AirtableAbout Baserow
Baserow keeps the familiar spreadsheet-style interface Airtable popularized, then wraps it in a fully MIT-licensed, self-hostable no-code database and app builder. A plugin system and REST API let you extend it beyond the base spreadsheet experience.
Because it's permissively licensed rather than AGPL, teams that want to build commercial products on top of Baserow have more freedom to do so — a meaningful difference from some of its open-source peers.
What makes it different
A grid-first interface that feels immediately familiar to anyone who's used Airtable.
Extend Baserow's functionality with community and custom-built plugins.
Every database is exposed through a REST API for integrations and automation.
A permissive license gives you more freedom to build on top of Baserow commercially.
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PostgreSQLThe honest read
- MIT licensed — fully permissive, no AGPL restrictions
- Clean, familiar spreadsheet UX
- Growing plugin ecosystem
- Easy Docker self-hosting
- Solid REST API
- Fewer view types than NocoDB or Airtable
- Automations are less mature than competitors
- Smaller community than NocoDB
- Some premium features reserved for paid plans
Quick answers
Yes — Baserow's core is free and open source under MIT. A paid hosted plan adds extra features and support.
Yes, and it uses the permissive MIT license rather than a copyleft license like AGPL.
Yes — Baserow has an official Docker setup for self-hosting.
Baserow uses its own database under the hood and a permissive MIT license, while NocoDB connects to a database you already have and uses the AGPL-3.0 license.
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