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slovenianGooner's avatar

MySQL Gui tool

Hey guys,

anyone know of a good GUI tool for MySQL on Linux? Basically the only thing keeping me from switching from Windows.

Thanks, guys!

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Spir's avatar

+1 for workbench. I'm using it on linux and it works like a charm.

slovenianGooner's avatar

Anyone tried HeidiSQL through Wine? Best tool really, but only supports Windows.

@bashy yup I intend to buy a Mac, but at work I'm stuck with a PC. Tried installing Niresh OS there, no luck, sadly.

Cocoon's avatar

I have used Heidi andWorkbench on Windows and I definitely prefer HeidiSQL. If it runs on Linux, try to use it.

unitedworx's avatar

PHPMyAdmin Is invaluable, didn't really find a gui tool that was faster, easier or more complete! Although it's web based it works damn well!

The other tool I use is Navicat which I mostly use to easy sync a remote database with a local one. Connects to my live server via an ssh tunnel so it's very easy to quickly peak on DBs on my production server and sync a local db with a remote one or vice versa. however i find its ui very bad so I use phpMyAdmin for everything else!

bashy's avatar

I do use PMA a lot but prefer working on Sequel Pro

noeldiaz's avatar

A good php alternative to phpmyadmin is Adminer (http://www.adminer.org/). Just a single php script you can drop in (two files if you place an optional css theme file). I use it in my VM just in case I don't have a gui program handy.

stefanbauer's avatar

I use Sequel for basic things and Navicat for more complex stuff like SPs or something (which Sequel cannot handle until now as i know)

xuma's avatar

I guess navicat working over wine at linux so i prefer HeidiSql if im gonna use wine.

theUnforgiven's avatar

HeidiSQL on Windows is pretty cool or SequelPro on mac is also awesome!

psmail's avatar

Navicat Essentials is available for Linux. Not free, but pretty cheap.

AlexTomson's avatar

Hi,

I recommend you to try dbForge Studio for MySQL. It's last version will definately fit for your request.

Regards)

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