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TablePlus – Native GUI tool for relational databases (2018)
- davorbadrov 8y agoI've used it on MacOS and it was great, really nice interface. Too bad there isn't a Linux option.
- paulddraper 8y ago> Modern, native, and friendly GUI tool Need to add Mac-only to that list.
- martimarkov 8y ago100% troll comment but what other OS will allow for a modern, native and friendly GUI? :D
- ch_sm 8y agoThere’s a Windows version.
- hngp 8y agoIt looks nice but what I really miss is a metabase like app with a few edit options. Anything out there? This would replace so many internal crud apps
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- hngp 8y agoI don’t mind it being a desktop app but I don’t want users specifying database connection info and having a raw database view. Metabase has admins setup the database connection and then users go through the regular email/password access. You can create all sorts of custom data views (not sql views).. hah, this sounds like an ad. So, a simple email/password protected login possibly with 2fa and then allowing operators to edit results of predefined custom views is what I’m missing. Typically this is reimplemented everywhere
- seektable 8y agowhat do you mean with 'edit options'? We have a tool similar to metabase - this is seektable.com - which also can be used for as 'database viewer' where end-user can define custom HTML formatting for each value in the table; there are no values editing yet so it is interesting to hear maybe we can add something to make this possible.
- sandis 8y agoReplaced Postico with TablePlus, mainly because needed to access MySQL databases too, and Redis support doesn't hurt. Good UI, frequent updates and the free version isn't too limiting.
- VvR-Ox 8y agoHow does it compare to Sequel Pro (https://www.sequelpro.com/ https://www.sequelpro.com/) that would make me want to pay?
- slig 8y ago> Modern, native, and friendly GUI tool for relational databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite & more For one, it's not just MySQL.
- VvR-Ox 8y agoOk basically a valid point but I think you can also access MariaDB, Postgres and others that support the common SQL standards with Sequel and it's open source.
- x11n 8y agoI've used both for some time. TablePlus has a beautiful UI and looks better than Sequel Pro for sure, but I find Sequel Pro to be more capable and easier to use. Redis support of TablePlus isn't too great either (searching on keys doesn't work), so I need to use another tool for Redis management anyway.
- bendotero 8y agoI find it generally nicer than Sequel Pro (better UI, quicker database switching). Exporting and importing are much better in Sequel Pro. I do those in SP and then switch back to TP for editing. It's also got a dark mode which looks quite good.
- sys_64738 8y agoThis is beautiful software designed and implemented right. If you do use this then don't look back at other similar tools or you'll be sorely depressed to use them. No, I don't work for this company!
- alkonaut 8y agoFast, nice looking, cross plattform. Pick any 2.
- detaro 8y agoSo one which one does this fail in your opinion?
- egeozcan 8y agoIt's on 1.5 platforms (Win version is limited and not fully released).
- KaoruAoiShiho 8y agoSighs, I've been trying to skip paying the apple tax for years but still like this still keeps in looped in.
- sigfubar 8y agoIt’s not free. See what I did there?
- JimmyAustin 8y agoCounter: Sublime Text and Sublime Merge. Though I will concede they put an extraordinary amount of work into hitting all three.
- markdog12 8y agoDid not know about merge, will def check that out, thx!
- CyberDildonics 8y agoWhat about chrome, firefox, vlc, qbittorrent, gvim, abiword, maya, sublime, sumatra pdf, obs ...
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- richardpenner 8y agoI’ve used it for a few months. It has a nice feel to it, and a few things Postico doesn’t have, such as exporting to JSON. The author is also quite responsive on GitHub and has even added a few small features I requested. Overall I find Postico to be a bit more suited to my needs, but nice to see another polished app in this space.
- drej 8y agoThis piece of software is superb. It's lightning fast, the UI is so easy to use, in terms of productivity it's super nice (small things like "copy as an insert statement"). It has been my daily driver for months now, but only for personal projects. I tried to get a license at work, but our lawyer said their EULA is a no-go :(
- joekrill 8y agoCan you elaborate on what it was about the EULA that was a problem?
- markn951 8y agoIANAL but I really don’t see anything problematic here, it’s all standard boilerplate digitally distributed software stuff. Maybe he thought the ownership clause was a little too broad? https://tableplus.io/blog/2018/01/license-agreement.html https://tableplus.io/blog/2018/01/license-agreement.html
- JshWright 8y ago> neither TablePlus nor any TablePlus’s provider makes any representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied: ... that the Application, its servers, the content, or e-mails sent from or on behalf of TablePlus are free of viruses, scripts, trojan horses, worms, malware, timebombs or other harmful components. Is that really standard boilerplate? I don't recall seeing a clause like that before.
- markn951 8y agoI mean, again I'm not a lawyer and I don't spend time reading EULAs, but to me that seems like a pretty uninteresting hold-harmless agreement that happens to specify the harms from getting hacked and distributing malware, like what happened to Transmission and Piriform.
