adbcli

A command-line tool for querying databases via ADBC.

Highlights

• Multi-database support - Connect to any database with a compatible ADBC driver
• Interactive SQL shell - Execute SQL queries with command history and intuitive navigation
• Syntax highlighting - SQL queries highlighted for improved readability
• Formatted output - Results displayed in clean, aligned tables with dynamic column width
• File export - Export query results to JSON, CSV, or Arrow IPC files
• Fast and lightweight - Built in Rust for high performance and minimal resource usage

Installation

Install from crates.io:

cargo install adbcli --version 0.1.0-alpha

Install from source:

git clone https://github.com/columnar-tech/adbcli.git
cargo install --path adbcli

Getting Started

Install the DuckDB ADBC driver with dbc:

dbc install duckdb

Interactive Usage

Connect to DuckDB (in-memory):

adbcli --driver duckdb

Execute SQL queries:

> CREATE TABLE penguins AS FROM 'https://blobs.duckdb.org/data/penguins.csv';
┌───────┐
│ Count │
├───────┤
│ 344   │
└───────┘
> SELECT *
. FROM penguins
. LIMIT 5;
┌─────────┬───────────┬────────────────┬───────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────┬────────┬──────┐
│ species │ island    │ bill_length_mm │ bill_depth_mm │ flipper_length_mm │ body_mass_g │ sex    │ year │
├─────────┼───────────┼────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────┼────────┼──────┤
│ Adelie  │ Torgersen │ 39.1           │ 18.7          │ 181               │ 3750        │ male   │ 2007 │
│ Adelie  │ Torgersen │ 39.5           │ 17.4          │ 186               │ 3800        │ female │ 2007 │
│ Adelie  │ Torgersen │ 40.3           │ 18            │ 195               │ 3250        │ female │ 2007 │
│ Adelie  │ Torgersen │ NA             │ NA            │ NA                │ NA          │ NA     │ 2007 │
│ Adelie  │ Torgersen │ 36.7           │ 19.3          │ 193               │ 3450        │ female │ 2007 │
└─────────┴───────────┴────────────────┴───────────────┴───────────────────┴─────────────┴────────┴──────┘

Non-interactive Usage

Execute a query directly and exit:

adbcli --driver duckdb --query "SELECT 42 AS the_answer"

Execute a query from stdin and exit:

echo "SELECT 42 AS the_answer" | adbcli --driver duckdb

Execute a query from a file and exit:

adbcli --driver duckdb --file select_example.sql

Execute a query and output the result to a file:

adbcli --driver duckdb --query "SELECT 42 AS the_answer" --output result.json
adbcli --driver duckdb --query "SELECT 42 AS the_answer" --output result.csv
adbcli --driver duckdb --query "SELECT 42 AS the_answer" --output result.arrow

Reference

$ adbcli --help
Query databases via ADBC

Usage: adbcli [OPTIONS] --driver <driver>

Options:
      --driver <driver>      Driver name
      --uri <uri>            Database uniform resource identifier
      --username <username>  Database user username
      --password <password>  Database user password
      --option <option>      Driver-specific database option
      --mode <mode>          Table display style [default: utf8-compact]
      --query <query>        Execute query and exit
      --file <file>          Read and execute file and exit
      --output <file>        Write result to file
  -h, --help                 Print help
  -V, --version              Print version

License

This project is licensed under Apache-2.0.