Airtable mixes a spreadsheet with a relational database, forms and automations. Record limits, per-seat fees and API rate caps on the hosted plans make it costly at scale, so people self-host spreadsheet-style databases that sit directly on their own SQL data.
7 open-source alternatives to Airtable you can host yourself, ranked by GitHub stars and updated daily.
| # | App | Category | Stars | Language | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
nocodb/nocodb
|
Low-code & Internal Tools Databases & Admin UIs |
65,507 | TypeScript | today |
| 2 |
appsmithorg/appsmith
|
Low-code & Internal Tools | 41,233 | TypeScript | today |
| 3 |
directus/directus
|
CMS & Website Builders Backend-as-a-Service |
38,695 | TypeScript | today |
| 4 |
Budibase/budibase
|
Low-code & Internal Tools | 28,404 | TypeScript | today |
| 5 |
gristlabs/grist-core
|
Office Suites | 12,091 | TypeScript | today |
| 6 |
mathesar-foundation/mathesar
|
Databases & Admin UIs | 5,174 | Svelte | today |
| 7 |
r3-team/r3
|
Finance, Budgeting & Accounting | 588 | JavaScript | today |