Self-hosting Supabase? Supabase Studio is built around your Supabase project's database — there's no way to switch to a different database from the UI. QueryGlow is a general-purpose, multi-database GUI you self-host: manage your self-hosted Supabase Postgres and every other database from one interface you own.
Both are great at what they are built for. Here is the honest difference.
Single-project Postgres console
Supabase Studio is the dashboard for your Supabase project — a polished way to work with that project's Postgres, alongside Supabase's Auth, Storage and APIs. It is built around that one database: there is no way to switch to a different database from the UI.
General-purpose, multi-DB, self-hosted
QueryGlow is a general-purpose database GUI you self-host with Docker. Point it at the Postgres behind your self-hosted Supabase — and at every other database you run — and manage them all from one interface you own, with a full SQL editor, AI, a visual EXPLAIN plan and self-host security.
Everything below is built into QueryGlow today.
Point QueryGlow at the Postgres behind your self-hosted Supabase — and your other databases on RDS, Railway, or local — and manage them all from one interface.
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, CockroachDB and TimescaleDB — one GUI you run with Docker on your own infrastructure.
A Monaco editor (the VS Code engine) with schema-aware autocomplete for tables and columns, and Ctrl+Enter to run.
Describe a query in plain English and QueryGlow drafts the SQL. Bring your own OpenAI, Claude or Gemini key — and only your schema is ever sent, never a row of data.
A visual EXPLAIN/ANALYZE plan tree that flags sequential scans and missing indexes — with concrete CREATE INDEX suggestions.
Encrypted credentials (AES-256-GCM), built-in SSH tunnels, Safe Mode that blocks destructive queries, and Basic Auth — built for self-hosting in production.
Supabase gives you authentication, storage, edge functions and auto-generated REST/GraphQL APIs. QueryGlow does none of those — and does not try to. It is the GUI you point at your Postgres (self-hosted Supabase or anything else) and your other databases — our full self-hosted Supabase guide covers what that stack does and doesn't include. Keep using Supabase for the platform; use QueryGlow as the multi-database client you own.
A general-purpose, multi-database client you self-host. $79 once, on your own infrastructure.
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Prefer to skip installs entirely? QueryGlow also runs as a web-based SQL client — access any database from your browser.