One Month Building in Public — Here's What I Shipped

Source: Dev.to

Overview

Tabularis was born on the night of January 25th, 2026 as a solo project—a frustration turned into code, a binary pushed to GitHub. Today marks exactly one month since that first release, and in that time the project has grown beyond a single maintainer.

Achievements

• ~280 stars on GitHub
• 5 contributors
• ~1,000 downloads
• Around twenty issues opened by users, with pull requests reviewed and bugs squashed

For a one‑month‑old open‑source project, that’s a budding community—thanks to everyone who showed up.

New Features

Plugin System

A language‑agnostic JSON‑RPC protocol that lets anyone build a new database driver without touching the core app. The first plugin, tabularis-duckdb-plugin, was ready on day one, turning Tabularis from a three‑database tool into a platform that can support any database.

AI Assistant

Generate SQL from natural language and get explanations for complex queries. Integrated with OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, and Ollama for local‑only usage.

Visual Query Builder

Build JOINs and filters without writing a line of SQL.

SSH Tunneling

Connect to remote databases through SSH with key and password authentication.

Split View

Work with two connections simultaneously, side by side.

Schema Management

ER diagrams, inline column editing, and table‑creation wizards.

MCP Server

Expose your database to Claude and other AI agents via the Model Context Protocol.

Themes

More than 10 themes so your tools feel good to use.

Community & Documentation

The Tabularis Wiki is now live and open for contributions. Every page includes an “Edit on GitHub” link, encouraging users to share non‑obvious workflows, gotchas, and time‑saving tips.

Future Plans

• Expand the plugin ecosystem with drivers for ClickHouse, CockroachDB, and more.
• Grow the plugin registry.
• Core improvements: better query history, smarter autocomplete, a more complete ER diagram, and performance enhancements.

Installation

# Homebrew (macOS)
brew install --cask tabularis

# Snap (Linux)
snap install tabularis

# AUR (Arch Linux)
yay -S tabularis-bin

Get Involved

• GitHub:
• Discord:

If Tabularis has been useful to you, spread the word—open source lives and dies by word of mouth.

Here’s to month two!