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 | 13036 ★; 50321 commits, latest 2023-07-13 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| CouchDB | CouchDB | REST | Erlang | Apache 2.0 | 5749 ★; 13266 commits, latest 2023-07-13 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| Datasette | SQLite 3 | REST | Python 3 | Apache 2.0 | 7977 ★; 2392 commits, latest 2023-07-08 | Read-only. Official Docker image. |
| Dgraph | Dgraph | GraphQL (since version 2.0.0-rc1) | Go | Apache 2.0 | 19444 ★; 5989 commits, latest 2023-07-13 | 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 (Business Source License 1.1), GNU GPLv3 (after three years) | 22397 ★; 10522 commits, latest 2023-07-12 | Official Docker image. |
| DreamFactory | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB, CouchDB, and others. | REST | PHP 5 | Apache 2.0, proprietary (optional extras) | 1384 ★; 1064 commits, latest 2023-03-30 | Official Docker image. |
| EJDB2 | EJDB2 | REST | C | MIT | 1387 ★; 2819 commits, latest 2023-03-20 | 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 (three-clause) | 6618 ★; 3393 commits, latest 2023-07-10 | The SQLAlchemy extension isn't automatic. It requires the user to write SQLAlchemy mappings. |
| Hasura GraphQL Engine | PostgreSQL | GraphQL | Haskell | Apache 2.0 | 29977 ★; 7447 commits, latest 2023-07-13 | Official Docker image. |
| HTSQL | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite (free); Oracle, MS SQL (proprietary) | REST | Python 3 | Apache 2.0, proprietary (Oracle and MS SQL support) | 18 ★; 1235 commits, latest 2020-08-11 | |
| InfluxDB | InfluxDB | REST | Go | MIT | 25792 ★; 35272 commits, latest 2023-06-30 | 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 | 36927 ★; 15453 commits, latest 2023-07-11 | Official Docker image. |
| OrientDB | OrientDB | REST | Java | Apache 2.0 | 4615 ★; 21499 commits, latest 2023-07-12 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| PHP-CRUD-API | MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server. | REST | PHP 7 | MIT | 3363 ★; 2097 commits, latest 2023-07-05 | Supports GIS + automatic OpenAPI 3.0 docs. |
| PostGraphile | PostgreSQL | GraphQL | TypeScript (Node.js) | MIT | 12038 ★; 1398 commits, latest 2023-06-22 | Formerly "PostGraphQL", Official Docker image. |
| PostgREST | PostgreSQL | REST | Haskell | MIT | 20784 ★; 2484 commits, latest 2023-07-10 | Official Docker image. |
| pREST | PostgreSQL | REST | Go | MIT | 3846 ★; 1933 commits, latest 2023-06-03 | Official Docker image. |
| pRESTige | MySQL | REST | PHP | MIT | 96 ★; 1081 commits, latest 2022-07-13 | |
| RESTHeart | MongoDB | REST | Java | GNU AGPLv3 | 766 ★; 4144 commits, latest 2023-06-20 | Official Docker image. |
| restSQL | MySQL, PostgreSQL | REST | Java | MIT | 136 ★; 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 | 1953 ★; 250 commits, latest 2020-12-21 | Official Docker image. |
| Silence | MySQL, MariaDB | REST | Python 3 | MIT | 11 ★; 425 commits, latest 2022-12-22 | 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 | GNU AGPLv3 | 42 ★; 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 | 814 ★; 106 commits, latest 2023-07-02 | A SQLite RESTful 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 | 53152 ★; 22139 commits, latest 2023-07-13 | Uses PostgREST. Guide to self-Hosting with Docker. |
| tuql | SQLite 3 or SQL infile | GraphQL | JavaScript (Node.js) | MIT | 1013 ★; 72 commits, latest 2021-06-06 | |
| Webdis | Redis | REST | C | BSD (two-clause) | 2699 ★; 629 commits, latest 2023-06-14 | 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 | 1763 ★; 1669 commits, latest 2023-07-13 | WunderGraph Docs. |
| XTDB | XTDB | REST | Clojure | MIT | 2303 ★; 7453 commits, latest 2023-07-12 | 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 | 63 ★; 283 commits, latest 2018-10-16 | Read-only. |
GitHub stats updated 2023-07-13. The commit count and the latest commit date are for the default branch (usually master).
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