- joekrill 8y agoMy wife is an attorney and if there is ONE thing she wishes she could make everyone understand it's that there is no such thing as a "standard" or "boilerplate" legal document.
- reustle 8y agoIs anyone aware of software like this, but web based (saas)?
- Someone1234 8y agophpMyAdmin? It is nice for free and in a few deployment scenarios. I do feel like it encourages bad practices however (e.g. not using a VPN to manage databases, but rather relying on web authentication).
- reustle 8y agoThanks, but isn't that only mysql mostly? TablePlus supports a very wide range of databases, I'm looking for a single database manager in the cloud for multiple different db types (postgres, mysql, mongo, etc).
- zubi 8y agoI use adminer for years.
- lunchables 8y agoI recommend adminer https://www.adminer.org/ https://www.adminer.org/ Also very easy to deploy via docker if you have a need.
- tobr 8y agoPrevious “Show HN” from a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16339004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16339004
- steinbring 8y agoEver since hearing about TablePlus (here), I've been using it for side projects. I tried to introduce it at work but the lack of Oracle support in the windows client was an issue.
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- rc_kas 8y agoYeah a tool like this is going to be situational for everyone.
- internalfx 8y agoawwww, no tux.
- ksahin 8y agoReally nice software, switched from Postico several months ago, no regrets. The UI is perfect, it's fast.
- tnolet 8y agoI use this on a daily basis for Postgres and some really basic Redis work. Recommended.
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- ggregoire 8y agoCan it generate ER Diagrams like DBeaver? https://github.com/dbeaver/dbeaver/wiki/ER-Diagrams https://github.com/dbeaver/dbeaver/wiki/ER-Diagrams
- anhthang 8y agoi think no feature like this currently
- varlogix 8y agoI use SequelPro for Mac (and love it!). Has anyone used both and can explain whether it is worth switching?
- s_dev 8y agoIt's worth switching. Autocomplete/autosuggest is faster, when conneting to a server they infer which credential is wrong. I guess the catch is the software isn't free -- you have to pay or access it through a paid bundle like SetApp. If you query a DB everyday though the price it's worth it. If you only need a a few queries now and again then maybe SequelPro is the better option.
- holechihieu 8y agoActually Table Plus is free to use with some limitations. You should check it out!
- exabrial 8y agoMy biggest Problem with nearly every SQL client: Expandable Tree UI Components are the bane of usability. They're slow, error prone, and a million other reasons. SequelPro is a bastion in this regard and has a simple table listing on the left side. Unfortunately, there's only one author on the project and he's pretty busy with his day job. The screenshots of TablePlus looks tree free. I'll definitely be downloading!
- emdowling 8y agoEchoing what others are saying. This is a great tool and one few new tools to enter my daily workflow in years. For a long time, I saw very little improvement in development tools, but this and Paw, an API client, have given me faith in beautiful, native Mac developer tools.
- flowerlad 8y agoHere’s a free native GUI for Oracle: http://www.pebblereports.com/sqlpal/ http://www.pebblereports.com/sqlpal/
- Nevada-Smith 8y agoTablePlus' authors should read "How white space killed an enterprise app (and why data density matters)" https://uxdesign.cc/how-white-space-killed-an-enterprise-app-and-why-data-density-matters-b3afad6a5f2a https://uxdesign.cc/how-white-space-killed-an-enterprise-app...
- Nevada-Smith 8y agoData density is particularly important for this type of application's success. My post wasn't meant to be pejorative; rather, they should read the article with the goal of improving the "data density" of their tables, and other areas.
- news_to_me 8y agoThis looks great! Bummer it has a per-seat license, instead of per-developer, though.
- joshstrange 8y agoI own TP and I like it overall. I just can't stop using Sequel Pro, it's just so damn snappy and easy to use. I need to give TP another try but it was really hard to break my habit of using Sequel Pro.
- vietvu 8y agoSequelPro for Mac and HeidiSQL for Windows. Those two are really light weight and easy to use. But for me the best id DataGrip. It's not light, but cross platform and get works done.
- joshstrange 8y agoI pay for IDEA so I could be using DataGrip (or close enough? I wish JetBrains was clearer on this). Do you it from within another IntelliJ IDE or standalone?
- bkev 8y agoIn many ways I like TablePlus, but at least on MySQL, I'm not fond that it single-quotes all data types in the "Copy Rows As > SQL Import Statement", including decimals and integers. I don't want to introduce potential data type casting errors into my export. Sequel Pro, while less advanced in other ways, doesn't do this; it properly only quotes the data types that should be quoted.
- vietvu 8y agoUsed this once but it was terrible at the time.
- altmind 8y agoCan somebody elaborate on what GUI framework this project is using? On windows, the text sometimes is so blurry that it reminds me of WPF(?)
- bwat49 8y agoIt is WPF: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18004842 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18004842