v0.2.2

Clearer tools for AI assistants 🤖

Every MCP tool now tells the assistant exactly when to use it, which tool to use instead, what it returns and what its limits are — so agents pick the right tool on the first try and waste fewer calls.

• Routing between tools — sample vs query vs count, tables vs search_schema vs describe, explain for performance questions
• Exact return shapes documented for every tool (e.g. tables[N]{name,kind,approx_rows}), plus limits, truncation and error behaviour
• Every parameter documented; tools have human-readable titles
• Truthful safety hints — query is marked as read-only only when writes are actually disabled
• Docker image for running the MCP server in a container (docker build -t rowbase . && docker run -i --rm rowbase)
• Listed on Glama and in the official MCP Registry

Install

• pipx install rowbase-db (or uv tool install rowbase-db) — command: rowbase
• MCP: claude mcp add rowbase -- uvx --from rowbase-db rowbase mcp

Downloads

Platform	File
macOS app	Rowbase-0.2.2.dmg
macOS one-file (Apple Silicon)	rowbase-macos-arm64
Linux (glibc ≥ 2.28: Ubuntu 20.04+)	rowbase-linux-x64, rowbase-linux-arm64
Windows 10/11	rowbase-windows-x64.exe

Builds are not code-signed yet — macOS: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway; Windows: More info → Run anyway.

v0.2.1

Install Rowbase in one command 🚀

Rowbase is now on PyPI and in the official MCP Registry.

• PyPI: pipx install rowbase-db (or uv tool install rowbase-db) — the command is rowbase
• MCP for AI assistants, nothing to download:
  claude mcp add rowbase -- uvx --from rowbase-db rowbase mcp
• Official MCP Registry: listed as io.github.djstreet11/rowbase

Also in this release

• New README with screenshots, download table and MCP quick start
• Issue forms (bug report / feature request), Code of Conduct, PR template

Downloads

Platform	File
macOS app	Rowbase-0.2.1.dmg
macOS one-file (Apple Silicon)	rowbase-macos-arm64
Linux (glibc ≥ 2.28: Ubuntu 20.04+)	rowbase-linux-x64, rowbase-linux-arm64
Windows 10/11	rowbase-windows-x64.exe

Builds are not code-signed yet — macOS: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway; Windows: More info → Run anyway.

v0.2.0

First public release 🎉

Rowbase is a fast, read-only-by-default database client for MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite —
with a native macOS app, a one-file app for macOS/Linux/Windows, and a built-in MCP server for AI assistants.

Highlights

• Safe by default — connections are read-only until you switch them; 4 independent safety layers.
• MCP server — let Claude, Cursor, Codex & co. explore and query your databases (read-only unless you allow writes),
  token-efficient TOON output, built-in guide, one copy-paste setup prompt.
• One file, no installer — no admin rights, no Python, no drivers.
• Native macOS app — foreign-key navigation, inspector, transpose, autocomplete, EXPLAIN, query cancel,
  inline editing with SQL preview, export, SSH tunnels, dark mode.

Downloads

macOS app	Rowbase-0.2.0.dmg
macOS one-file	rowbase-macos-arm64
Linux	rowbase-linux-x64, rowbase-linux-arm64 (glibc ≥ 2.28: Ubuntu 20.04+)
Windows 10/11	rowbase-windows-x64.exe

Builds are not code-signed yet — macOS: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway; Windows: More info → Run anyway.