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Show HN: Tusk for macOS and Gnome
- petepete 6mo agoThis looks great, definitely going to take it for a spin tomorrow. I'm pretty happy at the moment editing in vim invoked from psql with \e - which has been my setup for way more than a decade now, but I do miss isql (Query Analyzer) from SQL Server 2000, which was just about perfect.
- factorialboy 6mo agoThanks. Let me know which OS you're on. I suspect macOS might have more users, and deserves more attention.
- petepete 6mo agoLinux and Gnome. While macOS might have more uses, there's more database clients already fighting it out.
- factorialboy 6mo agoHaha, fair enough — but I'm a GNOME user 70% and macOS 30% myself — so the GNOME version is getting a lot of love.
- petepete 6mo agoI took it for a test spin just now and I'm impressed. Some notes: - to get it to run (on Fedora) I had to manually installed python3-keyring first - connected with ease, that part is really smooth - I like the ability to easily flick through the tabs on objects and see the relevant data - took me a while to work out how to create a new query, expected to be open a query window then save the file rather than create a file/query at once (unless I'm missing something) - usually I want to query first and only save if needed - UI is really nice, fits in perfectly - would be nice to be able to collapse/hide the file chooser in the bottom left when I'm not using it Also, and I understand it's probably a pile of work, but a graphical view of explain would be amazing. This isn't a feature request, I'm sure there's plenty of other stuff that needs attention first :) Great work, thank you for sharing.
- factorialboy 6mo agoThanks for the detailed feedback and positive words. I still need to figure out correct packaging on OS's I don't use (Fedora RPM for example). By end of this week, I'll incorporate some of your feedback into the roadmap. Ty.
- petepete 6mo agoThanks. To be honest I'm going to start using it already. I think being able to easily open a new blank query is the main thing. ctrl+n. That's how I start most of my investigations.
- factorialboy 6mo agoMakes sense, I'll ship ctrl+n -> new sql file in active folder tomorrow. It's been merged.
- factorialboy 6mo ago> but a graphical view of explain would be amazing. This isn't a feature request, I'm sure there's plenty of other stuff that needs attention first :) Oh, and, tomorrow, the first version of visualization of Explain will be shipped as well. :)
- hahooh 6mo agoi will try, looks great
- factorialboy 6mo agoThank you sir.
- irdc 6mo agoAwesome, finally! Are you planning to integrate with Postgres.app?
- factorialboy 6mo agoCurious. What type of integration are you looking for? Postgres.app is server-only, no?
- irdc 6mo agoPostgres.app can launch an interactive psql session for you. Directly launching Tusk would be even better.
- mrichman 6mo agoWebsite says "native" but it's an Electron app.
- factorialboy 6mo agoIt is not electron. Look at the source code.
- righthand 6mo agoThe bullets appear to be suggestive tags not an inverse-feature list. Which is the confusion, perhaps changing the “x” to a red or “cancel” symbol (circle with line through it).
- alcidesfonseca 6mo agoIs it possible that the [x Telemetry] [x Electron] and [x Subscription] means that the app does not have those things?
- marcogarces 6mo agoit's exactly that, just less good choice for webUI, it was not clear to me at first either
- factorialboy 6mo ago* noted
- lunar_rover 6mo agoI second this. To me the styling looks like tags and conveys the opposite meaning.
- laserbeam 6mo agoIf that's so, it's really poorly communicated. I strongly recommend full sentences for that.
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- marcogarces 6mo agodefinitely running this tomorrow first thing in the morning
- factorialboy 6mo agoWould love to get your feedback!
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- btown 6mo agoAre the Gnome features planned to be ported to macOS? Frozen columns and cancelable queries are pretty vital things!
- factorialboy 6mo agoYes. Definitely, those two will be ported soon, among some others.
- factorialboy 6mo agoShipped those two today.
- ochronus 6mo agoThis is awesome! Thank you for building it!
- factorialboy 6mo agoYou are welcome. Would love to hear your feedback.
- Barbing 6mo agoI can't wait to try this. Finally time to get some more stuff out of spreadsheets. DBeaver is really powerful (and we're lucky to have it); that said, it (at least the default skin on macOS) doesn't have the aesthetic that makes me want to use it for personal projects. Really appreciate the design from the screenshots. Is it a few hero sponsors away from notarization, by the way? :)
- factorialboy 6mo agoYes, I can do that. Personally, I'm not a fan of Apple (or Google) tax. But I understand why notarization helps the end user.
- Barbing 6mo ago>helps the end user I can't recall thinking much of it just a couple of short years ago... Oh thank you! Yes, spinning up incredibly convincing projects is too cheap, and I'm uh changing my security posture or something like that. Mulling it over at least. (And of course: these comments are NOT at all specific to this project in particular! Speaking very generally here.) Thanks :)
- yosef123 6mo agoHad the same thought, I can suggest JetBrains Datagrip (paid software), works really well for me
- factorialboy 6mo agoI'm a long time user of JetBrains myself. The reason I made Tusk was: * JetBrains does bloated Java instead of bloated Electron. Tusk is truly native to the OS. * JetBrains does upsell higher tiers. Tusk does not. Especially won't offer an AI service in the tool that connects to your databases. * DevTools should not distract the user. VS Code was an OG offender, but JetBrains too has too many notifications. * Tusk is offline, doesn't connect back to a server for telemetry, updates, Ai, or anything else.
- WhereIsTheTruth 6mo agoDevelopers adopting mobile toolkits (libadwaita) for desktop apps are degrading the Linux experience - less information density - wasted space - phone tier UX - optimized for touch screens - lacks depth Lazy convergence that ignores how people actually use desktops
- factorialboy 6mo agoTry it please. This feels alright on GNOME in terms of visual density. The rest is subjective. But Adwaita / Gnome is what's on my machine, so I follow their design principles.
- monooso 6mo agoI haven't used the app yet, but from the screenshots it appears to follow the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines [1]. You may disagree with said guidelines, of course, but the author can't reasonably be criticised for following the platform standards. [1]: https://developer.gnome.org/hig/ https://developer.gnome.org/hig/
- benhoeil 6mo agoAlso stumbled across https://postgresgui.com/ https://postgresgui.com/ a few days ago. Looks similar in scope, and open source as well. Though you need to build it yourself to not pay.
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- mininao 6mo agoLooks interesting ! I'm a fan of https://eggerapps.at/postico2/ https://eggerapps.at/postico2/ personally but I'll check it out
- factorialboy 6mo agoThanks, let me know how it feels.
- NSUserDefaults 6mo agoInteresting, looks like it's two completely separate implementations, one in Swift and one in Python.
- factorialboy 6mo agoIt is exactly that. The macOS and GNOME versions share the same vision, but they are entirely different codebases.
- jamesboehmer 6mo agoThis looks fantastic. I would sponsor for AWS IAM auth.
- factorialboy 6mo agoThanks James - I'd welcome that - You have my email (in the app or in the HN profile) - let's connect and iron out what's needed. Quick poll — Are you macOS or GNOME?
- jaffa2 6mo agoSo is this like phpmyadmin but runs locally and talks to postgres not mysql/maria?
- factorialboy 6mo agoCorrect. And, it's a native desktop app, not a web app.