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title: Integrate qStudio with Tiger Cloud | Tiger Data Docs
description: Connect to your Tiger Cloud service and visualize your data with qStudio
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[qStudio](https://www.timestored.com/qstudio/) is a modern free SQL editor that provides syntax highlighting, code-completion, excel export, charting, and much more. You can use it to run queries, browse tables, and create charts for your Tiger Cloud service.

This page explains how to integrate qStudio with Tiger Cloud.

## Prerequisites

To follow the procedure on this page you need to:

- Create a [target Tiger Cloud service](/docs/get-started/quickstart/create-service/index.md).

  This procedure also works for [self-hosted TimescaleDB](/docs/get-started/choose-your-path/install-timescaledb/index.md).

* [Download](https://www.timestored.com/qstudio/download) and install qStudio.

## Connect qStudio to your service

To connect to Tiger Cloud:

1. **Start qStudio**

2. **Click `Server` > `Add Server`**

3. **Configure the connection**

   - For `Server Type`, select `Postgres`.
   - For `Connect By`, select `Host`.
   - For `Host`, `Port`, `Database`, `Username`, and `Password`, use your [connection details](/docs/integrate/find-connection-details/index.md).

   ![qStudio connected to a Tiger Cloud service](/docs/_astro/integrations-qstudio.B96JKZDF_tj6WA.webp)

4. **Click `Test`**

   qStudio indicates whether the connection works.

5. **Click `Add`**

   The server is listed in the `Server Tree`.

You have successfully integrated qStudio with Tiger Cloud.