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HeidiSQL vs Liquibase: What are the differences?

HeidiSQL: 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; Liquibase: Source control for your database. Developers store database changes in text-based files on their local development machines and apply them to their local databases. Changelog files can be be arbitrarily nested for better management.

HeidiSQL and Liquibase can be categorized as "Database" tools.

Liquibase is an open source tool with 1.79K GitHub stars and 1.09K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Liquibase's open source repository on GitHub.

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Pros of HeidiSQL
Pros of Liquibase
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    Client application which is lightweight
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    Easy configuration
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    Keep queries after execution
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    Connect to multiple servers on same client
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    Run multiple queries simultaneously
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    Multiple query tabulations
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    Many DBs supported
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    Great database tool
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    Easy setup
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    Database independent migration scripts
  • 5
    Database version controller
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    Unique open source tool
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    Precondition checking
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    Supports NoSQL and Graph DBs

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Cons of HeidiSQL
Cons of Liquibase
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    Mac OS/ Linux incompatible
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    Documentation is disorganized
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    No vendor specifics in XML format - needs workarounds

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What is HeidiSQL?

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.

What is Liquibase?

Liquibase is th leading open-source tool for database schema change management. Liquibase helps teams track, version, and deploy database schema and logic changes so they can automate their database code process with their app code process.

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DBeaver
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phpMyAdmin
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