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Cross platform SQL editor and database management app. Version 6.2.1 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Cross platform SQL editor and database management app
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Project history and usage
Beekeeper Studio is a cross-platform SQL editor and database manager begun in 2019 and publicly launched in 2020, emphasizing a fast, uncluttered desktop experience.
Project history
Development began in June 2019 as a two-person side project intended to provide a cleaner, more approachable alternative to feature-heavy SQL workbenches.
Beekeeper Studio was introduced publicly in April 2020 and reached a wider developer audience through Hacker News the following month.
In 2022 the project adopted GPLv3 licensing and split into Community and Ultimate editions. The 5.0 work in 2024 returned those editions to a unified application and made its code open source or source available.
Adoption history
An informal April 2020 launch generated early interest, followed by a Hacker News launch in May. By October 2020 the project reported reaching version 1.7 and 3,000 GitHub stars.
The maintainers introduced a separate paid Ultimate Edition in 2022 to fund development. In the 5.0 cycle, the editions were recombined into one application with free and premium capabilities.
How it is used
Developers use Beekeeper Studio to connect to SQL and other supported databases, explore schemas and tables, edit and run queries, retain query history, modify records, and import, export, back up, or restore data.
Saved connections and queries are persisted in a local SQLite database named app.db. Optional INI files provide user-level and administrator-enforced configuration.
Why package nerds care
Beekeeper Studio occupies the modern, cross-platform end of the database-client ecosystem: it offers native desktop packages for the major operating systems while keeping its main codebase publicly inspectable. Its transition from a free side project to a mixed free/commercial model is also representative of sustainability experiments among open-source desktop tools.
Timeline
- 2019: Development began in June.
- 2020: Informal public launch in April and Hacker News launch in May.
- 2020: Version 1.7 and 3,000 GitHub stars were reported by October.
- 2022: GPLv3 licensing and the separate Ultimate Edition were announced.
- 2024: The 5.0 beta unified the editions into one application.
Related projects
- Beekeeper Studio’s database abstraction work has historical roots in Sqlectron components.
- It serves a similar role to database clients such as DBeaver, TablePlus, DataGrip, and pgAdmin.
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Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
~/.config/beekeeper-studio/user.config.ini/etc/beekeeper-studio/system.config.ini- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/beekeeper-studio/user.config.ini/Library/Application Support/beekeeper-studio/system.config.ini- Windows
%APPDATA%\beekeeper-studio\user.config.iniC:\ProgramData\beekeeper-studio\system.config.ini
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Linux
~/.config/beekeeper-studio/app.db- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/Beekeeper Studio/app.db- Windows
%APPDATA%\beekeeper-studio\app.db
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page generated2026-11-04
manager version6.2.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studionone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:beekeeper-studio |
|---|---|
| Version | 6.2.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/beekeeper-studio |
| Homepage | https://www.beekeeperstudio.io/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio |
| Upstream docs | https://www.beekeeperstudio.io/ |
| Source archive | https://github.com/beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio/releases/download/v6.2.1/Beekeeper-Studio-6.2.1-arm64.dmg |
| SHA-256 | e7962be7271229dd4a37c39c0a19a90105a0a4c97a54f1c1c8c0194a3c3632ac |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | beekeeper-studio |
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| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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