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

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

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Post by zenexer »

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 one

- CLI clients plus a decent text editor: what I always end up falling back to; daily driver at the moment

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

#42

Post by jacek »

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…

I would also recommend DBeaver[1]. Cross-platform with really nice features.

[1] https://dbeaver.io/

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

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Post by jacek »

rathboma wrote: post #2

Hey folks, This is a passion project from myself and a friend. Been looking for a slick and easy to use SQL client on Linux for a while (I wanted basically Sequel Pro, on Linux, for PSQL). Couldn't find what I wanted, so we made one ourselves. It's built on Electron using Vue.js - I know HN opinions on electron apps, but I've been surprised on how snappy the app is. It's fully open source (MIT), cross-platform (Linux…

Thank you for your work. I just installed your app and it is working well.

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

#45

Post by Semaphor »

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…

> - DataGrip: bulky, slow, bugs never get fixed, non-FOSS

Bugs linger indeed and non-FOSS is obvious.

If by bulky, you mean start-up time (or resource usage which I don’t really care about), I agree, same as with all other JetBrains tools.

But slow? Everything is so fast, much faster than SQL Manager Studio or Heidi SQL (which I just tried). Autocompletion for fields, tables, SPs, everything is lightning fast and always more context appropriate than any other solution I tried.

I just checked Azure Data Studio as well and while completion was as quick, it wasn’t as context-appropriate and query results took far longer to display.

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

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Post by nkkollaw »

Looks great. Sequel Pro you mentioned is by far the best on Mac, none of the clients on Windows or Linux I tried even come close.

This is great, and badly needed IMHO—specially if one can use a single app for both MySQL and SQL Server (Beaver DB is a usability nightmare).

The name will put off a lot of people. To be honest, if someone in a team said "we should replace all our SQL clients with Beekeeper!" the first reaction would be to laugh at the name—which is not good. "SQL Keeper", "SQL Vault", "Sequalize", or anything like that would make people take the project more seriously.

Congrats!

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

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Post by jmngomes »

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…

DBeaver is great as a mature cross platform sql editor, and packs a lot of db design and management tools: https://dbeaver.io

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

#48

Post by nickreese »

nickreese wrote: post #11

Nice. Excited to try it out. Been using Postico for a while and having to hit a keybind for auto complete suggestions has been a drag.

Got a chance to play with it.

* Look into your JSON/JSONB column support. Right now it just returns [object Object].

* I dig the tab interface.

* I REALLY like the summary view when you expand the table on the left.

* Select auto complete wasn't working very well for me even with the table defined and ctrl+space was offering completely problemsome options.

Excited to keep playing with it. Going to test it as a daily driver.

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

#49

Post by phoyd »

jacek wrote: post #42
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…

I would also recommend DBeaver[1]. Cross-platform with really nice features. [1] https://dbeaver.io/

I second this recommendation. DBeaver is great and will work with almost every RDBMS you'll ever encounter.
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