# yvbolt

A graphical browser for multiple databases using [GoVCL](https://z-kit.cc/en/).

This is an experimental application and you should generally prefer to use [qbolt](https://code.ivysaur.me/qbolt).

## Features

- Native desktop application, running on Linux, Windows, and macOS
- Connect to multiple databases
- Browse table/bucket content
- Run custom SQL queries
  - Select text to run partial query
- Safe handling for non-UTF8 key and data fields
- Supported databases:
  - Badger v4
  - Bolt
    - Full compatibility via the upstream [etcd-io/bbolt](https://github.com/etcd-io/bbolt) library
    - Recursive bucket support
  - SQLite
    - Uses CGo if available or modernc.org if not
  - Redis

## License

The code in this project is licensed under the ISC license (see `LICENSE` file for details).

This project redistributes images from the famfamfam/silk icon set under the [CC-BY 2.5 license](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/).

This project includes trademarked logo images for each supported database type.

## Usage

1. `CGO_ENABLED=1 go build`
2. [Download liblcl](https://github.com/ying32/govcl/releases/download/v2.2.3/liblcl-2.2.3.zip) for your platform, or [compile it yourself](https://github.com/ying32/liblcl) (tested with v2.2.3)
3. Place the liblcl library file in the same directory as `yvbolt`
4. Run `yvbolt` and use the main menu to open a database

## Changelog

2024-06-23 v0.4.0

- Redis: Add as supported database
- Badger: Allow creating in-memory databases
- App: Allow selecting partial query text to execute
- App: Allow closing database connections from context menu
- App: Allow scrolling large content on Properties pane
- App: Preload recursive navigation
- App: Automatically switch to selected database when new connection is created
- App: Add help website link
- App: Add database logo images

2024-06-25 v0.3.0

- Badger: Add BadgerDB v4 as supported database
- SQLite: Add support for CGo-free SQLite driver under cross-compilation
- Bolt: Update Bolt to v1.4.0-alpha.1
- App: Add support for running custom queries
- App: Add status bar showing currently selected DB
- App: Fix missing icons in nav when selecting items 
- App: Fix extra quotemarks when browsing string content of database

2024-06-08 v0.2.0

- SQLite: Add SQLite support (now requires CGo)
- App: Add images for menu and navigation items

2024-06-03 v0.1.0

- Initial public release