dbhub

dbhub

Universal database MCP server connecting to MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, SQLite, and etc.

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DBHub is a universal database gateway implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server interface. This gateway allows MCP-compatible clients to connect to and explore different databases.

 +------------------+    +--------------+    +------------------+
 |                  |    |              |    |                  |
 |                  |    |              |    |                  |
 |  Claude Desktop  +--->+              +--->+    PostgreSQL    |
 |                  |    |              |    |                  |
 |      Cursor      +--->+    DBHub     +--->+    SQL Server    |
 |                  |    |              |    |                  |
 |     Other MCP    +--->+              +--->+     SQLite       |
 |      Clients     |    |              |    |                  |
 |                  |    |              +--->+     MySQL        |
 |                  |    |              |    |                  |
 |                  |    |              +--->+  Other Databases |
 |                  |    |              |    |                  |
 +------------------+    +--------------+    +------------------+
      MCP Clients           MCP Server             Databases

Demo SSE Endpoint

https://demo.dbhub.ai/sse connects a sample employee database. You can point Cursor or MCP Inspector to it to see it in action.

mcp-inspector

Supported Matrix

Database Resources

Resource Name URI Format PostgreSQL MySQL SQL Server SQLite
schemas db://schemas
tables_in_schema db://schemas/{schemaName}/tables
table_structure_in_schema db://schemas/{schemaName}/tables/{tableName}
indexes_in_table db://schemas/{schemaName}/tables/{tableName}/indexes
procedures_in_schema db://schemas/{schemaName}/procedures
procedure_details_in_schema db://schemas/{schemaName}/procedures/{procedureName}

Database Tools

Tool Command Name PostgreSQL MySQL SQL Server SQLite
Execute Query run_query
List Connectors list_connectors

Prompt Capabilities

Prompt Command Name PostgreSQL MySQL SQL Server SQLite
Generate SQL generate_sql
Explain DB Elements explain_db

Installation

Docker

# PostgreSQL example
docker run --rm --init \
   --name dbhub \
   --publish 8080:8080 \
   bytebase/dbhub \
   --transport sse \
   --port 8080 \
   --dsn "postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable"
# Demo mode with sample employee database
docker run --rm --init \
   --name dbhub \
   --publish 8080:8080 \
   bytebase/dbhub \
   --transport sse \
   --port 8080 \
   --demo

NPM

# PostgreSQL example
npx @bytebase/dbhub --transport sse --port 8080 --dsn "postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname"
# Demo mode with sample employee database
npx @bytebase/dbhub --transport sse --port 8080 --demo

Note: The demo mode includes a bundled SQLite sample "employee" database with tables for employees, departments, salaries, and more.

Claude Desktop

claude-desktop

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dbhub-postgres-docker": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "bytebase/dbhub",
        "--transport",
        "stdio",
        "--dsn",
        // Use host.docker.internal as the host if connecting to the local db
        "postgres://user:[email protected]:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable"
      ]
    },
    "dbhub-postgres-npx": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@bytebase/dbhub",
        "--transport",
        "stdio",
        "--dsn",
        "postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable"
      ]
    },
    "dbhub-demo": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@bytebase/dbhub", "--transport", "stdio", "--demo"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

cursor

Usage

Configure your database connection

You can use DBHub in demo mode with a sample employee database for testing:

pnpm dev --demo

For real databases, a Database Source Name (DSN) is required. You can provide this in several ways:

  • Command line argument (highest priority):

    pnpm dev --dsn "postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable"
  • Environment variable (second priority):

    export DSN="postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable"
    pnpm dev
  • Environment file (third priority):

    • For development: Create .env.local with your DSN
    • For production: Create .env with your DSN
    DSN=postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable
    

[!WARNING] When running in Docker, use host.docker.internal instead of localhost to connect to databases running on your host machine. For example: mysql://user:[email protected]:3306/dbname

DBHub supports the following database connection string formats:

Database DSN Format Example
PostgreSQL postgres://[user]:[password]@[host]:[port]/[database] postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable
SQLite sqlite:///[path/to/file] or sqlite::memory: sqlite:///path/to/database.db or sqlite::memory:
SQL Server sqlserver://[user]:[password]@[host]:[port]/[database] sqlserver://user:password@localhost:1433/dbname
MySQL mysql://[user]:[password]@[host]:[port]/[database] mysql://user:password@localhost:3306/dbname

Transport

  • stdio (default) - for direct integration with tools like Claude Desktop:

    npx @bytebase/dbhub --transport stdio --dsn "postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable"
  • sse - for browser and network clients:

    npx @bytebase/dbhub --transport sse --port 5678 --dsn "postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable"

Command line options

Option Description Default
demo Run in demo mode with sample employee database false
dsn Database connection string Required if not in demo mode
transport Transport mode: stdio or sse stdio
port HTTP server port (only applicable when using --transport=sse) 8080

The demo mode uses an in-memory SQLite database loaded with the sample employee database that includes tables for employees, departments, titles, salaries, department employees, and department managers. The sample database includes SQL scripts for table creation, data loading, and testing.

Development

  1. Install dependencies:

    pnpm install
  2. Run in development mode:

    pnpm dev
  3. Build for production:

    pnpm build
    pnpm start --transport stdio --dsn "postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable"

Debug with MCP Inspector

stdio

# PostgreSQL example
TRANSPORT=stdio DSN="postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname?sslmode=disable" npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node /path/to/dbhub/dist/index.js

SSE

# Start DBHub with SSE transport
pnpm dev --transport=sse --port=8080

# Start the MCP Inspector in another terminal
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector

Connect to the DBHub server /sse endpoint

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