A Web-Based Visual Query Designer for MySQL
I built this web-based developer utility few years ago when I couldn't find any opensource GUI-based query builder for mysql (similar to what MS Access had). This app can be run locally. The online demo uses static hardcoded values. Screencast's link is included in the README file.
A Web-Based Visual Query Designer for MySQL launched on February 19, 2023 with 35 votes, #1,245 of 3,829 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
This is a web-based visual query designer for MySQL that allows developers to build database queries using a graphical interface, similar to Microsoft Access. The tool runs locally and was created to fill the gap of open-source GUI query builders for MySQL. It includes an online demo with static values and a screencast demonstrating its functionality.
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From the sources
web-vqd - A Web-based Visual Query Designer for Mysql.
Web-based Visual Query Designer is a tool for visually generating SELECT SQL queries. Currently, it is designed only for MySQL . Feel free to try this tool for generating simple SELECT queries for the MySQL database. Think of it as a supplement to your MySQL front-end tool (like phpMyAdmin ). Extract all the files to the www folder of your web server. Open conn.php file and set the $username and $password for your MySQL database. This user (configured in conn.php) needs to have atleast READ access to information_schema . Web-based Visual Query Designer is an open source software released under the MIT Licensefrom codeberg.org
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