Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to CoreData Studio

SQLite data viewer/editor and CoreData model diff tracker

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   Base, an SQLite database editor for macOS▲693

   I recently released v3 of Base, my SQLite editor for macOS. The goal of this app is to provide a comfortable native GUI for SQLite, without it turning into a massive IDE-style app. The coolest features are - That it can handle full altering of tables, which is quite finicky to do manually with SQLite. - It has a more detailed display of column constraints than most editors. Each constraint is shown as an icon if active, with full details available on clicking the icon. This update also adds support for attaching databases, which is a bit fiddly with macOS sandboxing. I'd love to hear any…

   2025 · menial.co.uk · its alternatives →

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   SQLite disk page explorer▲288

   Visual tool to explore SQLite databases page-by-page, the way they're stored on disk and the way SQLite sees them. - QuadrupleA/sqlite-page-explorer

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Data Scout▲9

   SwiftData and CoreData debugging, made simple.

   2025 · data-scout.pages.dev · its alternatives →

4. 4
   SQLite Database Explorer▲188

   SQLite database explorer

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   SwiftData – A SQLite library in Swift▲48

   Simple and Effective SQLite Handling in Swift. Contribute to ryanfowler/SwiftData development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Xcode 7.0▲280

   Swift 2 and SDKs for iOS 9, watchOS 2, and OS X 10.11

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   SwiftUI Inspector▲139

   Export your designs to SwiftUI code

   2020 · swiftui.ai · its alternatives →

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   Core Data Lab

   Full-featured Core Data viewer and editor

   2024 · betamagic.nl · its alternatives →

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   Data Diff – compare tables of any size across databases▲127

   Gleb, Alex, Erez and Simon here – we are building an open-source tool for comparing data within and across databases at any scale. The repo is at https://github.com/datafold/data-diff, and our home page is https://datafold.com/. As a company, Datafold builds tools for data engineers to automate the most tedious and error-prone tasks falling through the cracks of the modern data stack, such as data testing and lineage. We launched two years ago with a tool for regression-testing changes to ETL code…

   2022 · its alternatives →

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    Outerbase Studio – Open-Source Database GUI▲356

    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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    Mode Studio▲366

    A complete analytical toolkit, free forever

    2018 · mode.com · its alternatives →

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    Inspect▲206

    Inspect and debug your web apps on iOS & Android devices

    2020 · inspect.dev · its alternatives →

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    Inspect – DevTool to debug Safari and WebViews on iOS devices▲75

    Agent-first mobile web debugging for iOS and Android. Give Claude, Codex, Cursor, and other coding agents real-device DOM, console, network, and screenshots.

    2020 · inspect.dev · its alternatives →

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    iOS 12 GUI▲247

    Free collection of UI components and screens of iOS 12

    2018 · files.design · its alternatives →

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    iOS 11 GUI for iPhone X and iPhone 8▲253

    Fresh screens from iOS 11 for Sketch & Figma

    2017 · iosdesignkit.io · its alternatives →

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    Kaleidoscope 5.0▲143

    The leading diff and merge app for Mac developers

    2024 · kaleidoscope.app · its alternatives →

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    Glance▲81

    Preview .md files instantly with quick look

    May 2026 · glance.md · its alternatives →

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    FluentDB▲275

    The AI database client for Mac

    Jul 2026 · fluentdb.ai · its alternatives →

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    LatticeDB – Like SQLite but for graph databases▲190

    We have been using graph DBs more and more at work. I found them painful to work with locally and decided to try and build something better.

    Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    dataTile for Simulator▲88

    Forget debugging in the console

    2023 · underplot.com · its alternatives →

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    Kaleidoscope 2.4▲135

    World’s most powerful file comparison app

    2021 · kaleidoscope.app · its alternatives →

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    Hamilton's UI – observability, lineage, and catalog for data pipelines▲40

    Hey HN – Stefan and Elijah here from DAGWorks (http://dagworks.io/, YC W23). If you don’t remember us from our previous HN launch (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35056903), we’re the authors of Hamilton (https://github.com/dagworks-inc/hamilton), an open-source library for building self-documenting, modular dataflows in python that works for data, ML, LLM pipelines, & even web-workflows. We’ve been developing this UI for a while and we’re excited to say we open-sourced it! It comes out of the box with the following capabilities, and…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ditData▲83

    No-code data automation platform for startups & SMBs

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    data-diff▲63

    Compare tables of any size across databases

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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