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RustGrid

A Navicat-style database GUI built in Rust — native, lightweight, zero learning curve.

RustGrid is a cross-platform (Windows / macOS / Linux) database management tool built with Rust + GPUI. Its layout and interactions follow Navicat, so switching costs nothing: the connection tree, object lists, toolbars and dialogs all behave the way you already expect.

Screenshots

1. Connection tree & object list	2. Table data grid — paginated, in-place editing
3. Backup & restore — the .rgbak container	4. SQL editor — highlighting, completion, results

Highlights

• Native, not a WebView — GPU-rendered GPUI elements, no browser engine, a single binary.
• Navicat-compatible — the same connection tree, object panes, toolbars and dialogs.
• Extensible drivers — an engine-agnostic driver layer; new engines never touch the UI.
• Apache-2.0 — free for commercial use.

Supported databases

Engine	Status
MySQL / MariaDB	Supported
SQLite	Supported
SQL Server	Supported
PostgreSQL	Supported
Oracle	Supported
DB2, Dameng, ...	via generic ODBC

Features

• Connections — create / edit / delete, connect, password prompt; passwords are encrypted on disk (XChaCha20-Poly1305) and never stored in a profile.
• Databases — enumerate, create / edit / delete with charset and collation.
• Tables & views — browse tables and views, a paginated grid with in-place editing, and drop / empty / truncate / rename operations.
• SQL editor — syntax highlighting, keyword/table completion, beautify, explain, and saved named queries.
• Import & export wizards — Excel, CSV and TXT.
• Users & routines — account and privilege management, plus stored-routine and view designers.
• Backup & restore — RustGrid's own .rgbak container.
• Themes & languages — light / dark / system, English / 简体中文.

Build from source

Prerequisite: Rust stable (edition 2024; the toolchain is pinned in rust-toolchain.toml).

git clone https://github.com/yisier/rustgrid.git
cd rustgrid
cargo run -p rustgrid-app

The produced binary is named RustGrid.

On Windows a linker and C compiler are required (for sqlx's ring). With MSVC Build Tools installed the default toolchain works; otherwise use the GNU toolchain:

$env:RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN="stable-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
$env:CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_PC_WINDOWS_GNU_LINKER="gcc"
$env:CC="gcc"
cargo run -p rustgrid-app

Project layout (Cargo workspace)

• crates/rustgrid-core — engine-agnostic domain: driver/connection traits and models.
• crates/rustgrid-mysql — MySQL and MariaDB drivers.
• crates/rustgrid-sqlite — SQLite driver.
• crates/rustgrid-sqlserver — SQL Server driver.
• crates/rustgrid-postgresql — PostgreSQL driver.
• crates/rustgrid-oracle — Oracle driver (Oracle's pure-Rust oracledb thin driver, no Instant Client).
• crates/rustgrid-tunnel — shared SSH / SOCKS5 / HTTP tunnel used by the network drivers.
• crates/rustgrid-odbc — generic ODBC driver (DB2, Dameng, ...).
• crates/rustgrid-backup — the .rgbak backup container.
• crates/rustgrid-export — table-data exporters (.xlsx / .csv / .sql / .txt).
• crates/rustgrid-import — Excel / CSV / TXT source readers.
• crates/rustgrid-config — versioned settings/profiles and encrypted secret storage.
• crates/rustgrid-app — the GPUI desktop application (binary RustGrid).

Changelog

Every release and what changed in it: CHANGELOG.md (简体中文).

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Commercial use is permitted. See the LICENSE file for the full text.

Status

Early and evolving quickly — features, UI and on-disk formats may change without notice.