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A list of software that turns your database into a REST/GraphQL API
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A list of software that turns your database into a REST/GraphQL API

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dbohdan/automatic-api
• Owner: dbohdan
• Created: 2017-12-18T12:55:56.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-21T07:28:16.000Z (22 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-01T18:08:06.635Z (10 days ago)
• Topics: automatic-api, graphql, graphql-api, list, rest, rest-api, restful-api
• Language: Go
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• Size: 129 KB
• Stars: 2,024
• Watchers: 62
• Forks: 126
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md

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README

        
The following is a list of tools that automatically expose a REST, GraphQL, or another kind of API for your database, as well as databases with a built-in HTTP API.

  

    Project name/link

    Database(s) supported

    API type

    Implementation language

    License

    GitHub stats

    Notes

  

  

    Apinizer API Creator

    Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MsSQL, IBM DB2, SAP Sybase ASE, Apache Impala, Apache Hive

    REST

    Java

    Proprietary (SaaS)

    n/a

    Generates OpenAPI Specifications.

  

  

    ArangoDB

    ArangoDB

    REST

    C++

    Apache-2.0

    13637 ★; 51753 commits, latest 2025-01-08

    A database with a built-in REST API.

Official Docker image.

  

  

    CouchDB

    CouchDB

    REST

    Erlang

    Apache-2.0

    6346 ★; 13855 commits, latest 2025-01-07

    A database with a built-in REST API.

Official Docker image.

  

  

    Datasette

    SQLite 3

    REST

    Python 3

    Apache-2.0

    9702 ★; 2664 commits, latest 2025-01-01

    Read-only.

Official Docker image.

  

  

    DB2Rest

    PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, CockroachDB

    REST

    Java

    Apache-2.0

    257 ★; 1363 commits, latest 2024-12-15

    Official Docker image.

  

  

    Dgraph

    Dgraph

    GraphQL (since version 2.0.0-rc1)

    Go

    Apache-2.0

    20571 ★; 6240 commits, latest 2025-01-08

    A database with a built-in GraphQL API.

Official Docker image.

  

  

    Directus

    PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, OracleDB, CockroachDB, MariaDB, MS SQL

    REST and GraphQL

    TypeScript

    Propretary (BUSL-1.1), GPL-3.0 (after three years)

    28616 ★; 12491 commits, latest 2025-01-08

    Official Docker image.

  

  

    DreamFactory

    MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB, CouchDB, and

others.

    REST

    PHP 5

    Apache-2.0, proprietary (optional extras)

    1573 ★; 1140 commits, latest 2024-05-16

    Official Docker image.

  

  

    EJDB2

    EJDB2

    REST

    C

    MIT

    1447 ★; 2849 commits, latest 2024-12-02

    A database with a built-in REST API.

Official Docker image.

  

  

    Eve

    MongoDB; extensions for Elasticsearch, Neo4j, SQLAlchemy (SQL databases).

    REST

    Python 2/3

    BSD-3-Clause

    6711 ★; 3403 commits, latest 2024-10-15

    The SQLAlchemy extension isn't automatic.

It requires the user to write SQLAlchemy mappings.

  

  

    GraphJin Service

    PostgreSQL, MySQL, Yugabyte

    GraphQL

    Go

    Apache-2.0

    2942 ★; 936 commits, latest 2024-09-06

    Using GraphJin as a standlone service.

Official Docker image.

  

  

    GraphQL Mesh

    PostgreSQL (PostGraphile), MongoDB (graphql-compose-mongoose), SQLite 3 (tuql), Neo4j (Neo4j GraphQL Library), MySQL

    GraphQL

    TypeScript (Node.js)

    MIT

    3319 ★; 8054 commits, latest 2025-01-08

    Provides a common GraphQL gateway for different APIs and databases.

  

  

    Hasura GraphQL Engine

    PostgreSQL, MS SQL, MySQL, Snowflake, and others

    GraphQL, REST

    Haskell

    Apache-2.0

    31260 ★; 9148 commits, latest 2025-01-08

    Official Docker image.

  

  

    HTSQL

    MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite (free); Oracle, MS SQL (proprietary)

    REST

    Python 3

    Apache-2.0, proprietary (Oracle and MS SQL support)

    25 ★; 1235 commits, latest 2020-08-11

    

  

  

    InfluxDB

    InfluxDB

    REST

    Go

    MIT

    29283 ★; 49443 commits, latest 2025-01-08

    A timeseries database with a built-in REST API.

Official Docker image.

  

  

    neo4j-graphql

    Neo4j

    GraphQL

    Kotlin

    Apache-2.0

    449 ★; 164 commits, latest 2020-10-22

    Can generate a GraphQL API from an existing database

or derive a new database model from a GraphQL schema and auto-generate the resolvers.

