JSQLFormatter vs SQL Pretty Printer
JSQLFormatter
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| Figure | JSQLFormatter | SQL Pretty Printer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · SQL Linters and Formatters | 8.3 (#5) | 7.6 (#15) |
| Founded | 2011 | 2002 |
| Maker | Manticore Projects describes itself as a consulting company for financial valuation, reporting and credit risk management. | Gudu Software describes itself as a privately held database-tools company founded in 2002. |
| Output formats | It supports ANSI terminal highlighting and HTML and RTF output for documents and wikis. | The desktop version outputs text, colorful HTML, and RTF. |
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In their own words
JSQLFormatter
JSQLFormatter formats SQL for terminal output, documents, and wikis, and is available as a Java library or command-line executable. It parses SQL with a grammar into an abstract syntax tree rather than relying on regular expressions. Supported statements include SELECT, INSERT, MERGE, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, and ALTER, including WITH clauses and nested sub-selects. The listed dialects cover Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, H2, DuckDB, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks, and Snowflake. Formatting can preserve comments between keywords or within join conditions, while leaving comment-like string literals unchanged. Users can configure indentation, comma placement, and the casing of keywords, functions, and objects, with settings applied per invocation, file, or statement. Output options include ANSI terminal highlighting, HTML, and RTF. A Java-source feature imports SQL strings while retaining variables and can export them as String, StringBuilder, or MessageFormat. JSQLFormatter is free. Its license is Apache 2.0 from version 5.4 onward; releases through 5.3 were AGPL. A NetBeans plugin is a platform target, while Eclipse, JEdit, Squirrel SQL, and DBeaver are listed as planned.
SQL Pretty Printer
SQL Pretty Printer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.