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HeidiSQL vs pgweb: What are the differences?
Developers describe HeidiSQL as "GUI client for MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL". HeidiSQL is a useful and reliable tool designed for web developers using the popular MariaDB or MySQL server, Microsoft SQL databases or PostgreSQL. It enables you to browse and edit data, create and edit tables, views, procedures, triggers and scheduled events. Also, you can export structure and data, either to SQL file, clipboard or to other servers. Read about features or see some screenshots. On the other hand, pgweb is detailed as "Web-based PostgreSQL database browser written in Go". This is a web-based browser for PostgreSQL database server. Its written in Go and works on Mac OSX, Linux and Windows machines. Main idea behind using Go for the backend is to utilize language's ability for cross-compile source code for multiple platforms. This project is an attempt to create a very simple and portable application to work with PostgreSQL databases.
HeidiSQL and pgweb can be categorized as "Database" tools.
pgweb is an open source tool with 5.94K GitHub stars and 419 GitHub forks. Here's a link to pgweb's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of HeidiSQL
- Client application which is lightweight1
- Easy configuration1
- Keep queries after execution1
- Connect to multiple servers on same client1
- Run multiple queries simultaneously1
- Multiple query tabulations1
Pros of pgweb
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Cons of HeidiSQL
- Mac OS/ Linux incompatible1