Beekeeper Studio
Beekeeper Studio is a modern and friendly SQL Server GUI client. Our users tell us that Beekeeper Studio is the most intuitive, and easy to use SQL Server GUI client available.
Beekeeper Studio cares about the details, for example, if you paste a SQL Server url into Beekeeper Studio it will just work (tm)
Tried a few tools. Beekeeper was the only one that I found that felt right. Most had a very 1990’s feel to them - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Allan
Beekeeper Studio is designed primarily to be an easy to use database GUI. We really sweat the details to make the app as intuitive as possible.
Beekeeper Studio’s SQL editor is powerful, but easy to use. To start writing SQL, just pop open a new tab and begin typing – just like in your regular text editor. Learn more.
Open any table in a spreadsheet that makes it quick and easy to navigate, filter, edit, and delete your table data. Also included: clickable foreign keys, data export, and syntax-highlighted editors. Learn more
Right click any table to modify it’s schema. Easily change column names, types, defaults, and nullability. Plus add relations and indexes, all without writing any SQL. Learn more
Take any table, view, or SQL query result and export it to CSV, Excel, or JSON in two clicks. Plus import your own CSVs into SQL Server in two clicks. Learn more
Beekeeper’s Team Workspaces let you easily work across multiple machines and share connections and queries with your colleagues. All data is encrypted at rest and in transit, so your information always stays secure. Learn more.
Beekeeper Studio was clean, smooth and just worked - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mike
Beekeeper Studio supports all variants of SQL Server provided by Microsoft Azure, including (but not limited to):
Basically - if the database is SQL Server compatible, Beekeeper Studio can connect to it. If you’re confused about what kind of SQL Server you’re using, just try connecting with Beekeeper Studio - it will probably just work.
Beekeeper Studio supports seamless Azure Single Sign On. This is sometimes called Azure SSO, Active Directory Authentication, or Microsoft Entra Authentication.
If your database is hosted on Azure, and you have Azure Active Directory set up, you can use Beekeeper Studio to connect to your database without needing to enter a username or password.
Simply click ‘connect’, and Beekeeper Studio will open a browser window to authenticate with Azure Active Directory. In two clicks you’re connected.
Beekeeper Studio supports Windows Authentication for SQL Server. Use your Windows credentials to authenticate with SQL Server in place of a normal username and password.
Beekeeper Studio has 100% feature parity across Linux, MacOS, and Windows. So no matter which operating system you work (or play) from, you can query and edit SQL Server with all of our features, no compromises. We use a cross-platform app development framework to make sure that you get the best SQL Server GUI client experience, regardless of whether you use MacOS, Windows, or Linux.
Beekeeper Studio also works great on Chromebooks, Raspberry Pi 3+, and maybe even the odd toaster or fridge (if they run Linux).
Beekeeper Studio was perfect when I began using all three major OSes regularly. -
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jeff
Beekeeper Studio is available for Windows, so you can easily query, edit, and manage your SQL Server databases. Beekeeper Studio's Windows download is available from our download page as either an installer or a portable .exe file. Beekeeper Studio supports Windows 10+, more information is available in our Windows documentation.
Beekeeper Studio integrates seamlessly into the MacOS environment for querying, editing, and managing SQL Server. Beekeeper Studio's MacOS app is available the downloads page. Beekeeper Studio supports both Intel and Apple silicon Macs. More information is available on our MacOS documentation page.
Beekeeper Studio's SQL Server GUI has full feature parity on Linux. Linux is a first-class OS to the Beekeeper Studio team, and we think it's the best way to edit, query, and manage your SQL Server database. Beekeeper Studio works great on all major distributions, including Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch. You can get Beekeeper Studio's linux client on our download page. Learn more on our Linux docs.
Beekeeper Studio is built by me, Matthew Rathbone and a small team of part-time developers. We build software we care about. We're not part of a big corporation, and we don't have a large investor in the background writing checks. Unlike many of our well-funded competitors, we make a large part of Beekeeper Studio open source, and we also publish a generous Community Edition. We're on a mission to make good software available to everyone. Every purchase supports open source, and our mission.
I hope you enjoy using Beekeeper Studio as much as I enjoy making it.
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