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Easily build a front-end on your SQL database

Build your front-end faster with a multi-purpose, cross-platform SQL GUI and 50+ pre-made front-end components.

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Components

Table
Text
Text Input
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Easily build a front-end on your SQL database
Components

Build from a handful of drag-and-drop components

Table
Table display the output of a query and control your table appearance and the visible columns.
Text
Text the simplest components out there — use text components statically as labels, or dynamically to display values.
Button
Button trigger actions that do things like run queries, export data, or open other apps.
Text Input
Text Input take a text input to modify the parameters of a query — say the `ILIKE` in a SQL statement, or a URL parameter in a REST query based on the value of the component.
Dropdown
Dropdown allow users to select one value from a list of options.
Container
Container organize your admin panel by using containers as top-level components and to nest other components.

Data source

Connect to any SQL database with native integrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle DB, Redshift, BigQuery and more. Skip using different GUIs for different SQL DBs and get it all together in one place.

Step 1 Create resource1. Create resource
Step 2 Read data2. Read data
Step 3 Connect data with UI3. Connect data with UI

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