SQL Murder Mystery

SQL detective game

There's been a murder in SQL City. Solve it and learn SQL as you go.

Make it mineTry it (opens the authors’ own copy in a new tab)

“Make it mine” asks you to sign in first. On the Free plan, your copy is your one app; you can delete it any time.
“Try it” opens the authors’ own copy, not yours.

Made by
NUKnightLab
Licence
MIT AND CC-BY-SA-4.0
Popularity
2.2k stars on GitHub
Uses
Just a browser

What you can do

  • Search the database for clues that lead to the killer
  • Start with the walkthrough if SQL is new to you
  • Check your answer when you think you know who did it

Who it’s forPeople learning SQL, and SQL pros who like a puzzle

Once it’s yours

  • Your own copy, at its own address
  • Anyone with its address can open it, until you choose who can
  • Change it with your own coding agent

Ideas for changing it

Once it’s live, give any line below to your coding agent.

  • Add a hint button to each step of the walkthrough

  • Save my queries so I can pick up where I left off

  • Show every table and its columns in a side panel

Source and licence

SQL Murder Mystery is open source: its authors, NUKnightLab, published the code for anyone to use and change.

Its licence is MIT AND CC-BY-SA-4.0: read it before you change or share the app.

Your copy is the version you copied; the authors’ later updates don’t arrive by themselves.

This version on TofuThe authors’ original code

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