plasma.

Name: Plasma
Author: Pankaj Yadav

A precision client for Postgres, Redis & OpenSearch.
Built like a measurement instrument.

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¶ 02 — Datasheet

One binary. Three engines. Zero subscriptions.

MODEL · plsm-0.0.15
MFR · pankaj yadav · 2026

INDEX 02·SPEC·device characteristics

SHA-256 · a7d1…b88e / 84 MB

parametervalue · note

ENGINES

postgres · redis · opensearch

first-class

SQL DIALECT

postgres 13 → 17

schema-aware

EDITOR

monaco · multi-tab · pinned

unsaved-safe

AI

tool use · engine-aware

opt-in

EXPLAIN

tree · cost · hot-nodes

inline

STATE

per-connection / forever

tabs · filters · pins

THEMES

9 editorial · live retint

tunable

TELEMETRY

opt-in · anonymous

no requirements

UPDATE

in-app · signed

reversible

LICENSE

apache-2.0

no asterisks

installer · macOS / windows

0MB

editorial themes shipped

0

usd / month / forever

0

¶ 03 — The Bench

One panel. Three signals.

Tab between Postgres, Redis & OpenSearch — Plasma rewires its editor, lints, and the AI's tools to whichever engine you point it at. No mode switch. No second app.

schema-aware autocomplete
explain tree
ai with engine-aware tool use

plasma › prod-replica › scratch.sqlprod-replica · pg-16/ 2.1 ms rtt

-- weekly revenue · top customers
SELECT o.id, c.name,
       SUM(oi.qty * oi.unit_price) AS total
FROM orders o
JOIN customers c ON c.id = o.customer_id
JOIN order_items oi ON oi.order_id = o.id
WHERE o.created_at > now() - interval '7 days'
GROUP BY o.id, c.name
ORDER BY total DESC LIMIT 25;

id

customer

items

total

10241

Acme Co.

8

$ 12,480.00

10240

Globex

5

$ 9,210.50

10239

Initech

3

$ 5,780.00

10238

Umbrella

11

$ 18,300.00

idle · 2 unsaved · 4 tabsPostgres · :5432 · pankaj@example.com525 ms · 25 rows · index scan

¶ 04 — EXPLAIN theatre

Read your plan like a page.

Postgres' EXPLAIN tree, rendered as something a human can actually read. Click a sample query — Plasma annotates each node with cost, row estimate, and the hot path your query spent its night on.

cost = startup..total
rows = estimate
● = hot node

INDEX 04·PLAN·explain analyze · revenue

planned 0.42 ms · executed 38.4 ms

query

SELECT o.id, c.name, SUM(oi.qty * oi.unit_price) AS total FROM orders o JOIN customers c ON c.id = o.customer_id JOIN order_items oi ON oi.order_id = o.id WHERE o.created_at > now() - interval '7 days' GROUP BY o.id, c.name ORDER BY total DESC LIMIT 25;

plan tree8 nodes

Limit

0.42

25 rows

rows=25 width=72

└─ Sort

184

25 rows

key=total DESC

│ └─ HashAggregate

142

1.8K rows

group by o.id, c.name

│ │ └─ Hash Join

124

4.2K rows

oi.order_id = o.id

│ │ │ └─ Hash Join

88

4.2K rows

c.id = o.customer_id

│ │ │ │ └─ Index Scan · orders

36

4.2K rows

idx_orders_created · 7d window

│ │ │ │ └─ Seq Scan · customers

6

1.8K rows

fully cached

│ │ │ └─ Index Scan · order_items

22

4.2K rows

idx_oi_order_id

planning · 0.42 ms

execution · 38.4 ms

hot · 1 node

¶ 05 — A morning

08:30→08:36

One Tuesday. One real bug. Six minutes.

Not a feature tour — a Tuesday. Scroll through one engineer's first six minutes with Plasma, in the time it takes to open a coffee.

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