pgAdmin is PostgreSQL's leading open source graphical management tool. Designed to meet the needs of both novice and experienced Postgres users, pgAdmin 4 provides a powerful graphical interface that simplifies the creation, maintenance and use of database objects.
The pgAdmin development team recently released pgAdmin 4 v7.8. This version includes 21 bug fixes and new features:
Features：
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GUI representation of system activity using the "system_stats" extension.
This function is used to view a GUI representation of system activity using the "system_stats" extension. A new tab "System Statistics" has been added under the "Dashboard" tab. This new tab contains detailed information about CPU, memory, and storage.
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Added support for new external table features in PG 11 and higher.
- Allows setting a custom username for the shared server, defaults to the username of the shared server.
- Add "GENERATED ALWAYS AS.." option when creating column constraints for external tables .
- Added "load_balance_hosts" connection string parameter for PG 16 and higher.
Bugs/Housekeeping：
- Fixed an issue where some links to downloaded images in the ERD tool were cut off.
- Fixed an issue where users were unable to designate new/old columns as primary keys after deleting a column with a primary key.
- Add support for setting readiness thresholds in server connections.
- Fixed an issue where global/native keyboard shortcuts did not work when any cell of the data output grid had focus.
- Fixed an issue with slow query history by only storing queries with a specific threshold maximum length.
- Make sure PG 16 can back up normally on the latest docker image.
- Fixed an issue where non-super PostgreSQL users were unable to terminate their own connections from the dashboard.
- Fixed an issue where scale in columns would not allow values of 0 or below.
- Fixed an issue in graphical explain plan where the query tool would crash when the plan had parallel worker details and a sort node was clicked to get the details.
- Fixed an issue in server mode where user login would not work properly when username/email contained single quotes.
Builds are available now for Windows and macOS, along with Python Wheel, Docker containers, RPMs, DEB packages, and source code tarballs from the tarball zone .
Please see the update announcement for details .