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Developers who jump between PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, and ClickHouse and want one keyboard-driven client.

Why it deserves attention

Gridex is written in Swift and AppKit rather than wrapped in Electron, with native drivers for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, SQL Server, and ClickHouse, a multi-tab editor, an auto-laid-out ER diagram, and AI chat that reads your schema using Claude, GPT, Gemini, or local Ollama. Any saved connection can become an MCP endpoint with read-only, read, or gated-write permission tiers, and every agent call is logged with its SQL, duration, and approval state. The app is free to use with about 2,000 GitHub stars; the MCP server and team tools sit behind Pro, and the project is young enough that the long tail of engine-specific features is still filling in.

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