---
name: "glom"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "glom"
version: "1.30.4-7+b3"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/glom"
---

# glom(1)

database designer and user interface

## NAME

glom — database designer and user interface

## SYNOPSIS

**glom**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the  **glom** command.

This manual page was written for the **Ubuntu** distribution  because the original program does not have a manual page.

With **glom** you can design table   definitions and the relationships between them, plus arrange the   fields on the screen. You can edit and search the data in those   tables, and specify field values in terms of other fields. It's as   easy as it should be.

The design is loosely based on FileMaker Pro, with the added advantage   of separation between interface and data. Its simple framework should   be enough to implement most database applications. Without Glom these   systems normally consist of lots of repetitive, unmaintainable code.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of  options is included below.

- **-?** **--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-V** **--version**

  Show version of program.

- **-f** **--file**

  Filename of the glom project to open.

- **--debug\_sql**

  Show the generated SQL queries on stdout, for debugging.

- **--display=DISPLAY**

  X display to use

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Daniel Holbach dh@mailempfang.de for  the **Ubuntu** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any   later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Ubuntu and Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General   Public License (version 2) can be found in   /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.