Command-line tool

MongoDB Shell

winget/MongoDB.Shell

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The legacy MongoDB shell. See `mongosh` for the new shell. Note: All connection options can be replaced with one string: `mongodb://user@host:port/db_name?authSource=authdb_name`. mongodb db mongo shell mongodb-shell

At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id MongoDB.Shell -e

Connect to a local database on the default port (`mongodb://localhost:27017`)

mongo

Connect to a database

mongo --host host --port port db_name

Authenticate using the specified username on the specified database (you will be prompted for a password)

mongo --host host --port port --username username --authenticationDatabase authdb_name db_name

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• Databases

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