diff --git a/src/govoplan_core/devserver.py b/src/govoplan_core/devserver.py
index f3c41d4..4c33b67 100644
--- a/src/govoplan_core/devserver.py
+++ b/src/govoplan_core/devserver.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ from collections.abc import Iterable, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
+from sqlalchemy.engine import make_url
+from sqlalchemy.exc import ArgumentError
+
 from govoplan_core.core.discovery import iter_module_entry_points
 from govoplan_core.core.module_management import load_startup_enabled_modules, startup_candidate_module_ids
 from govoplan_core.core.modules import ModuleManifest
@@ -112,6 +115,14 @@ def validate_sqlite_database_url(database_url: str) -> None:
         )
 
 
+def redacted_database_url(database_url: str) -> str:
+    try:
+        return make_url(database_url).render_as_string(hide_password=True)
+    except (ArgumentError, TypeError, ValueError):
+        scheme = database_url.partition(":")[0].strip()
+        return f"{scheme}:<redacted>" if scheme else "<redacted>"
+
+
 def _env_truthy(value: str | None) -> bool:
     return value is not None and value.strip().lower() in {"1", "true", "yes", "on"}
 
@@ -297,11 +308,11 @@ def print_devserver_summary(state: DevserverState, *, app: str, no_reload: bool)
     print(f"Config: {state.config_path or DEFAULT_CONFIG}")
     print(f"Runtime root: {state.runtime_root}")
     if state.database_url:
-        print(f"Database: {state.database_url}")
+        print(f"Database: {redacted_database_url(state.database_url)}")
         if state.database_url.startswith("postgresql"):
             pgtools_url = os.getenv("GOVOPLAN_DATABASE_URL_PGTOOLS")
             if pgtools_url:
-                print(f"PostgreSQL tools URL: {pgtools_url}")
+                print(f"PostgreSQL tools URL: {redacted_database_url(pgtools_url)}")
     if state.bootstrap_db_path is not None:
         bootstrap_state = "enabled" if getattr(state.config.settings, "dev_bootstrap_enabled", False) else "disabled by DEV_BOOTSTRAP_ENABLED"
         print(f"Dev bootstrap for missing SQLite DB: {bootstrap_state} ({state.bootstrap_db_path})")
diff --git a/tests/test_devserver.py b/tests/test_devserver.py
index 07100b6..a2d4fc3 100644
--- a/tests/test_devserver.py
+++ b/tests/test_devserver.py
@@ -7,8 +7,22 @@ import tempfile
 import unittest
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from govoplan_core.devserver import redacted_database_url
+
 
 class DevserverSmokeTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_database_url_redaction_hides_passwords(self) -> None:
+        rendered = redacted_database_url(
+            "postgresql+psycopg://govoplan:database-secret@db.example.test/govoplan"
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            rendered,
+            "postgresql+psycopg://govoplan:***@db.example.test/govoplan",
+        )
+        self.assertNotIn("database-secret", rendered)
+        self.assertEqual(redacted_database_url("://database-secret"), "<redacted>")
+
     def test_smoke_mode_bootstraps_missing_local_sqlite_database(self) -> None:
         repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
         src_root = repo_root / "src"