Migrated from pgAdmin, felt like moving from Teams to Slack. - Zhanna
Beekeeper Studio is a desktop database manager built for the people who use a Postgres database, not just the people who administer it. If pgAdmin’s web UI feels sluggish, fights you over basic tasks, or just makes you tired, this is probably the tool you’ve been looking for.
Like pgAdmin, Beekeeper Studio is open source and free to start with. Unlike pgAdmin, it’s a native desktop app, opens fast, and doesn’t require running a server alongside your database.
pgAdmin is the official, comprehensive Postgres administration tool. If you’re a DBA who lives in server roles, replication, and pg_stat_* views all day, it’s built for you.
Beekeeper Studio is built for the rest of us: developers, analysts, and engineers who write queries against Postgres (and usually MySQL, SQLite, or SQL Server too) and want to get on with the work. It has strong Postgres support, but it doesn’t try to be a server-administration console.
Use pgAdmin if you’re administering Postgres servers and you need every Postgres-specific knob exposed in the UI.
Use Beekeeper Studio if you spend most of your time writing queries, browsing tables, and editing data, and you’d like a Postgres GUI that opens in under a second and stays out of your way.
I love it. Knocks spots off PGAdmin. Fast, easy to use, and powerful. - Mark Anslow, CTO Scriba Technologies
I built Beekeeper Studio because I got fed up with overly complex database apps that I had to re-learn every time I used them. I wanted something fast and light that felt like VSCode or Sublime Text, but for SQL.
Spoiler: I couldn't find a good app that fit my criteria, so I built one. That's why Beekeeper Studio exists today.
Beekeeper Studio has a fast, modern UI that feels like it was built this century. Open it, connect, and start running queries. No tutorial required.
Beekeeper Studio fits right in. I didn’t have to take hours to figure out how to properly use it, and it was a seamless addition to my toolkit. - CS (research)
Beekeeper Studio supports a wide range of databases, such as SQLite, Postgres, and even Oracle. Easily identify different environments by color coding each connection, and the whole app will change to match when you connect.
Nice support for multiple environments (I label prod red, dev yellow, localhost green). - Chander, Motion
Beekeeper Studio works the same on MacOS, Windows, and Linux. Like you, we tinker with all types of computers, so we want our software to be top-notch, even especially on Linux.
I work on a combination of Mac and Linux and the ability to have feature parity and the same application on both platforms is outstanding. - Brian Loomis, Principal Engineer, Nikola Motor
Ctrl/Cmd+P - quicksearch your database and saved queries
The minimal, modern aesthetic isn't the whole story. Beekeeper covers the day-to-day database work most developers actually do.
Whether you're looking to quickly and easily edit data, write SQL like a pro, create & modify tables, or even share queries with coworkers, Beekeeper Studio has you covered.
Beekeeper Studio’s attention to design (both visual and functionalities) helps ease the work. - Long
Free to download, no signup or credit card required.