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I’m building DB Pro, a modern desktop database client for developers who want a fast, local-first workflow.

I started in October 2025, launched v1 at the end of November, and just crossed $1k MRR.

I also post devlogs of life building and marketing DB Pro and am about to post devlog #4. The latest one is here if anyone’s curious: https://youtu.be/-T4GcJuV1rM

Still very early, but it’s been fun seeing something fairly “boring” resonate once the UX is treated seriously.

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Loved the design, looks better then the most tools I've tried. I'm using Prisma + Supabase in one of my side projects and having constant db issues. Can I integrate DB Pro? Will it replace Prisma or what?

So DB Pro is a local desktop database client for managing your databases and data. Prisma ORM it won't replace, but Prisma's browser-based data browser, yes it will absolutely replace that. It's not a replacement for Supabase, it works alongside it, if that answers your question?

I'm planning to extend DB Pro into much more than a database manager though, letting you build dashboards, workflows and workbooks.

I've been trying to connect to Supabase, got help from an agent to but couldn't resolve the issue and connect :/

What’s actually broken

DB Pro:

Enforces strict TLS verification

Uses its own certificate trust bundle

Does not:

read macOS System Keychain reliably

allow custom CA injection

allow “require but don’t verify”

Supabase pooler requires either:

trusting Supabase’s CA, or

allowing non-verified SSL

DB Pro supports neither.

So it fails with:

self signed certificate in certificate chain

This is a product limitation / bug in DB Pro.

Any reason why neon isn't supported even though it speaks the postgresql wire protocol?

It has some behaviour differences (connection handling, pooling, serverless constraints) that I want to support properly rather than “mostly works”. Right now I'm focused on making the core experience rock solid across the most common setups first. My focus has been UX and DevEx and it's working.

Neon support is on the roadmap though, and once I add it, it’ll be first-class rather than a checkbox integration.

For what it’s worth, I think there’s space for such an app for Duckdb databases. It’s growing in popularity and not very widely supported yet.

Hi! When will Windows/Linux be available? I'm growing weary of DB Browser for SQLite.

Windows and Linux are both launching next week (just in time for Xmas!)

Looks cool and congrats on the $1k MRR! Is the app built with electron?

Thanks!

Yep, it’s built with Electron. Performance has been a big focus from day one, and it’s been really performant in all of my testing so far. The goal was a proper desktop-first experience with local performance and direct database access, rather than trying to force it into a web app. Although I do have plans to offer a self-hosted version as well.

semrush shows that your organic visits significantly increased this week. Well done. Great product. Succes!

What did you use to build the frontend? It looks cool!

How do you enforce licensing? Did you build your own solution?

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