@ -157,6 +154,32 @@ docker run -p 8080:8080 -e NC_DB="mssql://host:port?u=user&p=password&d=database
| NC_CONNECT_TO_EXTERNAL_DB_DISABLED | No | Disable Project creation with external database | |
| NC_DISABLE_TELE | No | Disable telemetry | |
# Running locally
```
git clone https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb
cd nocodb
# run backend
cd packages/nocodb
npm install
npm run watch:run
# open localhost:8080/dashboard in browser
# run frontend
cd packages/nc-gui
npm install
npm run dev
# open localhost:3000/dashboard in browser
```
Changes made to code automatically restart.
# Contributing
- Please take a look at ./contribute/HowToApplyLicense.md
- Ignore adding headers for .json or .md or .yml
# 🎯 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.
@ -184,6 +207,11 @@ Our mission is to provide the most powerful no-code interface for databases whic