Limbas
Database framework for creating database-driven business applications. As a graphical database frontend, it enables the efficient processing of data stocks and the flexible development of comfortable database applications.
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Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 58 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v7.1.15 · 12 Aug 2026 |
| Repo updated | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Built with | PHP |
Is Limbas actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 3 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 2 of them.
The most recent tagged release, v7.1.15, shipped about two months ago — a current, installable version exists today.
Limbas ranks #18 of 21 tracked database management projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Limbas actually does
Limbas is a PHP-based database framework designed to function as a graphical frontend for managing data. It provides the tooling required to develop custom database applications and handle business data stocks efficiently.
Best fit: Teams looking for a self-hosted, web-based interface to structure and interact with relational data without writing custom frontend code from scratch.
Worth knowing: The project has a relatively small community and slower development velocity, which may limit long-term support and third-party extension availability.
Deployment notes
As a PHP application, you will typically need to run it behind a web server like Nginx or Apache, paired with a persistent database backend and a reverse proxy for TLS termination.
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