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If I need a GUI for MySQL, I find MySQL Workbench to work great:

https://www.mysql.com/products/workbench/

But in 90% of cases, I do find that the cli sql client for your DB of choice is sufficient.

I wish I had the same experience as you. I use MW at my work and it is constantly crashing, hanging, freezing, and otherwise puttering out. We don't have a stupidly large database either. Lately I've been hounding my team to switch to another product, such as HeidiSQL or DBeaver.

>HeidiSQL or DBeaver

I've used both, and they're both good.

I am using the CE version that is in the Ubuntu Repo.

I used the workbench all the time. Only niggle is that it hangs if you connect to an older version of MySQL, but the older version of Workbench works.

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