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 | 13358 ★; 51300 commits, latest 2024-05-02 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| CouchDB | CouchDB | REST | Erlang | Apache-2.0 | 6023 ★; 13571 commits, latest 2024-04-26 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| Datasette | SQLite 3 | REST | Python 3 | Apache-2.0 | 8955 ★; 2591 commits, latest 2024-04-22 | Read-only. Official Docker image. |
| Dgraph | Dgraph | GraphQL (since version 2.0.0-rc1) | Go | Apache-2.0 | 20073 ★; 6097 commits, latest 2024-04-22 | 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 (BUSL-1.1), GPL-3.0 (after three years) | 25485 ★; 11724 commits, latest 2024-05-02 | Official Docker image. |
| DreamFactory | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB, CouchDB, and others. | REST | PHP 5 | Apache-2.0, proprietary (optional extras) | 1482 ★; 1139 commits, latest 2024-01-22 | Official Docker image. |
| EJDB2 | EJDB2 | REST | C | MIT | 1429 ★; 2829 commits, latest 2024-02-17 | 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-3-Clause | 6661 ★; 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 | 30832 ★; 8202 commits, latest 2024-05-02 | Official Docker image. |
| HTSQL | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite (free); Oracle, MS SQL (proprietary) | REST | Python 3 | Apache-2.0, proprietary (Oracle and MS SQL support) | 20 ★; 1235 commits, latest 2020-08-11 | |
| InfluxDB | InfluxDB | REST | Go | MIT | 27792 ★; 49235 commits, latest 2024-04-29 | 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 | 42566 ★; 22644 commits, latest 2024-05-02 | Official Docker image. |
| OrientDB | OrientDB | REST | Java | Apache-2.0 | 4693 ★; 22987 commits, latest 2024-04-15 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| PHP-CRUD-API | MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server. | REST | PHP 7 | MIT | 3530 ★; 2137 commits, latest 2024-04-28 | Supports GIS + automatic OpenAPI 3.0 docs. |
| PostGraphile | PostgreSQL | GraphQL | TypeScript (Node.js) | MIT | 12420 ★; 10311 commits, latest 2024-05-01 | Formerly "PostGraphQL". Official Docker image. |
| PostgREST | PostgreSQL | REST | Haskell | MIT | 22341 ★; 3580 commits, latest 2024-04-30 | Official Docker image. |
| pREST | PostgreSQL | REST | Go | MIT | 4098 ★; 1981 commits, latest 2024-04-30 | Official Docker image. |
| pRESTige | MySQL | REST | PHP | MIT | 102 ★; 1081 commits, latest 2022-07-13 | |
| RESTHeart | MongoDB | REST | Java | AGPL-3.0 | 790 ★; 4403 commits, latest 2024-05-02 | Official Docker image. |
| restSQL | MySQL, PostgreSQL | REST | Java | MIT | 142 ★; 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 | 1982 ★; 250 commits, latest 2020-12-21 | Official Docker image. |
| Silence | MySQL, MariaDB | REST | Python 3 | MIT | 11 ★; 445 commits, latest 2024-02-14 | 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 | AGPL-3.0 | 44 ★; 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 | 1427 ★; 315 commits, latest 2024-04-26 | A RESTful SQLite 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 | 66218 ★; 27922 commits, latest 2024-05-02 | Uses PostgREST. Guide to self-Hosting with Docker. |
| tuql | SQLite 3 or SQL infile | GraphQL | JavaScript (Node.js) | MIT | 1041 ★; 72 commits, latest 2021-06-06 | |
| Webdis | Redis | REST | C | BSD-2-Clause | 2783 ★; 658 commits, latest 2024-04-29 | 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 | 2162 ★; 1902 commits, latest 2024-04-19 | WunderGraph Docs. |
| XTDB | XTDB | REST | Clojure | MIT | 2444 ★; 5320 commits, latest 2024-05-02 | 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 2024-05-02. The commit count and the latest commit date are for the default branch.
For projects that depend on or enhance those on the list see the Related projects wiki page. Feel free to add yours.
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