The Maowl guide

One short page per feature, from your first table to a model your whole team works on.

Open Maowl

Drawing your model

Tables and foreign keys – add tables, connect them with foreign keys by dragging, and edit everything right on the canvas.
Columns and keys – set data types and example values, mark columns Unique or Required, choose the primary key, and paste in a whole block of columns at once.
Layers – split a large database into parts you can show, hide, and lock, or combine several models into one.
Notes – keep design decisions and open questions next to the tables they're about.
Style, Simple mode, and Square mode – colors, sizes, dark mode, and cleaner views for presenting a model.
Arrange – reduce crossing foreign keys and space out your tables and notes so nothing overlaps.
Keyboard shortcuts – the keys and gestures you'll use most.

Export – get CREATE TABLE statements for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, or SQLite, a JSON file, or an SVG or PNG image.
Import and merge – draw the tables in a schema file, turn a pasted list of names into tables, and merge a model into the one you have open.
Import a Neo4j schema – for teams that also use Neo4j: run two queries in Neo4j Browser, paste the results, and we'll draw the model for you.

Accounts, sharing, and collaboration – sign in, share a model with the people you choose, and edit it together in real time.
AI assistants – let Claude, ChatGPT, or another assistant draft and edit your tables.

Sample models – the Northwind sales database and a data center inventory, ready to open and explore.
About Maowl – what Maowl is for, with answers to common questions.
Privacy Policy – what Maowl stores, where, for how long, and why.