phpMyAdmin is described as 'Tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. Currently it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields' and is a very popular database management tool in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to phpMyAdmin for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best phpMyAdmin alternative is DBeaver, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like phpMyAdmin are Adminer, MySQL Workbench, HeidiSQL and Beekeeper studio.