Skipper
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Skipper, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Skipper's own pricing page, checked 10 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Skipper Maintenance | $199 a year | Requires a full license · 12-month updates extension for full ORM Designer / Skipper license |
| VIP support | Priced on request | Per hour · Custom application adaptation (per hour) |
| Skipper Full License | $595, paid once | One user · one computer · Lifetime license for one user + 12 months of free updates |
The facts
Each one read from Skipper's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Database import
- Skipper can import database structures into an ORM entity model and lists SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL for Windows, macOS, and Linux, plus Microsoft SQL Server for Windows.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- The features page lists XML, YML, and annotations as supported export formats.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Frameworks
- The maker lists Doctrine, Doctrine2, Laravel, Symfony, customized and in-house ORM, MongoDB, Propel, Knex.js, CakePHP, and Zend Framework as supported frameworks.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Maintenance
- The included 12-month maintenance period provides updates, software support, and a viewer license; active maintenance also gives support queries higher priority.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Model sharing
- Modules can be shared across multiple projects, with changes in one project transferred to the others.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- The maker lists Windows, macOS, and Linux as supported operating systems and distributes standalone installers or zip archives.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Inventic says it does not gather project model data automatically and only receives a model if the user intentionally sends it, for example to resolve an application issue.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Project workflow
- Users can import an existing project or create a model from scratch, edit it visually, and export generated definitions.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Skipper is a visual editor for projects using object-relational mapping, combining a visual model with editing and code generation.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Support
- Support is available by email or forum, and the maker says common questions usually receive a response in less than one workday.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Third-party tools
- Users can define and run third-party tools directly from the application.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Visual editing
- The visual model supports creating, moving, editing, and removing modules, regions, entities, associations, inheritances, ORM properties, indexes, and comments.checked 10 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker and headquarters
- The GDPR page identifies the maker as Inventic s.r.o. and gives its address as Julianovske namesti 3878/2, 63600 Brno, Czech Republic.checked 10 Oct 2026
Money
- Trial
- The 14-day trial includes all functions and features, requires an online license check at each start, and can be extended by seven days on request.checked 10 Oct 2026
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