# OmniDB

**Repository Path**: ej-dw-app/OmniDB

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: OmniDB
- **Description**: OmniDB 是一个开源的基于浏览器的数据库管理工具
- **Primary Language**: Python
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 31
- **Created**: 2025-07-01
- **Last Updated**: 2025-07-01

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

## Updates

https://github.com/OmniDB/OmniDB/issues/1067

## Next Release: *To be defined.*

# OmniDB 2.17.0

## Release Date: *December 5, 2019*

## Release Notes

- New features:
  - Support to PostgreSQL 12.
- Improvements:
  - Table DDL panel shows generated columns.
  - Added SQL template for Cluster Index, accessible from context menu in TreeView.
  - Added Advanced Object Search as an option in Inner Tab context menu.
- Bug fixes:
  - Fixed: Server ping causing peaks of false positives in moments of brief network interruption or idle activities, or when the notebook running OmniDB was put to sleep.
  - Fixed: High CPU usage when SSH console is being used and tunnel gets closed.
  - Fixed: Render issue with graph chart type.
  - Fixed: Permission issue to install OmniDB plugins on Linux.

**Full Documentation**: https://omnidb.readthedocs.io


# 1- Introduction

**OmniDB** is a web tool that simplifies database management focusing on
interactivity, designed to be powerful and lightweight. Check-out some
characteristics:

- **Web Tool**: Accessible from any platform, using a browser as a medium
- **Responsive Interface**: All available functions in a single page
- **Unified Workspace**: Different technologies managed in a single workspace
- **Simplified Editing**: Easy to add and remove connections
- **Safety**: Multi-user support with encrypted personal information
- **Interactive Tables**: All functionalities use interactive tables, allowing
copying and pasting in blocks
- **Smart SQL Editor**: Contextual SQL code completion
- **Beautiful SQL Editor**: You can choose between many available color themes
- **Tabbed SQL Editor**: Easily add, rename or delete editor tabs

Technologies:

- Python (3.6+)
- Django

Supported Platforms:

- Linux
- Windows
- OSX

Supported DBMS:

- [X] PostgreSQL
- [X] Oracle
- [X] MySQL / MariaDB
- [ ] Firebird
- [ ] SQLite
- [ ] Microsoft SQL Server
- [ ] IBM DB2

OmniDB is designed for easy database management. Here are some features:

- Tree view showing database structure

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_020.png)

- Simple form for table creation and editing
  - Tables' names
  - Columns: name, type and nullable
  - Primary keys and respective columns
  - Foreign keys with either table and reference columns, including updating rules and removal as well
  - Indexes

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_031.png)

- Data management: Add, edit and remove records

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_044.png)

- SQL Editing
  - Full-featured SQL Editor with syntax highlighting
  - SQL code completion for table columns and subquery

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_050.png)

- SQL code completion with basic contextual information

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_051.png)

- Visualization of explain plan

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_057.png)

- PL/pgSQL function debugger (requires a PostgreSQL plugin, please see
[here](https://github.com/OmniDB/OmniDB/blob/master/omnidb_plugin/README.md))

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_082.png)

  - Show PL/pgSQL debugging session statistics

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_084.png)

- Monitoring dashboard

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_091.png)

- Console Tab

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_183.png)

- SSH Console

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_204.png)

- Full Dark Theme

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_069.png)

- Support for external tools available as installable plugins:
  - [pglogical](https://www.2ndquadrant.com/en/resources/pglogical/)
  - [Postgres-BDR](https://www.2ndquadrant.com/en/resources/bdr/)
  - [Postgres-XL](https://www.2ndquadrant.com/en/resources/postgres-xl/)

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_194.png)


- Other features:

  - Object Properties

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_176.png)

  - Object DDL

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_177.png)

  - Export Data

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_178.png)

  - SQL History

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_203.png)

  - Graphs displaying tables and their relations

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_059.png)

  - Graphs displaying complete ER diagram

![](https://omnidb.org/images/screenshots/screen01.png)

  - Contextual help

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_071.png)

  - Snippet management

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniDB/doc/master/img/image_127.png)


# 2- Installation

## 2.1- Installation packages

Just go to [omnidb.org](https://omnidb.org), download the appropriate file for
your operating system and architecture and install it.

You can also install from repositories (as root):

## 2.2- Debian / Ubuntu repository

```
apt install apt-transport-https dirmngr
echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/wind39/omnidb-deb debian main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/omnidb.list
apt-key adv --recv-keys 379CE192D401AB61
apt update

apt install omnidb-app        # for the app; or
apt install omnidb-server     # for the server
```

**IMPORTANT**: Currently OmniDB PostgreSQL debugger plugin packages are
recommended to be installed from Debian PGDG repository:

```
sudo echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ $(lsb_release -cs)-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
sudo wget --quiet -O - https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ACCC4CF8.asc | apt-key add -

sudo apt install postgresql-X.Y-omnidb
```

For more details, please check the OmniDB PostgreSQL debugger plugin
documentation [here](https://omnidb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/en/23_debugger_plugin_installation.html).

**IMPORTANT**: Currently OmniDB server is also available from PGDG repository,
but only working on Debian 10. There are some issues for this package on Debian
9. Please check some relevant issues about this here:

- https://github.com/OmniDB/OmniDB/issues/993
- https://salsa.debian.org/postgresql/omnidb/issues/1


## 2.3- CentOS 7 / Fedora repository

```
cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/omnidb.repo <<EOF
[omnidb]
name=omnidb
baseurl=https://dl.bintray.com/wind39/omnidb-rpm
gpgcheck=0
repo_gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
EOF

yum install omnidb-app        # for the app; or
yum install omnidb-server     # for the server; or
yum install omnidb-plugin     # for the plugin
```

For more details about the `omnidb-plugin`, please check the OmniDB PostgreSQL
debugger plugin documentation [here](https://omnidb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/en/23_debugger_plugin_installation.html).


# 3- From sources

If your purpose is to use OmniDB, we recommend installing latest packages as
explained above. But if you are developing for OmniDB, then you can install it
from sources, with system-wide `pip` or user-wide `PyEnv`:


## 3.1- On Debian >= 9 with `pip`

```
sudo apt install python3-pip
pip3 install pip --upgrade
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
```

## 3.2- On Debian/Ubuntu using `PyEnv`

```
sudo apt install git make build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev xz-utils

git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git ~/.pyenv
echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

pyenv install 3.6.5
cd OMNIDB_FOLDER
pyenv local 3.6.5

pip install pip --upgrade
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

## 3.3- Cloning OmniDB repo

```
git clone https://github.com/OmniDB/OmniDB
```

## 3.4- Running OmniDB from sources

To start OmniDB server, enter into `OmniDB/OmniDB` folder and type:

```
python omnidb-server.py -c omnidb.conf
```