Quickly generate a PostgreSQL admin panel

A PostgreSQL GUI (Graphical User Interface), Postgres db viewer, PostgreSQL IDE (Integrated Development Environment), and Postgres admin panel are all PostgreSQL management tools designed to interact with and manage a PostgreSQL database. Although the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, there are subtle differences in their functionalities and purposes. A Postgres GUI refers to a graphical application that provides an interface to interact with a PostgreSQL database. It typically includes features like database browsing, table management, query execution, and data visualization. A Postgres viewer is a tool that focuses primarily on viewing the contents of a PostgreSQL database. It may offer some editing features, but its main functionality is read-only. A Postgres IDE, on the other hand, is an Integrated Development Environment specifically tailored for working with PostgreSQL databases. It provides advanced development capabilities and a robust environment for developers to manage database-related code. Finally, a postgre SQL admin panel offers features like user and role management, backup and restore functionality, performance monitoring, configuration management, and security settings. It is typically used by non-dev users when they need to manage a database. Forest Admin is first of all a PostgreSQL admin panel, but its flexibility makes it possible to be used as a Postgres db viewer or Postgres GUI tool (both Mac and Windows).

What makes Forest Admin different from other Postgres admin panel solutions? Users don’t start with a white page, an admin panel is generated on top of an app or a database. Once set up, Forest Admin as a pgsql tool is easy to use by non-technical team members who are autonomous with their tools and they can build their own interfaces to match their own workflows. It has the most advanced and granular access control system among all postgre tools, and many other advanced functionalities such as an invitation system with transactional emails, multiple layouts for different teams, permissions per custom actions, dynamic forms per custom actions, actions approvals, notes and annotations on records, scoped data based on the user, and more.

Forest Admin has the most advanced and granular access control system among all Postgres admin panel solutions. There are 4 default levels of administration permissions: Admin, Developer, Editor, and User. It is a security layer that decides on who can access the Project Settings, and edit the UI layout. User access can be customized with Roles that make it possible not only to restrict access to some data but also allow users to perform specific actions – or not. Check the documentation to read more about access control system in Forest Admin.

Create a free account on Forest Admin, start a new project, and follow the onboarding instructions on installing Forest Admin on your PostgreSQL database. Forest Admin will retrieve the collections from your database and generate an up-and-running PostgreSQL viewer. From there, you can start customizing your PostgreSQL GUI, adding dashboards, and creating custom workflows.

Yes, Forest Admin for PostgreSQL gives you access to our out-of-the-box visualization components, on top of which you can create your own custom charts, so you can build the best postgres GUI, including advanced admin dashboards.

Forest Admin for PostgreSQL is available on our regular plans. You can start building your db viewer for PostgreSQL for free.

Create a free account on Forest Admin, start a new project, and follow the onboarding instructions on installing Forest Admin on your PostgreSQL database. Forest Admin will retrieve the collections from your database and generate an up-and-running PostgreSQL admin panel. From there, you can start customizing your PostgreSQL tool, adding dashboards, and creating custom workflows.

Forest Admin gives you several options out-of-the-box options to customize your PostgreSQL admin panel. You can use a drag-and-drop UI editor to customize your layout, build workspaces - custom interfaces with no-code components, change the order of different elements, and so on. It's also possible to code your custom actions, views, workflows, charts, and more. Custom Actions: go beyond basic CRUD operations and customize your PostgreSQL GUI with your custom logic. ‍Custom Fields: combine fields to use in your internal tool without altering your database. ‍Custom HTML/CSS: customize the way you want to see your data, from maps to galleries. ‍And more, from custom charts to virtual relationships between your collections.

Installing Forest Admin as a PostgreSQL management tool only takes a few simple steps. Sign up or log in to your account and select PostgreSQL as a data source. Then you can choose between the Instant Setup and Advanced Setup. With instant setup, no environment variable setups are required - just enter your database credentials and go with the Cloud version of Forest Admin. If you choose the Advanced Setup, Forest Admin will generate an admin panel agent with our toolbelt for your database type. This agent introspects your data model and creates an Admin API hosted on your servers. The Forest Admin interface is a web application that handles communication between the admin panel user and your Postgres data through the Admin API. We never see your data, as you are hosting the server.