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## Welcome! ## Welcome!
NocoDB is an open source Airtable alternative. NocoDB is a no-code database platform that allows teams to collaborate and build applications with ease of a familiar and intuitive spreadsheet interface. This allows even non-developers or business users to become software creators.
NocoDB works by connecting to any relational database and transforming them into a smart spreadsheet interface! This allows you to build no-code applications collaboratively with teams. NocoDB currently works with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, SQLite, Amazon Aurora & MariaDB databases. NocoDB works by connecting to any relational database and transforming them into a smart spreadsheet interface! This allows you to build no-code applications collaboratively with teams. NocoDB currently works with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, SQLite, Amazon Aurora & MariaDB databases.
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### Rich Spreadsheet Interface ### Rich Spreadsheet Interface
- ⚡ &nbsp;Search, sort, filter, hide columns with uber ease - ⚡ &nbsp;Basic Operations: Create, Read, Update and Delete on Tables, Columns, and Rows
- ⚡ &nbsp;Create Views : Grid, Gallery, Form - ⚡ &nbsp;Fields Operations: Sort, Filter, Hide / Unhide Columns
- ⚡ &nbsp;Share Views : public & password protected - ⚡ &nbsp;Multiple Views: Grid (By default), Gallery and Form View
- ⚡ &nbsp;Collaborative & locked Views - ⚡ &nbsp;Share Bases / Views: either Public or Private (with Password Protected)
- ⚡ &nbsp;Upload images to cells (Works with S3, Minio, GCP, Azure, DigitalOcean, Linode, OVH, BackBlaze) - ⚡ &nbsp;View Types: Collaborative Views, & Locked Views
- ⚡ &nbsp;Roles : Owner, Creator, Editor, Commenter, Viewer - ⚡ &nbsp;Variant Cell Types: ID, LinkToAnotherRecord, Lookup, Rollup, SingleLineText, Attachement, Currency, Formula and etc
- ⚡ &nbsp;Access Control : Fine-grained access control even at database, table & column level - ⚡ &nbsp;Access Control with Roles : Fine-grained Access Control at different levels
- ⚡ &nbsp;and more ...
### App Store for workflow automations
- ⚡ &nbsp;Chat : Microsoft Teams, Slack, Discord, Mattermost ### App Store for Workflow Automations
- ⚡ &nbsp;Email : SMTP, SES, Mailchimp
- ⚡ &nbsp;SMS : Twilio We provide different integrations in three main categories. See <a href="./setup-and-usages/app-store" target="_blank">App Store</a> for details.
- ⚡ &nbsp;Whatsapp
- ⚡ &nbsp;Any 3rd Party APIs - ⚡ &nbsp;Chat : Slack, Discord, Mattermost, and etc
- ⚡ &nbsp;Email : AWS SES, SMTP, MailerSend, and etc
### Programmatic API access via - ⚡ &nbsp;Storage : AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Minio, and etc
### Programmatic Access
We provide the following ways to let users to invoke actions in a programmatic way. You can use a token (either JWT or Social Auth) to sign your requests for authorization to NocoDB.
- ⚡ &nbsp;REST APIs - ⚡ &nbsp;REST APIs
- ⚡ &nbsp;Includes JWT Authentication & Social Auth - ⚡ &nbsp;NocoDB SDK
- ⚡ &nbsp;API tokens to integrate with Zapier, Integromat
### Sync Schema
We allow you to sync schema changes if you have made changes outside NocoDB GUI. However, it has to be noted then you will have to bring your own schema migrations for moving from environment to others. See <a href="./setup-and-usages/sync-schema" target="_blank">Sync Schema</a> for details.
### Audit
We are keeping all the user operation logs under one place. See <a href="./setup-and-usages/audit" target="_blank">Audit</a> for details.
## Why are we building this? ## Why are we building this?
Most internet businesses equip themselves with either spreadsheet or a database to solve their business needs. Spreadsheets are used by a Billion+ humans collaboratively every single day. However, we are way off working at similar speeds on databases which are way more powerful tools when it comes to computing. Attempts to solve this with SaaS offerings has meant horrible access controls, vendor lockin, data lockin, abrupt price changes & most importantly a glass ceiling on what's possible in future. Most internet businesses equip themselves with either spreadsheet or a database to solve their business needs. Spreadsheets are used by a Billion+ humans collaboratively every single day. However, we are way off working at similar speeds on databases which are way more powerful tools when it comes to computing. Attempts to solve this with SaaS offerings has meant horrible access controls, vendor lockin, data lockin, abrupt price changes & most importantly a glass ceiling on what's possible in future.

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