What is Kexi?
Kexi is a free and open source visual database design, data analysis and data management application for the desktop aimed at both novice and expert users. Built on Qt software and the KDE Frameworks technologies, it features a slick graphical user interface that allows users to create and manage databases, tables, queries, forms and reports all through an intuitive drag and drop design interface without having to write SQL code or program anything.
At its core, Kexi provides a convenient and efficient way to organize, access and share data. It supports connections to several major database servers including MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, and PostgreSQL as backends. The visual design tools and widgets allow creating entire database applications and interfaces without coding. Advanced users can still write raw SQL when needed.
Some key features and components of Kexi include:
- Visual database and table design with support for relationships and constraints
- Form building with widgets for data entry and display
- Report creation with advanced formatting and layouts
- Intuitive visual query building with joins, grouping, sorting etc
- Data importing from CSV, Excel and other sources
- Data exporting to formats like CSV, HTML, PDF
With its advanced capabilities wrapped in a user friendly interface, Kexi allows both database experts and novices to be more productive in managing and accessing data for a wide variety of purposes from personal data to enterprise solutions. Its open source foundation and cross platform compatibility makes it freely accessible to anyone.
Microsoft Office Access, Claris FileMaker, LibreOffice - Base, My Visual Database, Symphytum, HSQLDB, Apache OpenOffice Base, MobiDB Database, dbFront, SpeedBase Professional, Tiki Trackers, LyteRAD, Databuilder.io, Glom, XtraBuild Designer, NSBase, Limbas, Handy Application Maker, MDBLite are some alternatives to Kexi.