Every database. In seconds.

One toolchain for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, ClickHouse — and 16 more.
Local CLI, desktop app, and serverless cloud. Native binaries. Zero Docker.

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🦎 The chameleon of databases

Databases shouldn't make you wait — not for Docker to pull an image, not for a cloud console to provision, not for Homebrew to resolve dependencies. Layerbase adapts to whatever engine your project needs and gets out of the way.

🧰 Layerbase CLI	🖥️ Layerbase Desktop	☁️ Layerbase Cloud
One CLI for local and cloud. A package manager for 21 engines on your machine — no Docker, no VMs, no installers — plus secure, no-connection-string access to your managed databases. GitHub · npm	A cross-platform database IDE for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Visual management, query console, and one-click local instances. Download ⬇ · Learn more	Serverless database instances that spin up in seconds — with branching, stacks, secrets, and hosted apps like Grafana on top. Pricing · Branching

🖥️ Seventeen databases, one window

PostgreSQL 17 next to PostgreSQL 18, MySQL next to MariaDB, FerretDB 1.x next to 2.x — every container with its own version, port, and one-click start. This is Layerbase Desktop:

_{Download Layerbase Desktop ⬇ — free for macOS, Windows, and Linux}

See the query console — a full SQL editor with results grid, per-table browsing, and live connection strings

⚡ Zero to every database

npm install -g layerbase

lbase create api        --engine postgresql   # your app's database
lbase create cache      --engine redis        # your cache
lbase create analytics  --engine clickhouse   # your OLAP warehouse
lbase create search     --engine meilisearch  # your search index

lbase login                                   # link your Layerbase Cloud account
lbase cloud ls                                # list your managed databases
lbase psql api                                # connect — no connection strings, ever

# All native. Local or cloud. All managed the same way.

🗄️ 21 engines · 5 platforms · one API

Relational, document, key-value, columnar, vector, time-series, graph, ledger — every logo below is a first-class citizen, not a plugin.

PostgreSQL	MySQL	MariaDB	SQLite	LibSQL	CockroachDB	DuckDB
MongoDB	FerretDB	CouchDB	Redis	Valkey	ClickHouse	SurrealDB
Meilisearch	Qdrant	Weaviate	QuestDB	InfluxDB	TypeDB	TigerBeetle

_{Every engine ships as prebuilt native binaries for macOS (ARM & Intel), Linux (x64 & ARM), and Windows — 101+ engine/platform combinations.}

🔓 Open source

The Layerbase platform is built in the open. These are the pieces you can read, fork, and run today:

Repository	What it does
spindb	One CLI for all your local databases — a package manager, unified API, and native client tooling for 21 engines. Replaces Docker, DBngin, and Postgres.app for local development.
hostdb	Prebuilt, platform-specific database binaries as npm packages. The distribution layer that makes spindb create instant.
pgsqlite	A PostgreSQL wire-protocol adapter for SQLite — point any Postgres client at a SQLite file.
layerbase-cli	The Layerbase CLI (layerbase / lbase) — a local-first drop-in for spindb plus a cloud layer: connect to your managed databases without ever exposing a connection string.
secrets-js	TypeScript SDK for the Layerbase secret store — fetch and decrypt project/environment secrets. Published as @layerbase/secrets.
layerbase-app-starter	The Layerbase hosted-app contract as two runnable examples (Node + Vite, Next.js) — fork one and grow it into a real hosted app.
layerbase-deno-mtls	Direct-TLS Postgres client for Deno with client-certificate (mTLS) support and connection pooling.

_{If any of these save you time, a ⭐ on the repo helps more people find them.}

🧭 Where to next?

Create a database in your browser, download the desktop app — or npm install -g layerbase and never leave your terminal.

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