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Teable vs NocoDB
Pick Teable if you want an AGPL-3.0 grid (core apps; packages/ are MIT). Pick NocoDB only if you accept Sustainable Use License. Baserow remains the published Airtable stack.
Facts checked 20 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
Teable in the catalog NocoDB in the catalogStart on Railway
How they compare
| Teable | NocoDB | |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0 (catalog; core apps) source | Sustainable Use License (catalog) — not OSI source |
| Language | TypeScript (catalog) | TypeScript (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | 21,905 stars in the catalog source | 65,300 stars in the catalog source |
| Self-host | No-code grid. SDK packages are MIT per the repo LICENSE. | Spreadsheet over SQL. SUL limits commercial hosting. |
| Best for | An OSI AGPL grid if Baserow is not the product. | A source-available grid if you accept SUL. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Neither has a dedicated c17 stack page yet; the Airtable lander is /stacks/baserow-appsmith. Teable is teableio/teable. NocoDB is nocodb/nocodb. Start with Baserow unless you already know one of these products.
FAQ
- Why not Baserow?
- Baserow is the published Airtable replacement — /replace/airtable. This pair is the other two grids.
- Is NocoDB open source?
- Not OSI. Sustainable Use License. Teable's core is AGPL-3.0.
- Are these free?
- Teable core is AGPL-3.0. NocoDB is SUL. You pay hosting.
- How do I deploy a grid?
- Start at /stacks/baserow-appsmith unless you already run Teable or NocoDB.
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