🐟 Bonito OSS

Deep database observability — a free DBmarlin. Captures slow queries, locks, wait events, and table stats from PostgreSQL (MySQL/Oracle/SQL Server planned), and exposes them to AI agents via MCP.

Status: v0.1.0 (Phase 0 — PostgreSQL MVP complete) · Apache 2.0

Why

Prometheus exporters give you Level 1 metrics (connections, txn/s, replication lag) — the numbers, not the why. Commercial tools like DBmarlin ($45/db/mo) give Level 3: query text, execution plans, lock/blocking trees, wait events. No open-source tool covers this well — and none exposes it to AI agents over MCP.

Bonito connects read-only to your database, reads the system views the engine already exposes for free (pg_stat_statements, pg_stat_activity, pg_locks, pg_stat_user_tables), and emits deep observability data.

Architecture

 ┌──────────────┐  system views   ┌───────────────┐  POST /events  ┌───────────────┐
 │  PostgreSQL  │──────────────▶  │ bonito-collector│──────────────▶ │ bonito-store  │
 │  (read-only) │  Prometheus      │ (PyPI)  :9187  │  JSON (≤100)   │ SQLite+baseline│
 └──────────────┘  :9187/metrics   └───────────────┘                 └──────┬────────┘
                                                                           │ reads
                                                              ┌────────────▼────────┐
                                                              │ bonito-api (FastAPI) │  X-API-Key
                                                              │ :8100 · openapi.yaml │  private deploy
                                                              └────────────┬────────┘  public contract
                                                                           │ REST
                                                              ┌────────────▼────────┐
                                                              │ bonito-mcp (MCP)     │  stdio / SSE :8840
                                                              │ 8 tools for agents   │
                                                              └────────────┬────────┘
                                                                           ▼
                                                   Claude · Bedrock · Strands · Remo (R-007)

Quick start (5 min)

docker compose -f deploy/docker-compose.yml up -d
# PostgreSQL fixture + collector + store + api + mcp

curl -H "X-API-Key: change-me" localhost:8100/queries/top?limit=5
curl -H "X-API-Key: change-me" localhost:8100/baseline/-6842865755026457642

claude mcp add bonito -- bonito-mcp        # connect an AI agent

Full step-by-step: docs/quickstart.md.

Components

API reference

Full reference: docs/api.md · MCP tools: docs/mcp.md.

Docs & Examples (v0.1.0)

• Docs: docs/quickstart.md (full pipeline) · docs/configuration.md · docs/metrics-and-events.md · docs/store.md · docs/api.md · docs/mcp.md · mkdocs via mkdocs serve
• Deploy: deploy/docker-compose.yml (full stack) · deploy/.env.example · deploy/init-fixture.sql
• Examples: examples/ai-agent-demo/ (agent diagnoses a deadlock) · examples/docker-compose.yml · examples/readonly-role.sql · examples/*.env.example · examples/events.sample.json · examples/store-push.sh

Security (golden rule)

• Connection is READ-ONLY (a DB user with only SELECT on stat views)
• Never build SQL from client input — only fixed queries over system views
• Never writes to the client database
• API is private by default (BONITO_API_KEY required); only the OpenAPI contract is public

License

Apache 2.0 · LICENSE · CONTRIBUTING.md

Built by Carlos Cortez — AWS Community Hero. Part of the SOFE / Remo / Bonito observability ecosystem.