<s>
HeidiSQL	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
administration	O
tool	O
for	O
MariaDB	B-Application
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
and	O
SQLite	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
was	O
originally	O
taken	O
from	O
Ansgar	O
Becker	O
's	O
own	O
MySQL-Front	O
2.5	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
having	O
sold	O
the	O
MySQL-Front	O
branding	O
to	O
an	O
unrelated	O
party	O
,	O
Becker	O
chose	O
"	O
HeidiSQL	B-Language
"	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
jHeidi	O
,	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Mac	O
and	O
Linux	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
March	O
2010	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Wine	B-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ansgar	O
Becker	O
began	O
development	O
on	O
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
front-end	O
in	O
1999	O
naming	O
the	O
project	O
"	O
MySQL-Front	O
"	O
and	O
used	O
a	O
direct	O
API	O
layer	O
written	O
by	O
Matthias	O
Fichtner	O
to	O
interface	O
with	O
MySQL	B-Application
servers	I-Application
and	O
contained	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
during	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
inactivity	O
,	O
Becker	O
sold	O
the	O
MySQL-Front	O
branding	O
to	O
Nils	O
Hoyer	O
,	O
who	O
continued	O
development	O
by	O
cloning	B-General_Concept
the	O
original	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2006	O
,	O
Becker	O
open-sourced	O
the	O
application	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
renaming	O
the	O
project	O
"	O
HeidiSQL	B-Language
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HeidiSQL	B-Language
was	O
re-engineered	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
newer	O
and	O
more	O
popular	O
database-interface	O
layer	O
,	O
ZeosLib	O
,	O
which	O
debuted	O
in	O
version	O
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
was	O
added	O
in	O
March	O
2011	O
for	O
the	O
7.0	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
8.0	O
release	O
,	O
HeidiSQL	B-Language
offers	O
its	O
GUI	O
in	O
about	O
22	O
languages	O
other	O
than	O
English	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translations	O
are	O
contributed	O
by	O
users	O
from	O
various	O
countries	O
via	O
Transifex	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
PostgreSQL	B-Application
support	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
March	O
2014	O
for	O
the	O
9.0	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2018	O
,	O
a	O
slightly	O
extended	O
v9.5	O
release	O
was	O
published	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Microsoft	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQLite	B-Language
support	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
March	O
2020	O
for	O
the	O
11.0	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HeidiSQL	B-Language
has	O
the	O
following	O
GUI	O
features	O
and	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	O
columns	O
on	O
MariaDB	B-Application
servers	O
are	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
