A Replibyte alternative that still ships updates
Replibyte's last release was v0.10.0 in October 2022, and its last code change was in May 2024. dbplex does the job it set out to do, a copy of production you can work on locally with personal data masked, as a Mac app that keeps getting updates.
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- Last release
- v0.10.0, October 2022
- Replibyte is
- A command line tool
- Databases
- Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB
- dbplex
- A Mac app, 7 days free
Which one fits
Both get production data onto your machine with personal data hidden. Replibyte makes a dump you restore; dbplex keeps a running copy you can save, branch and refresh.
Pick Replibyte if
- You need to run it on Linux, Windows or in CI.
- You want encrypted dumps the whole team can share.
- You want to write your own transformers in WebAssembly.
Pick dbplex if
- You want a tool with current releases.
- You want a copy running on localhost in one step, not a dump to restore.
- You need Supabase, Firestore, Redis, Turso, SQL Server or Oracle too.
- You want to save states, branch the copy and hand it to an AI agent.
Replibyte and dbplex, side by side
Replibyte as of its last release, next to dbplex.
| Replibyte | dbplex | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Last release October 2022, last code change May 2024. | A Mac app with current releases and support. |
| How it works | A command that dumps, transforms, compresses and encrypts, then restores where you point it. | An app that pulls a copy into a local server and keeps it running. |
| Personal data | Transformers with fake values, plus your own in WebAssembly. | Masked as the copy is pulled on Postgres, Supabase, MySQL, MariaDB, Turso, SQL Server and Oracle. You confirm each column. |
| Subsets | Postgres only, and its docs say subsetting is still being improved. | Turso only: a sample of 1 to 1,000,000 rows per table. |
| Databases | Postgres, MySQL and MongoDB. | 12 engines. |
| Going back | Restore the dump again. | Save a state and restore it, or branch the copy. Not yet on Supabase, where a backup opens as a new copy. |
| AI agents | Not covered. | A built-in MCP server whose tools act on local copies only. The agent never sees production credentials. |
Questions about Replibyte and dbplex
Is Replibyte still maintained?
Its repository is not archived, but the last release, v0.10.0, came out in October 2022 and the last code change was in May 2024.
Does dbplex run in CI or on Linux?
No. dbplex is a Mac app for Apple silicon. For CI, a dump step or a seed script is still the right tool.
Can I copy only part of a database?
On Turso, yes: a sample per table, with every row it points to. On the other engines dbplex copies everything.
Sources
What this page says about Replibyte comes from its own pages, checked on 7 November 2026. If something has changed, tell us and we will fix it.
The databases it copies, and other comparisons
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDBBreak prod. Locally.
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