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Terminal DynamoDB Viewer ⚡️

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DDV – Terminal DynamoDB Viewer

by lusingander·Feb 21, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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VisiData-style DynamoDB TUI for dev environments, but search is read-only and no write ops yet.

Strengths
  • •Native TUI with vim keybindings — zero friction for terminal-native developers.
  • •AWS credential handling reuses CLI config, no auth boilerplate needed.
  • •Early but intentional scope: honest about missing update/delete, targets dev/test only.
Weaknesses
  • •Read-only view severely limits utility — you can't actually manage test data, only inspect it.
  • •Search and filtering are basic; competes with AWS Console and cli-tools (aws dynamodb scan) that already exist.
Target Audience

AWS developers debugging DynamoDB in dev/local environments, DevOps teams managing test data.

Similar To

AWS Management Console (DynamoDB tab) · aws-cli dynamodb commands · Micasa (terminal TUI for data inspection)

Post Description

ddv is a viewer application for browsing AWS DynamoDB tables in your terminal.

From your terminal, you can browse table items, view their details, and perform searches.

Unfortunately, at present, it does not support update operations (create, delete, update) or complex queries for searching. I plan to develop these features in the future.

However, I've been finding it quite useful myself in certain use cases, such as checking operations and testing in development environments.

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