Show HN: NocoDB – Open-Source Airtable Alternative
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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderHey Everybody, We are really excited to open source NocoDB today. NocoDB is an open source Airtable alternative. Github : https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb NocoDB works by connecting to any relational database and transforming them into a smart spreadsheet interface! NocoDB currently works with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, SQLite, Amazon Aurora & MariaDB databases. This allows you to build no-code business solutions collaboratively with teams. Getting started is simple : docker run -p 8080:8080…
Congrats rnavi and team on making it to HN front page again! I've continued to follow and enjoyed using it. I'd recommend to try it for Airtable-esque usecases (or independent of it too). For those who are hearing about Nocodb here for the first time, it was listed in 'Show HN' about an year ago [1][2]. It had 2M+ docker downloads in 16 weeks when it showed up in HN and ProductHunt. And, a user/customer found Nocodb in HN and…
Which low code dbs do row filtering by permission? For example a regular user can see vacancies only for their department and admin can see all vacancies.
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 777
- Total comments
- 195
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-27 | Show HN: NocoDB – Open-Source Airtable AlternativeFirst breakout · Best thread | nocodb | 562 | 157 |
| 2022-10-04 | Nocodb: Turns Any MySQL, Postgres, SQLite into a Spreadsheet with REST APIsLatest 20+ point return | thunderbong | 189 | 36 |
| 2024-01-27 | NocoDB: The Open Source Airtable Alternative | thunderbong | 7 | 0 |
| 2024-05-02 | Open-Source Alternative to Airtable | noashavit | 19 | 2 |