❯ man spanna/getting-started
Introduction
Spanna is a modern MongoDB client for browsing, querying, editing, and comparing data across desktop and browser.
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Spanna is a MongoDB client built for day-to-day engineering work. It gives you the tools you actually use when working with live data: browse collections, run real queries, inspect schema and indexes, compare records, and move data in and out without bouncing between half a dozen utilities.
The goal is simple: make common MongoDB workflows fast, clear, and easy to navigate.
What Spanna is good at
Use Spanna when you need to:
- inspect live collections quickly
- run MongoDB queries against real data
- move between documents, schema, indexes, and aggregation without changing tools
- compare documents or collections during debugging and release checks
- keep saved connections available across supported clients with Cloud Sync
What Spanna Free includes
Spanna Free covers the core database workflow:
- document browsing
- query builder
- schema analysis
- index visibility
- import and export
- compare tools
- Cloud Sync for saved connections
Start here
If you are new to Spanna, this is the shortest path to being productive:
- Install Spanna.
- Create your first connection.
- Open a collection and browse real documents.
- Learn where the query bar, collection tabs, and shell live.
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