At a glance App Price Platforms Pick it if Beekeeper Studio (the app you have) Community free Mac, Windows, Linux - DBeaver Community edition free Mac, Windows, Linux you want more power-user features TablePlus Basic $99/license Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone you would rather pay once Bruno Open Source $0 Mac, Windows, Linux privacy matters most to you Hoppscotch Free $0 forever Web, Mac, Windows, Linux you need it on the web Neovim Free and open source Mac, Windows, Linux you want it free Visual Studio Code Free and open source Mac, Windows, Linux, Web you want it free GitHub Desktop Free and open source Mac, Windows you want it free Insomnia Essentials $0/user/month Mac, Windows, Linux you work with a team
1 DBeaver Community edition free
Universal database tool with a free open-source Community edition for SQL and many other databases, plus paid PRO editions.
Pick it if you want more power-user features.
Free plan Mac Windows Linux
2 TablePlus Basic $99/license; Standard $129/license Native database GUI for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB and many more, sold as a perpetual license.
Pick it if you would rather pay once, you need it on iPhone and you want more power-user features.
Pay once Mac Windows Linux iPhone
3 Bruno Open Source $0; Pro $6/user/month billed annually; Ultimate $11/user/month billed annually
Open-source, offline-first API client that stores collections as plain files in your Git repo. No account or cloud sync.
Pick it if privacy matters most to you and you need it to work offline.
Free plan Mac Windows Linux
4 Hoppscotch Free $0 forever; Business $6/user/month billed annually
Open-source API client for HTTP, GraphQL, WebSocket and more, in the browser, on desktop, CLI or self-hosted.
Pick it if you need it on the web, privacy matters most to you and you work with a team.
Free plan Web Mac Windows Linux
5 Neovim Free and open source
Hyperextensible, Vim-based terminal text editor with Lua plugins, built-in LSP and Tree-sitter.
Pick it if you want it free, you need it to work offline and you want more power-user features.
Free Mac Windows Linux
6 Visual Studio Code Free and open source; agents can be used free with a GitHub account
Microsoft's free, open-source code editor with AI agents, a huge extension marketplace, built-in Git, terminal and debugger.
Pick it if you want it free, you need it on the web and you want more power-user features.
Free Mac Windows Linux Web
7 GitHub Desktop Free and open source
GitHub's free, open-source GUI Git client for committing, branching, cherry-picking and reviewing changes without the command line.
Pick it if you want it free and you are just starting out.
Free Mac Windows
8 Insomnia Essentials $0/user/month; Pro $12/user/month; Enterprise $45/user/month
Open-source API client from Kong for REST, GraphQL, gRPC and WebSockets, with design, mocking, testing and an MCP client.
Pick it if you work with a team.
Free plan Mac Windows Linux
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