MotionQL
MotionQL for macOS

The MongoDB GUI for Mac

MotionQL is a fast MongoDB IDE for macOS, with builds for Apple Silicon and Intel, and secrets kept in your macOS Keychain.

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A MotionQL collection tab showing documents in a tree view

System requirements

  • macOS 12 Monterey or later
  • Apple Silicon (arm64) or Intel (x64): separate builds for each
  • 4 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB recommended for large result sets
  • About 500 MB of disk space
  • MongoDB 4.4 or later, Atlas, DocumentDB, Cosmos DB for MongoDB or FerretDB

Not yet code-signed

macOS asks you to confirm the first launch in System Settings → Privacy & Security (Open Anyway). Every release ships SHA-256 checksums so you can verify the file.

Keychain for secrets

Passwords, keys and tokens are encrypted with the macOS Keychain and never shown in the UI.

Drag to install

Open the .dmg for your Mac and drag MotionQL to Applications.

Updating

In-app updates need signed builds, so for now you install new versions from the download page. Your connections and settings are kept.

Works with your MDM

Deploy the app from the .dmg or .zip with Jamf, Kandji or Intune, plus a machine-wide policy.json.

Background tasks

Scheduled tasks can run while the app is closed through a per-user LaunchAgent (Pro).

Everything MotionQL does, on macOS

The same features on every platform. A few to start with:

Visual query builderDrag fields from the schema, combine conditions in nested AND / OR groups, and pick projection and sort. MotionQL writes the filter for you, and reads any filter you type back into the builder.Aggregation pipeline builderAdd, reorder and disable stages and see the documents after every one. The operator library covers $lookup, $facet, $setWindowFields, $search and $vectorSearch.SQL query on MongoDBWrite SELECT with joins, GROUP BY and HAVING. MotionQL translates it into a MongoDB find or aggregation, shows you the translation, and runs it.Compare & syncDiff two collections document by document, on the same or different clusters, preview the sync, and apply only the changes you choose.Import, export, dump & restoreJSON, JSON Lines, CSV, BSON, Excel and SQL INSERT in both directions, plus copy collection and mongodump-compatible dump and restore.AI assistant & MCP serverBring your own Gemini, Claude or OpenAI-compatible key, or a local model. Ask in plain English, chat with your database, and let AI coding tools use your open connections through a local MCP server.

Also available for Windows and Linux.

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