Appearance Language and Sessions
Choose a dark, light or system theme; independent interface, SQL editor and grid font sizes; comfortable or compact density; and application zoom. LakeDB currently includes English and Spanish under Preferences → Language. Menus and workspace text update when the preference is saved, and the translation structure is ready for additional languages.
Open Preferences from the LakeDB application menu on every platform. On
Windows and Linux it is also available from File → Preferences…. Use
Cmd+, on macOS or Ctrl+, on Windows and Linux, or search for
Preferences in Quick Open with Cmd/Ctrl+P.
LakeDB remembers the normal window size and position. Maximizing does not overwrite those bounds, so restoring the window returns to the last saved normal size instead of an arbitrary default.
Choose whether LakeDB restores the visual workspace without connecting, reconnects non-production connections, or starts clean. Production connections never reconnect automatically.
LakeDB always opens on Home, so folders and recent connections are available first. Restored connection and workspace tabs remain visible in the rail: select a disconnected tab to reconnect it on demand. The Home button at the left of the rail returns to the overview without closing tabs or disconnecting active sessions. Automatic non-production reconnections remain in the background.
On macOS, the red close button closes the current window without quitting LakeDB. Click the LakeDB icon in the Dock to recreate the window; use Command-Q when you want to exit the app completely. On Windows and Linux, closing the last window exits LakeDB.
LakeDB can preserve tabs, unsaved SQL, cursor and scroll position, selected databases, table filters/sorting/page, and panel layout. Query results and passwords never enter the session snapshot.
The workspace is saved while you work, when the window is hidden and when it closes normally. If the previous process did not shut down cleanly, LakeDB reports that it recovered the saved workspace on the next launch. SQL tabs are restored without reconnecting to production automatically.
Enable or disable background release checks with Automatically check for updates. This setting only requests public release metadata from GitHub; LakeDB does not send connection or query data.
You can also configure maximum rows per result, idle disconnection, history retention and whether potentially sensitive queries may be stored.