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24 alternatives to Arctype, a cross-platform database GUI for developers and teams

Hi HN! I’m Justin, founder and CEO of Arctype, and we’re very excited to share Arctype with the community. Arctype is a cross-platform GUI (soon to be open-sourced) to manage and query your databases, with built-in collaboration and visualization. It currently supports Postgres, MySQL, and SQLite, as well as newer-generation databases like ClickHouse, PlanetScale, and Yugabyte (and more coming very soon!). Think of Arctype as “phpMyAdmin meets Postman”. Most of our team grew up learning how to program using the LAMP stack and we missed the experience of interacting with our databases using…

Arctype is a cross-platform database GUI for developers and teams to manage and query databases with built-in collaboration and visualization features. It supports Postgres, MySQL, SQLite, ClickHouse, PlanetScale, and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Arctype, a cross-platform database GUI for developers and teams launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Arctype▲492

    Supercharged SQL client for developers and teams

    2021 · clickhouse.com · its alternatives →

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    Anytype is built on the open-source AnySync protocol: a local-first protocol based on CRDTs. Users of Anytype can create spaces - graph-based databases with modular UI. Each space has unique access rights. Today, Anytype's beta is in single-player mode. Multiplayer mode, which will support local-first collaboration between multiple users, will be launched in the first half of 2024. Anytype fulfils the seven ideals of local first software from here - https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/ , our team felt these things are important to all of us: • No spinners: your work…

    2023 · anytype.io · its alternatives →

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    We just launched Outerbase Studio, the open-source version of our core database offering. It works in your browser or as a desktop app and supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite. What it does: • Connects to MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite databases. • Spin up local databases directly through the UI, even if you don’t have one running. • Manage and query your data in a lightweight, intuitive interface. • Completely open source. Why we built it: We wanted to share the core Outerbase experience with the developer community as a free, open-source tool. It’s simple, fast, and removes the barriers…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi All, I’ve been working on Aidmin for quite some time now, and finally released a beta version of it. I’ve focused most of my efforts on security, making sure that Aidmin can’t negatively impact your database. I talk about that a little bit in the Security Overview (https://github.com/aidmin-io/docs/blob/main/security-overvie...). I would love to know if Aidmin would be helpful at your workplace, and if not, why? Are there any features that are missing which would make it much more useful? Thank you for checking out the project!

    2021 · aidmin.io · its alternatives →

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    Outerbase▲298

    The interface for your database

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    One year ago I open-sourced my very first 'real' project and shared it here. I was a college student in my senior year and desperately looking for a job. At the time of sharing it i couldn't even afford a domain and naively let someone buy the one i had my eyes on lol. It's been a hell of a year with this blowing up, me moving to another country, and switching 2 jobs. In a year we somehow managed to hit 26k stars, grow a 1000+ person discord community, and support 37 languages. I couldn't be more grateful for the community that helped this grow, but now i don't know what direction to take…

    2025 · drawdb.app · its alternatives →

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    Database schema change and version control for developers

    2023 · bytebase.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey all! I released drawDB about a month ago and now it's open source. I hope you find it useful. If you want to check out the app you can go to https://drawdb.vercel.app/ . Thank you:)

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A SQL database implemented purely in TypeScript type annotations. - codemix/ts-sql

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Powerful PostgreSQL tool is now open source for self-hosting

    2021 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

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    Database diagrams editor for teams

    2025 · chartdb.io · its alternatives →

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    We've been hard at work for a few weeks and thought it's time for another update. In case you missed our first post, PostgresML is an end-to-end machine learning solution, running alongside your favorite database. This time we have more of a suite offering: project management, visibility into the datasets and the deployment pipeline decision making. Let us know what you think! Demo link is on the page, and also here: https://demo.postgresml.org

    2022 · postgresml.org · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! We just released the public alpha version of Mathesar (https://mathesar.org/, code: https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar). Mathesar is an open source tool that provides a spreadsheet-like interface to a PostgreSQL database. I was originally inspired by wanting to build something like Dabble DB. I was in awe of their user experience for working with relational data. There’s plenty of “relational spreadsheet” software out there, but I haven’t been able to find anything with a comparable UX since Twitter shut Dabble DB down. We're a non-profit…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate arduous database queries in a snap

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    DGate is fast and easy-to-use database client and SQL editor for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB and more. For desktop and web, it's open-source.

    2021 · dbgate.org · its alternatives →

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    DBeaver▲130

    A free and universal database tool

    2018 · dbeaver.io · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I’m Ignacio, founder at Basekick Labs. Over the past months I’ve been building Arc, a time-series data platform designed to combine very fast ingestion with strong analytical queries. What Arc does? Ingest via a binary MessagePack API (fast path), Compatible with Line Protocol for existing tools (Like InfluxDB, I'm ex Influxer), Store data as Parquet with hourly partitions, Query via DuckDB engine using SQL Why I built it: Many systems force you to trade retention, throughput, or complexity. I wanted something where ingestion performance doesn’t kill your analytics. Performance &…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Contribute to Z-Gort/Reservoirs-Lab development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Free database diagrams designer for analysts & developers 🛠

    2018 · dbdiagram.io · its alternatives →

  20. 20AA

    Find information, resources and relevant links for tripl.ai. This domain may be for sale.

    2021 · arc.tripl.ai · its alternatives →

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    Hello HN! My name is Paras and I am building this project called Slashbase. It's an open-source collaborative IDE for databases in browser. Connect to your database, browse data, run a bunch of queries or share queries within your team, right from your browser. Works with two types of databases: PostgreSQL and MongoDB. It's written in Golang and Nextjs React Framework and runs as a single binary. Features: - Cloud based: Setup on your server. Works in browser. - Easy to use: with minimal interface it is simple to use. - Collaborative: Works with your teams. Easy sharing queries within team.…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Start innovating your database productivity with SQLGate - Oracle, SQLServer, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, DB2, and Tibero!

    2019 · sqlgate.com · its alternatives →

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    A native GUI tool for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server & more

    2018 · tableplus.com · its alternatives →

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    RelateDB▲140

    Offline-first database schema designer in your browser

    Jan 2026 · relatedb.com · its alternatives →

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