usql
A universal command-line interface for SQL and NoSQL databases, modeled on PostgreSQL's psql — connect to MySQL, MariaDB, Percona Server, TiDB, and Vitess (plus dozens of other engines) through one interactive shell.
usql is a single command-line client for SQL (and some NoSQL) databases, with an interactive shell modeled on PostgreSQL’s psql — tab completion, multiple simultaneous connections, and the ability to copy data between different database engines in one session.
MySQL is a base driver included in every build, reached via the mysql:// scheme or its my, maria, mariadb, aurora, and percona aliases (for example usql my://user:pass@host/dbname), and the same driver also connects to MySQL-compatible engines through the tidb and vitess schemes. It installs from prebuilt release binaries, Homebrew (xo/xo/usql), the Arch AUR, go install, or the official xo/usql Docker image; the most build tag adds most of the other stable drivers. It has no server component of its own and is released under the MIT license.
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