Datasette vs NocoDB

Both are self-hosted database management projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

NocoDB scores 92 against Datasette's 85, putting it slightly ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume. That measures project health, not feature fit — Datasette may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
DatasetteNocoDB
Health score 85/100 92/100
Commits (11 mo) 708 6110
Commits (last 3 mo) 270 1794
Stars 11k 65k
Latest release 24 Sept 2026 10 Sept 2026
Licence Apache-2.0 SUL-1.0
Built with Python, Docker Nodejs, Docker
Typical RAM 1 GB 2 GB

Datasette

Explore and publish data with easy import and export and database management.

85/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 29/40
Releases 25/25
Community 16/20
Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 73% of tracked projects; popularity more than 81%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 139 commits 2025-11: 43 commits 2025-12: 13 commits 2026-01: 12 commits 2026-02: 16 commits 2026-03: 40 commits 2026-04: 29 commits 2026-05: 146 commits 2026-06: 168 commits 2026-07: 99 commits 2026-08: 3 commits

NocoDB

No-code platform that turns any database into a smart spreadsheet (alternative to Airtable and Smartsheet).

92/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 39/40
Releases 25/25
Community 20/20
Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 98% of tracked projects; popularity more than 98%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 520 commits 2025-11: 26 commits 2025-12: 38 commits 2026-01: 463 commits 2026-02: 686 commits 2026-03: 1082 commits 2026-04: 749 commits 2026-05: 752 commits 2026-06: 943 commits 2026-07: 325 commits 2026-08: 526 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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