# Install sqlbench with Homebrew Measures and compares the execution time of one or more SQL queries. Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:sqlbench ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install sqlbench ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:sqlbench - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.1.0 - **Source summary:** Measures and compares the execution time of one or more SQL queries - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - sqlbench (cli) - sqlbench (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.1.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/felixge/sqlbench - Upstream latest detected: v1.1.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage sqlbench is a Go command-line tool for measuring and comparing the execution time of SQL queries. Its README describes the main use case as benchmarking simple CPU-bound PostgreSQL query variants during local development. ### Project history The repository was created in September 2020 and published an initial v1.0.0 release shortly afterward. A v1.1.0 release later that month added CI-built release binaries and baseline CSV comparison support. ### Adoption history sqlbench was distributed through GitHub releases, source installation with Go, Chocolatey for Windows, and Homebrew for macOS users. The README explicitly documents Homebrew installation, which made it a familiar one-command install for package-manager-oriented PostgreSQL users. ### How it is used Users pass one or more `.sql` files to sqlbench, optionally set a PostgreSQL connection URL with `-c`, and choose iteration, duration, output CSV, baseline CSV, silent, verbose, and measurement-mode flags. By default it measures with `EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, TIMING OFF)`, while `-m client` measures client wall-clock time. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about sqlbench because it is a focused benchmarking executable that turns query comparisons into reproducible terminal output and CSV artifacts. It also captures the practical packaging taste of small Go tools: install from releases, Go source, Chocolatey, or Brew, then wire into local performance experiments. ### Timeline - 2020: GitHub repository created. - 2020: v1.0.0 initial release published. - 2020: v1.1.0 release published binaries and added CSV baseline comparison. - 2021: Repository last pushed according to GitHub metadata while remaining available through package managers. ### Related projects - The README ties sqlbench to PostgreSQL, pgx connection handling, libpq-style PostgreSQL environment variables, and Homebrew and Chocolatey package channels. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** sqlbench - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [bench](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bench/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, performance. - [dbmate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dbmate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, database, developer-tools, postgresql, sql. - [hyperfine](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hyperfine/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, performance. - [memtier_benchmark](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/memtier-benchmark/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, database, developer-tools. - [multitime](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/multitime/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, performance. - [pg-schema-diff](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pg-schema-diff/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, database, developer-tools, postgresql, sql. - [pg_top](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pg-top/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, database, developer-tools, performance, postgresql. - [pgbadger](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pgbadger/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, database, developer-tools, performance, postgresql. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sqlbench.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/sqlbench.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph