Show HN: I Am Building an Intuitive Database GUI for ClickHouse and Postgres

3 points by rwiteshbera 2 months ago · 4 comments · 2 min read

Hi, I'm Rwitesh. I work remotely as a software engineer, and I spend a lot of time with databases. One thing I've always noticed is how messy every tools have become nowadays. Every database GUI app tries to support a hundred databases, packs in features, becomes heavy, eats RAM or not intuitive UI. A few tools are good, but mostly feel cluttered or unintuitive.

Because of that, I started building my own client, mainly started focusing on ClickHouse, then added Postgres. I didn’t want yet another “do everything” GUI. I wanted something that opens instantly, lets me write SQL, edit, run, see results, and move on. Frictionless. It started as a hobby project, but I’ve actually been using it for my own daily work, and adding features that actually matter. There’s still few things to refine, and before I push it out to people,

If you’ve worked with ClickHouse or Postgres or any other databases as well, I’d love your suggestions on what tools or features you’ve found genuinely useful. What do you normally rely on? What slows you down in other clients?

I just put up the site at datacia.app. If it seems interesting, feel free to join the waitlist or just send any feedback on the comments. I have been working solo for months, so even a small signal helps.