---
name: "basexclient"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "basex"
version: "10.5-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/basexclient"
---

# basexclient(1)

XML database system and XPath/XQuery processor (client mode)

## NAME

**basexclient** - XML database system and XPath/XQuery processor (client mode)

## SYNOPSIS

```
basexclient [-bcdiInopPqrRsUvVwxz] [input]
```

## OPTIONS

**A short description of option can be obtained from**

```
    $ basexclient -h
```

**or by browsing https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Command-Line\_Options#Client**

## DESCRIPTION

**basexclient starts a [basex(1)](/basex/1.md) XML database client in order to connect to a** **running instance of [basexserver(1)](/basexserver/1.md).**

**Per default basexclient tries to connect to a [basexserver(1)](/basexserver/1.md) running on localhost port 1984.**

**Connecting to a [basexserver(1)](/basexserver/1.md) requires the knowledge of a username and its corresponding credentials.** **For user management refer to [basexserver(1)](/basexserver/1.md) or the BaseX Documentation Wiki (https://docs.basex.org/wiki/User\_Management)**

## OPTIONS

**A short description of option can be obtained from**

```
    $ basexclient -h
```

**or by browsing https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Startup\_Options#BaseX\_Client**

## SEE ALSO

**[basexserver(1)](/basexserver/1.md), [basex(1)](/basex/1.md), [basexgui(1)](/basexgui/1.md)**

```
   .basexhome                can be created by a user to mark a folder as home directory.
   .basex                    BaseX (standalone and server) properties
   .basexgui                 BaseX additional GUI properties
   .basexhistory             contains commands that have been typed in most recently.
   ${basexhome}/data         Default database directory
   ${basexhome}/data/.logs   Server logs
   ${basexhome}/repo         Package repository
```

**BaseX Documentation Wiki: https://docs.basex.org**

## HISTORY

**BaseX started as a research project of the Database and Information Systems** **Group (DBIS) at the University of Konstanz in 2005 and soon turned into a** **feature-rich open source XML database and XPath/XQuery processor.**

## LICENSE

**New (3-clause) BSD License**

## AUTHOR

**BaseX is primarily developed by Christian Gruen \<cg@basex.org\> with** **the help of various contributors \<https://basex.org/about/open-source/\>**

**The man page was written by Alexander Holupirek \<alex@holupirek.de\> while packaging BaseX for Debian GNU/Linux.**