DBeaver
Apache-2.0 universal SQL client for 100+ databases
Databases / Data · Apache-2.0 · 52.1k
Reviewed 2026-10-18 · last push 2026-10-19 · repo checked 2026-10-19
What's Good
Apache-2.0 (dbeaver/dbeaver), release 26.2.2 (2026-10-04), developed since 2015. More than 100 drivers out of the box, a schema editor, SQL editor with execution plans, data import/export and migration, dashboards, a spatial data viewer, SSH tunnels and proxies, plus built-in AI chat for SQL. OpenJDK 25 ships in every download, so there is nothing else to install. ★~52.1k.
The Catch
It is a big Java desktop app: startup and memory use are heavier than native clients like TablePlus or a terminal client. Some NoSQL connectors, cloud features and team tooling sit in the paid DBeaver PRO editions, so the free Community edition is relational-first. The UI is dense.
Verdict
The one free SQL client that connects to everything — heavy, but hard to beat on coverage.
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