Top 5 MySQL clients for Mac

When it comes to databases, MySQL is a big player and widely used.
Today we'll be looking at some MySQL clients we can use on Mac to view these databases.

TL;DR: My personal favorite for Mac is TablePlus. It offers a free variant which is sufficient enough.

1 TablePlus

TablePlus is the MySQL client I'm using currently.
I'm still on the free plan, which only allows you to have two tabs open at a time, which is enough for me.

PROS

• Clear interface
• Quickly edit multiple rows at once
• RAW query always visible

CONS

• Only two tabs on the free version
• No click-through for linked queries

Download TablePlus

2 phpMyAdmin

phpMyAdmin is another excellent resource to view your MySQL databases. It's a very good one since most servers will come with phpMyAdmin installed. Making it a good universal interface.

PROS

• Close to your server interface for MySQL
• Easy to install
• Web-based

CONS

• No syntax highlighting
• Import/Export is web-dependent, making them influenced by the server settings

Download phpMyAdmin

3 DBeaver

DBeaver is a free and open-source database tool. It's built around usability.

This tool is complete and has many cool features. For me, however, it feels a bit too much.

PROS

• Packed with useful tools
• ER diagrams!
• Linked query click-through

CONS

• A bit clunky for my taste

Download DBeaver

4 Querious

Very Mac like interface and clear to understand how it works and what it does.
I really like the tool however, it should have been a free tool.

PROS

• Build for Mac
• Very good interface for MySQL

CONS

• 25\$

Download Querious

5 Sequel Pro

Sequel Pro used to be my favorite MySQL client for Mac, however, they seem to have a fair amount of crashes lately. The reason I switched to TablePlus.

The tool itself is one of the best UI's for MySQL I've personally seen.

PROS

• Very clear UI
• Easy to understand and use

CONS

• Crashes often, unfortunately in the latest releases

Download Sequel Pro

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Comments

[Max Borysov]

You forgot to mention the most lightweight and completely free client: cli mysql-client :)

If you use docker, you do not even have to install the client. You can do the following:

docker run --rm -it mysql mysql -h localhost -u root -p

[Chris Bongers]

Oh very nice one! Must give that a go! 🤩

[Scott Rod]

Sequel Pro hasn't seen an update since 2016! Sequel Ace looks like a close successor. apps.apple.com/us/app/sequel-ace/i...

I also tried Beekeeper. Love their mantra. Just wish it had more features. docs.beekeeperstudio.io/

[Vuong]

Sequel Ace is alternative of Sequel Pro since it won't be adding new features.

[Charlie123]

I've had good luck with sqlprostudio.com.