# Beekeeper Studio for Windows PC

- **Name:** Beekeeper Studio for Windows PC
- **Version:** 6.1.6
- **Developer:** Rathbone Labs
- **License:** Open Source
- **Platform:** Windows
- **Requires:** Windows 10 / 11
- **File type:** EXE Installer
- **Size:** 244.0 MB
- **Category:** Developer Tools
- **Updated:** 2026-10-21
- **SHA-256:** c6de1cdeb533542a03b34792c34b791279a5dde9b39c7e4f63087acc3026f0a6
- **Canonical page:** https://filecobra.com/app/beekeeper-studio-sql-pc/
- **Download page:** https://filecobra.com/download/beekeeper-studio-sql-pc/
- **Direct download:** https://github.com/beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio/releases/download/v6.1.6/Beekeeper-Studio-Setup-6.1.6.exe

> Beekeeper Studio is the friendly modern SQL client — one clean app for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and SQL Server, with a table editor, autocomplete and saved queries; free Community edition…

Beekeeper Studio is a modern, cross-platform SQL editor and database manager for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, Oracle, CockroachDB and more. It combines a spreadsheet-like table editor with a proper SQL editor featuring autocomplete, query history, saved queries, multiple result sets, and data export to CSV, JSON and Excel. The Community Edition is free and open source under the GPL; this listing is the Community build — not the paid Ultimate edition.

## Installation

1. **Download the installer** — Download Beekeeper Studio from the official vendor link on this page.
2. **Run the setup** — Open the downloaded installer file and follow the on-screen installation steps.
3. **Launch the app** — Start Beekeeper Studio from the Start menu or desktop shortcut.

## Editorial verdict

Beekeeper Studio is the database client for people who found the classic tools powerful but punishing. One window connects to Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, SQL Server, Oracle and CockroachDB with the same calm interface: a table browser that edits data like a spreadsheet with proper transactions and rollback, and a query editor with the autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and multiple simultaneous result tabs that daily SQL work actually needs. Query history and saved queries end the 'I know I wrote this join last month' archaeology, and exporting any result to CSV, JSON or Excel is two clicks.

This listing is the GPL Community Edition — the complete core client, free forever — while the paid Ultimate edition adds extras like Oracle-heavy tooling, team workspaces and priority support; the Community build is what most individual developers need and it never nags. It is not a full DBA suite: user administration, schema-diff and backup tooling are thinner than in pgAdmin or SSMS, and very large result sets are paged rather than infinite. As the daily driver for application developers, analysts and students, its balance of friendliness and real capability is currently unmatched on Windows.

### Strengths

- One consistent, genuinely pleasant interface across PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, Oracle and more — learn one client, keep it for every stack.
- A spreadsheet-style table editor with transactional apply/rollback makes data fixes safe instead of terrifying.
- The SQL editor has real autocomplete, formatting, multiple result sets, query history, and saved queries organized per connection.
- Exports any result set to CSV, JSON, JSONL or Excel directly, which covers ninety percent of 'can you pull me this data' requests.
- The Community Edition is free and open source (GPL) with no query limits or connection caps; paid Ultimate is an upsell, not a rescue.

### Trade-offs

- Deep DBA administration — roles, backups, schema comparison, performance tuning — is thinner than in dedicated tools like pgAdmin or SSMS.
- The Community edition omits some Ultimate extras (team cloud workspaces, certain enterprise database features), and the boundary is worth checking for Oracle shops.
- Very large tables are browsed in pages rather than streamed endlessly, which suits editing but not bulk data extraction.

## FAQ

**Is Beekeeper Studio free?**

The Community Edition listed here is free and open source under the GPL, with unlimited connections and queries. Beekeeper Studio Ultimate is a separate paid edition adding team workspaces and some enterprise features; this download is the free Community build.

**Which databases does Beekeeper Studio support?**

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, CockroachDB, Cassandra, BigQuery, Redshift and others. The Community edition covers the popular open-source and mainstream servers most developers use daily.

**Can Beekeeper Studio edit table data safely?**

Yes. Table edits are staged and applied in a transaction with a review step, and you can roll back before committing — a deliberate design choice to prevent the classic UPDATE-without-WHERE accident.

**Does Beekeeper Studio connect over SSH tunnels?**

Yes. Connections can be configured with SSH tunneling (including jump hosts and key authentication), so production databases behind a bastion are reachable without exposing ports.

**Is Beekeeper Studio a good Azure Data Studio replacement?**

For most users, yes — with Azure Data Studio retired by Microsoft, Beekeeper is the common landing spot: it covers SQL Server plus the other major databases in one lighter, actively developed application.

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