Adminer itself is not modified or forked. This app runs the official Adminer release in a native desktop window and adds a few desktop-friendly improvements around it. Not affiliated with the Adminer project.
- Install it like any other app. No PHP, no web server, no browser.
- Works well with Docker. Sensible defaults make connecting to containerized databases easier.
- Stays logged in between launches.
- MCP Server support.
- Settings are available before you connect.
- Light and dark mode, with themes for both.
- Language, scaling, row density, and plugins are all in one place.
- Choose the plugins you want. Your selection is remembered.
- Reset everything back to the default settings with one click.
- Resizable sidebar that remembers its width.
- Resizable table columns for easier browsing.
- Larger edit forms that remember your layout.
- Double-click a table to open its data.
- Drag and drop
.sqlfiles onto the import page. - Exports download as files, with progress.
- Confirmation dialogs before destructive actions.
- Desktop navigation with Back/Forward buttons, trackpad gestures, Cmd/Ctrl+R, and F5.
- Browse tables without losing your place in the sidebar.
- Sorting and resizing refresh the rows in place, without the page rebuilding itself.
- Installing — macOS, Debian/Ubuntu, which platforms work, and where it keeps your settings.
- MCP Server — turning it on and let Claude or Codex access to your database for read or write, up to you!
- Developing — building it yourself, the checks, what is pinned.
- Linux releases — why there is a
.deband no apt repository.
Adminer is Apache-2.0 / GPL-2.0. This wrapper is MIT. The Adminer logo, used as the app icon, belongs to the Adminer project.