MySQL Workbench Alternatives

The top-rated alternative to MySQL Workbench is DBeaver, which is open source with a free version. People also recommend HeidiSQL, phpMyAdmin, Beekeeper studio and TablePro Database Client. There's no shortage of Database Management Tools like MySQL Workbench, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. QueryFlow icon
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    Native macOS data IDE with Claude AI in the SQL editor, visual ETL pipelines, and scheduled jobs. Replaces DBeaver, Data Loader, and Fivetran on Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  2. Open Sqlite databases and explore the internal organisation of various objects such as schema, tables and indices. To understand how Sqlite3 data is organised, please see Database file format from Sqlite website.

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  3. tabularis icon
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    Tabularis is a free, open-source desktop database client for PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, and SQLite. Built with Rust (Tauri v2) and React, it is fast, lightweight, and designed for everyday SQL work.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. SQL Buddy icon
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    SQL Buddy is an open source web based application written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL and SQLite with the use of a Web browser. The project places an emphasis on ease of installation and a simple user interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  5. WinSQL icon
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    WinSQL is universal database management tool that can be used with any relational database to perform administrative tasks such as importing/exporting data, generating test data, reverse engineering an existing database, comparing schema and data between databases or simply...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  6. myLittleAdmin provides a reliable, efficient and secure solution to manage SQL Server databases in a (web) hosting environment that has already seduced hundreds of hosting providers and IT companies.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
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  7. SQLantern icon
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    SQLantern is a database tool designed for high productivity, with a fresh concept: displaying multiple database tables side by side in separate panels.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. Percona Toolkit is a collection of advanced open source command-line tools, to perform a variety of MySQL®, MongoDB® and system tasks that are too difficult or complex to perform manually. Before being acquired by Percona it was know as Maatkit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. SnapQL icon
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    AI-powered Postgres client.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • npm
    • PostgreSQL
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  10. Slashbase icon
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    Slashbase is an open-source in-browser database IDE for your dev/data workflows. Use Slashbase to connect to any of your database, browse data and schema, write, run and save queries, create charts, right from your browser. Supports PostgreSQL and MongoDB.

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  11. PDOCrud icon
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    PDOCrud is a CRUD application generator for PHP and Mysql, Pgsql and Sqlite database. Generate insert/update/view forms with grid display of data by writing 2 lines of code.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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