Freeware Database Programme

Keyblade92 · Sep 8, 2008

Hey all, just wondering if anyone can reccommend a good, reliable (hopefully freeware) database programme for the mac. I'm not happy with FileMaker Pro, and just want a program that works like Microsoft (spit) Access.

Thanks.

rman · Sep 9, 2008

filemaker pro is alot more cheaper than oracle.

Dysfunction · Sep 9, 2008

mySql is free, and is reliable, it is not however 'user friendly'

PapaNoHair · Sep 9, 2008

You might try NeoOffice - it has a database included and I used it for a long time. It took my Access database. Another that is user friendly but not free is Bento (made by Filemaker but very, very easy to use).

macgig · Sep 9, 2008

bento is leopard only, which makes no sense to me. why didn't they support tiger? Not every mac user has leopard.

Ade Lewis · Sep 10, 2008

Hi

PostgreSQL claims to be the best open source Database application and is completely free.

You can find it at www.applemacfreeware.com under Utilities & Tools.

Hope this helps.

Keyblade92 · Sep 13, 2008

Hi everybody. I decided to go with Bento, but I will look at PostgreSQL in more depth as I like to support the open source community - but anything with SQL seems complicated to me!

Thanks for the advice guys.