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DBeaver Community vs HeidiSQL: catalog facts
DBeaver Community	HeidiSQL
Freemium The Community edition is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. DBeaver PRO…	Free Free and open source under the GPL. Donations are welcomed but nothing is withheld.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, Linux
More than a hundred drivers out of the box, and anything with JDBC or ODBC SQL editor with completion, plus a spreadsheet-style data editor	Exports structure and data directly to another server, not just to a file Native Delphi application; it starts instantly and stays small
Eclipse-based and heavy; start-up is slow NoSQL and cloud-specific databases are reserved for the paid edition	Windows-first; the Linux builds come from a separate Lazarus branch No macOS build
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-2.0
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 21, 2026

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