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drawDB

The free, open-source way to design your database and ship the SQL

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drawDB is a free, open-source visual database schema editor that runs in the browser. It lets you design entity-relationship diagrams, generate DDL scripts for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle and a generic dialect, and import existing schemas from DDL. The free tier stores diagrams locally in the browser. Paid Pro plans add cloud storage, team collaboration, version history, AI assistant, MCP server, and priority support. The tool can also be self-hosted via Docker.

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