diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b58d59a..fe22862 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # dbx
 
-dbx (**D**ata**b**ase **E**extensions) is a small toolkit of common and reusable database helpers built around the [Jet](https://github.com/go-jet/jet) SQL builder.
+dbx (**D**ata**b**ase **E**extensions) is a small toolkit of common and reusable database helpers built around the [Jet](https://github.com/go-jet/jet) SQL builder. Provides an [app.Module](https://gitea.auvem.com/go-toolkit/app).
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68f8e4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package dbx
+
+// DBConfig defines the expected structure for database configuration. Includes
+// tags for validation and maps to
+type DBConfig struct {
+	User        string `validate:"required"`
+	Password    string `validate:"required"`
+	Path        string `validate:"hostname_port,required"`
+	Name        string `validate:"required"`
+	MaxConn     int    `validate:"min=1,max=1000"`
+	AutoMigrate bool
+	DebugLog    bool
+}
diff --git a/db.go b/db.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91be634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db.go
@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+package dbx
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+
+	"gitea.auvem.com/go-toolkit/app"
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/mysql"
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/qrm"
+	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
+)
+
+// ModuleDBName is the name of the database module.
+const ModuleDBName = "database"
+
+var (
+	// ErrNoRows is returned when a query returns no rows.
+	ErrNoRows = qrm.ErrNoRows
+
+	// SQLDB stores the current SQL database handle.
+	SQLDB *sql.DB
+
+	// config stores the database connection configuration.
+	config DBConfig
+
+	// dbModule is the singleton module instance for the database connection.
+	dbModule *app.Module
+)
+
+// ModuleDB returns the database module with the provided configuration.
+func ModuleDB(cfg DBConfig, forceDebugLog bool) *app.Module {
+	if dbModule != nil {
+		panic("ModuleDB initialized multiple times")
+	}
+
+	config = cfg // store configuration at package level
+
+	if forceDebugLog {
+		config.DebugLog = true // force debug logging if requested
+	}
+
+	dbModule = app.NewModule(ModuleDBName, app.ModuleOpts{
+		Setup:    setupDB,
+		Teardown: teardownDB,
+	})
+
+	return dbModule
+}
+
+// setupDB connects to the MySQL DB and initializes the goose migration provider.
+// If auto migrations are enabled in configuration, latest migrations are applied.
+func setupDB() error {
+	if SQLDB != nil && SQLDB.Ping() == nil {
+		dbModule.Logger().Warn("Database connection already established")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	db_path := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s)/%s?charset=utf8mb4&parseTime=True&loc=Local",
+		config.User, config.Password, config.Path, config.Name)
+
+	SQLDB, err = sql.Open("mysql", db_path)
+	if err != nil {
+		dbModule.Logger().Error("Couldn't open SQL database", "user", config.User, "name", config.Name, "err", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := SQLDB.Ping(); err != nil {
+		dbModule.Logger().Error("Couldn't ping SQL database", "user", config.User, "name", config.Name, "err", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	SQLDB.SetMaxOpenConns(config.MaxConn)
+
+	stats := SQLDB.Stats()
+	dbModule.Logger().Info(
+		"Connected to SQL database",
+		"user", config.User,
+		"name", config.Name,
+		"path", config.Path,
+		"maxConnections", stats.MaxOpenConnections,
+		"currConnections", stats.OpenConnections,
+	)
+
+	if config.DebugLog {
+		initDBLogger()
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// teardownDB closes the database connection.
+func teardownDB() {
+	if SQLDB == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := SQLDB.Close(); err != nil {
+		dbModule.Logger().Error("Couldn't close database", "err", err)
+	}
+	dbModule.Logger().Info("Closed database connection")
+}
+
+// Queryable interface is an SQL driver object that can execute SQL statements
+// for Jet.
+type Queryable interface {
+	qrm.Queryable
+	Query(string, ...any) (*sql.Rows, error)
+}
+
+// Executable interface is an SQL driver object that can execute SQL statements
+// for Jet.
+type Executable interface {
+	qrm.Executable
+	Exec(string, ...any) (sql.Result, error)
+}
+
+// ExecutableTx interface is an SQL driver object that implements the Executable
+// interface and can also begin a transaction.
+type ExecutableTx interface {
+	Executable
+	Begin() (*sql.Tx, error)
+}
+
+// MustQuery executes a query and returns an error if any. Filters errors for
+// db.ErrNoRows (qrm.ErrNoRows) and returns nil or the error provided in that case.
