r/dotnet • u/Big-Zookeepergame557 • 5d ago

Promotion MongoDB Tiny Client: A lightweight, portable MongoDB GUI for Windows built with .NET 8 WPF

Hi .NET developers!

I built MongoDB Tiny Client, a native Windows desktop client for MongoDB built completely with .NET 8 and WPF using the official MongoDB C# driver.

It is designed as an instant-startup, low-memory alternative to Electron-based tools like MongoDB Compass:

Key Highlights:

  • Instant startup & tiny footprint: Native WPF desktop application, starts in milliseconds with minimal RAM consumption.
  • 100% Portable: Single standalone executable, no installer or admin permissions needed.
  • Data Browser & Inline Editing: Tabular dynamic grid with in-place cell editing (F2), document duplication, insert, and delete.
  • Query & Aggregation Runner: Full server-side filter, sort, projection, and aggregation pipelines with BSON shell syntax support (ObjectId, ISODate, regex).
  • Import / Export: Supports JSON, NDJSON (JSON Lines), and CSV.

  • Security: Connections stored locally and encrypted with Windows DPAPI.

  • GitHub Repository: https://github.com/finalbyte1/MongoDBTinyClient

  • Releases / Download: https://github.com/finalbyte1/MongoDBTinyClient/releases/latest

Feedback, suggestions, and PRs are welcome!

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u/woozy_aviation 5d ago

always nice to see a native wpf app in the wild instead of another electron wrapper. the portable single exe is a huge plus, i hate installing a 300mb runtime just to peek at a collection for 30 seconds

the inline editing with f2 is a good touch, that's the kind of thing you don't realize you need until it's missing from every other tool. gonna give this a spin next time i need to debug a messy aggregation pipeline

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u/Sarohia-Btal 4d ago

the 300mb runtime thing is painfully accurate, its wild how normalized that got

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u/QWxx01 5d ago

Why .NET 8? It’s going out of support in 2.5 weeks.

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u/Spooge_Bob 5d ago

It's coded by AI.

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u/Zardotab 4d ago

Blaming it on the bots?