One-sentence summary: A free GUI client with some cool features and community support. Tutorial: Connecting to CockroachDB with DataGrip Beekeeper Studio

Intuitive query console and schema navigation.

One-sentence summary: A multi-database IDE for SQL developers. Tutorial: Getting started with DBmarlin and CockroachDB DataGrip

Free if you’re just monitoring one database.

Automated suggestions for database tuning and optimization.

Drill-down features to uncover the cause of performance problems.

Real-time graphs and charts for monitoring performance.

Attractive, easy-to-understand interface.

One-sentence summary: Powerful performance visualization and monitoring with some great troubleshooting features, too. Tutorial: Visualize CockroachDB schemas with DBeaver DBmarlin Automated entity-relationship (ER) diagram generator.Compatibility with tons of different database technologies (including CockroachDB, of course!).One-sentence summary: A fully-featured database GUI that’ll work with all your databases. Our community has tested the other tools and they should work well, but if you encounter compatibility issues or have questions, you’ll need to contact the developer of the tool. Many Postgres and other database clients can be used to connect with CockroachDB we’re just highlighting a few of the options we’ve seen our users choose.įinally, note that of the tools listed below, only DBeaver is officially supported by Cockroach Labs. We’re also not listing every single GUI that’ll work with CockroachDB. Most of them have more to offer than just what we’ve listed below.

A few quick notesīefore we dive into the tools, we should note that we’re only highlighting a few features for each client. Let’s take a look at some of the most popular ones. Never fear! There are quite a few options for third-party graphic user interface (GUI) tools for CockroachDB. For example, CockroachDB – a Postgres-compliant distributed SQL database – comes with a powerful SQL shell that you can run right from your console.īut what if you want something a little more visual? You certainly don’t need a GUI to work with a Postgres-compliant database.

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