Thanks Nyall and so long to the DB Manager, it has been a great component of QGIS all these years, glad to have all of its functionality implemented in core now!
Regards Tim On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 9:59 PM Nyall Dawson via QGIS-PSC < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi lists, > > I've just submitted QEP426: "Demotion of DB Manager plugin to community > plugin" (https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/385) > > Historically, the DB Manager plugin was a critical component of the QGIS > ecosystem, providing essential database administration and querying > capabilities. However, over the 3.x development cycle, the direction of > QGIS shifted toward integrating all database related functionality into the > Browser Panel. This provides a better user experience, by exposing database > tools alongside other layer and connection management tools. The > browser-based functionality is all designed around generic, heavily tested > connection APIs, which are also used by many other areas of QGIS. In > contrast, the DB Manager plugin contains all its own logic and code for > handling database integration, with extremely minimal (almost non-existent) > test coverage. > > As of QGIS 4.2, the core functionality of the DB Manager has been fully > ported to the built-in Browser Panel. Users can natively manage schemas, > create and delete tables, manage fields, and execute SQL queries directly > within the core interface. Maintaining the DB Manager plugin as a core > component now duplicates this functionality, bloating the codebase and > creating unnecessary maintenance overhead for core developers. > > This QEP proposes that DB Manager is demoted to a 3rd party, community > maintained plugin, and describes the plan to implement this change. > The full proposal and plan is available at > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/385 for > discussion. > > Please don't reply to this email -- replies should be commented on the QEP > itself to keep discussion centralised. > > Nyall > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-PSC mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-psc > -- Tim Sutton *Kartoza Cofounder*Tim is a member of the QGIS Project Steering Committee *T *: +27(0) 87 809 2702 *E *: [email protected] *W* : kartoza.com *This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you * *have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your system. Unauthorised use, disclosure, or copying* *of the contents is prohibited.*
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