When comparing Sqlectron vs DbGate, the Slant community recommends Sqlectron for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform GUI tools for DBMS?” Sqlectron is ranked 7th while DbGate is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Sqlectron is:
Sqlectron supports PostgreSQL, MySQL (and MariaDB), MSSQL Server, SQLite, and Cassandra.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Built-in support for major databases
Sqlectron supports PostgreSQL, MySQL (and MariaDB), MSSQL Server, SQLite, and Cassandra.
Pro Multi database
Supports Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB.
Pro Cross platform
Windows, Linux or Mac.
Pro Open Source
MIT License.
Pro Supports NoSQL for free, unlike Dbeaver
Pro SQL generator
Pro Fast exports
Even when exporting large datasets.
Pro Diagrams
Cons
Con Unmaintained
The creator stopped working on the project, it is in need of maintainers.
Con Written in Electron
Con Only installable through npm
Horrible package manager that is not allowed on our servers.
Con No plugins
Con Buggy
Sqlectron is installable and that's about it. You can't actually add servers to connect to in the app, making it a 200 MB paperweight.