Self-hosting Supabase? Supabase Studio is built around your Supabase project's database: self-hosted Supabase runs as a single project. QueryGlow is a general-purpose, multi-database GUI you self-host: manage your self-hosted Supabase Postgres and your other Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, CockroachDB and TimescaleDB databases from one interface on your own server.
“Beautiful interface and very intuitive.”
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. Supabase's self-hosting docs put it this way: “Self-hosted Supabase runs as a single project which means that Studio doesn't support multiple organizations or projects.”
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 your other Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, CockroachDB and TimescaleDB databases, and manage them all from one interface on your own server, with a full SQL editor, AI, a visual EXPLAIN plan and self-host security.
See it before you pay
Open the live demo (read-only sample database, AI switched off), no signup. If it fits, buy once for your whole team.
Stripe checkout. You'll enter your GitHub username for the repo invite. No refunds, so try the read-only demo first.
Everything below is built into QueryGlow today.
Paste the connection string of the Postgres behind your self-hosted Supabase, list the databases that login can open and add them in one go. Your other Postgres, MySQL and MariaDB databases on RDS, Railway or local sit in the same sidebar, grouped by host.
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, CockroachDB and TimescaleDB: one GUI you run with Docker on your own infrastructure, for the whole team behind one shared login.
JSON, JSONB and array columns are readable and editable as JSON text. timestamptz values show in your time zone and date format; the stored value stays untouched.
A Monaco editor (the VS Code engine) with schema-aware autocomplete for tables and columns, Ctrl+Enter to run, and shortcuts you can set yourself for run, explain, Ask AI and save.
Describe a query in plain English and QueryGlow drafts the SQL. Ask AI sends your database type, table and column names with their types, and your prompt. Never rows. Your own OpenAI, Anthropic or Google key, entered in the app (stored encrypted on your server) or set in .env.
A visual EXPLAIN/ANALYZE plan tree that flags sequential scans and missing indexes, with concrete CREATE INDEX suggestions.
Encrypted credentials (AES-256-GCM), SSH tunnels with pinned host keys, optional server certificate verification (sslmode=verify-ca or verify-full in a pasted URL turns it on; providers that use their own certificate authority, such as Supabase, CockroachDB Advanced or Amazon RDS, need Verify server certificate turned off after pasting), Safe Mode, a confirmation before writes on production, and Basic Auth.
Let AI agents query your databases through QueryGlow with per-connection tokens, read-only by default and enforced by the database. The Activity tab shows every call, and one click pauses an agent.
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. Keep using Supabase for the platform; use QueryGlow as the multi-database client on your own server.
A general-purpose, multi-database client you self-host. $79 once, on your own infrastructure, with every 1.x update.
Try the live demo first: the real app on a sample database, read-only, AI switched off, no signup.
See how we stack up against the alternatives.
Prefer nothing to install on your laptop? QueryGlow is a web-based SQL client: installed on your server with one command, then Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, CockroachDB and TimescaleDB from any browser.