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“The SQL Editor and Database Manager Of Your Dreams A [cross platform] modern, easy to use, and good looking SQL client for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server

“The SQL Editor and Database Manager Of Your Dreams A [cross platform] modern, easy to use, and good looking SQL client for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server, and more.”

ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
Did you have anything to add to that?
- code_biologist 3y ago
  It wasn't obvious to me what this software was when posted. The original HN title was "Beekeeper Studio 4.0 - Import. backup, restore, and bigquery" which implies it's a backup solution for bigquery. The HN title was edited to include "SQL editor" after my comment. Do you see anywhere in the linked release notes where it explains what Beekeeper Studio is? I discovered it's more than a SQL backup and restore solution and I figured others would want to know instead of making everyone click a bunch.
  - ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
    Ah, much appreciated. +1 for descriptive titles (which are far from a universal norm here)
  - rathboma 3y ago
    Oh, yeah sorry for the terrible title :-/.
Semaphor 3y ago
Anyone care to say what the pros & cons vs JetBrain’s DataGrip are?
- mekster 3y ago
  DataGrip is heavy. It takes seconds to launch and while it must be quite feature complete, the interface is cluttered. Currently using TablePlus and while I have a few problems with it, it's snappy and mostly fine. Tried Beekeeper some years ago but might as well try again.
- rathboma 3y ago
  Hey! I'm the creator of Beekeeper Studio. It's a similar value proposition as VSCode/Sublime Text vs IntelliJ. If you are in a database all day and need a big beefy IDE, Beekeeper Studio isn't for you. I built Beekeeper Studio because I wanted an easy to use and intuitive GUI. I'm not a DBA, so using DBeaver or DataGrip required me to basically re-learn the whole app every time I used it, which I didn't have the patience for. Hope that helps add some context :-)
- slim 3y ago
  it's opensource https://github.com/beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio https://github.com/beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio
  - Semaphor 3y ago
    The community edition, which lacks some features.
  - OJFord 3y ago
    DBeaver has the same open source 'community' version model. Beekeeper seems like a less clunky, but also much less featureful alternative. I mean that in a good way really, I quite like the idea of 'slightly more than psql' (but not too much), as long as it's fast/lightweight.
- SPBS 3y ago
  DataGrip isn't Electron

“The SQL Editor and Database Manager Of Your Dreams A [cross platform] modern, easy to use, and good looking SQL client for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server, and more.”

ShadowBanThis01 3y ago

Did you have anything to add to that?

code_biologist 3y ago
It wasn't obvious to me what this software was when posted. The original HN title was "Beekeeper Studio 4.0 - Import. backup, restore, and bigquery" which implies it's a backup solution for bigquery. The HN title was edited to include "SQL editor" after my comment. Do you see anywhere in the linked release notes where it explains what Beekeeper Studio is? I discovered it's more than a SQL backup and restore solution and I figured others would want to know instead of making everyone click a bunch.
- ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
  Ah, much appreciated. +1 for descriptive titles (which are far from a universal norm here)
- rathboma 3y ago
  Oh, yeah sorry for the terrible title :-/.

Semaphor 3y ago

Anyone care to say what the pros & cons vs JetBrain’s DataGrip are?

mekster 3y ago
DataGrip is heavy. It takes seconds to launch and while it must be quite feature complete, the interface is cluttered. Currently using TablePlus and while I have a few problems with it, it's snappy and mostly fine. Tried Beekeeper some years ago but might as well try again.
rathboma 3y ago
Hey! I'm the creator of Beekeeper Studio. It's a similar value proposition as VSCode/Sublime Text vs IntelliJ. If you are in a database all day and need a big beefy IDE, Beekeeper Studio isn't for you. I built Beekeeper Studio because I wanted an easy to use and intuitive GUI. I'm not a DBA, so using DBeaver or DataGrip required me to basically re-learn the whole app every time I used it, which I didn't have the patience for. Hope that helps add some context :-)
slim 3y ago
it's opensource https://github.com/beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio https://github.com/beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio
- Semaphor 3y ago
  The community edition, which lacks some features.
- OJFord 3y ago
  DBeaver has the same open source 'community' version model. Beekeeper seems like a less clunky, but also much less featureful alternative. I mean that in a good way really, I quite like the idea of 'slightly more than psql' (but not too much), as long as it's fast/lightweight.
SPBS 3y ago
DataGrip isn't Electron