DBeaver

dbeaver/dbeaverReviewed by AI

What it does

DBeaver is a desktop program for working with databases. You connect to MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle, SQL Server, Snowflake and more than 100 other kinds, then browse and edit the data in a spreadsheet-like grid, write and run SQL, import and export data, and draw diagrams of how the tables relate. There is also an AI chat that can write queries for you if you add an OpenAI or Copilot key. It is made for developers, database administrators and analysts. Installers for Windows, Mac and Linux include Java, so nothing else is needed.

How easy it is to install

A · download and open · Windows

Windows A
macOS A
Linux A

Every platform has a ready installer in the releases (dbeaver-ce-26.2.3-windows-x86_64.exe, -macos-aarch64.dmg, and .deb/.rpm for Linux) and the README says OpenJDK 25 is included in all distributions, so you install it and click the app icon.

Numbers on GitHub

Stars: 52,255on Oct 31, 2026
Downloads: 47,368,361301,334 this week
Growth: +35stars in 5 days

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Facts

Runs on: Windows, macOS, Linux
You need to install: Nothing extra
Disk space: 109 MB–326 MB · from the installer
Accounts or keys: OpenAI or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint (optional AI chat), GitHub Copilot (optional AI chat)
Cost: Free · The Community edition in this repository is free. Separate paid PRO versions add NoSQL databases, files as databases, more AI providers and official support.
License: Apache-2.0 (Permissive)
Can replace: DataGrip, Navicat, PRO
Last update: Oct 31, 2026

Risk signals (2)

Infoai chat shares database structure
README.md (AI integration): "We use smart chat context which provides LLMs details about database structure, SQL dialect, etc." If you turn on the AI chat, details about your database go to the AI provider you configure.
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Infofeatures reserved for paid version
README.md lists a long set of drivers only in the "PRO versions" (MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, DynamoDB, Neo4j, ODBC, CSV/JSON/Parquet/XLSX as databases) and says "Pro versions provide additional AI tools + native support of Anthropic/Grok/Azure/Bedrock/Gemini/Ollama providers."
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What Radar could not check

Exactly what database details the AI chat sends to the AI provider.
Whether database drivers are downloaded from the internet the first time you connect to a new type of database.
How it performs with very large databases on your computer.
Which of the features you need are only in the paid PRO versions.