MongoDB Client: DB GUI
Serhan Cetin
MongoDB Client is the fastest way to connect to, browse, and query your MongoDB databases — natively on Mac, iPad, and iPhone. No Electron. No web views. Just a clean SwiftUI app that starts in under a second. Paste your connection string. Done. KEY FEATURES - Connect via connection string — supports mongodb:// and mongodb+srv:// (Atlas, self-hosted, local) - Save multiple named connections — switch databases in one tap - Browse all databases and collections in a clean sidebar hierarchy - View, filter, and sort documents — query with real MongoDB filter syntax - Full BSON type support — ObjectId, Date, Binary, Int32, Int64, Decimal128, Timestamp, and more - BSON-aware field editor — edit any field with the correct type, not a plain text box - Insert new documents — build structured documents with proper BSON types - Native SwiftUI — runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac with a single universal build WHY MONGODB CLIENT Most MongoDB GUI tools are Electron apps ported from desktop — heavy, slow, and awkward on Apple hardware. MongoDB Client is built from the ground up in SwiftUI. It respects your platform: keyboard shortcuts on Mac, slide-over on iPad, portrait browsing on iPhone. Performance is native; memory use is minimal. BSON DONE RIGHT MongoDB stores data in BSON — Binary JSON — with richer types than plain JSON can express. Editors that ignore this silently corrupt your data when you save a Date as a String or an ObjectId as plain text. Every field in MongoDB Client shows its BSON type and enforces it at edit time. PERFECT FOR - Backend engineers connecting to an Atlas cluster during development - Full-stack developers inspecting collections without leaving their Apple device - DBAs browsing replica sets from iPad while away from their desk - Anyone who wants a real MongoDB client on their iPhone — not a web app wrapper CONNECTIONS & ONBOARDING Paste any standard MongoDB connection string — Atlas cluster URIs, self-hosted mongod instances, or local connections. Saved connections are stored securely and available instantly on next launch. No account required. No cloud sign-up.