MongoDB — MongoDB Compass & mongosh CLI

MongoDB Compass is the official graphical user interface (GUI). It allows developers and DBAs to visually query, analyze, and optimize MongoDB data without typing raw commands.

• Documents Tab: View records in Tree View, JSON View, or Table View. Edit or delete documents with single-click buttons.
• Schema Tab: Analyze field types, sampling data to inspect data cleanliness and missing fields.
• Explain Plan Tab: Visually inspect query execution stages (IXSCAN vs COLLSCAN).
• Aggregations Pipeline Builder: Build multi-stage aggregation pipelines with instant intermediate stage previews.

mongosh is a modern Node.js-based REPL environment that supports ES6 JavaScript syntax, asynchronous promises, and custom helper methods.

// List databases
show dbs

// Switch database context
use company_db

// Show active database name
db

// List collections
show collections

// Run inline JavaScript loops in mongosh
for (let i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
  db.logs.insertOne({ logId: i, timestamp: new Date() });
}

// Print collection statistics
db.logs.stats()