Desktop app

The desktop app is tablewalk in its own window, for people who would rather not install Node.js.

Download it from the releases page: a .dmg for macOS, an installer for Windows, and an AppImage for Linux.

Opening a database

File ▸ Open Database… (⌘O) opens a SQLite file. When it starts, the app opens, in order:

1. a database named on the command line,
2. the database you had open last,
3. a tablewalk.json it finds, as the command line would,
4. and otherwise the welcome page, where you can open the sample database or connect one.

A PostgreSQL database is connected from the page, or named in a tablewalk.json.

File ▸ Open in Browser opens the same session in your usual browser.

What is different from the command line

• The server listens on a free port chosen at launch, on loopback only, so it never collides with a npx tablewalk you already have running.
• Closing the window quits the app, on macOS too, because it holds a database open.
• Only one copy runs at a time; opening it again brings the window forward.
• Everything else, including read-only by default, is the same.

Signing

The macOS app is signed and notarized, so it opens normally. The Windows app is not signed yet, so its first open shows a SmartScreen warning: choose More info, then Run anyway. npx tablewalk and the container image need neither.