Show HN: Beekeeper Studio – open-source, cross-platform SQL client • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Beekeeper Studio – open-source, cross-platform SQL client

#131

Post by db579 » Fri, May 08, 2020, 7:49 PM UTC

Lapland wrote: post #61

zenexer wrote: post #41

Very cool! I’ve been looking for a decent cross-platform SQL client for a while, so I can’t wait to try this out tomorrow. In case anyone is curious, here’s what I’ve tried so far: - DataGrip: bulky, slow, bugs never get fixed, non-FOSS - Azure Data Studio: great interface, but no MySQL or SQLite support - phpMyAdmin: clumsy, lacking in features, requires a web server—I’m really not the target demographic for this on…

TablePlus is my favorite one after trying most of those https://tableplus.com/

I also think TablePlus is the best option by far right now, although sadly not open source - would be great if they'd consider Open Sourcing at least the code base licences have already expired passed for.

This looks like a great contender though. Would be useful to have a few more filter options.

Re: Show HN: Beekeeper Studio – open-source, cross-platform SQL client

#132

Post by db579 » Fri, May 08, 2020, 7:54 PM UTC

CaveTech wrote: post #5

Nice work! I primarily use TablePlus, but it's lack of support for saved queries is a big downside, this could be great for that use case. A couple of UX things I've noticed, do with them what you will ;) - When clicking on a table, the more common expectation for me is for it to open that table in a new tab, or switch to an open tab already using that table. The dropdown with columns is nice, but feels secondary. -…

Agree with the table click expectation. Was surprised to find that didn't take me to table data.

Re: Show HN: Beekeeper Studio – open-source, cross-platform SQL client

#133

Post by heliodor » Sat, May 09, 2020, 2:39 PM UTC

Lapland wrote: post #122

heliodor wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Once they publish the docs for how to build plugins, TablePlus is going to be the obvious choice. I can't wait for my database browser to have charting!

Did not know that was in the works, sounds awesome :)

They have a few plugins available on GitHub so you can copy and adapt and intuit some of the API but I did not see docs available a few weeks ago when I looked.

Re: Show HN: Beekeeper Studio – open-source, cross-platform SQL client

#134

Post by sam_goody » Sat, May 09, 2020, 8:03 PM UTC

sam_goody wrote: post #108

For anyone chancing on this thread, here's my recap. Note that I have little experience with these, so am trying to summarize, not give my own verdict. Competition: - DataGrip (~$150/yr, Clunky, Powerful) - TablePlus ($50, Pretty, Useful) - DBeaver (Free version, Clunky, Powerful) - SQuirrel (Free, Clunky, Usable) - Heidi (Free, Clunky, Usable) - Postico ($40, Pretty, Mac + Postgres only) - http://sequeljoe.ohwg.net…

Correction, since it is after the edit window:

Datagrip is indeed cheaper for non Enterprise users, at 53/year from the 3rd year, especially as they have a discount for users of competing software.

A few more, not mentioned in this thread:

- Valentina Studio - https://www.valentina-db.com/en/valentina-studio-overview (Freemium, Pretty)

- Workbench - https://www.mysql.com/products/workbench (Free, Pretty, Mysql)

- DBForge - https://www.devart.com/dbforge/mysql/studio/editions.html (Freemium, Mysql Only)

- Aqua Studio - https://www.aquafold.com ($500, Clunky)

- Navicat Premium ($599, Pretty, has good reputation)

- POPSql - https://popsql.com (12/Mo., Pretty)

I'm sure there are more!

Re: Show HN: Beekeeper Studio – open-source, cross-platform SQL client

#135

Post by markdown » Tue, May 12, 2020, 2:43 AM UTC

agustif wrote: post #75

markdown wrote: post #53

And here I am working on a Beekeeping app that I was going to call that. I guess I'll call it SQL Studio instead.

Hive.app is taken too?

There's a domain squatter sitting on it demanding a minimum of $10k.