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What does this offer over sqlitebrowser? https://sqlitebrowser.org/ https://sqlitebrowser.org/

jen20 1y ago
A nicer user interface. Personally I use datagrip but I want to encourage real native Mac software so will likely buy this anyway.
Gelob 1y ago
wondering the same thing
colesantiago 1y ago
sqlitebrowser is 100% open source, cross platform and free. I don't think Base is at all and only supports macOS
p_ing 1y ago
Prettier UI?
WhitneyLand 1y ago
Base is nicely done, I’ve found it worthwhile over other options.
vsl 1y ago
Polish and decent UI...
- packetlost 1y ago
  I find the sqlitebrowser UI to be perfectly fine. It's not pretty, but it's a tool so who cares.
  - dewey 1y ago
    People care about the tools they are using a lot and spend a great deal of time on finding the perfect knife, the perfect editor, the perfect scissors.
  - latexr 1y ago
    > It's not pretty, but it's a tool so who cares. People who care about their tools. If I have to stare at it all day, being pleasant on the eyes is a feature. If every time I grab my tool I think “urk, this is so ugly”, it affects my flow.
__bb 1y ago
To my (biased) mind the advantages are: - It fits with the system better and behaves more like other macOS apps - I believe Base has better create/alter table support However Base doesn’t (currently) have support for SQLCipher.
- cosmic_cheese 1y ago
  Just to expand on the “behavior” bit, there’s a truckload of little things that native AppKit apps get you that nothing else will, not even other “native” toolkits like Qt. Things like Option-clicking a disclosure triangle in a nested list expanding/collapsing all children recursively, which one comes to use frequently and misses when absent. Foreign toolkits have spotty coverage of that kind of thing if they implement any at all. As much as visually fitting in is important, behavior is perhaps bigger. Anybody who’s working on the Mac port of a cross platform toolkit would do well to replicate those little bits.
  - harikb 1y ago
    Wow! I just discovered option-click in Finder -- unrelated to sqlite :o . Thank you! thank you!
mrtksn 1y ago
Unfortunately sqlite browser was too unstable for me. I purchased another app just because I can’t stand crashing apps.
KlayLay 1y ago
In my experience, DB Browser for SQLite keeps the connection open in a way where an application that accesses the database may throw a lock error. Maybe it can be configured, but I haven't had that issue with Base.

A nicer user interface. Personally I use datagrip but I want to encourage real native Mac software so will likely buy this anyway.

Gelob 1y ago

wondering the same thing

colesantiago 1y ago

sqlitebrowser is 100% open source, cross platform and free. I don't think Base is at all and only supports macOS

p_ing 1y ago

Prettier UI?

WhitneyLand 1y ago

Base is nicely done, I’ve found it worthwhile over other options.

vsl 1y ago

Polish and decent UI...

packetlost 1y ago
I find the sqlitebrowser UI to be perfectly fine. It's not pretty, but it's a tool so who cares.
- dewey 1y ago
  People care about the tools they are using a lot and spend a great deal of time on finding the perfect knife, the perfect editor, the perfect scissors.
- latexr 1y ago
  > It's not pretty, but it's a tool so who cares. People who care about their tools. If I have to stare at it all day, being pleasant on the eyes is a feature. If every time I grab my tool I think “urk, this is so ugly”, it affects my flow.

__bb 1y ago

To my (biased) mind the advantages are: - It fits with the system better and behaves more like other macOS apps - I believe Base has better create/alter table support However Base doesn’t (currently) have support for SQLCipher.

cosmic_cheese 1y ago
Just to expand on the “behavior” bit, there’s a truckload of little things that native AppKit apps get you that nothing else will, not even other “native” toolkits like Qt. Things like Option-clicking a disclosure triangle in a nested list expanding/collapsing all children recursively, which one comes to use frequently and misses when absent. Foreign toolkits have spotty coverage of that kind of thing if they implement any at all. As much as visually fitting in is important, behavior is perhaps bigger. Anybody who’s working on the Mac port of a cross platform toolkit would do well to replicate those little bits.
- harikb 1y ago
  Wow! I just discovered option-click in Finder -- unrelated to sqlite :o . Thank you! thank you!

mrtksn 1y ago

Unfortunately sqlite browser was too unstable for me. I purchased another app just because I can’t stand crashing apps.

KlayLay 1y ago

In my experience, DB Browser for SQLite keeps the connection open in a way where an application that accesses the database may throw a lock error. Maybe it can be configured, but I haven't had that issue with Base.