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Surrealist - Build smarter knowledge graphs for data-rich applications

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Surrealist lets you visualise SurrealDB queries as interactive knowledge graphs. Instantly spot patterns, explore relationships, and bring your data to life with real-time insights powered by graphs, vectors, and documents—all in one place.

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Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

👋 Hey Product Hunt!

I’m the CEO and Co-founder of SurrealDB, a multi-model database built for developers who want flexibility without complexity.

I’ve personally experienced how frustrating it can be to manage databases when all you want to do is build. That’s why we built Surrealist — a visual, intuitive, and seamless interface that makes managing your databases feel effortless.

But we didn’t stop there.

🚀 Today, we’re excited to launch a brand new feature in Surrealist: Graph visualisation.

Now, you can build and explore knowledge graphs with ease — visually, interactively, and without writing complex queries.

With the new graph visualisation, you can:

👁️ Instantly visualise relationships between records

🔗 Explore data as connected entities

⚙️ Build and debug complex graphs in seconds

🧠 Understand your data’s structure at a glance

We believe database tools should be just as elegant and powerful as the databases they support. Surrealist aims to remove friction and help developers move faster — and this new feature is a huge step in that direction.

We’d love your feedback and thoughts — and we're here to answer any questions. 🙌

Cesare D'Adamo

@tobiemh cool stuff, honestly..

Suryansh Tiwari

Absolutely mind-blowing launch! The way Surrealist turns complex queries into intuitive visual graphs is game-changing. This is exactly what developers have been waiting for—speed, clarity, and power, all in one. Huge congrats to the team

Julian Mills

Hey @suryansh_tiwari2 - I am Julian, the developer who worked on Surrealist with Tobie. Thanks for the shoutout! Let me know if I can help in any way!

Jaime Morgan Hitchcock

@suryansh_tiwari2 Suryansh, thank you very much for the kind words! 💜

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

Thank you so much@suryansh_tiwari2 🎉 . We're constantly working to simplify how developers work with graphs, alongside other data types! Always feel free to ask if you have any questions 🚀 .

Ihsan Yaprak

Best wishes on your launch Surrealist team. Useful idea, I like it and I'll try it!

Julian Mills

Thank you for your support @ihsany. As one of the developers behind Surrealist, I'm here if you have any questions!

Jaime Morgan Hitchcock

@ihsany Thank you very much! Really hope you enjoy playing around with it. Let us know how it goes!

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

Thanks so much @ihsany 🚀 . Once you've tried it out, we'd love to hear your thoughts 😀 !

Supa Liu

This graph visualization for Surrealist sounds incredibly useful for exploring data relationships!

Julian Mills

Hey @supa_l, really appreciate the kind words! If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out!

Jaime Morgan Hitchcock

@supa_l Thank you, Supa! Let us know your thoughts or feedback once you’ve tried it.

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

Thank you @supa_l 😀 ! We really want to make Surrealist the most powerful database user-interface. Let us know if you have any questions about Surrealist or SurrealDB 🎉 !

Ömer Faruk BULUT

It seems so cool, i wish you the best guys

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

Thanks so much @omer_faruk_bulut2 💜 🎉 !

Jaime Morgan Hitchcock

@omer_faruk_bulut2 Thank you very much, Ömer! 💜

Julian Mills

Thank you for your support @omer_faruk_bulut2, we truly appreciate it!

Kelechi Odom

As someone who's been manually drawing out these relationships, thank you for building this! Time saver. The interactive elements are particularly well done.

Julian Mills

@kelechi_odom Thank you for your support and interest! 💜

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

That's awesome @kelechi_odom 🎉 ! You're welcome! Glad this graph visualisation functionality can be of use to you 🚀 .

Jaime Morgan Hitchcock

@kelechi_odom Thank you very much, Kelechi! Glad to hear this will help!

Larissa Licha

Love the approach, we use knowledge graphs quite heavily and love idea to be able to visualize it. Definitely sharing this with our data/ML engineer 👀

Julian Mills

That's fantastic to hear @larissalicha ! If you or your team have any questions, feel free to let me know!

Jaime Morgan Hitchcock

@larissalicha Thank you very much, Larissa! Would love to hear what they think!

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

Glad you like it @larissalicha 🎉 . Would love to know your and your teams' thoughts as you try it out 😀 !

Jaber Jaber
Congrats to the team!!
Jaime Morgan Hitchcock

@jaber23 Thank you very much, Jaber!

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

Thanks so much @jaber23 🎉 !

Julian Mills

@jaber23 Thank you so much Jaber! 😀

Jun Shen

Excited for interactive graph visualizations! 👀

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

Awesome new @shenjun 🚀 ! Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback when you try it out 🎉 !

Julian Mills

Glad to hear you're excited @shenjun! 💜

Farrukh Anwaar

Looks like a powerful tool. Amazing launch. We just launched Mukh.1 too - AI agents to help free up your day. Give it a look!

Jaime Morgan Hitchcock

@farrukh_anwaar Thank you very much, Farrukh! Will check out Mukh.1 too!

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

Thanks @farrukh_anwaar 🎉 ! Great launch for @Mukh.1 too 🚀 - the tool looks super useful! Will definitely check it out!

oly nask

Best wishes on your launch Surrealist

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

Thank you so much @olynask 🚀 🎉 !

Yong Woo Shin
Launching soon!

Congratulations!

The interactions and animations are so smooth that it makes me want to make more products :)

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

Thanks so much @pritraveler 😀 ! @macjuul is a wizard when it comes to user interfaces 🚀 !

Chris Messina

You guys should throw a party with @Alfred !

Seriously though — what's the underlying database format you're using? Postgres? MySQL? Something novel?

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

Haha we definitely should @chrismessina 😀 ! As a little background story, the Surrealist hat icon 🎩 itself is based on the hat in the famous surrealism painting 'Son of Man' by René Magritte (there's a theme 😀). But we are massive macOS users here at @SurrealDB and @Alfred has always been such a powerful app!

The underlying database format is actually a new engine we built from the ground up to handle multi-model data (document, graph, relational, time-series, geospatial) in a single engine, with a SQL query language. Would love for you to try it out and let us know your thoughts 🎉 !

Daigo Umehara

with this tools it can automate everything and a big help.

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

Thanks @daigo_umehara 🚀 ! Let us know if you have any questions 🎉 .

David Whatley

SurrealDB is an excellent database. Its really a joy to work with. It deserves attention.

I have crafted both an MCP server and an n8n integration for it:

mcp server: https://github.com/nsxdavid/surrealdb-mcp-server
n8n node: https://github.com/nsxdavid/n8n-nodes-surrealdb

Both open-source... of course. :)

Eminent

Big congrats on launching! I love how you’re tackling visualizing SurrealDB queries as interactive knowledge graphs..

I create short, clean UI animation videos and SaaS promos that help products like yours stand out, explain value fast, and feel way more premium.

If you’re open to it, I could mock up a quick preview video or animation for your UI — no pressure, just a gift to show you how smooth it could look in motion.

Would that be something you’d be open to?