Baserow

Open source · OSI-approvedStatus: unknown

No-code database and application builder you can host

Baserow is a spreadsheet-shaped database with the API and permission model of a real backend underneath. Non-technical colleagues get grid, gallery, kanban, and calendar views; engineers get a REST API and webhooks over the same data.

Self-hosting is a first class path rather than an enterprise afterthought, which matters when the tables in question hold customer or employee data.

Decisive facts

Grid, gallery, kanban, calendar, and form views over one table
REST API and webhooks generated for every table
Application builder for internal tools on top of the data
Granular permissions down to field level
Self-hostable with Docker, no feature gating on core functionality

Backend Platforms Project Management self-hosted python django vue no-code database

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