| What it does | A native Mac editor for text, CSVs, and data files
| Free online database schema design tool for ER diagrams and SQL generation
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| Stage | Not given
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| Based in | US
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| Pricing model | Freemium
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| Pricing | Caxton Free (free forever); Caxton Pro monthly at $9.99 USD, annual at $99.99 USD, or lifetime at $179.99 USD. Team pricing starts at $79 to $99.99 USD per seat per year.
| Free tier includes the open-source editor with all SQL dialects, import & export, and local diagram storage. drawDB Pro offers paid plans for Solo Pro and Team Pro with cloud storage, real-time collaboration, AI schema assistant, GitHub integration, and priority support.
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| Key features | - Text editing with memory-mapped files for large documents
- CSV and TSV table editing with column transforms
- Column transformations and data type preservation
- CSV validation with structural and data rules
- File comparison without copying data
- Extract matches and columns to new documents
- Local processing with no cloud uploads or telemetry
| - Entity-relationship diagram editor
- SQL generation for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MariaDB, SQL Server, and Oracle
- DBML import and export
- Real-time collaborative database design
- Cloud storage and team workspaces
- AI-assisted schema design
- Schema reverse engineering from existing SQL
- Version history and migration generation
- Export to SQL, JSON, PNG, JPEG, SVG, and PDF
- Keyboard shortcuts and customizable workspace
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| What makes it different | - Opens files directly from disk without importing or uploading, preserving data exactly as stored
- Combines text editor, CSV table editor, and log viewer in one native Mac application
- Handles multi-gigabyte files with consistent performance and one-millisecond keystroke latency
- Preserves leading zeros, long IDs, and data types exactly as stored in the file
- All files stay local to your Mac with no cloud processing, telemetry, or vendor lock-in
| - Free and open source with no account required to start designing
- Supports all major SQL dialects in one tool
- Self-hostable on your own infrastructure with Docker
- Real-time team collaboration with shared cursors and presence
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 4 ● no change since last check | 46 ● no change since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 2 | 10 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 20 | 33 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 22 | 526 |
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