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pgAdmin
Raised as a usability problem by 63 people on Hacker News over 19 years (2008–2026), in 50 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Error-prone and inconsistent compared to pgAdmin 3Unreviewed
20082026- PgAdmin's user interface is clunky, so the commenter avoids using it2025-05-23
- Calling pgAdmin4 terrible; only vague dislike, no specific usability problem named2019-04-18
- Feels slow, bloated and buggy to use compared with pgAdmin 32018-09-23
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 50 complaints
- AI tab opens by default, forcing extra tab switches to write SQL2026-03-12
- AI Assistant panel is visible but does nothing unless separately enabled2026-03-11
- PgAdmin's user interface is clunky, so the commenter avoids using it2025-05-23
- Autocomplete is clunky to use and poor quality2025-05-23
- Must click past many irrelevant object types in a dropdown tree to reach tables2024-09-04
- Interface feels too clunky to use comfortably2024-07-21
- Server hangs and becomes unusable until restarted when shared2024-03-10
- UI feels clunky, confusing and slow, especially on Mac2023-11-29
- Startup needs a local daemon and firewall fiddling; copy-paste to other apps is awkward2023-11-29
- Connection setup is klunky, error messages are confusing and cannot be copied2023-11-29
- Pressing enter too quickly in the MySQL CLI is error prone2023-07-15
- Needs seven clicks to reach a table; can't find how to view table contents or run queries2023-07-07
- Navigating a flat list of about 1000 database users is annoying2023-04-16
- UI hides information by default, so users must hunt for it2023-01-31
- Typing SQL lags noticeably; the interface feels sluggish and unresponsive2022-12-30
- Window positioning is sadistic and hard to manage2022-11-28
- Tabs have no close button, so closing one needs a right-click menu2022-05-19
- Disconnect and remove server options sit adjacent, with identical generic Yes/No confirmations, so mistakes are easy2022-04-14
- Error-line highlight is bright blue and almost obscures the query text2021-09-30
- Switching to a web app degraded usability2020-05-17
- Database client tools feel painful and far less usable than SSMS2020-04-03
- Repeatedly frustrating to use, with a poor user experience2020-04-03
- Became unusable in non-trivial cases after switching to Qt web2020-03-27
- Commenter reports pgAdmin lacks IntelliSense-style autocomplete, which they couldn't find2019-11-22
- Calling pgAdmin4 terrible; only vague dislike, no specific usability problem named2019-04-18
- SQL editor is slow and buggy, struggles with large result sets2019-03-19
- Endless series of error popups nagging to upgrade when connecting to PostgreSQL 11+2019-02-21
- Hangs on splash screen saying it cannot find the application server2019-01-18
- Feels slow, bloated and buggy to use compared with pgAdmin 32018-09-23
- Clumsy enough that the commenter gave up learning Postgres with it2018-09-22
- PgAdmin 4 was so buggy the commenter found it unusable2018-09-22
- Default macOS keybindings don't work and basic editing features are missing2018-08-06
- Described as flaky, clunky and slow to use2018-03-08
- Unhappy experience with the tool, and older pgAdmin 3 gives errors depending on actions2018-02-10
- New version is borderline unusable2017-12-11
- Database admin tool is so poor the commenter dreads using Postgres2017-10-05
- Described as unusable by the commenter, with no specific problem named2017-09-05
- Slow, clunky, and freezes or crashes frequently during use2017-07-31
- UI lag is distracting when working in the interface2017-07-30
- Simple actions take several clicks that took one click in version 32017-07-30
- Described as basically broken and unusable compared to the older version2017-07-30
- UI is error prone, buggy and inconsistent compared to pgAdmin 32017-03-21
- Hard to find tables, indexes and views on first launch; permission settings don't work, need SQL edits2016-10-04
- Copy-paste and exporting or importing data are hassles, plus slow startup and sluggishness2016-09-30
- Preferences and context menus are in-window overlays that can't be moved or exceed the main window bounds2016-09-30
- Top bar of window sometimes moves off screen when opening tables2015-12-30
- PgAdmin is unstable on Mac and its query editor is poor2015-12-29
- Text is clipped in cells on high-DPI displays, showing only middle of glyphs2015-10-25
- Frustrates the commenter enough that they looked for an alternative2015-07-06
- Explain query visualization can't be zoomed out or scrolled with the mouse2015-06-18