About InnoDBStatus

The Tool

InnoDBStatus.com is a free, browser-based parser and visualizer for MySQL's SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS command. It turns a wall of dense diagnostic text into organized, color-coded panels covering buffer pool health, deadlock history, transaction state, semaphore waits, file I/O, and redo log checkpoints.

Everything runs in your browser. No data ever leaves your machine — a deliberate design choice, not a marketing line. The tool works on MySQL 5.7, 8.0, 8.4 LTS, and MariaDB 10.x.

Who Built It

Built by Olivier Doucet, a senior sysadmin, MySQL DBA, and Kubernetes addict with fifteen years of production database experience. The itch to scratch: spending too much time at 2am decoding SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS output during incidents, cross-referencing documentation, and mentally parsing hexadecimal lock records.

The goal was a tool that a DBA could paste into under stress and immediately see which section needs attention — without reading the manual first.

Design Principles

• Privacy by architecture — client-side parsing means there is no server to breach, no database to leak.
• No friction — no signup, no account, no install. Paste and go.
• Version-aware — the parser handles format differences between MySQL 5.7, 8.0, 8.4, and MariaDB without requiring you to select a version.
• Actionable output — every metric links to a guide explaining what it means and what to do about it.

Contact & Feedback

Bug reports, feature requests, or just a note that the tool saved your production database at 3am — all welcome via the contact form.