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brew install gqlplus

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overview

Package summary

Drop-in replacement for sqlplus, an Oracle SQL client

Project links

Commands and aliases

gqlplus

history

Project history and usage

GQLPlus is a Unix and Unix-like front end for Oracle SQL*Plus. It preserves SQL*Plus-style interaction while adding command-line editing, command history, and table and column completion.

Project history

The official homepage says GQLPlus was originally written by Ljubomir J. Buturovic of San Francisco State University and later maintained by Jess Portnoy. The project was designed to stay close enough to SQL*Plus that users could substitute it without retraining.

The SourceForge file history shows releases back to 2002, with `gqlplus-1.1` appearing on 2002-06-09. The project later published source tarballs, RPMs, DEBs, and macOS binaries.

The GIT repository browser records a first Git commit on 2014-08-08, after years of SourceForge file releases. That makes the code browser a later hosting artifact rather than the beginning of the software.

Adoption history

GQLPlus targeted a very specific annoyance for Oracle users on Unix terminals: plain SQL*Plus did not offer the shell-like editing and history behavior users expected from interactive command-line tools.

Its adoption pattern was small but practical. SourceForge distributed source archives, Debian packages, RPM packages, and a macOS binary, while Homebrew kept the single `gqlplus` executable available for macOS users who needed a SQL*Plus-compatible wrapper.

How it is used

Users place the single compiled executable on PATH and run it instead of `sqlplus`. GQLPlus delegates the database interaction model to SQL*Plus compatibility while improving the line-editing experience with GNU Readline.

The tool can read table and view names at startup for completion, with the official files page noting synchronization behavior and restart requirements after schema changes.

Why package nerds care

GQLPlus is a package-archive survivor: a small C wrapper around a proprietary database client that made Unix terminal work less painful without requiring a new database IDE.

It matters to package nerds because it captures a common open-source packaging pattern from the 2000s: wrap a vendor CLI, add readline, ship tar.gz plus distro-native packages, and let users keep their existing workflow.

Timeline

2002-06-09: SourceForge files include `gqlplus-1.1`.
2003-01-22: SourceForge files include an early numbered release folder after `gqlplus-1.1`.
2006-12-02: SourceForge files show continued release activity in the 1.x line.
2011-12-19: SourceForge files show GQLPlus 1.14 packages.
2012-01-23: GQLPlus 1.15 source tarball is published.
2014-08-08: SourceForge Git repository records its first Git commit.
2014-08-19: GQLPlus 1.16 source tarball is published.

Related projects

Oracle SQL*Plus is the client interface GQLPlus emulates and wraps.
GNU Readline provides the editing and history behavior named by the official homepage.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: yellow

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

text:repl
text:sql,client

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`gqlplus`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version1.16

manager updated2026-06-22

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://gqlplus.sourceforge.net/

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://gqlplus.sourceforge.net/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gqlplus
Version	1.16
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gqlplus
Homepage	https://gqlplus.sourceforge.net/
Repository	https://sourceforge.net/p/gqlplus/gqlplus-code
Upstream docs	https://gqlplus.sourceforge.net/
License	GPL-2.0-only
Source archive	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gqlplus/gqlplus/1.16/gqlplus-1.16.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-22T14:03:39-07:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	libedit
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	gqlplus
Version Scheme	0
Revision	2
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

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This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/gqlplus.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
package relationship graph
package version freshness
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