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Beekeeper Studio vs Harlequin: catalog facts
Beekeeper Studio	Harlequin
Freemium Free to download with no sign-up. Paid editions add features such as encrypted workspaces…	Free Free and open source, supported through GitHub Sponsors.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Clean, modern interface that is genuinely quicker to work in Same features on Windows, macOS and Linux	Full SQL IDE inside the terminal, usable over SSH Adapters for DuckDB, SQLite, Postgres and more
Some features are paid and are source-available rather than open source Electron, so start-up and memory use are higher than a native client	Installed through Python, and newer Python versions may not be supported by all dependencies Terminal interface rather than a graphical client
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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