Databases with Command-line / Shell Query Interface


	Accumulo NoSQL	2008	Column Family / Wide-Column	Custom API, Command-line / Shell	NoSQL
	ArangoDB Multi-Model AI-Assisted	2011	Document / XML, Graph, Key-Value	Custom API, HTTP / REST, Command-line / Shell	Multi-Model AI-Assisted
	AriaSQL Abandoned	2024	Relational	Command-line / Shell, SQL, Stored Procedures	Abandoned
	BBoxDB AI-Assisted	2015	Array / Matrix	Command-line / Shell, Custom API	AI-Assisted
	Bedrock Blockchain OLTP AI-Assisted	2016	Relational	SQL, Command-line / Shell	Blockchain OLTP AI-Assisted
	BoJack Abandoned	2016	Key-Value	Command-line / Shell	Abandoned
	chDB OLAP Acquired Company AI-Assisted	2023	Relational	SQL	OLAP Acquired Company AI-Assisted
	ClickHouse OLAP AI-Assisted	2016	Relational	Command-line / Shell, Custom API, HTTP / REST, SQL	OLAP AI-Assisted
	CrateDB	2014	—	Command-line / Shell, HTTP / REST, SQL
	Cubrid AI-Assisted	2008	Relational	Custom API, SQL, Command-line / Shell, Stored Procedures	AI-Assisted
	DocumentDB	2019	Document / XML	Custom API, Command-line / Shell
	Dolt Versioning AI-Assisted	2018	Relational	Custom API, SQL, Command-line / Shell	Versioning AI-Assisted
	DynamoDB OLTP NoSQL	2012	Document / XML, Key-Value	Command-line / Shell, Custom API, PartiQL, SQL	OLTP NoSQL
	Elevator Abandoned	2012	Key-Value	Custom API, Command-line / Shell	Abandoned
	Elliptics Abandoned	2009	Key-Value	Custom API, Command-line / Shell	Abandoned
	EsgynDB Failed Company	2015	Relational	SQL, Command-line / Shell, PL/SQL, Stored Procedures	Failed Company
	ExtendDB Middleware AI-Assisted	2026	Key-Value, Document / XML	Custom API, HTTP / REST	Middleware AI-Assisted
	eXtremeDB Cache Time-Series OLTP Middleware	2001	Key-Value, Entity-Relationship, Relational, Column Family / Wide-Column	Custom API, RPC, SQL, HTTP / REST, Command-line / Shell, Stored Procedures	Cache Time-Series OLTP Middleware
	FeatureBase Abandoned Search Engine	2017	Relational	Custom API, HTTP / REST, SQL, Command-line / Shell	Abandoned Search Engine
	Firebird AI-Assisted	2000	Relational	Custom API, SQL, Command-line / Shell, Stored Procedures	AI-Assisted
	FirstSQL/J Failed Company	2001	Relational	Command-line / Shell, Custom API, SQL, Stored Procedures	Failed Company
	Gel OLAP AI-Assisted	2018	Relational	Custom API, SQL, HTTP / REST, Command-line / Shell, GraphQL	OLAP AI-Assisted
	GridDB	2011	Key-Value	Custom API, SQL, Command-line / Shell, HTTP / REST
	HeavyDB Abandoned	2013	Relational	Command-line / Shell, Custom API, RPC, SQL	Abandoned
	HerdDB	2016	Relational	Custom API, SQL, Command-line / Shell
	Hypertable Acquired Company Abandoned	2008	Column Family / Wide-Column	Custom API, Command-line / Shell	Acquired Company Abandoned
	Instant Serverless NoSQL Hosting Service	2022	Relational	Command-line / Shell, Custom API	Serverless NoSQL Hosting Service
	Irmin	2013	Document / XML	Custom API, Command-line / Shell
	IssunDB Serverless	2026	Graph, Vector	Command-line / Shell, Cypher, HTTP / REST, Model Context Protocol	Serverless
	JaguarDB Nearest Neighbor	2017	Array / Matrix, Key-Value	Command-line / Shell, Custom API, SQL	Nearest Neighbor
	ksqlDB Streaming AI-Assisted	2017	Key-Value, Relational	Custom API, SQL, Command-line / Shell	Streaming AI-Assisted
	Kyoto Cabinet DBM	2009	Key-Value	Command-line / Shell, Custom API	DBM
	LedisDB Abandoned NoSQL	2014	Key-Value	Custom API, HTTP / REST, Command-line / Shell	Abandoned NoSQL
LL	LlamaDB Abandoned	2015	Relational	Command-line / Shell, SQL	Abandoned
