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    Microsoft Office Access Alternatives for Linux

    Microsoft Office Access is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is LibreOffice - Base, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Microsoft Office Access and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Microsoft Office Access are DBeaver (Freemium, Open Source), Symphytum (Free, Open Source), Grist (Freemium, Open Source) and Kexi (Free, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Apr 9, 2022
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    Microsoft Access, part of the Microsoft Office Suite, is a database management system for Windows that combines the...
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    1. Base is a full-featured desktop database front end, designed to meet the needs of a broad array of users, for all kinds of usages, such as keeping track of collections of objects,maintaining customer information databases,maintaining student grade and curriculum...
      LibreOffice - Base vs Microsoft Office Access opinions
      Some users think LibreOffice - Base is a great alternative to Microsoft Office Access, some don't.
      LibreOffice is the most popular office suite on Linux and the open source community. It's completely free and open source, while the latest version of Microsoft Access requires a subscription. Based on OpenOffice Base, LibreOffice Base is a popular alternative to Access.
      Top positive comment  over 4 years ago

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      Libre Office is far from MS Access. You may connect to db servers, yes, but it's not possible to design and present a well structured user interface like an commercial application, and also, the programming language, and the interface aren't enough developed to achive the strenght and the power of MS Access. (I'm a OS Lover, but I'm sorry, Access is enough one of the mosts powerful user database, which any developer may deploy wide and very strong applications.)
      Top negative comment  about 4 years ago

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      I have used this product in the past, and there are really no templates, or the templates are from the community and that is just not good enough.
      Negative comment • 6 months ago

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      Microsoft Access is for Small businesses looking to create a database without a server. Base just can't compete with that function; it's more of a glorified spreadsheet.
      Negative comment • over 3 years ago

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      LO Base does lack huge amount of user-friendly functionality which MS Access has. It is more like a LO-Writer based front-end. Very much (and very much common) tasks can only be done by including macro-code, so you have to be quite skilled in programming Base. For that it's not a good alternative to MS Access, except you just want to do simple tasks. For any more complicated tasks it's just very time-consuming.
      Negative comment • almost 4 years ago

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      Is a good alternative; even better because it uses common and more powerful databases like mysql or postgres
      Positive comment • about 5 years ago

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    2. DBeaver - Universal Database Manager and SQL Client. DBeaver is free and open source (GPL) universal database tool for developers and database administrators.
    4. Symphytum is a personal database software for everyone who desires to manage and organize data in an easy and intuitive way, without having to study complex database languages and software user interfaces.

      Discontinued

      The GitHub repository is archived, no longer maintained.

      Symphytum vs Microsoft Office Access opinions
      Some users think Symphytum is a great alternative to Microsoft Office Access, some don't.
      It is a good portable software for simple table create, data entry. It is better if it can provide more on query for different field.
      Positive comment • about 2 years ago

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      Missing lot functionalities
      Negative comment • over 1 year ago

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      It doesn't open Access DB files to convert
      Negative comment • over 4 years ago

      -3

    5. Grist

      • Freemium • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Online
      • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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      Combine the flexibility of a spreadsheet with the robustness of a database to organize your data, your way.
    6. Kexi is considered as a long awaited Open Source competitor for Microsoft Access, Filemaker and Oracle Forms.
      Kexi vs Microsoft Office Access opinions
      Some users think Kexi is a great alternative to Microsoft Office Access, some don't.
      Crashes often, lacks much of the same functionality
      Negative comment • almost 5 years ago

      3
    8. Database management solution from OpenOffice.
      Most users think Apache OpenOffice Base is a great alternative to Microsoft Office Access.

    9. VFront

      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Online
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      VFront is a dynamic front-end for MySQL or PostgreSQL databases written in PHP and Javascript. With VFront you can create forms for manage your data in AJAX style, different rules and privileges for groups, report in XML,HTML,PDF,statistics and much more.
      Some users think VFront is a great alternative to Microsoft Office Access, some don't.
    10. Matrify is the middle way between spreadsheets and industry-specific software. Use Matrify to work on tables and lists with your team, e. g.
      Matrify vs Microsoft Office Access opinions
      pros, cons and recent comments
      It is not a desktop product and does not have similar features to MS-Access.
      Negative comment • about 5 years ago

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    11. Are you looking for a simple, but flexible accounting software, capable of maintaining a database with a convenient representation and formation of documents?
      Runabase vs Microsoft Office Access opinions
      pros, cons and recent comments
      Very light and easy creation of databases.
      Positive comment • almost 3 years ago

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    12. nuBuilder is a web-based database application platform. nuBuilder can be used to make a variety of applications such as accounting or CRM systems. Any system that requires a database to store information.
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