diff --git a/tools/dbutils/index.go b/tools/dbutils/index.go
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+++ b/tools/dbutils/index.go
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+package dbutils
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/tokenizer"
+)
+
+var (
+	indexRegex       = regexp.MustCompile(`(?im)create\s+(unique\s+)?\s*index\s*(if\s+not\s+exists\s+)?([\w\"\'\[\]\.]*)\s+on\s+([\w\"\'\[\]\.]*)\s+\(([\s\S]*)\)(?:\s*where\s+([\s\S]*))?`)
+	indexColumnRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`(?im)^([\s\S]+?)(?:\s+collate\s+([\w]+))?(?:\s+(asc|desc))?$`)
+)
+
+// IndexColumn represents a single parsed SQL index column.
+type IndexColumn struct {
+	Name    string `json:"name"` // identifier or expression
+	Collate string `json:"collate"`
+	Sort    string `json:"sort"`
+}
+
+// Index represents a single parsed SQL CREATE INDEX expression.
+type Index struct {
+	Unique     bool          `json:"unique"`
+	Optional   bool          `json:"optional"`
+	SchemaName string        `json:"schemaName"`
+	IndexName  string        `json:"indexName"`
+	TableName  string        `json:"tableName"`
+	Columns    []IndexColumn `json:"columns"`
+	Where      string        `json:"where"`
+}
+
+// IsValid checks if the current Index contains the minimum required fields to be considered valid.
+func (idx Index) IsValid() bool {
+	return idx.IndexName != "" && idx.TableName != "" && len(idx.Columns) > 0
+}
+
+// ParseIndex parses the provided `CREATE INDEX` SQL string into Index struct.
+func ParseIndex(createIndexExpr string) Index {
+	result := Index{}
+
+	matches := indexRegex.FindStringSubmatch(createIndexExpr)
+	if len(matches) != 7 {
+		return result
+	}
+
+	trimChars := "`\"'[]\r\n\t\f\v "
+
+	// Unique
+	// ---
+	result.Unique = strings.TrimSpace(matches[1]) != ""
+
+	// Optional (aka. "IF NOT EXISTS")
+	// ---
+	result.Optional = strings.TrimSpace(matches[2]) != ""
+
+	// SchemaName and IndexName
+	// ---
+	nameTk := tokenizer.NewFromString(matches[3])
+	nameTk.Separators('.')
+
+	nameParts, _ := nameTk.ScanAll()
+	if len(nameParts) == 2 {
+		result.SchemaName = strings.Trim(nameParts[0], trimChars)
+		result.IndexName = strings.Trim(nameParts[1], trimChars)
+	} else {
+		result.IndexName = strings.Trim(nameParts[0], trimChars)
+	}
+
+	// TableName
+	// ---
+	result.TableName = strings.Trim(matches[4], trimChars)
+
+	// Columns
+	// ---
+	columnsTk := tokenizer.NewFromString(matches[5])
+	columnsTk.Separators(',')
+
+	rawColumns, _ := columnsTk.ScanAll()
+
+	result.Columns = make([]IndexColumn, 0, len(rawColumns))
+
+	for _, col := range rawColumns {
+		colMatches := indexColumnRegex.FindStringSubmatch(col)
+		if len(colMatches) != 4 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		trimmedName := strings.Trim(colMatches[1], trimChars)
+		if trimmedName == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		result.Columns = append(result.Columns, IndexColumn{
+			Name:    trimmedName,
+			Collate: strings.TrimSpace(colMatches[2]),
+			Sort:    strings.ToUpper(colMatches[3]),
+		})
+	}
+
+	// WHERE expression
+	// ---
+	result.Where = strings.TrimSpace(matches[6])
+
+	return result
+}
diff --git a/tools/dbutils/index_test.go b/tools/dbutils/index_test.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tools/dbutils/index_test.go
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+package dbutils_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/dbutils"
+)
+
+func TestParseIndex(t *testing.T) {
+	scenarios := []struct {
+		index    string
+		expected dbutils.Index
+	}{
+		// invalid
+		{
+			`invalid`,
+			dbutils.Index{},
+		},
+		// simple
+		{
+			`create index indexname on tablename (col1)`,
+			dbutils.Index{
+				IndexName: "indexname",
+				TableName: "tablename",
+				Columns: []dbutils.IndexColumn{
+					{Name: "col1"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		// all fields
+		{
+			`CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS "schemaname".[indexname] on 'tablename' (
+				col1,
+				json_extract("col2", "$.a") asc,
+				"col3" collate NOCASE,
+				"col4" collate RTRIM desc
+			) where test = 1`,
+			dbutils.Index{
+				Unique:     true,
+				Optional:   true,
+				SchemaName: "schemaname",
+				IndexName:  "indexname",
+				TableName:  "tablename",
+				Columns: []dbutils.IndexColumn{
+					{Name: "col1"},
+					{Name: `json_extract("col2", "$.a")`, Sort: "ASC"},
+					{Name: `col3`, Collate: "NOCASE"},
+					{Name: `col4`, Collate: "RTRIM", Sort: "DESC"},
+				},
+				Where: "test = 1",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for i, s := range scenarios {
+		result := dbutils.ParseIndex(s.index)
+
+		resultRaw, err := json.Marshal(result)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("[%d] %v", i, err)
+		}
+
+		expectedRaw, err := json.Marshal(s.expected)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("[%d] %v", i, err)
+		}
+
+		if !bytes.Equal(resultRaw, expectedRaw) {
+			t.Errorf("[%d] Expected \n%s \ngot \n%s", i, expectedRaw, resultRaw)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIndexIsValid(t *testing.T) {
+	scenarios := []struct {
+		name     string
+		index    dbutils.Index
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{
+			"empty",
+			dbutils.Index{},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"no index name",
+			dbutils.Index{
+				TableName: "table",
+				Columns:   []dbutils.IndexColumn{{Name: "col"}},
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"no table name",
+			dbutils.Index{
+				IndexName: "index",
+				Columns:   []dbutils.IndexColumn{{Name: "col"}},
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"no columns",
+			dbutils.Index{
+				IndexName: "index",
+				TableName: "table",
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"min valid",
+			dbutils.Index{
+				IndexName: "index",
+				TableName: "table",
+				Columns:   []dbutils.IndexColumn{{Name: "col"}},
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"all fields",
+			dbutils.Index{
+				Optional:   true,
+				Unique:     true,
+				SchemaName: "schema",
+				IndexName:  "index",
+				TableName:  "table",
+				Columns:    []dbutils.IndexColumn{{Name: "col"}},
+				Where:      "test = 1 OR test = 2",
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range scenarios {
+		result := s.index.IsValid()
+
+		if result != s.expected {
+			t.Errorf("[%s] Expected %v, got %v", s.name, s.expected, result)
+		}
+	}
+}