9 Best Open Source Glide Alternatives in 2026

1

Dify

Visual platform for AI agents, RAG pipelines, and LLM apps.

Dify is a visual platform for building AI agents, RAG pipelines, and LLM apps on one collaborative workspace, deployable in the cloud, in a VPC, or self-hosted. It is licensed under the Dify Open Source License, which is based on Apache 2.0 with additional conditions: you may not operate a multi-tenant environment without written authorization, and you may not remove or modify the logo and copyright information in its frontend. An enterprise edition adds SSO, RBAC, and support.

Pricing: Free to self-host within the license terms; cloud and enterprise plans are paid.

• Visual builder for agents and RAG
• Very large community
• Self-hosted, VPC, or cloud
• Restrictions on multi-tenant use and removing branding
• Focused on AI apps rather than general internal tools

2

NocoDB

Spreadsheet interface for relational databases

Airtable-style interface for existing PostgreSQL and MySQL databases, with multiple views, APIs, webhooks, collaboration, and schema management. Current releases use the Sustainable Use License, which adds restrictions beyond standard open-source licenses.

Pricing: Self-hosted and hosted options; check current terms and plan limits.

• Connects to existing relational databases
• Visual schema management, views, APIs, and webhooks
• Large GitHub community
• Current license is source available, not OSI open source
• License changed from AGPL in earlier releases
• More database-focused than app-builder focused

3

Budibase

Open-source low-code platform for business apps.

Budibase is a low-code platform for building custom business web apps on top of your own data, with data integrations, automations, and self-hosting. The platform is licensed GPL-3.0 and its client and component libraries are MPL-2.0, so the apps you build are not themselves subject to the GPL. Paid cloud and enterprise plans add features.

Pricing: Free to self-host; cloud and enterprise plans are paid.

• Builds apps on top of your existing data
• Automations and self-hosting
• Apps you build are not covered by the GPL
• GPL-3.0 platform license
• Some features require paid plans

4

AITable (APITable)

API-oriented visual database and low-code platform.

AITable, developed in the APITable repository, is an AGPL-3.0 collaborative visual database with several views, forms, workflow automation, and thousands of app integrations. The last commit was in September 2026.

Pricing: Free to self-host; hosted plans are paid.

• Spreadsheet-style visual database
• Forms and automation
• Many integrations
• AGPL-3.0 license
• Self-hosting is not the focus of the hosted product

5

Grist

Relational spreadsheet combining formulas and structured data

Apache-2.0 Community Edition spreadsheet with typed columns, related tables, multiple views, formulas, Python, charts, forms, REST API, access rules, version history, collaboration, and Excel/CSV import. Hosted and Enterprise functionality is also available commercially.

Pricing: Open-source self-hosted Community Edition, desktop option, and commercial hosted/Enterprise features.

• Spreadsheet formulas with relational tables and Python
• Charts, forms, collaboration, and granular access rules
• REST API, version history, self-hosting, desktop, and Excel/CSV import
• Typed database columns behave differently from Excel cells
• No VBA and advanced Excel formatting is not the focus
• Less suited to complex corporate workbook workflows

6

Plasmic

Visual builder for React that integrates with your codebase.

Plasmic is a visual builder for React for building apps, websites, and content, with Figma import, data connectors, and code generation that you can integrate into your own codebase. Everything outside the platform directory is MIT, while the platform directory is AGPL-3.0, and self-hosting is available.

Pricing: Free self-hosted; hosted plans are paid.

• Generates production React code and integrates with your repo
• Figma import and data connectors
• Self-hosting available
• The platform directory is AGPL-3.0
• Aimed at React developers more than non-technical users

7

Rowy

Airtable-style low-code backend for Firestore

Apache-2.0 visual interface for Google Firestore with JavaScript and TypeScript Cloud Functions, backend workflows, role-based permissions, file uploads, APIs, and external connectors.

Pricing: Works with Firebase and Google Cloud in your own GCP project.

• Airtable-style editing for Firestore
• Build Cloud Functions and workflows in the browser
• Data stays in your GCP project
• Tied to Firebase and Google Cloud
• Not a general-purpose relational database
• Different architecture from Airtable

8

Baserow

Spreadsheet-style relational database and no-code platform

MIT-core open-core database and application platform with tables, linked records, formulas, filters, forms, Kanban, calendars, timelines, dashboards, automations, REST API, application building, cloud, and self-hosting.

Pricing: MIT core with hosted cloud and separately available commercial features.

• Spreadsheet-like grid, relational records, and multiple views
• Forms, dashboards, REST API, automations, and app builder
• Self-hosting and active development
• Not a traditional Excel workbook
• Limited complex Excel formula compatibility and no VBA
• Better suited to Airtable-style operations than financial modeling

9

Mathesar

Spreadsheet-style interface directly on PostgreSQL

GPL-3.0 interface that works with normal PostgreSQL schemas, tables, relationships, roles, and permissions instead of introducing a proprietary data abstraction. Maintained by the nonprofit Mathesar Foundation.

Pricing: Free and open-source self-hosted project.

• Direct access to PostgreSQL data and permissions
• Portable data without a proprietary abstraction
• Nonprofit-maintained and fully open source
• Public beta
• PostgreSQL only
• Less focused on Kanban and broad automation workflows