Microscope
The most ergonomic way to work with databases. Experience lightning-fast performance with GPU acceleration, handling up to 2GB files in under 1 second for 100k rows.
curl -fsSL https://zarrasvand.com/install_microscope.sh | shLightning Fast
Sub 1-second performance for 100k rows with GPU acceleration
Multi-Format Support
CSV, SQLite, and Parquet files with seamless folder scanning
Large File Handling
Efficiently process files up to 2GB with optimized memory usage
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Microscope | DBeaver Community | Beekeeper Studio | DB Browser for SQLite | pgAdmin | HeidiSQL | Jupyter + pandas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSV Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SQLite Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Parquet Support | ✓ | ✓ | Limited | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Performance | Sub 1s (100k rows) | Moderate | Poor | Moderate | Good | Good | Variable |
| GPU Acceleration | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Limited |
| File Size Handling | Up to 2GB | 10GB+ | ~500MB-1GB | RAM dependent | Database dependent | Multi-GB | RAM dependent |
| MySQL Remote | Coming Soon | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PostgreSQL Remote | Coming Soon | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Save Queries | Coming Soon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Folder Scanning | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Best For | High-performance analysis | General purpose | Modern UI | SQLite focus | PostgreSQL primary | Lightweight db client | Data science |
