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Open-source no-code databases and spreadsheet-database apps in 2026

3 open-source projects, ranked by GitHub stars and how recently each was worked on. APITable leads with 16k stars, ahead of Grist-core. 3 had code pushed in the last three months. Most common licenses: AGPL-3.0 (1), Apache-2.0 (1) and GPL-3.0 (1). Commercial no-code databases and spreadsheet-database apps are listed separately.

All open-source no-code databases and spreadsheet-database apps, ranked

Complete systems you can adopt 3

  1. 1
    APITable apitable

    🚀🎉📚 APITable, an API-oriented low-code platform for building collaborative apps and better than all other Airtable open-source alternatives.

    Complete system Usable You want a self-hosted Airtable alternative with an API on every table and can run a Java plus Node stack.

    ★ 16k AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 2 months ago
  2. 2
    Grist-core gristlabs

    Grist is the evolution of spreadsheets.

    Complete system Production-ready Your team has outgrown spreadsheets and wants Airtable-style structure that can be self-hosted.

    ★ 12k Apache-2.0 TypeScript Active, pushed today
  3. 3
    Mathesar mathesar-foundation

    An intuitive spreadsheet-like interface that lets users of all technical skill levels view, edit, query, and collaborate on Postgres data directly. 100% open source and self hosted, with native Postgres access control.

    Complete system Usable Non-technical colleagues need to work with data in an existing Postgres database and you want them to use the real tables, not a copy.

    ★ 5.2k GPL-3.0 Svelte Active, pushed today

Compared head to head

Airtable vs MathesarCoda vs MathesarMathesar vs Smartsheet GridsAPITable vs MathesarGrist-core vs Mathesar

Also under internal tool builders and low-code platforms

Admin panel and CRUD frameworks

Open-source licenses

  • Network copyleft: 1. Like GPL, and running a changed version as a web service counts as distributing it, so its users get the source too.
  • Permissive: 1. Use it anywhere, including in closed products. You keep the copyright notice; Apache-2.0 also grants patent rights.
  • Strong copyleft: 1. If you distribute the program or anything built on it, you must release the whole source under the same license.

Languages

TypeScript 2 and Svelte 1.

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