diff --git a/xorm/install.sh b/xorm/install.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e8455d2a..00000000
--- a/xorm/install.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-if [ ! -f install.sh ]; then
-echo 'install must be run within its container folder' 1>&2
-exit 1
-fi 
-
-CURDIR=`pwd`
-NEWPATH="$GOPATH/src/github.com/lunny/xorm/${PWD##*/}"
-if [ ! -d "$NEWPATH" ]; then
-ln -s $CURDIR $NEWPATH 
-fi
-
-gofmt -w $CURDIR
-
-cd $NEWPATH
-go install ${PWD##*/}
-cd $CURDIR
-
-echo 'finished'
diff --git a/xorm/shell.go b/xorm/shell.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f4cb200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xorm/shell.go
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/lunny/xorm"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var CmdShell = &Command{
+	UsageLine: "shell driverName datasourceName",
+	Short:     "a general shell to operate all kinds of database",
+	Long: `
+general database's shell for sqlite3, mysql, postgres.
+
+	driverName		Database driver name, now supported four: mysql mymysql sqlite3 postgres
+	datasourceName	Database connection uri, for detail infomation please visit driver's project page
+`,
+}
+
+func init() {
+	CmdShell.Run = runShell
+	CmdShell.Flags = map[string]bool{}
+}
+
+var engine *xorm.Engine
+
+func runShell(cmd *Command, args []string) {
+	if len(args) != 2 {
+		fmt.Println("params error, please see xorm help shell")
+		return
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	engine, err = xorm.NewEngine(args[0], args[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	var scmd string
+	fmt.Print("xorm$ ")
+	for {
+		var input string
+		_, err := fmt.Scan(&input)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if strings.ToLower(input) == "exit" {
+			fmt.Println("bye")
+			return
+		}
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(input, ";") {
+			scmd = scmd + " " + input
+			continue
+		}
+		scmd = scmd + " " + input
+		lcmd := strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(scmd))
+		if strings.HasPrefix(lcmd, "select") {
+			res, err := engine.Query(scmd + "\n")
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+			} else {
+				if len(res) <= 0 {
+					fmt.Println("no records")
+				} else {
+					columns := make(map[string]int)
+					for k, _ := range res[0] {
+						columns[k] = len(k)
+					}
+
+					for _, m := range res {
+						for k, s := range m {
+							l := len(string(s))
+							if l > columns[k] {
+								columns[k] = l
+							}
+						}
+					}
+
+					var maxlen = 0
+					for _, l := range columns {
+						maxlen = maxlen + l + 3
+					}
+					maxlen = maxlen + 1
+
+					fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", maxlen))
+					fmt.Print("|")
+					slice := make([]string, 0)
+					for k, l := range columns {
+						fmt.Print(" " + k + " ")
+						fmt.Print(strings.Repeat(" ", l-len(k)))
+						fmt.Print("|")
+						slice = append(slice, k)
+					}
+					fmt.Print("\n")
+					for _, r := range res {
+						fmt.Print("|")
+						for _, k := range slice {
+							fmt.Print(" " + string(r[k]) + " ")
+							fmt.Print(strings.Repeat(" ", columns[k]-len(string(r[k]))))
+							fmt.Print("|")
+						}
+						fmt.Print("\n")
+					}
+					fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", maxlen))
+					//fmt.Println(res)
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			cnt, err := engine.Exec(scmd)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf("%d records changed.\n", cnt)
+			}
+		}
+		scmd = ""
+		fmt.Print("xorm$ ")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/xorm/xorm.go b/xorm/xorm.go
index 78583a6a..e19933d5 100644
--- a/xorm/xorm.go
+++ b/xorm/xorm.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const go11tag = true
 // The order here is the order in which they are printed by 'gopm help'.
 var commands = []*Command{
 	CmdReverse,
+	CmdShell,
 }
 
 func init() {