Type-safe, database-agnostic React table library with automatic relationship filtering, zero boilerplate, and end-to-end type safety.

Better Tables is the React table library you wished existed. Define your columns once, and get powerful filtering, sorting, pagination, and virtualization—all with end-to-end type safety across your database queries and UI components.

• 🔗 Automatic Relationship Filtering - Filter across joined tables without writing JOIN queries
• 🎯 Type-Safe End-to-End - Full TypeScript support from database to UI
• 🏗️ Zero Boilerplate - Declarative column definitions with fluent API
• 🔍 Advanced Filtering - 6 filter types with 20+ operators
• ⚡ Virtual Scrolling - Handle millions of rows efficiently
• 🔄 URL State Persistence - Shareable, bookmarkable filtered views
• 🗄️ Database Adapters - Works with Drizzle ORM, REST APIs, and more

👉 better-tables - The main monorepo containing all packages, documentation, and examples.

• 📖 Getting Started Guide
• 📚 Documentation
• 🎨 Demo App
• 💬 Discussions
• 🐛 Report a Bug
• 💡 Request a Feature

# Install core package
npm install @better-tables/core

# Install an adapter
npm install @better-tables/adapters-drizzle

import { createColumnBuilder } from '@better-tables/core';
import { BetterTable } from '@better-tables/ui';

const cb = createColumnBuilder<User>();

const columns = [
  cb.text().id('name').displayName('Name').accessor(u => u.name).build(),
  cb.text().id('email').displayName('Email').accessor(u => u.email).build(),
];

<BetterTable columns={columns} data={users} features={{ filtering: true }} />

We welcome contributions! Whether you're fixing bugs, adding features, or improving documentation, every contribution makes Better Tables better.

• 📖 Contributing Guide
• 🐛 Report Issues
• 💬 Join Discussions
• 🔀 Open a Pull Request

• 🔌 REST adapter implementation
• 📝 Documentation improvements
• 🎨 More examples and use cases
• ⚡ Performance optimizations
• ♿ Accessibility improvements

If you find Better Tables useful, please consider giving us a ⭐ on GitHub!

Better Tables is open source and available under the MIT License.