Directus
Directus is a source-available, self-hosted app in the Database Management category, licensed Monospace Sustainable Core License 1.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Firebase, Supabase and Airtable and ships a Docker image. It has 38,634 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 23, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Database Management
- TypeScript
- MSCL-1.0-GPL
- Source-available
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 38,634
- Forks
- 4,981
- Open issues
- 310
- Commits, last 12 months
- 780
- Last commit
- Oct 23, 2026
- Latest release
- v12.5.1Oct 23, 2026
- Created
- Dec 12, 2012
- License
- Monospace Sustainable Core License 1.0Source-available
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, 780 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors7 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 780 |
| Latest release | v12.5.1 (Oct 23, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 377 |
| Open issues | 310 |
| Open pull requests | 44 |
| Good first issues | 1 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Dec 12, 2012 |
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About Directus
An Instant App & API for your SQL Database. Directus wraps your new or existing SQL database with a realtime GraphQL+REST API for developers, and an intuitive admin app for non-technical users.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/directus/directus.
Topics
- api
- cms
- graphql
- app
- database
- vue
- sqlite
- mysql
- postgresql
- mssql
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Is Directus free and open source?
Not by the OSI definition. Directus is source-available rather than open source: its code is public under the Monospace Sustainable Core License 1.0, which is not an OSI-approved open-source license. This is a custom license: the source is public, but it adds conditions that OSI-approved licenses do not, such as limits on commercial, hosted or production use. Read it before you deploy. Check the license in the repository before using it commercially.
Can I run Directus with Docker?
Yes. Directus provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Directus?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Directus include NocoDB, drawDB and MindsDB. Directus itself is a self-hosted alternative to Firebase, Supabase, Airtable, Retool, Bubble and Webflow.
Is Directus actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Directus was on Oct 23, 2026 with 780 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v12.5.1, published Oct 23, 2026. It had 310 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.