+func MustQuery(sqlo Queryable, stmt mysql.Statement, dest any, notFoundErr error) error {
+	err := stmt.Query(sqlo, dest)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, qrm.ErrNoRows) {
+			return notFoundErr
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// MustInsert requires at least one row to be affected by a query and returns the inserted ID
+func MustInsert(sqlo Executable, stmt mysql.InsertStatement) (uint64, error) {
+	res, err := stmt.Exec(sqlo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	id, err := res.LastInsertId()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	if id < 0 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("MustInsert got invalid ID: %d", id)
+	}
+
+	return uint64(id), nil
+}
+
+// MustUpdate requires at least one row to be affected by a query
+func MustUpdate(sqlo Executable, stmt mysql.Statement, notFoundErr error) error {
+	res, err := stmt.Exec(sqlo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	rows, err := res.RowsAffected()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if rows == 0 {
+		return notFoundErr
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// MightUpdateMany expects multiple rows to be affected by a query and returns this number of rows
+func MightUpdateMany(sqlo Executable, stmt mysql.Statement) (int, error) {
+	res, err := stmt.Exec(sqlo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	rows, err := res.RowsAffected()
+	return int(rows), err
+}
+
+// SoftDelete sets the deleted_at column to the current time
+func SoftDelete(sqlo Executable, tbl mysql.Table, conds mysql.BoolExpression) (int64, error) {
+	stmt := tbl.UPDATE().WHERE(conds)
+	query := stmt.DebugSql()
+
+	lines := strings.Split(query, "\n")
+	for i, line := range lines {
+		fmt.Println(i, line)
+	}
+
+	lines = slices.Insert(lines, 2, "SET deleted_at = NOW()")
+	query = strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+
+	res, err := sqlo.Exec(query)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	return res.RowsAffected()
+}
+
+// NormalCols processes a list of columns and strips out any that implement any of
+// mysql.ColumnTimestamp, mysql.ColumnTime, or mysql.ColumnDate
+func NormalCols(cols ...mysql.Column) mysql.ColumnList {
+	res := make(mysql.ColumnList, 0)
+
+	for _, col := range cols {
+		_, ok := col.(mysql.ColumnTimestamp)
+
+		if !ok {
+			_, ok = col.(mysql.ColumnTime)
+		}
+		if !ok {
+			_, ok = col.(mysql.ColumnDate)
+		}
+
+		if !ok {
+			res = append(res, col)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return res
+}
+
+// ContainsCol checks if a column list contains a specific column.
+func ContainsCol(cols mysql.ColumnList, col mysql.Column) bool {
+	return slices.Contains(cols, col)
+}
+
+// DestName returns the name of the type passed as `destTypeStruct` as a string,
+// normalized for compatibility with the Jet QRM.
+func DestName(destTypeStruct interface{}, path ...string) string {
+	v := reflect.ValueOf(destTypeStruct)
+	for v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		v = v.Elem()
+	}
+
+	destIdent := v.Type().String()
+	destIdent = destIdent[strings.LastIndex(destIdent, ".")+1:]
+
+	for i, p := range path {
+		if v.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+			dbModule.Logger().Error("DestName: path parent is not a struct", "path", destIdent+"."+strings.Join(path[:i+1], "."))
+			return ""
+		}
+
+		v = v.FieldByName(p)
+
+		if !v.IsValid() {
+			dbModule.Logger().Error("DestName: field does not exist", "path", destIdent+"."+strings.Join(path[:i+1], "."))
+			return ""
+		}
+
+		destIdent += "." + p
+	}
+
+	return destIdent
+}
+
+// StringToFilter processes a string to be used as a filter in an SQL LIKE
+// statement. It replaces all spaces with % and adds % to the beginning and
+// end of the string.
+func StringToFilter(str string) string {
+	// Remove any existing leading or trailing % characters
+	str = strings.Trim(str, "%")
+
+	// Replace all spaces with % and add % to the beginning and end of the string
+	str = strings.ReplaceAll(str, " ", "%")
+	str = "%" + str + "%"
+
+	return str
+}
+
+// initDBLogger initializes the database statement logger
+func initDBLogger() {
+	mysql.SetQueryLogger(func(ctx context.Context, queryInfo mysql.QueryInfo) {
+		_, args := queryInfo.Statement.Sql()
+		dbModule.Logger().Debug(
+			"Executed SQL query",
+			"args", args,
+			"duration", queryInfo.Duration,
+			"rows", queryInfo.RowsProcessed,
+			"err", queryInfo.Err,
+		)
+
+		lines := strings.Split(queryInfo.Statement.DebugSql(), "\n")
+		for i, line := range lines {
+			fmt.Printf("%s\t%s\n", color.CyanString(fmt.Sprintf("%03d", i)), line)
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1356d25..d2ad522 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
 module gitea.auvem.com/go-toolkit/dbx
 
 go 1.24.0
+
+require (
+	gitea.auvem.com/go-toolkit/app v0.0.0-20250530181559-231561c92698
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0
+	github.com/go-jet/jet/v2 v2.13.0
+	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.9.2
+	github.com/pressly/goose/v3 v3.24.3
+	github.com/segmentio/ksuid v1.0.4
+)
+
+require (
+	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
+	github.com/mfridman/interpolate v0.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/sethvargo/go-retry v0.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ce389e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
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