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Knex.js vs pgcli: What are the differences?

Knex.js: SQL query builder for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite3, and Oracle. Knex.js is a "batteries included" SQL query builder for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite3, and Oracle designed to be flexible, portable, and fun to use. It features both traditional node style callbacks as well as a promise interface for cleaner async flow control, a stream interface, full featured query and schema builders, transaction support (with savepoints), connection pooling and standardized responses between different query clients and dialects; pgcli: Postgres CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting. This is a postgres client that does auto-completion and syntax highlighting.

Knex.js and pgcli can be primarily classified as "Database" tools.

Knex.js and pgcli are both open source tools. Knex.js with 9.91K GitHub stars and 1.24K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than pgcli with 8.01K GitHub stars and 365 GitHub forks.

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Pros of Knex.js
Pros of pgcli
  • 11
    Write once and then connect to almost any sql engine
  • 10
    Faster
  • 8
    Nice api, Migrations/Seeds
  • 7
    Flexibility in what engine you choose
  • 7
    Free
  • 5
    Multi support and easy to use
  • 1
    Simple query API
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    What is Knex.js?

    Knex.js is a "batteries included" SQL query builder for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite3, and Oracle designed to be flexible, portable, and fun to use. It features both traditional node style callbacks as well as a promise interface for cleaner async flow control, a stream interface, full featured query and schema builders, transaction support (with savepoints), connection pooling and standardized responses between different query clients and dialects.

    What is pgcli?

    This is a postgres client that does auto-completion and syntax highlighting.

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      What are some alternatives to Knex.js and pgcli?
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