Show HN: Dynomate– Fast, Git-Friendly DynamoDB GUI Client (Dynobase Alternative)

#1

Post by orlando252 » Wed, Apr 09, 2025, 1:24 PM UTC

After a bit of frustration with the existing DynamoDB GUI clients, I decided to build one.

Features:

1. Request collections: Chain together multiple operations - put, query, update, and delete across tables, accounts and sessions. Use the output of one operation as input for the next.

2. Environment Variables: Configure variables once and run the same requests across different environments (dev/staging/prod). No more manual parameter swapping.

3. Multi-tab, multi-account support: Work with multiple tables across different AWS accounts, and sso sessions simultaneously.

4. Easy SSO Login: Start sso login without leaving the GUI.

5. Git sync: All requests configurations are saved locally as TOML files. Your data stays private, and you can version control with Git.

I appreciate any feedback.

Show HN: Dynomate– Fast, Git-Friendly DynamoDB GUI Client (Dynobase Alternative)
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Re: Show HN: Dynomate– Fast, Git-Friendly DynamoDB GUI Client (Dynobase Alternative)

#2

Post by billjohnston » Wed, Apr 09, 2025, 2:49 PM UTC

Excited for this to come to linux!

Have been waiting forever for a good DDB GUI. In my experience Dynobase had Poor UX and was generally buggy. Hoping this will fill the gap!

Re: Show HN: Dynomate– Fast, Git-Friendly DynamoDB GUI Client (Dynobase Alternative)

#3

Post by orlando252 » Wed, Apr 09, 2025, 3:06 PM UTC

billjohnston wrote: post #2

Excited for this to come to linux! Have been waiting forever for a good DDB GUI. In my experience Dynobase had Poor UX and was generally buggy. Hoping this will fill the gap!

Thanks for the support!

We have both linux and windows planned. You should join the waitlist (if you haven't already), and we'll be in touch when we launch the linux version.

Re: Show HN: Dynomate– Fast, Git-Friendly DynamoDB GUI Client (Dynobase Alternative)

#4

Post by perpil » Wed, Apr 09, 2025, 3:32 PM UTC

The video on your landing page is too long for my tastes. A 1-5 minute video quickly showing the features would have more impact than your 20 minute walkthrough attempting to show every detail. The 20 minute video is more suitable for the documentation.

Re: Show HN: Dynomate– Fast, Git-Friendly DynamoDB GUI Client (Dynobase Alternative)

#5

Post by catlover76 » Wed, Apr 09, 2025, 3:34 PM UTC

Have been looking for something like this and planning on making one, but one of the main things I need is ability to query a local container with no auth. Too many options for Dynamo clients need AWS creds, etc.

Is that supported here?

Re: Show HN: Dynomate– Fast, Git-Friendly DynamoDB GUI Client (Dynobase Alternative)

#6

Post by orlando252 » Wed, Apr 09, 2025, 3:34 PM UTC

perpil wrote: post #4

The video on your landing page is too long for my tastes. A 1-5 minute video quickly showing the features would have more impact than your 20 minute walkthrough attempting to show every detail. The 20 minute video is more suitable for the documentation.

Thanks for the feedback.

Yes, Its way too long for a demo. I'm working on a short 3-4 minute version to replace it.

Re: Show HN: Dynomate– Fast, Git-Friendly DynamoDB GUI Client (Dynobase Alternative)

#7

Post by orlando252 » Wed, Apr 09, 2025, 3:52 PM UTC

catlover76 wrote: post #5

Have been looking for something like this and planning on making one, but one of the main things I need is ability to query a local container with no auth. Too many options for Dynamo clients need AWS creds, etc. Is that supported here?

This was a goal for me too. Although I mostly work with dynamodb via localstack so I focused on getting that to work.

So yes, it does work with localstack, provided the endpoint_url is set for that profile in the aws config file like so:

[profile local-v2]

region = us-east-1

aws_access_key_id = fake

aws_secret_access_key = fake

endpoint_url = http://localhost:8005

Dynamodb-local isn't currently supported, but it will be.

Re: Show HN: Dynomate– Fast, Git-Friendly DynamoDB GUI Client (Dynobase Alternative)

#8

Post by billjohnston » Wed, Apr 09, 2025, 3:54 PM UTC

catlover76 wrote: post #5

Have been looking for something like this and planning on making one, but one of the main things I need is ability to query a local container with no auth. Too many options for Dynamo clients need AWS creds, etc. Is that supported here?

For this you can often just pop in fake credentials and override the endpoint

Re: Show HN: Dynomate– Fast, Git-Friendly DynamoDB GUI Client (Dynobase Alternative)

#9

Post by catlover76 » Wed, Apr 09, 2025, 8:31 PM UTC

billjohnston wrote: post #8

catlover76 wrote: post #5

Have been looking for something like this and planning on making one, but one of the main things I need is ability to query a local container with no auth. Too many options for Dynamo clients need AWS creds, etc. Is that supported here?

For this you can often just pop in fake credentials and override the endpoint

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Re: Show HN: Dynomate– Fast, Git-Friendly DynamoDB GUI Client (Dynobase Alternative)

#10

Post by frag223 » Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 3:40 AM UTC

much better than noSQL workbench https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerg...

not sure if already on the roadmap, but search filtering will help when we have tons of tables