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Open-source alternatives to Airtable

5 open-source projects are offered as replacements for Airtable. NocoDB is the most starred. Running one yourself trades the subscription for your own hosting and upkeep, so the table below leads with what decides that trade: whether the project is alive, what its licence lets a business do, and whether there is a container command to start from.

4 / 5

Pushed in the last 90 days

3 / 5

With a container command

1 / 5

Permissive licence

Airtable’s own site ↗

Side by side

Open-source alternatives to Airtable
Project	Stars	Activity	Licence	Self-host	Language
NocoDB	65,293	Active	Not identified	Docker	TypeScript
Grist	11,972	Active	Permissive	Docker	TypeScript
Rowy	6,843	Quiet	Not identified	○	TypeScript
Baserow	6,175	Active	Not identified	Docker	Python
Espocrm	3,499	Active	Network copyleft	○	PHP

Each one, briefly

NocoDB65,293 stars · not identified · active
🔥 🔥 🔥 A Free & Self-hostable Airtable Alternative
Grist11,972 stars · permissive · active
Grist is the evolution of spreadsheets.
Also replaces Excel, Google Sheets
Rowy6,843 stars · not identified · quiet
Low-code backend platform. Manage database on spreadsheet-like UI and build cloud functions workflows in JS/TS, all in your browser.
Baserow6,175 stars · not identified · active
Build databases, automations, apps & agents with AI — no code. Open source platform available on cloud and self-hosted. GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2 compliant. Best Airtable alternative.
Also replaces Google Sheets
Espocrm3,499 stars · network copyleft · active
EspoCRM – Open Source CRM Application
Also replaces Salesforce, ZohoCRM

Where this comes from

Which projects are offered against Airtable comes from opensourcealternative.to, re-read weekly. Every figure in the table is read from the project’s own repository. We have not run these projects, and we hold no price for Airtable. Browse every open-source alternative.