teable

Teable is a Postgres-native Airtable alternative built for speed. The data lives in real Postgres tables, which means SQL tooling works on your data natively. Fast. Modern UI. AGPL-licensed, free to self-host.

Docker deployment. Lightweight and fast to start. Because data is in Postgres directly, you can query it with any BI tool or run migrations alongside your application schema. The frontend is React-based and noticeably faster than Airtable for large datasets.

Engineering-leaning teams that want spreadsheet-style data management but refuse to give up direct database access will find this compelling. The Postgres-native architecture is the core differentiator: your data is not locked in a proprietary format.

The catch: AGPL licensing means modifications require disclosure if distributed. The ecosystem is young: fewer integrations, fewer third-party tools, less community documentation than Airtable or NocoDB.