Open Source Self-Hosted Microsoft Access Alternatives

Microsoft Office Access is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are plenty of alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best open source Self-Hosted alternative is Grist. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Microsoft Office Access and 13 are open source and available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Self-Hosted alternatives to Microsoft Office Access are Teable, Baserow, LibreDB Studio and Undb.

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  1. Grist icon
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     60 likes

    Open-source tool merges spreadsheets, databases, and app-building. Offers a spreadsheet interface, Python engines, real-time collaboration, and cell-level security controls. Choose cloud or self-hosting to maintain data ownership, free team account offers available.

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    • Since 2020

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    • Windows
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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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  2. Teable icon
     55 likes

    Teable is a super fast, real-time, professional, developer friendly, no-code database built on Postgres. It uses a simple, spreadsheet-like interface to create complex enterprise-level database applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2024

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  3. Baserow icon
     76 likes

    Baserow is the secure, open-source platform for building databases, applications, automations, and AI agents — all without code. Trusted by over 150,000 users, Baserow delivers enterprise-grade security with GDPR, HIPAA, and SOC 2 Type II compliance, plus cloud and self-hosted...

    68 Baserow alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2020

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Docker
    • Cloudron
    • Kubernetes
    • Docker Hub
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  4. LibreDB Studio is a browser-based database client that is installed next to the database rather than on each user's machine. It runs as a single container, a Helm chart, an OpenShift operator, a native package (Homebrew, Snap, deb, rpm, winget), a desktop build for Linux, or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Since 2026

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  5. Undb icon
     14 likes

    Undb is a local-first, offline-first no-code platform that empowers you to build and manage your own databases with ease. Start creating your type-safe APIs and manage your data securely. An Airtable alternative.

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    • Since 2024

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    • Discontinued

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Docker
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  6. WhoDB icon
     4 likes

    WhoDBis a lightweight (~20MB), powerful, and user-friendly database management tool designed to streamline your database administration tasks.

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    • Since 2024

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  7. nuBuilder Forte icon
     33 likes

    Low-code, open-source RAD development tool for creating web-based database applications.

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    • Since 2018

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    • Online
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  8. Basetool icon
     3 likes

    Empower your team and collaborators to view and manage the data you already own in a nice easy-to-use protected tool.

    28 Basetool alternatives

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    • Since 2021

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Typescript
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  9. Rowy icon
     9 likes

    Manage Firestore data in a spreadsheet-like UI, write Cloud Functions effortlessly in the browser, and connect to your favorite third party platforms such as SendGrid, Twilio, Algolia, Slack and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2021

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Cloud Platform
    • Firebase
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  10. Tiki Trackers icon
     9 likes

    Tiki Trackers is an Open Source database web apps builder. With Tiki Trackers you can easily build databases, web forms and reports to manage your data online with zero programming knowledge.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  11. Slashbase icon
     1 like

    Slashbase is an open-source in-browser database IDE for your dev/data workflows. Use Slashbase to connect to any of your database, browse data and schema, write, run and save queries, create charts, right from your browser. Supports PostgreSQL and MongoDB.

    Cost / License

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    • Since 2022

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    • Discontinued

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. simpl4 icon
     3 likes

    Development and service platform for HTML5 applications with process- and serviceengine. Quickly create processes,tables, forms, services, businessrules,documents

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  13. PondPilot icon
     1 like

    A blazing-fast, lightweight, 100% client-side AI-enabled data exploration tool that helps you analyze local & remote data with zero setup. Powered by DuckDB-Wasm and integrated AI assistance.

    Cost / License

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    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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