<s>
DBeaver	B-Language
is	O
a	O
SQL	B-Language
client	O
software	O
application	O
and	O
a	O
database	B-Application
administration	I-Application
tool	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
relational	B-Application
databases	I-Application
it	O
uses	O
the	O
JDBC	B-Language
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
databases	B-Application
via	O
a	O
JDBC	B-Language
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
other	O
databases	B-Application
(	O
NoSQL	B-General_Concept
)	O
it	O
uses	O
proprietary	B-Application
database	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
plug-in	B-Application
architecture	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
plugins	B-Application
architecture	O
)	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
modify	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
behavior	O
to	O
provide	O
database-specific	O
functionality	O
or	O
features	O
that	O
are	O
database-independent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
desktop	O
application	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Device
and	O
based	O
on	O
Eclipse	B-Application
platform	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
community	O
edition	O
(	O
CE	O
)	O
of	O
DBeaver	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
software	I-License
that	O
is	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
closed-source	B-Application
enterprise	O
edition	O
of	O
DBeaver	B-Language
is	O
distributed	O
under	O
a	O
commercial	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DBeaver	B-Language
was	O
started	O
in	O
2010	O
as	O
a	O
hobby	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
supposed	O
to	O
be	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
with	O
a	O
good-looking	O
and	O
convenient	O
UI	O
and	O
to	O
include	O
frequently	O
used	O
features	O
for	O
database	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
web	O
site	O
was	O
founded	O
and	O
the	O
community	O
support	O
forum	O
(	O
now	O
moved	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
)	O
was	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
an	O
Eclipse	B-Application
plugin	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
-	O
since	O
then	O
DBeaver	B-Language
has	O
become	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
database	O
extensions	O
for	O
Eclipse	B-Application
(	O
top	O
50-60	O
among	O
all	O
Eclipse	B-Application
extensions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
,	O
various	O
software	O
vendors	O
started	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
DBeaver	B-Language
(	O
mostly	O
as	O
an	O
extensions	O
to	O
their	O
proprietary	B-Application
Eclipse	B-Application
RCP	O
products	O
:	O
Zend	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
,	O
NXTware	O
,	O
DeltaDNA	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EE	O
version	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
CE	O
but	O
also	O
provides	O
support	O
of	O
NoSQL/BigData	O
databases	B-Application
(	O
Cassandra	B-Application
,	O
MongoDB	B-Application
and	O
Redis	B-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
includes	O
a	O
few	O
additional	O
Eclipse	B-Application
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
DBeaver	B-Language
source	O
code/community	O
has	O
moved	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
DBeaver	B-Language
CE	O
was	O
relicensed	O
under	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
starting	O
from	O
version	O
4.x	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2017	O
DBeaver	B-Language
EE	O
version	O
became	O
commercial	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
support	O
CE	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DBeaver	B-Language
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
tool	O
and	O
works	O
on	O
platforms	O
which	O
are	O
supported	O
by	O
Eclipse	B-Application
(	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
MacOS	O
X	O
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DBeaver	B-Language
is	O
available	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
Chinese	O
,	O
Russian	O
,	O
Italian	O
,	O
and	O
German	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
Edition	O
(	O
CE	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
initial	O
version	O
of	O
DBeaver	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2010	O
and	O
became	O
open-source	O
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CE	O
version	O
includes	O
extended	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
databases	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
other	O
database	O
which	O
has	O
JDBC	B-Language
or	O
ODBC	B-Application
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
relational	B-Application
databases	I-Application
,	O
CE	O
version	O
supports	O
WMI	B-Library
driver	O
(	O
Windows	B-Library
Management	I-Library
Instrumentation	I-Library
–	O
works	O
only	O
in	O
Windows	O
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
multiple	O
user	O
requests	O
an	O
Eclipse	B-Application
plugin	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Eclipse	B-Application
Marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
programmers	O
who	O
use	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
IDE	I-Application
for	O
software	O
development	O
and	O
need	O
a	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
tool	O
right	O
in	O
their	O
IDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Eclipse	B-Application
plugin	B-Application
includes	O
most	O
features	O
of	O
Community	O
Edition	O
and	O
is	O
also	O
released	O
under	O
GPL	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
DBeaver	B-Language
3.x	O
announced	O
support	O
of	O
NoSQL	B-General_Concept
databases	B-Application
(	O
Cassandra	B-Application
and	O
MongoDB	B-Application
in	O
the	O
initial	O
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
DBeaver	B-Language
was	O
divided	O
on	O
Community	O
and	O
Enterprise	O
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	O
Edition	O
has	O
support	O
of	O
NoSQL	B-General_Concept
databases	B-Application
,	O
persistent	O
query	O
manager	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
other	O
enterprise-level	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DBeaver	B-Language
features	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
differences	O
in	O
the	O
features	O
available	O
across	O
different	O
databases	B-Application
.	O
</s>
