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DBeaver Community vs SQuirreL SQL: catalog facts
DBeaver Community	SQuirreL SQL
Freemium The Community edition is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. DBeaver PRO…	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, 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	Works with any JDBC-compliant database Plugin system for extra features
Eclipse-based and heavy; start-up is slow NoSQL and cloud-specific databases are reserved for the paid edition	Requires a Java runtime Interface feels dated next to newer clients
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: LGPL-2.1
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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