NocoDB
Alternative to AirTable, Smart spreadsheet
No-code platform that turns any database into a smart spreadsheet (alternative to Airtable and Smartsheet).
Actively maintained
Real momentum
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MindsDB is an open-source database management project, with 40k GitHub stars and a health score of 89/100. It committed 902 times in the last twelve months across 11 of those months, and its status is actively maintained. Licence: Elastic-2.0. It has real momentum, so treat it as a live competitor rather than a stale repository.
| Status | Actively maintained — Committed within the last 45 days. |
|---|---|
| Last commit | 2026-07-10 |
| Days since last commit | 38 |
| Commits, last 3 months | 20 |
| Commits, last 12 months | 902 |
| Months with activity | 11 of 12 |
| Last release | 2026-04-23 |
| Archived | No |
| Licence | Elastic-2.0 |
| Category | Database Management |
Health score combines commit recency, twelve-month commit volume, months with activity, release recency and archive state. Metadata refreshed August 2026.
Source-available (BSL, SSPL, Commons Clause): readable but not open source. Commercial use is usually restricted — read the licence before building on it.
This matters most when you plan to sell a hosted version. A permissive licence means anyone — including a competitor with more capital — can do the same, so your defensibility has to come from distribution, support or data, not from the code.
MindsDB is shipping code consistently, so a buyer comparing your product will find a maintained free option. Price and position against the total cost of self-hosting it, not against the paid incumbent's list price.
Winnable, but differentiation is not optional. Pick one underserved segment and be visibly better for it rather than competing feature-for-feature with a free tool.
Actively maintained. MindsDB recorded 902 commits over the last twelve months, with activity in 11 of those months and 20 commits in the last quarter. Last commit: 2026-07-10. Last release: 2026-04-23. Committed within the last 45 days.
MindsDB is published under Elastic-2.0. Source-available (BSL, SSPL, Commons Clause): readable but not open source. Commercial use is usually restricted — read the licence before building on it.
20 open-source implementations, 11 of them actively maintained, led by NocoDB at 65k stars. Saturation score 47/100 — Contested. Several maintained alternatives exist, but no one owns the category.
Alternative to AirTable, Smart spreadsheet
No-code platform that turns any database into a smart spreadsheet (alternative to Airtable and Smartsheet).
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