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DBeaver vs Adminer

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When comparing DBeaver vs Adminer, the Slant community recommends DBeaver for most people. In the question“What are the best GUI tools for PostgreSQL on Windows?” DBeaver is ranked 1st while Adminer is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose DBeaver is:

Supported on Windows (2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10), Linux, Mac OS and Solaris (x86).

Specs

Database managementPostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, IBM DB2, SQL Server, Access, Sybase, Firebird, Derby (JavaDB), SQLite, Mimer, HSQLDB, H2, IBM Informix, Teradata, SAP MAX DB, Cache, Ingres, Linter, Vertica, MongoDB, Cassandra, ODBC, Any JDBC compliant data source

PlatformsWindows, Linux, MacOS

TechnologyJava

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Pros

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Cross-platform

Supported on Windows (2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10), Linux, Mac OS and Solaris (x86).

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Free

It is licensed under GPL v2.

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Works for many types of databases

MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Sybase, Java DB (Derby), Firebird (Interbase), Derby (JavaDB), SQLite, Mimer, HSQLDB, H2, IBM Informix, Teradata, SAP MAX DB, Cache, Ingres, Linter, Vertica, MongoDB, Cassandra, ODBC, Any JDBC compliant data source.

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Follow foreign key to their primary key

If you have a table with a foreign key you can click on it to see the table row where this key references to.

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Formatted text view

It has the classic grid view and a well-organized text view that you can quick-select with CTRL-A.

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Easy to use, clean neat inteface

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Lightweight

The installation and Adminer itself only requires a single PHP file. Once it's uploaded you can log in and start using it.

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Supports more than MySQL

It supports several database management systems (Postgres, SQLite, Oracle, MS SQL and of course MySQL).

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Database views

Anyone who uses the views function will appreciate Adminer better. You can click on a view and edit to change the view. In phpMyAdmin, you can edit a view, but it's not easy or intuitive. SQL Buddy doesn't have any way of doing this.