I’d like to be able to edit a copy of the database on my windows machine and plex itself is running on ubuntu. But the windows-based tool in the install requires the server to be running. Is there a standalone tool available anywhere?
Not so, in fact it’s STRONGLY recommended to shut down PMS before using the tool
Ref: https://support.plex.tv/articles/repair-a-corrupted-database/#toc-2
My actual plex server is running on ubuntu. What I was working on was making a copy of that database and putting it on windows and working on it there - so I would not be working on a live copy anyway.
But, as it turns out, after firing up the first time and subsequently shutting down, now I can run sqlite without it needing to run the full blown PMS on my windows machine.
Once I proved everything out on Windows, I was able to change the added_at date of over 200 movies from my dvd collection super quickly via ssh to my ubuntu server. Magic! 
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