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macOS

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brew install mycli

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overview

Package summary

CLI for MySQL with auto-completion and syntax highlighting

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

mycli

history

Project history and usage

mycli is a modern terminal client for MySQL-family databases created in the dbcli ecosystem. Amjith Ramanujam introduced the project in 2015 as mysql-cli, a MySQL counterpart to pgcli, and funded the initial work through a Kickstarter campaign. The DBCLI project later grouped mycli with related command-line database clients such as pgcli and mssql-cli.

Project history

The project README defines mycli as a MySQL command-line client with auto-completion and syntax highlighting, compatible with MySQL, MariaDB, Percona, TiDB, and Apache Doris. Its practical appeal is in interactive database work: context-sensitive completion for SQL keywords and schema objects, Pygments-based highlighting, multiline queries, favorite queries, query timing, formatted table output, SSL support, keyring-backed password storage, and a ~/.myclirc configuration file.

How it is used

mycli's adoption is visible both in its GitHub footprint and its packaging spread: it is installable through pip, Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, and other distribution channels. Its package-manager niche is the friendlier drop-in terminal client for developers and DBAs who still want a shell workflow but prefer completion and display ergonomics closer to newer REPLs.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

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

Install behavior

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.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

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

Unix: ~/.myclirc~/.config/mycli/myclirc

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.myclirc~/.config/mycli/myclirc

executables

Installed executables

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

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 generated2026-08-03

manager version2.9.0

manager updated2026-08-01

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mycli
Version	2.9.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://www.mycli.net/
Last updated	2026-08-01T19:23:45Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

package graph

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source trail

Generated from repository data

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Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/mycli.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
pkgdb category and tag curation

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