mongocop

Interactive CLI tool for copying MongoDB databases.

Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lnmunhoz/mongocop/main/install.sh | sh

Requires Node.js 18+.

Usage

mongocop

Check the installed version:

mongocop --version

Features:

• Copy entire databases or selected collections
• Copy on the same host or across different hosts
• Pick an existing target database or create a new one
• Save, rename, and delete named connections
• Save, rename, delete, and rerun copy templates
• Stores saved connection secrets in macOS Keychain
• Keeps only non-secret connection metadata in ~/.mongocop/config.json
• Supports MONGODB_URL environment variable (takes priority over saved hosts)
• Copies indexes along with documents
• Overwrite confirmation before dropping existing data
• Collection-level progress indicator

Development

pnpm install
pnpm start

Build

pnpm run build
node dist/index.js

Uninstall

rm -rf ~/.mongocop && rm /usr/local/bin/mongocop

To remove saved secrets from Keychain, open Keychain Access and delete items created by mongocop.