Directus
Directus is a real-time API and App dashboard for managing SQL database content.
- Freemium • Open Source
- CMS Tool
- Database Manager
- Online
- DigitalOcean
- Self-Hosted
- Ubuntu
- Heroku
- Cloudron
- Docker
What is Directus?
With over 20 million downloads, Directus is the world's first Open Data Platform for instantly turning any SQL database into an API and beautiful no-code app.
Directus is an Open Data Platform built to democratize the database. This platform provides everyone on your team, regardless of technical skill, equal access to data and digital file asset management, for any data model or project. First, link Directus to your desired SQL database and file storage adapter. After that, Directus enables you to perform CRUD operations, create users, assign roles with fully configurable permissions, build complex and granular queries, configure event-driven webhooks and task automation... the list goes on!
Database Introspection & Abstraction SQL flavors all come with slightly different data types and idiosyncrasies. Directus uses Database Introspection to read your database structure and create an abstraction layer to handle all the nitty-gritty details behind the scenes. This technique works seamlessly with any major SQL database. It also lets you link Directus to your new or pre-existing database or remove it anytime, with no impact on your existing data model. That means you'll never encounter vendor lock-in.
The App and APIs Once your database is introspected and abstracted, Directus dynamically generates REST and GraphQL API endpoints to manage your data with granular control. You also get CLI tools for file management and a complete JavaScript SDK.
The API and CLI power the no-code App. In other words, the App is just a GUI that provides no-code access to the API. This architecture is how Directus democratizes the database and provides control to the whole team.
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Directus information
- Developed byMonospace Inc
- LicensingOpen Source (GPL-3.0) and Freemium product.
- PricingSubscription that costs between $25 and $249.
- Written in
- RatingAverage rating of 4.7
- Alternatives209 alternatives listed
Supported Languages
- English
GitHub repository
- 20,691 Stars
- 2,510 Forks
- 341 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
Tags
- CMS
- internal-tool-builder
- backend-as-a-service
- data-integration
- Web Development
Fast, fairly simple but powerful headless CMS. Not 100% stable now, but promising.
It is like nocodb + n8n + strapi in one integrated app.
Super powerful tool, so simple but complex and rarely to find tutorials
None of the alternatives listed (so far) seem to really be the same sort of thing. I've been trying to understand this software today. The only thing I have figured out at this point is that it is not like WordPress, Blogger, etc.