LO	LokiVector Nearest Neighbor NoSQL	2013	Document / XML, Vector	Command-line / Shell, Custom API, HTTP / REST	Nearest Neighbor NoSQL
	NavDB Abandoned	2017	Key-Value, Relational	Command-line / Shell, Custom API, SQL	Abandoned
	ObsessionDB OLAP Hosting Service	2024	Relational	SQL	OLAP Hosting Service
	OctoSQL Query Engine Abandoned	2019	Relational	SQL, Command-line / Shell	Query Engine Abandoned
	OpenTSDB Time-Series Abandoned	2010	Key-Value	Custom API, HTTP / REST, Command-line / Shell	Time-Series Abandoned
	OpenViking AI-Assisted	2026	Hierarchical	Command-line / Shell, Custom API, HTTP / REST, Model Context Protocol	AI-Assisted
	Opteryx OLAP Serverless AI-Assisted	2021	Relational	SQL, Command-line / Shell	OLAP Serverless AI-Assisted
	Quadrable Abandoned	2020	Key-Value	Custom API, Command-line / Shell	Abandoned
	QuineDB	2016	Key-Value	Command-line / Shell
	RaimaDB Time-Series	1984	Network, Relational	Command-line / Shell, Custom API, PL/SQL, SQL, Stored Procedures	Time-Series
	R:BASE Acquired Company	1981	Relational	Command-line / Shell, SQL	Acquired Company
	/rdb Abandoned	1984	Relational	Command-line / Shell	Abandoned
	RedDatabase Forked Code	2006	Relational	SQL	Forked Code
	RedisGraph Abandoned	2018	Graph	Cypher, Command-line / Shell, Stored Procedures	Abandoned
	SciDB OLAP	2008	Array / Matrix	Command-line / Shell	OLAP
	SequoiaDB	2011	Document / XML	SQL, Command-line / Shell, HTTP / REST
SH	Shore Abandoned OLTP	1995	Object-Oriented	Command-line / Shell, Custom API	Abandoned OLTP
SH	Shore-MT Forked Code OLTP	2007	Object-Oriented	Custom API, Command-line / Shell	Forked Code OLTP
	shsql	2002	Relational	SQL, Command-line / Shell
	solidDB Acquired Company OLTP	1992	Relational	Command-line / Shell, Custom API, HTTP / REST, SQL, Stored Procedures	Acquired Company OLTP
SO	Sonnerie Time-Series	—	Relational	Command-line / Shell, HTTP / REST	Time-Series
	SSDB Abandoned	2013	Key-Value	Custom API, Command-line / Shell	Abandoned
	SWC-DB Abandoned	2019	Column Family / Wide-Column, Key-Value	Command-line / Shell, Custom API, SQL	Abandoned
	Tajo OLAP Abandoned	2012	Relational	Custom API, SQL, Command-line / Shell	OLAP Abandoned
	Tanzu GemFire Cache Acquired Company NoSQL	2002	Key-Value	Command-line / Shell, Custom API, SQL	Cache Acquired Company NoSQL
	Tarantool	2008	Key-Value	Custom API, Command-line / Shell, Stored Procedures
	TDengine Time-Series AI-Assisted	2017	Relational	Custom API, HTTP / REST, SQL, Command-line / Shell	Time-Series AI-Assisted
	TieredMemDB Cache Forked Code Abandoned NoSQL	2020	Key-Value	Command-line / Shell	Cache Forked Code Abandoned NoSQL
TI	tinySQL xBase Abandoned	2003	Relational	Command-line / Shell, SQL	xBase Abandoned
TR	Traverse Web Browser NoSQL	2023	Graph	Command-line / Shell, Cypher, HTTP / REST, Model Context Protocol	Web Browser NoSQL
	Trousseau	2013	Key-Value	Command-line / Shell
UN	UniVerse Acquired Company	1984	Multi-Value	Command-line / Shell, Custom API	Acquired Company
VE	vecdb Nearest Neighbor Search Engine MMAP	2026	Document / XML, Vector	Command-line / Shell, SQL	Nearest Neighbor Search Engine MMAP
	WiredTiger Acquired Company AI-Assisted	2008	Key-Value	Custom API, Command-line / Shell	Acquired Company AI-Assisted
	Xata Forked Code AI-Assisted	2020	Relational	HTTP / REST, SQL, Command-line / Shell	Forked Code AI-Assisted
	YTsaurus AI-Assisted	2010	Key-Value	Command-line / Shell, Custom API, SQL	AI-Assisted
	Zookeeper	2008	Hierarchical	Command-line / Shell
	Zu Cache	2025	Key-Value	Command-line / Shell, HTTP / REST	Cache