  

  

    NocoDB

    MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, SQLite

    REST

    JavaScript (Node.js)

    MIT

    50728 ★; 26350 commits, latest 2025-01-08

    Official Docker image.

  

  

    OrientDB

    OrientDB

    REST

    Java

    Apache-2.0

    4762 ★; 25944 commits, latest 2025-01-07

    A database with a built-in REST API.

Official Docker image.

  

  

    PHP-CRUD-API

    MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server.

    REST

    PHP 7

    MIT

    3635 ★; 2154 commits, latest 2024-11-22

    Supports GIS + automatic OpenAPI 3.0 docs.

  

  

    PostGraphile

    PostgreSQL

    GraphQL

    TypeScript (Node.js)

    MIT

    12645 ★; 11461 commits, latest 2025-01-07

    Formerly "PostGraphQL".

Official Docker image.

  

  

    PostgREST

    PostgreSQL

    REST

    Haskell

    MIT

    24180 ★; 3847 commits, latest 2024-12-30

    Official Docker image.

  

  

    pREST

    PostgreSQL

    REST

    Go

    MIT

    4265 ★; 1998 commits, latest 2024-11-28

    Official Docker image.

  

  

    pRESTige

    MySQL

    REST

    PHP

    MIT

    109 ★; 1089 commits, latest 2024-05-31

    

  

  

    RESTHeart

    MongoDB

    REST

    Java

    AGPL-3.0

    814 ★; 4964 commits, latest 2025-01-08

    Official Docker image.

  

  

    restSQL

    MySQL, PostgreSQL

    REST

    Java

    MIT

    147 ★; 54 commits, latest 2018-10-18

    Official Docker image.

  

  

    sandman2

    All supported by SQLAlchemy

(MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle, MS SQL, and others).

    REST

    Python 2/3

    Apache-2.0

    2013 ★; 250 commits, latest 2020-12-21

    Official Docker image.

  

  

    Silence

    MySQL, MariaDB

    REST

    Python 3

    MIT

    17 ★; 445 commits, latest 2024-02-14

    Automatically generates REST endpoints to do CRUD operations against the database,

test studs, and JS files to access the API.

  

  

    Siodb

    Siodb

    REST

    C++, Go

    AGPL-3.0

    45 ★; 278 commits, latest 2023-02-18

    A database with a built-in REST API.

Official Docker image.

  

  

    Soul

    SQLite 3

    REST

    JavaScript (Node.js)

    MIT

    1546 ★; 373 commits, latest 2024-12-06

    A RESTful SQLite server.

  

  

    subZero

    PostgreSQL

    REST and GraphQL

    Haskell, Lua

    Proprietary

    n/a

    

  

  

    Supabase

    PostgreSQL

    REST and GraphQL

    TypeScript, Elixir (Realtime), Rust (pg_graphql), Go (GoTrue)

    Apache-2.0

    75875 ★; 30104 commits, latest 2025-01-08

    Uses PostgREST.

Guide to self-Hosting with Docker.

  

  

    tuql

    SQLite 3 or SQL infile

    GraphQL

    JavaScript (Node.js)

    MIT

    1061 ★; 72 commits, latest 2021-06-06

    

  

  

    Webdis

    Redis

    REST

    C

    BSD-2-Clause

    2865 ★; 667 commits, latest 2024-10-23

    Supports pub/sub with chunked transfer encoding and WebSockets.

  

  

    WunderGraph

    PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, MongoDB + Atlas, PlanetScale, YugabyteDB,

Neon.tech, FaunaDB

    GraphQL

    TypeScript, Go

    Apache-2.0

    2299 ★; 1920 commits, latest 2024-10-28

    WunderGraph Docs.

  

  

    XTDB

    XTDB

    REST

    Clojure

    MIT

    2596 ★; 6211 commits, latest 2025-01-07

    A database with a built-in REST API.

Official Docker image.

  

  

    ZenQuery

    PostgreSQL, MySQL, IBM Db2, Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server and

others

    REST

    Java

    Apache-2.0

    70 ★; 283 commits, latest 2018-10-16

    Read-only.

  

GitHub stats updated 2025-01-08. The commit count and the latest commit date are for the default branch.

# Related projects

For projects that depend on or enhance those on the list see the [Related projects](https://github.com/dbohdan/automatic-api/wiki/Related-projects) wiki page. Feel free to add yours.

# Contributing

Your contributions are welcome! Please submit a pull request or create an issue to add a new project to the list or to update an existing one. See [CONTRIBUTING](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for the details.

# License

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