Ask HN: Tools to visualize data in SQL database?

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  • datasette

    An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data

  • Maybe not exactly what you are looking for but Datasette is brilliant for SQLite (and csv)

    https://datasette.io/

  • Redash

    Make Your Company Data Driven. Connect to any data source, easily visualize, dashboard and share your data.

  • Redash(https://redash.io/) is pretty easy to use and get up and started with, especially if you know SQL. It's free and open source.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • Metabase

    The simplest, fastest way to get business intelligence and analytics to everyone in your company :yum:

  • Metabase is what you're looking for.

    https://metabase.com/

  • superset

    Apache Superset is a Data Visualization and Data Exploration Platform

  • datastation-documentation

    Source code for the DataStation documentation site

  • There are primarily a bunch of tutorials for getting started [0] (these are up to date) and some old videos (not up to date) [1].

    [0] https://datastation.multiprocess.io/docs/

    [1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGOQFKonPUVo5LgxQDW26yg/vid...

  • awesome-business-intelligence

    Actively curated list of awesome BI tools. PRs welcome!

  • Someone recently posted this list to a similar question:

    https://github.com/thenaturalist/awesome-business-intelligen...

    From this I picked Metabase and found it to be pretty good.

  • Someone recently posted this list to a similar question:

    https://github.com/thenaturalist/awesome-business-intelligen...

    From this I picked Metabase and found it to be pretty good.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • Motor Admin

    Deploy a no-code admin panel for your application in less than a minute. Stop wasting time on custom internal tools and focus on the actual product. Motor Admin allows to launch a custom admin panel for any application.

  • Sequel-Ace

    MySQL/MariaDB database management for macOS

  • How has no one mentioned Sequel Pro and its successor Sequel Ace? It’s a classic, free native Mac app.

    https://github.com/Sequel-Ace/Sequel-Ace

  • beekeeper-studio

    Modern and easy to use SQL client for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server, and more. Linux, MacOS, and Windows.

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