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24 alternatives to PG Commander

modern PostgreSQL Client for your Mac

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PG Commander launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Postquel▲70

   A fast, native PostgreSQL client for macOS, with an AI assistant that uses the Claude Code, Codex or Cursor account already on your Mac.

   16d ago · frizky.dev · its alternatives →

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   I made a PostgreSQL GUI for the Mac: PG Commander▲5

   2013 · eggerapps.at · its alternatives →

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   pgMagic – a Mac Postgres client that lets you query in natural language▲49

   Hi HN. This is a project I've been building for the last month. It's a macOS postgres client that uses your OpenAI key to generate and immediately execute queries against your database locally on your machine. I imagine the user being someone familiar with SQL and able to identify errors in the generated code, but regularly needs to write queries to answer relatively simple questions. This is my first software project I'm intending on selling myself and would love feedback on the product and landing page. I'd also love ideas on how to market it to users, as I'm very new to this. In the near…

   2023 · pgmagic.app · its alternatives →

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   PSequel – a free PostgreSQL GUI Tool for Mac OS X▲247

   Happy Cyber Monday!

   2014 · psequel.com · its alternatives →

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   Pgcli – A CLI for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting▲227

   2015 · pgcli.com · its alternatives →

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   pgweb▲78

   Web-based PostgreSQL database browser

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   pg_flame – flamegraph visualizations of PostgreSQL query plans▲321

   A flamegraph generator for Postgres EXPLAIN ANALYZE output. - mgartner/pg_flame

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Postgres.js – Fastest Full-Featured PostgreSQL Client for Node and Deno▲257

   Postgres.js - The Fastest full featured PostgreSQL client for Node.js, Deno, Bun and CloudFlare - porsager/postgres

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Software Engineering Daily - Scaling PostgreSQL▲70

   A look at modern database approaches and how Citus scales PG

   2016 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →

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    Open Source PostgreSQL Studio▲407

    Powerful PostgreSQL tool is now open source for self-hosting

    2021 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

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    Postgres as a VectorDB GUI▲162

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

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PGAdmin ▲5

    Management tools for PostgreSQL

    2015 · pgadmin.org · its alternatives →

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    pgcmd – An alternative to psql with JSON output▲76

    Non-interactive PostgreSQL query tool. Contribute to soheilpro/pgcmd development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Citus▲121

    Turn Postgres into a scale-out distributed database

    2016 · citusdata.com · its alternatives →

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    Cloud-Ready Postgres MCP Server▲167

    Hey HN, I built pg-mcp, a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for PostgreSQL that provides structured schema inspection and query execution for LLMs and agents. It's multi-tenant and runs over HTTP/SSE (not stdio) Features - Supports multiple database connections from multiple agents - Schema Introspection: Returns table structures, types, indexes and constraints; enriched with descriptions from pg_catalog. (for well documented databases) - Read-Only Queries: Controlled execution of queries via MCP. - EXPLAIN Tool: Helps smart agents optimize queries before execution. - Extension…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pg-extend-rs – Easy Postgres extensions in Rust▲244

    2018 · bluejekyll.github.io · its alternatives →

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    PSequel▲8

    The not so clumsy PostgreSQL GUI for MacOS

    2017 · psequel.com · its alternatives →

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    Pg_replicate – Build Postgres replication applications in Rust▲216

    A high-performance Postgres replication engine written in Rust. Embed it in your Rust application or run it as a standalone binary. - supabase/etl

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PgCat, Postgres pooler with sharding, load balancing and failover▲233

    PostgreSQL pooler with sharding, load balancing and failover support. - postgresml/pgcat

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pgit – A Git-like CLI backed by PostgreSQL▲126

    Mar 2026 · oseifert.ch · its alternatives →

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    PgDog▲227

    Scale PostgreSQL without changing your app

    Jul 2026 · pgdog.dev · its alternatives →

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    Commander One 3.0▲90

    Dual-pane file manager and FTP client for Mac

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    I built a Postgres GUI in Swift because existing tools felt bloated▲9

    A native Postgres client for Mac. Browse PostgreSQL tables, run SQL, edit rows, and export results in a focused open-source macOS app.

    Jan 2026 · postgresgui.com · its alternatives →

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    Postgres Playground▲161

    Hands-on tutorials to learn Postgres

    2022 · crunchydata.com · its alternatives →

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