Check out my new Data Modeling software: Free My Query — a local first MySQL GUI

Eric Blanchette — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:14:12 +0000

Free My Query is officially out of "in-progress" and into a full release.

It's a local-first MySQL GUI: connect to a database (local or remote over SSH) and it draws you a live, draggable ER diagram on the spot. No browser, no cloud account, no sign-in wall to look at your own tables.

Highlights:

SSH tunneling built in — saved profiles, no separate SSH client
Live ER diagrams — FK → PK connectors, drag-and-drop layout
Schema clone/push — sync schemas between local and remote, FK-safe
Native installers — jpackage builds for Windows and Mac

Built solo, top to bottom.

I Hated Working With SQL So I Built My Own MySQL GUI

Eric Blanchette — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:57:00 +0000

SQL was always a pain for me. Not the concepts, the actual day to day work. Switching between tools, writing the same boilerplate, trying to visualize schemas in my head. It slowed me down constantly.
So I spent 2 months building something better.

What It Does
Free My Query is a desktop MySQL GUI for Windows.

ER diagrams: connect to a schema and see your tables and relationships laid out visually. Clickable, live, no setup.
No-code SQL: insert, update, delete, query through the GUI. No writing SQL by hand.
Java code generation: point it at your user table, get Java login and authentication functions back. Done.
SSH tunneling (coming in newer version): connect to remote MySQL instances. It just works.

Why I Built It
Workbench is bloated. DBeaver is fine but it's not built around how I work. I wanted one tool that handled everything without getting in the way.
Two months later, here it is. It's free.

freemyquery.com

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Check out my new Data Modeling software: Free My Query — a local first MySQL GUI

I Hated Working With SQL So I Built My Own MySQL GUI