Overview
Budibase is an operations platform for connecting databases/APIs and building internal apps, business workflows, automations, and AI agents, with managed cloud and Docker/Kubernetes self-hosting.
Features and best fit
Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:
Build internal apps visually on top of data sources
Databases and APIs can feed forms, tables, dashboards, and other operational interfaces through the low-code builder.
Run business operations through automations and AI agents
Requests, approvals, record updates, notifications, and similar workflows can be executed through automation/agent logic.
For consolidating internal tools, workflows, and AI automation on one platform
It suits teams that do not want CRUD applications and business-process automation maintained as separate stacks.
Sources: [2]
Check GPL/MPL/BSL package boundaries and paid features
Core, generated-app libraries, and paid features have different licenses. packages/pro uses BSL and restricts production use intended to bypass licensing controls.
Official sources
- [1]Budibase/budibase repository(2026-09-21)
- [2]Budibase README(2026-09-21)
- [3]Budibase documentation(2026-09-21)
- [4]Budibase licensing guidelines(2026-09-21)
- [5]Budibase Pro Business Source License(2026-09-21)
Supplemental curator note
The repository does not use one license throughout. Budibase core is broadly GPLv3, client/component packages shipped into generated apps use MPL-2.0, and paid features under `packages/pro` use the Business Source License. Package-level licensing should be checked, so the repository is recorded as `NOASSERTION`.
Try it in 3 steps
- 1
Get the source
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Budibase/budibase.git - 2
Enter the repository
cd budibase - 3
Check the official steps
Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.
find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Growth
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Development activity
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- Commits (last 30 days)
- 563
- Open PRs
- 26
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GitHub Topics
- no-code-platform
- crud-app
- crud-application
- data-application
- data-apps
- internal-tools
- low-code-no-code
- low-code-platform
- open-source
- rest-api-framework
- sql-gui
- ai-applications
- Stars
- 28,294
- Forks
- 2,216
- Watchers
- 223
- Open issues
- 240
- Contributors
- 122
- Primary language
- TypeScript
- License
- Not determined
- Repository last updated
- Sep 18, 2026
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