🍃 mongotui

A minimalist terminal-based MongoDB explorer.

Why

Managing MongoDB databases shouldn't require heavy, slow GUI tools or writing raw shell queries for basic tasks.

mongotui provides a fast, keyboard-driven terminal interface to browse databases, inspect collections, edit documents, manage indexes, and monitor server health in real-time.

Features

• Explorer · Browse databases, collections, and indexes with real-time stats.
• Operations · Field-based document editor, query filtering, and CSV/JSON exports.
• Security · Connection credentials storage with optional AES-256-GCM at-rest encryption.
• Monitoring · Real-time performance dashboard (memory, network, operations).
• Keyboard-First · Fully driven by keybindings (Vim-style j/k navigation).

Install

Requires Go 1.24+.

# Install via Go
go install github.com/afftab/mongotui/cmd/mongotui@latest

# Or build from source
git clone https://github.com/afftab/mongotui.git
cd mongotui
go build -o mongotui ./cmd/mongotui

Quick Start

Run the application:

./mongotui

To encrypt connection passwords at rest, set a master passphrase:

export MONGOTUI_PASSPHRASE="your master passphrase"
./mongotui

Navigation

Key	Action
1 – 6	Switch views (Connections, DBs, Collections, Docs, Indexes, Monitor)
Esc	Go back to previous screen
Ctrl+C	Quit application
Ctrl+R	Refresh current view
↑/↓ or j/k	Navigate lists
Enter	Select item / View details
e / d / c	Edit / Delete / Create (Context-dependent)
Space	Toggle auto-refresh in Monitoring

License

MIT