Pgcli Interactive Postgresql Client

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name: "pgcli Interactive PostgreSQL Client with Autocompletion"
slug: "pgcli-interactive-postgresql-client"
description: "pgcli is an interactive PostgreSQL CLI with context-aware autocompletion, syntax highlighting, and multi-line query editing. Part of the dbcli project with 13k+ GitHub stars, it makes database exploration and query writing dramatically more productive."
github_stars: 13092
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli"
category: "Developer Tools"
framework: "OpenClaw"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "dbcli/pgcli"
  github_stars: 13092
---

# pgcli Interactive PostgreSQL Client with Autocompletion

pgcli is an interactive PostgreSQL CLI with context-aware autocompletion, syntax highlighting, and multi-line query editing. Part of the dbcli project with 13k+ GitHub stars, it makes database exploration and query writing dramatically more productive.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- $ pip install -U pgcli
- $ brew install pgcli # Only on macOS
- $ brew install pgcli
- $ pip install pgcli

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- If you already know how to install python packages, then you can simply do:
- If you don't know how to install python packages, please check the
- .. _prompt_toolkit: https://github.com/jonathanslenders/python-prompt-toolkit

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
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- Source: https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dbcli/pgcli/HEAD/README.rst

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/pgcli-interactive-postgresql-client/)