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Package summary

Feature-rich top tool for monitoring MySQL

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dolphie

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Project history and usage

Dolphie is a Python TUI for real-time MySQL, MariaDB, and ProxySQL monitoring, positioned as a single-pane operational console for database administrators.

Project history

The Dolphie repository was created in September 2022, with a 1.0.0 release the following day. The README describes it as a real-time analytics interface for MySQL, MariaDB, and ProxySQL and documents both interactive TUI operation and daemon-mode recording.

By the 6.x series, Dolphie had grown beyond a top-like process viewer into a broader troubleshooting tool: dashboard panels, process lists, replication, metadata locks, statement summaries, ProxySQL panels, record-and-replay, daemon capture, host cache files, tab setup files, and Textual-based UI behavior.

Adoption history

Dolphie's distribution remains more focused than older database CLIs, but it has official installation routes through PyPI, Homebrew, and Docker. Its appeal is concentrated among MySQL/MariaDB/ProxySQL operators who want a terminal-native monitor without deploying a full web observability stack.

How it is used

Users run dolphie against a MySQL or ProxySQL URI, command-line credentials, MySQL option files, login paths, environment variables, or Dolphie config files. The README documents precedence across command-line options, credential profiles, environment variables, Dolphie config, ~/.mylogin.cnf, and ~/.my.cnf.

Why package nerds care

Dolphie is notable because it packages modern Python TUI ergonomics into the old 'top for databases' niche. It also treats replay and daemon capture as first-class package features, which makes it useful for incident reconstruction rather than only live observation.

Timeline

2022: Repository created and 1.0.0 released.
2025: Project already shipping mature 6.x releases.
2026: 6.15.0 released, with repository activity continuing into June.

Related projects

Dolphie sits near tools such as mytop, innotop, PMM-style database monitoring, and ProxySQL admin tooling, while using a modern TUI approach and explicit MySQL/MariaDB/ProxySQL support.

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security posture

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Recommended review

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

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: /etc/dolphie.cnf/etc/dolphie/dolphie.cnf~/.dolphie.cnf

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.mylogin.cnf~/.my.cnf

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`dolphie`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

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page generated2026-08-03

manager version6.15.0

manager updated2026-06-05

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:dolphie
Version	6.15.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/charles-001/dolphie
Last updated	2026-06-05T18:22:26Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

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combined/dolphie.yml

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