So what is Airtable ?

Airtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. It works like a part spreadsheet & part database.

How are we going to turn any database into Airtable like spreadsheet ?

Using NocoDB

Ok, What is NocoDB ?

• NocoDB is a free & open source Airtable alternative - that turns your existing MySQL/Postgres databases into a smart and beautiful spreadsheets.

Now, show me the code!

(async () => { const server = require('express')(); const {Noco} = require("nocodb"); server.use(await Noco.init({})); console.log(`Visit : localhost:${process.env.PORT}/dashboard`) server.listen(process.env.PORT); })() 

Let's break down the 7 lines.

(async () => { // require express  const server = require('express')(); // require nocodb const {Noco} = require("nocodb"); // mount nocodb as a middleware server.use(await Noco.init({})); // print  console.log(`Visit : localhost:${process.env.PORT}/dashboard`) // listen to a port  server.listen(process.env.PORT); })() 

Yes, that is it - simple, minimalistic & boring. Like the way it should be while trying something new.

How does it work internally ?

• NocoDB depends on a database to store metadata about projects or spreadsheets. This can be specified using NC_DB environment variable. If NC_DB is absent then NocoDB defaults to SQLite storing this metadata. - NocoDB Projects can be created in two ways - First, on NC_DB database itself. Second, by connecting to external database.

So how to try this quickly ?

You can get started with just one command.

npx create-nocodb-app 

or

docker run -d --name nocodb -p 8080:8080 nocodb/nocodb:latest 

Where can I find more about the project ?

Please find our github below -> you can fork it / star it / twist it / turn it

docker run -d --name noco -v "$(pwd)"/nocodb:/usr/app/data/ -p 8080:8080 nocodb/nocodb:latest

docker run -d --name noco -v "$(pwd)"/nocodb:/usr/app/data/ -p 8080:8080 # replace with your pg connection string -e NC_DB="pg://host.docker.internal:5432?u=root&p=password&d=d1" # replace with a random secret -e NC_AUTH_JWT_SECRET="569a1821-0a93-45e8-87ab-eb857f20a010" nocodb/nocodb:latest

bash <(curl -sSL http://install.nocodb.com/noco.sh) <(mktemp)

Excellent, so how to join NocoDB community ?

📣 Github : https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb
📣 Discord : https://discord.gg/5RgZmkW
📣 Twitter : https://twitter.com/nocodb

Also, do you have a video demo ?

We do!

Using npx

Using docker

Now, just happy hacking!