What is DbTribe?
dbTribe is an open-source database modeling and design tool used for visualizing, documenting, and sharing database models. It provides an intuitive graphical interface for designing database schemas across various database platforms such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and more.
With dbTribe, users can easily:
- Visually model database structures with entity-relationship diagrams
- Visualize existing databases by reverse engineering SQL scripts
- Generate SQL code for creating or updating databases based on designed models
- Document databases by embedding metadata such as descriptions, indexes, keys, etc.
- Share and discuss models with team members in real-time collaboration
- Integrate with version control systems like Git, SVN to manage changes
Some key features include customizable model templates, multi-layout support for diagrams, database import/export, documentation generation, access control for collaboration, and more.
dbTribe runs on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. The tool promotes more efficient and collaborative database development workflows. The availability of the source code also makes it easy to extend as per custom requirements.