Tools & Clients
AetheriusDB ships with a small family of tools for connecting to the database, designing schemas, building applications, and writing logic. Each has its own page below with an availability badge so you know what is ready to use today.
Why it matters
Section titled “Why it matters”The tooling ships with the database, so you’re not assembling a CLI, a schema designer, an editor plugin, and a language from four different vendors and hoping they agree on your types. They share one catalog, so type-checking, autocomplete, and dashboards reflect your real schema — not a stale copy of it.
- Batteries included — a REPL, a visual designer, an editor extension, and a language, all aware of the same catalog.
- Catalog-aware everywhere — the editor and Studio type-check against your live schema, so mistakes surface before they run.
- Scriptable for CI — the CLI has headless and scripted modes, so the same tool serves an interactive session and an automated pipeline.
Fast and lightweight
Section titled “Fast and lightweight”The desktop tooling is a native runtime, not an embedded browser — Studio paints its first frame in tens of milliseconds, and the REPL stays responsive even over a slow link. Nothing here adds a heavyweight layer between you and the database.
The tools
Section titled “The tools”- Aether Term (REPL) — the bundled command-line
client. An interactive SQL shell that feels like
psql, plus headless and scripted modes for CI and automation. - Aether Studio — the desktop GUI for designing cube schemas visually and building live dashboards.
- Luminous Container — the native runtime shell that hosts Studio and any application you package for AetheriusDB.
- Isomorphic Toolchain — the VS Code editor extension and compiler for writing database logic with live, catalog-aware type-checking.
- AetherScript — the purpose-built language for multi-dimensional data and reactive logic that compiles to portable cells.
If you just want to connect a client library (Python, JDBC, Arrow Flight SQL), see Connect a Client.