# apitable/apitable

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

Repository: https://github.com/apitable/apitable
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/apitable
Homepage: https://aitable.ai
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: airtable, airtable-alternative, nocodb, nestjs, nextjs, spring, low-code, no-code, notion, api, automatic-api, embed, spreadsheet, hacktoberfest, javascript, react, typescript, admin-dashboard, internal-tool
Last push: 2025-10-30T03:34:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 48/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 49, release rhythm 16, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1477, "days_push": 307, "days_rel": 483, "gap_med": 127, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 15575, forks 1423 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:12.284747+00:00)

## What it is
APITable is an open-source, API-oriented low-code platform for building collaborative database-spreadsheet applications, positioned as an open-source alternative to Airtable and NocoDB. It combines a visual datasheet interface with automatic REST APIs, forms, dashboards, widgets, and automation integrations, built with TypeScript (NestJS/Next.js) and Java (Spring).

## Use cases
- self-host an Airtable alternative for my team
- build internal tools with a spreadsheet-like database
- expose a collaborative database as an automatic REST API
- create forms and dashboards without writing code
- embed a collaborative datasheet into my own app
- automate workflows by connecting a visual database to Zapier or Make
- manage CRM and project data with permissions and views

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted, API-first Airtable/NocoDB alternative
- you need programmatic access to spreadsheet data via generated APIs
- you want embeddable collaborative datasheets, forms, and dashboards
- you need a low-code platform with rich views (kanban, gantt, calendar, gallery)

## When to avoid
- you need a lightweight embedded spreadsheet component rather than a full platform
- you require a permissive license - APITable is AGPL-3.0
- you only need simple flat-file storage without collaboration or API features
- you want a fully managed SaaS without self-hosting overhead

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: api-framework, web-framework, self-hosted, developer-tools, workflow-automation, data-science
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, self-hosted, databases, apis
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: airtable-alternative, low-code, no-code, spreadsheet-database, collaborative-apps, automatic-api, internal-tools, nestjs, nextjs, spring-boot, automation, web-server, docker, nodejs

## Member repositories
- apitable/apitable (main) score 48

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:12.284747+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:05:38.781866+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/apitable/apitable (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:12.284747+00:00, sha 649b5c234c99)
  - homepage: https://aitable.ai (fetched 2026-08-29T08:04:06.516832+00:00, sha c29cc3bdec54)
  - site_page: https://aitable.ai/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T08:04:06.542973+00:00, sha ba7541ac4086)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.