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by Diggsey 1489 days ago
There's a million fancy looking database clients, and yet I'm still using the crappy built-in MySQL Workbench that crashes if you look at it the wrong way.

Why? Because I need to be able to do more than just run queries. I need to be able to manage users & permissions, see the current server configuration, kill connections from other clients if necessary, etc.

The collaboration features are a nice touch, that certainly makes this stand out compared to others, but if I still need to use another client as well then it's just not going to work...

2 comments

MySQL Workbench is indeed a mess. If you're on a Mac, Sequel Ace (formerly Sequel Pro) is great and has all the features you mentioned.
+1 for Sequel Ace. It's fantastic.
TablePlus for viewing and querying stuff and PgAdmin when you need deep PostgreSQL integration.
Any recommendations for Postgres?
Postico
TablePlus
I'm a big fan of Navicat, been using it for years.

https://www.navicat.com/en