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Directus Alternatives
Similar projects and alternatives to Directus
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB β Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.
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supabase
The open source Firebase alternative. Supabase gives you a dedicated Postgres database to build your web, mobile, and AI applications.
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Strapi
π Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. Itβs 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable, and developer-first.
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budibase
Budibase is an open-source low code platform that helps you build internal tools in minutes π
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n8n
Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.
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appsmith
Platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. Integrates with 25+ databases and any API.
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Hasura
Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on all your data with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events.
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payload
Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications.
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Grav
Modern, Crazy Fast, Ridiculously Easy and Amazingly Powerful Flat-File CMS powered by PHP, Markdown, Twig, and Symfony
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react-admin
A frontend Framework for single-page applications on top of REST/GraphQL APIs, using TypeScript, React and Material Design
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Cockpit
Add content management functionality to any site - plug & play / headless / api-first CMS (by agentejo)
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Directus discussion
Directus reviews and mentions
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Directus.js (JavaScript SDK) β The official client for Directus APIs
If you're working with Directus, the open-source headless CMS and data platform, then Directus.js is your new best friend.
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Ditching Obsidian and building my own
It seems to really be an ad for Directus (https://directus.io/) (?)
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The Backend Shift: Leveraging Open Source Powerhouses for Faster, Leaner Apps
Directus (directus.io):
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I Found Perfect CMS after Years of Trial and Error
Sanity, Contentful, and Hygraph are a few examples. Very often a CMS has a pricing page, but is also open-source, and has docs on how to self-host it for free. A great example of that is Directus, and there is no need to avoid those CMS.
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The Best Open-Source Alternatives to AppSheet in 2025
GitHub:https://github.com/directus/directus
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Why Do Developers Struggle with Low-Code? (6 Tools That Actually Help)
3. Directus (A No-Code/Low-Code Platform for Data-Driven Development)
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Directus β real-time REST and GraphQL API of any SQL database
The change licence in Directus simply seems to be GPL3:
https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/main/directus/lice...
The only provision they have added is that if a business uses it in production and that business has >5 revenue/funding then they have to obtain a commercial licence.
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Automatically Generate REST and GraphQL APIs From Your Database
Some solutions are flexible to handle multiple types of databases. Often allowing you to combine them into a single API. We already mentioned Dreamfactory, but others include Apinizer, Directus, and sandman2.
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Ask HN: Anybody used Retool for production, user-facing app?
I would also recommend looking at Directus (https://directus.io).
We evaluated PayloadCMS to drive the backend of a mobile app and eventually settled on Directus because it supported heterogeneous collections which was something we had to have.
Directus also has a template for a multi-tenant app which sounds like something you might need.
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directus/directus is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 or later which is an OSI approved license.
Directus is marked as "self-hosted". This means that it can be used as a standalone application on its own.
The primary programming language of Directus is TypeScript.