What Is a .dbs File? The DbSchema Design Model Explained
A .dbs file is DbSchema's XML design model. What it stores, an excerpt from a real model, and how a schema change reads in a diff.
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A .dbs file is DbSchema's XML design model. What it stores, an excerpt from a real model, and how a schema change reads in a diff.
Generate database documentation as HTML5, PDF or Markdown with DbSchema: the steps, where the table and column descriptions come from, and how to regenerate it from a script.
What a database diagram shows, how to read the lines between tables, and how DbSchema's free Community Edition reverse-engineers a live database into an interactive diagram.
Design database schemas offline in DbSchema. Save ideas anytime, then sync and update your live database when you're back online.
What the free DbSchema Community Edition covers and what needs Pro: databases, diagrams, offline design, schema sync and documentation, row by row.
DbSchema runs natively on Windows, macOS and Linux from one installation kit. Which package to take per OS, and how to move a .dbs model between them.
Which SQL editor to use on macOS, Linux and Windows in 2026, compared on OS support, engines, free tier, offline use, query building and price.
Write the rules your schema must follow, run them against the DbSchema model, and get a list of every table, column, index, or foreign key that breaks one, before anything reaches the database.