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

[orlando252]

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.

[perpil]

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.

[orlando252]

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.

[bunsenhoneydew]

I've been looking for a more friendly GUI for working with Dynamo for ages. I had Dynobase but found some of it a bit frustrating. This looks very promising!

Very keen to try this out and congrats on launching!

[billjohnston]

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!

[orlando252]

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.

[frag223]

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

[orlando252]

Thanks for the support!

We've just recently released a global search feature in the latest version.

You can click the search icon in the titlebar or use cmd+K shortcut to trigger the search.

You can search across tables and requests.

[catlover76]

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?

[orlando252]

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.

[billjohnston]

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