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# Fast and beautiful database client

**[Laravel News](https://daily.dev/sources/ln)** · 2 min read · 205 upvotes · 19 comments

## Summary

Bolt SQL is a fast and beautiful database client that focuses on speed, cloud integration, and real-time collaboration. It offers features like friendly GUI, tracking-free operation, shared workspaces, and charting. The Bolt SQL team plans to integrate chatGPT and other LLMs, add more charting options and a dashboard builder, support advanced filters for the table view, and include more database drivers in the future.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@alhaqh** · 8 upvotes

> DBeaver has an open-source free version. Why would I pay for this..

**@enis** · 2 upvotes

> [Beekeeper Studio](https://www.beekeeperstudio.io/) | Free & Open Source SQL editor and database manager for MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server, and more. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
> A lightweight client with the best UI that in comparison with other open source clients !

**@perfectlyfine** · 2 upvotes

> Another electron based application, when is this going to end?

**@wizardous** · 2 upvotes

> The Laravel News link of this post was not working for me, so directly visited [boltsql.com](https://boltsql.com/) site.
>
> It has a nice modern UI which I think most other DB clients miss.  I use Toad daily with my work, and sometimes it feels clunky and slow even though it's very powerful.
>
> I did not find this anywhere on the site *(or maybe I missed it)*, does it support Oracle DB? I would really love to give Bolt SQL a try.
>
> Also curious on what tech stack they used to build this tool.

**@tafilsuhagerllaj** · 1 upvotes

> [HeidiSQL ](https://www.heidisql.com/ )best open-source database client.

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