Best Self-Hosted Database admin Tools

Self-hosted database admin tools put a web interface in front of databases you run yourself. Choose by engine first. phpMyAdmin is for MySQL and MariaDB, the interface most hosting guides assume. pgAdmin and pgweb are for PostgreSQL: pgAdmin is the full administration and development tool, pgweb a single Go binary for browsing tables, running queries and exporting results. Adminer covers several engines with one interface; its official Docker image supports MySQL and MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, SimpleDB and Elasticsearch out of the box. CloudBeaver is the web edition of DBeaver, a JDBC-based manager for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and many other databases. Every one of them is a login page to your data, so keep them on a private network or behind a reverse proxy with TLS and its own authentication, connect with least-privilege database users, and do not leave them publicly reachable.

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Adminer

A full database management tool in a single PHP file: browse, query, import and export tables. The official Docker image covers MySQL and MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, SimpleDB and Elasticsearch out of the box, and MS SQL, Oracle, Firebird and MongoDB with extra PHP extensions. One interface for several engines, where phpMyAdmin is MySQL-only and pgAdmin is PostgreSQL-only.

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CloudBeaver

The web edition of DBeaver: a browser-based database manager for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and other JDBC databases, with a SQL editor and a data editor (ER diagrams are in the paid editions).

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pgAdmin

The long-standing open-source administration and development tool for PostgreSQL, run as a web app: browse and edit objects, run queries in the Query Tool, view explain plans, and manage roles, backups and restores.

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pgweb

A small PostgreSQL browser that runs as a single Go binary: connect to a database, browse tables and schemas, run queries, view results and export tables and query results to CSV, JSON or XML. It keeps a query history and server bookmarks, supports SSH tunnels and can hold several database sessions.

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phpMyAdmin

The long-standing web interface for MySQL and MariaDB: browse and edit tables, run SQL, manage users and privileges, import and export. Shipped as a PHP application on Apache, usually run next to the database it manages.

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CloudBeaver

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pgAdmin

The multi-database web client from DBeaver vs. the PostgreSQL-only admin tool.

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