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

# basexgui(1)

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

## NAME

**basexgui** - XML database system and XPath/XQuery processor (graphical mode)

## SYNOPSIS

```
basexgui [-d] [file]
```

## OPTIONS

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

```
    $ basexgui -h
```

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

## DESCRIPTION

**basexgui starts a standalone locally running instance of the BaseX database system.**

**In addition to the main database functionality of [basex(1)](/basex/1.md), the graphical mode offers innovative graphical frontends to visualize XML data.** **An advanced embedded XQuery Editor is coupled to the visualizations, providing instant result feedback.**

**XML and XQuery files can be passed on as parameters. If an XML** *file* **is passed, a database instance is created from this** *file***. If an XQuery** *file* **is passed on, it is opened in the XQuery editor.**

## SEE ALSO

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