Database Open Source Tools

Alternative toCockroachDB

MySQL-compatible distributed SQL database for elastic scale

• 40,661 GitHub stars
• Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
• #Database

Alternative toContentful

Wrap any SQL database with REST and GraphQL APIs and an admin UI

• 38,631 GitHub stars

Alternative toHeroku

Self-hosted PaaS to deploy apps and databases across multiple servers

• 37,935 GitHub stars

Alternative toPinecone

Self-hosted vector database for AI similarity search and RAG

• 35,154 GitHub stars
• Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
• #Database

Alternative toGlean

Self-hosted knowledge base with RAG search, AI agent, and wiki

• 34,874 GitHub stars
• MITLicence MIT
• #LLM

Alternative toAmazon Timestream

High-performance time series database with SQL-based querying

• 31,771 GitHub stars
• Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
• #Database

Alternative toAmazon DynamoDB

Popular open source NoSQL document database for modern apps

• 28,651 GitHub stars
• #Database

Alternative toRetool

Low-code platform for building internal apps, self-hosted

• 28,334 GitHub stars
• GPL-3.0Licence GPL-3.0
• #No Code

Alternative toDataGrip

AI text-to-SQL client for 40+ databases; local-first, self-hosted

• 28,327 GitHub stars
• CustomLicence Apache-2.0 with additional commercial restrictions (LicenseRef-Chat2DB)

Alternative toTablePlus

Manage 100+ databases with a 25 MB open source client

• 27,421 GitHub stars
• Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0