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Lightweight but extensible database access library in C. Version 1.4.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#opendbx.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install opendbx

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add opendbx

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · opendbx · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install opendbx

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · opendbx · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#opendbx

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/op/opendbx/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S opendbx

Arch Linux sync databases · opendbx · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Lightweight but extensible database access library in C

Commands and aliases

  • odbx-sql

history

Project history and usage

OpenDBX is a small C database-access abstraction layer built around a single API over multiple native database client libraries. Its niche is the classic systems-programming problem of letting a C application switch among SQL backends without carrying separate code paths for each driver.

Project history

The project was developed by Norbert Sendetzky and documented on Linuxnetworks as a lightweight, extensible C library. A 2006 Linux.com announcement for OpenDBX 1.0 described that release as a stability and completeness milestone for a clean open-source API over native database libraries.

Adoption history

OpenDBX reached Unix packaging ecosystems rather than becoming a dominant database layer. Debian split the source package into a core library, development package, and backend packages for Firebird, MSSQL, MySQL, ODBC, PostgreSQL, SQLite 3, and Sybase, which shows the library's intended deployment model: install only the backends an application needs.

How it is used

Developers use OpenDBX when they want C code to issue SQL through one compact interface while still linking against native database client libraries underneath. The bundled `odbx-sql` command-line tool gives packagers and operators a direct way to exercise the abstraction layer.

Why package nerds care

OpenDBX is interesting because it is a pre-ORM, C-level answer to database portability. The package layout exposes the practical dependency problem: the small common library is simple, but useful distribution requires backend-specific binary packages tied to the target database clients.

Timeline

  • 2006: OpenDBX 1.0 was announced as the first major stable milestone for the C API.
  • 2007: A development release added a prototype ODBC backend, indicating continued work on broadening the backend set.

Related projects

  • The project overlaps historically with other low-level database abstraction layers such as unixODBC and libdbi, but OpenDBX's docs emphasize a small native-client wrapper rather than a full ORM or SQL builder.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:database,sql

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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
odbx-sqlexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version1.4.6
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:opendbx
Version1.4.6
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

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opendbx

nix profile install nixpkgs#opendbx
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/op/opendbx/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
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libopendbx 1.4.6-r2

Database abstraction layer

https://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo apk add libopendbx
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libopendbx from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
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libopendbxplus 1.4.6-r2

Database abstraction layer

https://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo apk add libopendbxplus
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libopendbxplus from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
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opendbx 1.4.6-r2

Database abstraction layer

https://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo apk add opendbx
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: opendbx from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
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opendbx-backend-mysql 1.4.6-r2

Database abstraction layer

https://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo apk add opendbx-backend-mysql
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: opendbx-backend-mysql from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
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opendbx-backend-postgres 1.4.6-r2

Database abstraction layer

https://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo apk add opendbx-backend-postgres
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: opendbx-backend-postgres from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
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opendbx-backend-sqlite 1.4.6-r2

Database abstraction layer

https://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo apk add opendbx-backend-sqlite
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: opendbx-backend-sqlite from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
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opendbx-dev 1.4.6-r2

Database abstraction layer (development files)

https://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo apk add opendbx-dev
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: opendbx-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
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opendbx 1.4.6-44.fc45

Lightweight but extensible database access library written in C

http://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo dnf install opendbx
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 5 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: opendbx from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
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opendbx-devel 1.4.6-44.fc45

Development files for opendbx

http://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo dnf install opendbx-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 4 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: opendbx-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
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opendbx-firebird 1.4.6-44.fc45

Firebird backend - provides firebird support in opendbx

http://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo dnf install opendbx-firebird
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: opendbx-firebird from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
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opendbx-mssql 1.4.6-44.fc45

MSSQL backend - provides mssql support in opendbx

http://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo dnf install opendbx-mssql
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: opendbx-mssql from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
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opendbx-mysql 1.4.6-44.fc45

MySQL backend - provides mysql support in opendbx

http://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo dnf install opendbx-mysql
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: opendbx-mysql from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
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opendbx-postgresql 1.4.6-44.fc45

PostgreSQL backend - provides postgresql support in opendbx

http://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo dnf install opendbx-postgresql
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: opendbx-postgresql from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
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opendbx-sqlite 1.4.6-44.fc45

SQLite 3 backend - provides sqlite3 support in opendbx

http://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo dnf install opendbx-sqlite
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: opendbx-sqlite from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
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opendbx-sqlite2 1.4.6-44.fc45

SQLite 2 backend - provides sqlite2 support in opendbx

http://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX

sudo dnf install opendbx-sqlite2
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: opendbx
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Opendbx
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: opendbx-sqlite2 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

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