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It hasn't been updated in a very long time. Constant crashes on Mojave. I have transitioned away to TablePlus and DataGrip. Too bad because it was a very good tool for quick edits.

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I had a lot of trouble with Mojave and the crashing you are reporting is annoying. I’ve been using their test builds the past couple months with zero problems though.

https://sequelpro.com/test-builds

+1 - use the test builds, they work and fixed all my problems.

That bug is so annoying. Push a release!

What bug specifically? What is the symptom?

Not sure which the parent was referring to, but everytime I close it, it crashes.

In my experience, it's specifically every time you try to disconnect from a server. (I have connections set up for dev and production for a small project, and I try to keep the production connection open only when I need it...but if I open it, I need to keep it open or it crashes the whole app.)

Will try the test build.

Are you sure it's not actively being fixed? I see active development on GitHub with many commits. Have you reported the issue on GitHub as the website suggests?

It was fixed several months ago, apparently, but the fix still hasn't been released outside of a test build yet. There have been multiple issues opened (and closed as duplicates) but this[0] seems to be the original.

[0] https://github.com/sequelpro/sequelpro/issues/3116

I too transitioned from Sequel Pro to TablePlus. Sequel Pro was buggy and wasn't supporting MySQL 8 properly.

TablePlus has been great.

I tried out TablePlus, but at the time they were lacking user management.

With that recent addition, it's been able to completely replace Sequel Pro and Postico for Postgres management

I'm afraid SequelPro may be coming to a dead end without a real active development (night lies occur but no stable release in years without latest MySQL support.)

https://github.com/sequelpro/sequelpro/issues/3037#issuecomm...

Love DataGrip...was a big Sequel Pro fan until I started on a project with PostgreSQL and found DataGrip. Haven’t looked back. (I’m now using DataGrip for MySQL as well.)

Have you used Postico? I have both it and DataGrip but find myself primarily in Postico for Postgres, feels lighter weight and easier to navigate

Agreed that Postico is amazing. Totally worth the $40 or whatever it costs.

sadly neither postico nor tableplus can connect using an ssh certificate. this is becoming a big drawback in organisations switching to ssh certs instead of keys.

TablePlus definitely can connect using SSH certificate. I'm using it like that right now.

after pushing "over SSH" i see only importing a private key.

please note that i am talking about SSH certificate, not SSL certificate. https://ef.gy/hardening-ssh

You are right, I thought you were talking about using private keys.

Hey! I'm the author of TablePlus and let check it.

After a few months I couldn't stand the cluttered interface and generally I need to click twice more to achieve anything, I went back to SequelPro.

That's weird. I use it daily on Mojave and have had zero crashes.

Seconded: TablePlus

Some of what I can do in there feels like magic.

Use the nightly

The last thing I want to use when dealing with data is a nightly. Yes, I have backups; those are for rainy days, not my own recklessness.

FWIW I had the same reaction, then upgraded due to the Mojave crashes and discovered that the nightly doesn't update that often and is stable. It's been fine for months.

Same here. They really need to put out a release for it so people can auto update.

Yeah the crashes in Mojave were driving me crazy. Then to my surprise I tried the test build here and its way more stable and even has multiple filters, a feature I've been wanting for years. https://sequelpro.com/test-builds

What is the reason for them from releasing a stable for years? Feels like it's dead without uncovering GitHub activities.

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