Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to SQL Shoot

Change control for the database

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. SQL Shoot launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   AI SQL Editor by Supabase▲652

   Write SQL without knowing SQL

   2023 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

2. 2VC
   Version Control for Databases▲224

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 31Y
   10 Years to Build a Free SQL Editor▲355

   I have spent large parts of the last 10+ years building an SQL Editor. The tool is targeted at data analysts, a lot of effort has gone into charting, visualizing and excel export. If this sounds useful to you, it's Free, please give it a try and let me know any feedback.

   2024 · timestored.com · its alternatives →

4. 4IW
   I wrote a RDBMS (SQLite clone) from scratch in pure Python▲371

   I wrote a relational database management system (RDBMS) (sqlite clone) from scratch in pure Python.

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5AE
   An experimental distributed SQL database from scratch in Go▲104

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   SQL Playground▲128

   Powerful online SQL sandbox

   2024 · sqlplayground.app · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Open Source PostgreSQL Studio▲407

   Powerful PostgreSQL tool is now open source for self-hosting

   2021 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   SQL-tap – Real-time SQL traffic viewer for PostgreSQL and MySQL▲233

   sql-tap is a transparent proxy that captures SQL queries by parsing the PostgreSQL/MySQL wire protocol and displays them in a terminal UI. You can run EXPLAIN on any captured query. No application code changes needed — just change the port.

   Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9CA
   ChartDB Agent – Cursor for DB schema design▲130

   Last year we launched ChartDB OSS (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44972238) - an open-source tool that generates ER diagrams from your database (via query/sql/dbml) without needing direct DB access. Now we’re launching the ChartDB Agent. It helps you design databases from scratch or make schema changes with natural language. You can: - Generate schemas by simply describing them in plain English - Brainstorm new tables, columns, and relationships with AI - Iterate visually in a diagram (ERD) - Deterministically export SQL script Try it out here -…

   Oct 2025 · app.chartdb.io · its alternatives →

10. 10SE
    SQL Explorer – Open-source reporting tool that Just Works▲215

    I have been working on SQL Explorer, an open source, Django-based reporting and query tool for (gulp!) almost ten years. It's a tool that fits just right for me and many others, and I love and use almost every day. Write SQL, share results, do some analysis, get insight. No surprises. A live demo instance is here (no login or anything required): https://demo.sqlexplorer.io/ And here's a fairly unprofessional, but very enthusiastic, video tour: https://sql-explorer.s3.amazonaws.com/Sql+Explorer+5.mp4 The UI is constrained enough that there's very little to learn,…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11DO
    DbGate – open-source, cross-platform SQL+noSQL database client▲198

    2021 · dbgate.org · its alternatives →

12. 12
    SQLPilot▲149

    AI First SQL Editor

    2024 · its alternatives →

13. 13SC
    sqlc – Compile SQL Queries to Type-Safe Go▲45

    2019 · conroy.org · its alternatives →

14. 14DV
    DoltgreSQL – Version-Controlled DB, Like Git and PostgreSQL had a baby▲162

    From the company behind Dolt—the world's first fully versioned database—comes DoltgreSQL, which implements PostgreSQL's variant of SQL. DoltgreSQL is at a very early stage, and we have quite a lot of work left to do, but we'd love to hear all thoughts and opinions! You can read more in the announcement blog post: https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2023-11-01-announcing-doltgresq...

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    DBngin▲133

    Free all-in-one database version management tool 🛠️

    2018 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    BaseDash▲126

    Edit your database with the ease of a spreadsheet

    2020 · its alternatives →

17. 17SD
    Safe Data Changes in PostgreSQL▲47

    Hi HN, we're excited to share our open source tool with the community! We previously posted here with the tagline “real-time events for Postgres” [0]. But after feedback from early users and the community, we’ve shifted our focus to working on tooling for manual database changes. We've consistently heard teams describe challenges with the way manual data updates are handled. Seemingly every engineer we spoke with had examples of errant queries that ended up causing significant harm in production environments (data loss/service interruptions). We’ve seen a few different approaches to how…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18VF
    Versioning Filesystem for SQLite▲110

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    sqlTranslate▲94

    sql, data, analytics, database, query, syntax, translation

    2023 · its alternatives →

20. 20ES
    Execute SQL against Bluesky firehose▲100

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21SW
    SQL workbench in the browser▲117

    2024 · sql-workbench.com · its alternatives →

22. 22WU
    Write universally accessible SQL, not library-specific ORM wrapper APIs▲112

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Google Docs▲7

    Change-guard_20250610.pdf - google drive

    2025 · drive.google.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    SQL Change Guard▲1

    Governance Before Execution, Confidence in Production.

    18d ago · sqlchangeguard.com · its alternatives →

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