TablePlus alternatives for Mac
TablePlus — Native GUI tool for relational databases — is installed 1,972 times a month through Homebrew. These are hand-picked alternatives that occupy the same slot, ordered by how comparable their user base is.
Run
brew install --cask tableplus to install TablePlus itself.- DBeaver Community Edition5.0× the installs
- Ghostty14.9× the installs
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code18.5× the installs
- Postman4.6× the installs
- Zed4.5× the installs
- Bruno2.4× the installs
- Tower19.0× smaller user base
- Insomnia2.4× smaller user base
Full comparison
| TablePlus | DBeaver Community Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | GUI app | GUI app |
| Category | Data & Databases | Data & Databases |
| Open source | Not declared | Not declared |
| Licence | Not declared | Not declared |
| Apple silicon | Universal | Universal |
| Latest version | 27.1.0,830 | 26.2.3 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 |
| Installs (30 days) | 1,972 | 9,866 |
| Install command | brew install --cask tableplus | brew install --cask dbeaver-community |
How we picked these
The list comes from a hand-maintained set of same-purpose apps, not from keyword matching. Alternatives are removed automatically when Homebrew no longer carries them. Ordering reflects 30-day install volume, not paid placement. Data updated 2026-10-26.