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Beekeeper Studio vs martin
Beekeeper Studio has 23,629 GitHub stars, 1,628 forks, 1,168 open issues and last shipped yesterday. martin has 3,929 stars, 391 forks, 52 open issues and last shipped today. Beekeeper Studio leads on adoption by 501% (23,629 vs 3,929 stars). Beekeeper Studio is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; martin is written in Rust under Apache-2.0. Beekeeper Studio has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, martin 10%. martin was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (postgresql), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Beekeeper Studio | martin | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 24K | ★ 3.9K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-20 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.6K | ⑂ 391 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Beekeeper Studio if
- You weight community size — 24K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick martin if
- You want the martin feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and martin fits your workflow better
About Beekeeper Studio
Beekeeper Studio is a cross platform, open source SQL editor and database manager for Linux, macOS, and Windows that gives developers and data teams one graphical client for many different database engines.
read the full Beekeeper Studio overview →
About martin
Martin is a Rust based tile server and toolkit from the MapLibre project that generates vector tiles on the fly from PostgreSQL/PostGIS databases and GeoJSON files, serves tiles from PMTiles, MBTiles and GeoParquet sources, and ships command line tooling for bulk tile generation and MBTiles maintenance, aimed at teams that self host map tiles under heavy traffic.
read the full martin overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Beekeeper Studio or martin more popular?
Beekeeper Studio has 23,629 GitHub stars and martin has 3,929. Beekeeper Studio has the larger community by that measure.
Are Beekeeper Studio and martin free?
Both are open source. Beekeeper Studio has no licence declared in this registry, and martin is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Beekeeper Studio and martin?
Beekeeper Studio is written in TypeScript and martin in Rust. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Beekeeper Studio or martin?
Choose Beekeeper Studio if you want the larger community (23,629 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose martin if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.