Show HN: Dbtrail – Row-level data recovery for MySQL without restoring a backup

Category: devtools

Tags: database, data-recovery, mysql, binlog, cli-tool, mcp

Score: 8.0/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 9, Utility: 8)

Dbtrail (Bintrail CLI) is a MySQL data recovery tool that indexes row-level binary log events into a separate database, enabling point-in-time recovery without restoring full backups. It's interesting because it combines traditional binlog parsing with modern features like Parquet archiving, S3 integration, and an MCP server for conversational AI interaction with database change history.

Target audience: devops, database administrators, backend devs

Repository: https://dbtrail.com/ · Go · NOASSERTION

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