{"slug": "dbeaver", "name": "DBeaver", "category": "databases", "category_name": "Databases", "description": "", "recommenders": 2, "commenters": 5, "warners": 0, "score": 2.478, "rising": -0.65, "first": "2025-11-30", "latest": "2026-10-22", "why": "I switched to dbeaver already anyway, because pgadmin was annoying about to which postgres versions it could connect.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 2, "neutral": 2, "compare": 1, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": false, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I switched to dbeaver already anyway, because pgadmin was annoying about to which postgres versions it could connect.", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["DBeaver"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 773136867, "item_id": 48321054, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48321054", "by": "articsputnik", "date": "2026-05-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "But HeidiSQL and DBeaver are great, and open source", "excerpt": "I use neovim for querying my databases with DBUI and tpope dadbod :) https://www.ssp.sh/brain/query-databases-in-vim-vim-dadbod/ But HeidiSQL and DBeaver are great, and open source (DBeaver even has a vim integration too;)", "context": "", "use_case": "database management", "switched_from": "", "story": "HeidiSQL \u2013 Lightweight MariaDB, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL and SQLite Manager"}, {"id": 757202928, "item_id": 47325183, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47325183", "by": "panzi", "date": "2026-03-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to dbeaver already anyway, because pgadmin was annoying about to which postgres versions it could connect.", "excerpt": "Yeah, no thanks. I switched to dbeaver already anyway, because pgadmin was annoying about to which postgres versions it could connect. Too much of a hassle to setup a new version from source back when I tried. With dbeaver I just run ./dbeaver from the extracted .tag.gz. dbeaver is also not a web interface, but a real desktop application (Java, though).", "context": "", "use_case": "PostgreSQL client", "switched_from": "pgAdmin", "story": "PgAdmin 4 9.13 with AI Assistant Panel"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["sql client", "database management", "postgresql client", "db ide", "database client"], "compared": [{"slug": "duckdb", "name": "DuckDB", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "datagrip", "name": "DataGrip", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181136", "title": "DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS \u201cCinnamon Teal\u201d", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48318568", "title": "HeidiSQL \u2013 Lightweight MariaDB, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL and SQLite Manager", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47322033", "title": "PgAdmin 4 9.13 with AI Assistant Panel", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46546419", "title": "SQL Studio", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46078571", "title": "Show HN: DB Pro \u2013 A Modern Desktop Client for Postgres, MySQL, SQLite and LibSQL", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"compare": 1}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"neutral": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 803103089, "item_id": 50193943, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50193943", "by": "Nihilartikel", "date": "2026-10-22", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "With a duckdb session in dbeaver, I can literally select, project, and join the files on disk as if they were tables.", "excerpt": "It's a really good daily multitool for data. E.g. I often have to do work on multiple csv and excel files, joins and filters etc. I hate excel but am fine with SQL. With a duckdb session in dbeaver, I can literally select, project, and join the files on disk as if they were tables. It saves so much time and fuss For bigger integrations I use it as a trino alternative. If I have to combine multiple data sources I'll w", "context": "", "use_case": "SQL client", "switched_from": "", "story": "DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS \u201cCinnamon Teal\u201d"}, {"id": 773136867, "item_id": 48321054, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48321054", "by": "articsputnik", "date": "2026-05-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "But HeidiSQL and DBeaver are great, and open source", "excerpt": "I use neovim for querying my databases with DBUI and tpope dadbod :) https://www.ssp.sh/brain/query-databases-in-vim-vim-dadbod/ But HeidiSQL and DBeaver are great, and open source (DBeaver even has a vim integration too;)", "context": "", "use_case": "database management", "switched_from": "", "story": "HeidiSQL \u2013 Lightweight MariaDB, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL and SQLite Manager"}, {"id": 757202928, "item_id": 47325183, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47325183", "by": "panzi", "date": "2026-03-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to dbeaver already anyway, because pgadmin was annoying about to which postgres versions it could connect.", "excerpt": "Yeah, no thanks. I switched to dbeaver already anyway, because pgadmin was annoying about to which postgres versions it could connect. Too much of a hassle to setup a new version from source back when I tried. With dbeaver I just run ./dbeaver from the extracted .tag.gz. dbeaver is also not a web interface, but a real desktop application (Java, though).", "context": "", "use_case": "PostgreSQL client", "switched_from": "pgAdmin", "story": "PgAdmin 4 9.13 with AI Assistant Panel"}, {"id": 744822018, "item_id": 46551376, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46551376", "by": "robowo", "date": "2026-01-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "The alternatives like DBeaver are ok but not that great as well.", "excerpt": "This looks cool and it hits a niche. There are suprisingly few good IDEs for DB work. I use DuckDB a lot for analytics tasks mostly in DataGrip but its not great. The alternatives like DBeaver are ok but not that great as well.", "context": "", "use_case": "DB IDE", "switched_from": "", "story": "SQL Studio"}, {"id": 737608064, "item_id": 46100504, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46100504", "by": "japborst", "date": "2025-11-30", "stance": "compare", "quote": "dbeaver was the best, but it's so so ugly and old.", "excerpt": "Love this! Finally something happening in this space. dbeaver was the best, but it's so so ugly and old. I love Datagrip, but no free version. Please have good formatting of SQL queries - like Datagrip. Very little open source SQL formatters out there, so might require something custom. And very much waiting for Snowflake support (incl. OAuth)", "context": "", "use_case": "database client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: DB Pro \u2013 A Modern Desktop Client for Postgres, MySQL, SQLite and LibSQL"}]}