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by ok123456 658 days ago
How is this different from Schema Spy (https://schemaspy.org)?
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It supports fewer databases. ;)
A big one for me is that it generates a nice interactive UI with the ability to zoom and reorganise tables rather than a static image. I find with sufficiently complex projects it becomes a real pain to navigate a exported image.
Schema Spy generates graphviz files. You could render those in the browser.
Or use a tool that already does the rendering, with zoom and pan: https://visualdb.com
Or, generate an SVG from the dot file and pan and zoom like any other SVG file in the browser.
Then you won't be able to click on a table to view details in a popup.
Hmm, the obvious difference is that it's a completely different tool that does a completely different job.
How is it an "obvious" difference that it's a "completely" different tool that does a "completely different" job? Both tools generate diagrams from existing databases.