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Knex.js vs phpMyAdmin: What are the differences?
Knex.js: SQL query builder for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite3, and Oracle. Knex.js is a "batteries included" SQL query builder for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite3, and Oracle designed to be flexible, portable, and fun to use. It features both traditional node style callbacks as well as a promise interface for cleaner async flow control, a stream interface, full featured query and schema builders, transaction support (with savepoints), connection pooling and standardized responses between different query clients and dialects; phpMyAdmin: A free software, for MySQL and MariaDB. As a portable web application written primarily in PHP, it has become one of the most popular MySQL administration tools, especially for web hosting services.
Knex.js and phpMyAdmin belong to "Database Tools" category of the tech stack.
Knex.js is an open source tool with 10.2K GitHub stars and 1.25K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Knex.js's open source repository on GitHub.
Decision6, Intervene.me, and Zube are some of the popular companies that use Knex.js, whereas phpMyAdmin is used by Basharsoft, Rescue Digital, LLC, and Matzen Group IVS. Knex.js has a broader approval, being mentioned in 14 company stacks & 50 developers stacks; compared to phpMyAdmin, which is listed in 11 company stacks and 19 developer stacks.
We were looking a tool that would allow us to do MySQL and PostgreSQL development/administration from a single tool. We decided on Navicat Premium because it can connect to MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQLite databases - and simultaneously. It's also compatible with Amazon RDS and Microsoft Azure, which we also use.
Moreover, we previously experienced the occasional freezing and crashing in MySQL Workbench. It also suffered from a poor design, with certain features being a bit difficult to find. Meanwhile, phpMyAdmin lacked schema visualization tools and seemed better suited to lightweight day to day transactions than some of the big jobs that we needed to do.
Pros of Knex.js
- Write once and then connect to almost any sql engine11
- Faster10
- Nice api, Migrations/Seeds8
- Flexibility in what engine you choose7
- Free7
- Multi support and easy to use5
- Simple query API1
Pros of phpMyAdmin
- Query linter5
- Easy data access5
- User administration5
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Cons of Knex.js
Cons of phpMyAdmin
- Insecure1