What is FlexTable?

FlexTable is a native desktop database client for SQL and NoSQL. You download it, connect to your databases, and run queries, browse and edit data, and manage schemas from one app. It runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux, and is free during beta.

If you searched “flextable” and expected an R package, this is a different project with the same name. See the note below.

FlexTable the database client, and flextable the R package

Two unrelated projects share the name.

• FlexTable (this site, flextable.dev) is a desktop application: a database GUI client for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB, and Redis. It is a program you install and run, not a code library.
• flextable is an R package for building formatted tables in R Markdown, HTML, Word, and PowerPoint. It is installed from CRAN and used inside R.

They do different things for different people. Nothing on this site relates to the R package, and this page exists so search engines and readers can tell the two apart.

What FlexTable does

One editor handles SQL and NoSQL: SQL and T-SQL, a shell-style query editor for MongoDB, and a command editor for Redis with live Pub/Sub. Around that sit schema-aware autocomplete, a virtualised grid for large result sets, staged edits you review before they commit, auto ER diagrams, query-plan visualization, and charts from query results. It imports and exports CSV, JSON, SQL, and Excel, and does backup and restore across engines.

It is privacy-first: no usage telemetry, credentials stored locally, and AI features that call your own provider with your own key rather than routing through a FlexTable server.

Key facts

• Type: desktop database client (GUI), native, not Electron.
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis.
• Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux.
• Price: free during beta; a PRO tier exists with a free lifetime license for the first 500 users.
• Privacy: no telemetry, local credential storage, bring-your-own AI key.

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