Mathesar
Mathesar is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Database Management category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in Svelte. It is a self-hosted alternative to Airtable and ships a Docker image. It has 5,161 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 5,161
- Forks
- 488
- Open issues
- 279
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,056
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- 0.12.0Jul 2, 2026
- Created
- Mar 17, 2021
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 1,056 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases8 releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors10 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,056 |
| Latest release | 0.12.0 (Jul 2, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 8 |
| Releases, all time | 27 |
| Open issues | 279 |
| Open pull requests | 34 |
| Good first issues | 3 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Mar 17, 2021 |
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About Mathesar
Intuitive UI to manage data collaboratively, for users of all technical skill levels. Built on Postgres – connect an existing DB or set up a new one.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/mathesar-foundation/mathesar.
Topics
- python
- django
- javascript
- typescript
- svelte
- sveltejs
- postgresql
- postgres
- database-management
- database-gui
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Is Mathesar free and open source?
Yes. Mathesar is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Mathesar with Docker?
Yes. Mathesar 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 Mathesar?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Mathesar include NocoDB, drawDB and MindsDB. Mathesar itself is a self-hosted alternative to Airtable.
Is Mathesar actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Mathesar was on Oct 25, 2026 with 1,056 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 0.12.0, published Jul 2, 2026. It had 279 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.