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 | 13479 ★; 51562 commits, latest 2024-08-30 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| CouchDB | CouchDB | REST | Erlang | Apache-2.0 | 6156 ★; 13703 commits, latest 2024-08-18 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| Datasette | SQLite 3 | REST | Python 3 | Apache-2.0 | 9218 ★; 2648 commits, latest 2024-08-22 | Read-only. Official Docker image. |
| DB2Rest | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, CockroachDB | REST | Java | Apache-2.0 | 157 ★; 974 commits, latest 2024-08-30 | Official Docker image. |
| Dgraph | Dgraph | GraphQL (since version 2.0.0-rc1) | Go | Apache-2.0 | 20288 ★; 6168 commits, latest 2024-08-28 | 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) | 26966 ★; 12205 commits, latest 2024-08-30 | Official Docker image. |
| DreamFactory | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB, CouchDB, and others. | REST | PHP 5 | Apache-2.0, proprietary (optional extras) | 1529 ★; 1140 commits, latest 2024-05-16 | Official Docker image. |
| EJDB2 | EJDB2 | REST | C | MIT | 1441 ★; 2833 commits, latest 2024-08-30 | 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 | 6681 ★; 3401 commits, latest 2024-08-30 | The SQLAlchemy extension isn't automatic. It requires the user to write SQLAlchemy mappings. |
| GraphJin Service | PostgreSQL, MySQL, Yugabyte | GraphQL | Go | Apache-2.0 | 2904 ★; 928 commits, latest 2024-07-13 | 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 | 3245 ★; 7382 commits, latest 2024-08-29 | Provides a common GraphQL gateway for different APIs and databases. |
| Hasura GraphQL Engine | PostgreSQL | GraphQL | Haskell | Apache-2.0 | 31021 ★; 8729 commits, latest 2024-08-30 | Official Docker image. |
| HTSQL | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite (free); Oracle, MS SQL (proprietary) | REST | Python 3 | Apache-2.0, proprietary (Oracle and MS SQL support) | 22 ★; 1235 commits, latest 2020-08-11 | |
| InfluxDB | InfluxDB | REST | Go | MIT | 28521 ★; 49304 commits, latest 2024-08-27 | A timeseries database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| neo4j-graphql | Neo4j | GraphQL | Kotlin | Apache-2.0 | 450 ★; 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 | 45812 ★; 23976 commits, latest 2024-08-30 | Official Docker image. |
| OrientDB | OrientDB | REST | Java | Apache-2.0 | 4728 ★; 23222 commits, latest 2024-08-28 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| PHP-CRUD-API | MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server. | REST | PHP 7 | MIT | 3575 ★; 2142 commits, latest 2024-07-29 | Supports GIS + automatic OpenAPI 3.0 docs. |
| PostGraphile | PostgreSQL | GraphQL | TypeScript (Node.js) | MIT | 12541 ★; 10811 commits, latest 2024-08-16 | Formerly "PostGraphQL". Official Docker image. |
| PostgREST | PostgreSQL | REST | Haskell | MIT | 23079 ★; 3787 commits, latest 2024-08-23 | Official Docker image. |
| pREST | PostgreSQL | REST | Go | MIT | 4188 ★; 1993 commits, latest 2024-08-30 | Official Docker image. |
| pRESTige | MySQL | REST | PHP | MIT | 108 ★; 1089 commits, latest 2024-05-31 | |
| RESTHeart | MongoDB | REST | Java | AGPL-3.0 | 799 ★; 4569 commits, latest 2024-08-30 | Official Docker image. |
| restSQL | MySQL, PostgreSQL | REST | Java | MIT | 144 ★; 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 | 1997 ★; 250 commits, latest 2020-12-21 | Official Docker image. |
| Silence | MySQL, MariaDB | REST | Python 3 | MIT | 14 ★; 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 | 1480 ★; 362 commits, latest 2024-06-19 | 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 | 71011 ★; 28990 commits, latest 2024-08-30 | Uses PostgREST. Guide to self-Hosting with Docker. |
| tuql | SQLite 3 or SQL infile | GraphQL | JavaScript (Node.js) | MIT | 1049 ★; 72 commits, latest 2021-06-06 | |
| Webdis | Redis | REST | C | BSD-2-Clause | 2833 ★; 659 commits, latest 2024-05-20 | 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 | 2234 ★; 1919 commits, latest 2024-05-21 | WunderGraph Docs. |
| XTDB | XTDB | REST | Clojure | MIT | 2523 ★; 5736 commits, latest 2024-08-30 | 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 | 67 ★; 283 commits, latest 2018-10-16 | Read-only. |
GitHub stats updated 2024-08-31. The commit count and the latest commit date are for the default branch.
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