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Automatic API projects on GitHub

Instantly generating REST or GraphQL APIs from databases and schemas.

As of , the most-starred Automatic API projects on GitHub are nocodb (65.3K stars), graphql-engine (32.1K stars) and postgrest (27.7K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 6 Automatic API repositories with 165.2K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was nocodb, with +5 stars in a day.

6Projects
165.2KStars in total
+10Stars in a day
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Hot right now

Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16

+5

nocodb

nocodb/nocodb · ★ 65.3K

NocoDB is a free, self-hostable Airtable alternative: an online database builder that gives your data a rich, no-code spreadsheet interface.

+2

datasette

simonw/datasette · ★ 11.5K

Datasette is an open-source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data: point it at a SQLite database and it turns the data into an interactive, browsable website with an accompanying JSON API.

+1

graphql-engine

hasura/graphql-engine · ★ 32.1K

Hasura is an open source engine that instantly generates realtime GraphQL (and REST) APIs over your databases, with fine-grained access control and the ability to trigger webhooks on database events.

+1

postgrest

PostgREST/postgrest · ★ 27.7K

PostgREST is a standalone server that turns any existing PostgreSQL database into a full RESTful API automatically — no backend code to write.

The all-time top

6 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · nocodb/nocodb

    nocodb

    NocoDB is a free, self-hostable Airtable alternative: an online database builder that gives your data a rich, no-code spreadsheet interface.

    65.3K
  2. #2 · hasura/graphql-engine

    graphql-engine

    Hasura is an open source engine that instantly generates realtime GraphQL (and REST) APIs over your databases, with fine-grained access control and the ability to trigger webhooks on database events.

    32.1K
  3. #3 · PostgREST/postgrest

    postgrest

    PostgREST is a standalone server that turns any existing PostgreSQL database into a full RESTful API automatically — no backend code to write.

    27.7K
  1. 4

    apitable

    15.6Kapitable/apitable · TypeScript

    APITable is an API-oriented low-code platform for building collaborative database-spreadsheet apps, positioned as an open-source alternative to Airtable.

  2. 5

    crystal

    12.9Kgraphile/crystal · TypeScript

    Graphile's Crystal monorepo bundles their GraphQL-related packages, headlined by Grafast (a planning and execution engine for GraphQL.js) and PostGraphile (which auto-generates a high-performance GraphQL API from a PostgreSQL database), plus many supporting libraries.

  3. 6

    datasette

    11.5Ksimonw/datasette · Python

    Datasette is an open-source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data: point it at a SQLite database and it turns the data into an interactive, browsable website with an accompanying JSON API.

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