why package nerds care

DBX targets the space between large Java- or Electron-based database IDEs and narrowly focused native clients. Its small Tauri/Rust footprint, broad driver catalog, CLI, and MCP server make the same stored connections useful from desktop and agent-oriented workflows.

Timeline

  • 2025: DBX began publishing public releases as a lightweight cross-platform database manager.
  • 2026: The project broadened its database coverage and integrated CLI, AI-assistant, web, and MCP-server workflows.

Related projects

  • The project positions itself alongside database clients such as DBeaver and TablePlus. Its MCP server and CLI are maintained as companion packages in the DBX source tree.

Sources

  • Official documentation: https://dbxio.com/docs/
  • Official releases: https://github.com/t8y2/dbx/releases
  • Official repository README: https://github.com/t8y2/dbx
  • source_facts.package-manager

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dbx. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

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freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-10-12
manager version0.5.98
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/t8y2/dbx

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/t8y2/dbxnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keycask:dbx
Version0.5.98
Package managerHomebrew Cask
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/dbx
Homepagehttps://dbxio.com/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/t8y2/dbx
Upstream docshttps://dbxio.com/
Source archivehttps://github.com/t8y2/dbx/releases/download/v0.5.98/DBX_0.5.98_aarch64.dmg
SHA-256c4a2a0d476174857f878a1b107ffc547d6234c72597572b98ae7d0253426f18f
Bottlenot recorded
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokendbx
Names
  • DBX
Depends On
Macos
>=: 11
Artifacts
App
1
Target
1
Zap
1
Auto Updatesyes
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

dbx

nix profile install nixpkgs#dbx
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dbx
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/db/dbx/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

extras/dbx

scoop install extras/dbx
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dbx
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dbx.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

t8y2.DBX

winget install --id t8y2.DBX -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dbx
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: t8y2.DBX from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

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Used sources

  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
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  • package version freshness
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