Requirements and compatibility

Last modified: March 13, 2025

dbForge Studio for MySQL requires the following:

• .NET Framework 4.7.2 or higher installed. You can download .NET Framework here.

  Note

  .NET Framework is pre-installed in Microsoft Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11.

• Microsoft Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11
• Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019/2022
• Linux
  • Ubuntu
  • Debian
  • Fedora
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• macOS
  • Monterey version 12.00
  • Big Sur version 11.00
  • Catalina version 10.15
  • Mojave version 10.14
  • High Sierra version 10.13

Note

CodeWeavers CrossOver must be pre-installed in order to work with Linux and macOS. You can download it on the CodeWeavers compatibility page.

To check a list of macOS and Linux versions that are compatible with CrossOver, see CrossOver system requirements.

Services Compatibility

• StrongDM

Compatibility

Database version compatibility:

• MySQL: Versions 5.5 to 9.1
• MariaDB: Versions 5.5 to 11.7
• Percona: Versions 5.5 to 9.1
• HeatWave

Secure connection protocols:

• SSL/SSH for secure data transmission

Cloud platform support:

• Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora
• Azure MySQL
• Google Cloud Platform
• Alibaba Cloud
• Tencent Cloud
• Aiven Cloud
• DigitalOcean Managed Database
• Kamatera Performance Cloud

Additional database solutions and features:

• Galera Cluster
• Sphinx Search Engine
• Oracle MySQL Database Service
• MySQL embedded server

Connection and authentication:

• Support for AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) database authentication
• HTTP connections via PHP tunnel
• Support for UTF-8 databases
• Direct access to MySQL server without client libraries
• Support for Windows authentication for MySQL server connections
• Support for MySQL pluggable authentication and Windows authentication for MySQL server connections using PAM, including Percona PAM Authentication for MySQL