Rust MongoDB Power CLI

A power-user oriented MongoDB CLI written in Rust, focused on productivity, scripting, and rich output.

Note: This project is an independent, community-driven tool. It is NOT affiliated with MongoDB, and it is not intended to be a drop-in replacement for the official mongosh.

✨ Why Another MongoDB CLI?

The official MongoDB Shell (mongosh) is excellent for compatibility and JavaScript workflows. This project exists for engineers who want a faster, more scriptable, and CLI-native experience:

• 🧠 Power-user workflows — Batch queries, automation, CI/CD
• 📊 Readable output — Tables, highlighted JSON
• ⚡ Fast startup & execution — Compiled Rust binary
• 🧩 Extensible architecture — Plugins & future extensions

If you rely heavily on JavaScript execution inside the shell, you should continue using the official mongosh.

🔍 Key Differences vs Official mongosh

🚧 Project Status

⚠️ Active Development – Not Production Ready

• APIs and commands may change
• Some MongoDB features are incomplete
• Bugs and panics may exist

Feedback, testing, and contributions are highly welcome.

✨ Features

• ⚡ High Performance — Native Rust, async I/O
• 💾 Lightweight — Small static binary
• 🔒 Type Safety — Memory-safe by design
• 🧵 Async Execution — Powered by Tokio
• 🎨 Syntax Highlighting — Readable command & JSON output
• 🧠 Smart Completion — Context-aware auto-completion
• 📊 Rich Output — Table & structured views (WIP)
• 🔌 Extensible — Plugin-friendly design
• 🌍 Cross-Platform — Linux, macOS, Windows

📦 Installation

cargo install mongosh

Note: The binary name may change in the future to avoid conflicts with the official MongoDB shell.

🚀 Quick Start

Connect to MongoDB

# Connect to local MongoDB
mongosh

# Connect to a specific host
mongosh mongodb://localhost:27017

# Connect with authentication
mongosh mongodb://username:password@localhost:27017/dbname

🧪 Example Commands

Show Databases

show dbs

Switch Database

use mydb

Show Collections

show collections

Insert a Document

db.users.insertOne({ name: "John Doe", age: 25 });

Query Documents

db.users.find({ age: { $gte: 18 } });

Update Documents

db.users.updateOne({ name: "John Doe" }, { $set: { age: 26 } });

Aggregation Pipeline

db.orders.aggregate([
  { $match: { status: "completed" } },
  { $group: { _id: "$userId", total: { $sum: "$amount" } } },
]);

📄 License

Licensed under the MIT License.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📬 Feedback

If you have any questions, suggestions, or issues, please open an issue on GitHub.