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Re: Show HN: TablePlus – A macOS client for relational databases

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

awinder wrote: post #26
listenallyall wrote: post #24

Sorry but I'm gonna rain on your parade here. DBVisualizer already runs on Windows/Mac/Linux, connects to more databases, and implements just about every feature you're currently working on, plus all the ones you'll excitedly announce in the next few years -- like exporting data, query parameters, source table editing, charts, result set search, command-line interface, etc. https://www.dbvis.com/features/ Your screen…

To my eyes, dbvisualizer and databasespy are never going to have native look and feel on OSX and I’m going to feel like their UI is inferior because of it. Maybe they’re more powerful & established right now especially but I used Sequel Pro when I was using MySQL for the same reason. This tool seems great for people like me who see good OSX experience as table stakes.

> To my eyes, dbvisualizer and databasespy are never going to have native look and feel on OSX and I’m going to feel like their UI is inferior because of it.

I'm having trouble understanding this thought process. Are you saying you'd pick a truly inferior tool that looks good on a Mac to a superior tool that looks inferior because of the UI?

Re: Show HN: TablePlus – A macOS client for relational databases

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Post by pjmlp »

BerislavLopac wrote: post #21
pjmlp wrote: post #20

Looks quite nice. Currently stuck on pgAdmin 1.22, as I won't touch the "modern" Electron version of it.

I've recently discovered DBeaver, and am quite happy with it. https://dbeaver.jkiss.org/

Thanks, I will have a look into it.

Re: Show HN: TablePlus – A macOS client for relational databases

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Post by FanaHOVA »

andrew_wc_brown wrote: post #33

Navicat has a high price tag but its still a better tool and I wish everyday if I had to use a GUI it could be Navicat over TablePlus. TablePlus looks good but its design is confusing and downright stupid.

> TablePlus looks good but its design is confusing and downright stupid.

Thanks for the great insight!

Next time try to articulate your point, the team is here and I bet they'd love to know how they can improve their design.

Re: Show HN: TablePlus – A macOS client for relational databases

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Post by eerikkivistik »

modernerd wrote: post #16

https://tableplus.io/ for those who want to try it without reading the launch post. Mac-only, Windows version planned. Free to download with paid upgrades giving more features: https://tableplus.io/pricing . Looks like a good potential alternative to https://www.sequelpro.com/ (Mac and MySQL -only, donationware).

If it works as advertised, this might be one of the most pleasant surprises in a while. Will try it now. Been looking for a good alternative to pgAdmin.

Edit: Tried it out and it works really well from first impressions. Would definitely recommend trying it out as an alternative to pgAdmin.

Re: Show HN: TablePlus – A macOS client for relational databases

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Post by beojan »

lchsk wrote: post #43
jarnix wrote: post #40

They complain about Sequel Pro but TablePlus is limited to Mac :(

Excuse my shameless plug but I'm working on a Linux desktop client for postgres: https://sanchosql.com Maybe someone will find it useful

You're working on a GTK client for Postgres.

Let's not forget that KDE exists, nor that you can use GTK on non-Linux platforms (I'm thinking of the BSDs here).

Re: Show HN: TablePlus – A macOS client for relational databases

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Post by 1_player »

Thanks! I love Sequel Pro but multi-clause filters are a pain with it, and I'm never able to save my queries and have them available the next time I use the app.

Great job, I'll probably buy it after a few weeks of testing!

EDIT: love the commit feature. Not a fan of the cloud account thing, but the app still works without creating any.

Re: Show HN: TablePlus – A macOS client for relational databases

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Post by _xnmw »

Awesome! I can't believe it took this long for someone to get it right! Support for Redis too?! Finally! Navicat is great, but very expensive, and its Mac implementation is a bit slow and buggy in my experience. Definitely not a first-class citizen on Mac. DataGrip is my primary tool right now, and I had no complaints, except that it was also slow on Mac, and had no Redis support, or table structure editing. And you've solved all of that! One small tip: Advertise the WHERE filter more prominently on the homepage. Fast WHERE filtering/column selection is crucial to a productive workflow, but it took me a while to find it on your interface.

Re: Show HN: TablePlus – A macOS client for relational databases

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Post by LaGrange »

JustSomeNobody wrote: post #41
awinder wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To my eyes, dbvisualizer and databasespy are never going to have native look and feel on OSX and I’m going to feel like their UI is inferior because of it. Maybe they’re more powerful & established right now especially but I used Sequel Pro when I was using MySQL for the same reason. This tool seems great for people like me who see good OSX experience as table stakes.

> To my eyes, dbvisualizer and databasespy are never going to have native look and feel on OSX and I’m going to feel like their UI is inferior because of it. I'm having trouble understanding this thought process. Are you saying you'd pick a truly inferior tool that looks good on a Mac to a superior tool that looks inferior because of the UI?

This matters. The dbvis interface looks like a misclick waiting to happen. I seriously prefer using plain psql over tools with that much noise. If it doesn't improve visibility, it can GTFO.

Seriously, I have access to all the fancy features already. I need a tool that will make the usual stuff - table introspection, mostly - easier and more pleasant. If I need to export some stuff, nine times out of ten I'll do it in Python anyway.

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