The following is a list of tools that automatically expose a REST, GraphQL, or another kind of API for your database, as well as databases with a built-in HTTP API.
| Project name/link | Database(s) supported | API type | Implementation language | License | GitHub stats | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apinizer API Creator | Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MsSQL, IBM DB2, SAP Sybase ASE, Apache Impala, Apache Hive | REST | Java | Proprietary (SaaS) | n/a | Generates OpenAPI Specifications. |
| ArangoDB | ArangoDB | REST | C++ | Apache-2.0 | 13637 ★; 51753 commits, latest 2025-01-08 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| CouchDB | CouchDB | REST | Erlang | Apache-2.0 | 6346 ★; 13855 commits, latest 2025-01-07 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| Datasette | SQLite 3 | REST | Python 3 | Apache-2.0 | 9702 ★; 2664 commits, latest 2025-01-01 | Read-only. Official Docker image. |
| DB2Rest | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, CockroachDB | REST | Java | Apache-2.0 | 257 ★; 1363 commits, latest 2024-12-15 | Official Docker image. |
| Dgraph | Dgraph | GraphQL (since version 2.0.0-rc1) | Go | Apache-2.0 | 20571 ★; 6240 commits, latest 2025-01-08 | A database with a built-in GraphQL API. Official Docker image. |
| Directus | PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, OracleDB, CockroachDB, MariaDB, MS SQL | REST and GraphQL | TypeScript | Propretary (BUSL-1.1), GPL-3.0 (after three years) | 28616 ★; 12491 commits, latest 2025-01-08 | Official Docker image. |
| DreamFactory | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB, CouchDB, and others. | REST | PHP 5 | Apache-2.0, proprietary (optional extras) | 1573 ★; 1140 commits, latest 2024-05-16 | Official Docker image. |
| EJDB2 | EJDB2 | REST | C | MIT | 1447 ★; 2849 commits, latest 2024-12-02 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| Eve | MongoDB; extensions for Elasticsearch, Neo4j, SQLAlchemy (SQL databases). | REST | Python 2/3 | BSD-3-Clause | 6711 ★; 3403 commits, latest 2024-10-15 | The SQLAlchemy extension isn't automatic. It requires the user to write SQLAlchemy mappings. |
| GraphJin Service | PostgreSQL, MySQL, Yugabyte | GraphQL | Go | Apache-2.0 | 2942 ★; 936 commits, latest 2024-09-06 | Using GraphJin as a standlone service. Official Docker image. |
| GraphQL Mesh | PostgreSQL (PostGraphile), MongoDB (graphql-compose-mongoose), SQLite 3 (tuql), Neo4j (Neo4j GraphQL Library), MySQL | GraphQL | TypeScript (Node.js) | MIT | 3319 ★; 8054 commits, latest 2025-01-08 | Provides a common GraphQL gateway for different APIs and databases. |
| Hasura GraphQL Engine | PostgreSQL, MS SQL, MySQL, Snowflake, and others | GraphQL, REST | Haskell | Apache-2.0 | 31260 ★; 9148 commits, latest 2025-01-08 | Official Docker image. |
| HTSQL | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite (free); Oracle, MS SQL (proprietary) | REST | Python 3 | Apache-2.0, proprietary (Oracle and MS SQL support) | 25 ★; 1235 commits, latest 2020-08-11 | |
| InfluxDB | InfluxDB | REST | Go | MIT | 29283 ★; 49443 commits, latest 2025-01-08 | A timeseries database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| neo4j-graphql | Neo4j | GraphQL | Kotlin | Apache-2.0 | 449 ★; 164 commits, latest 2020-10-22 | Can generate a GraphQL API from an existing database or derive a new database model from a GraphQL schema and auto-generate the resolvers. |
| NocoDB | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, SQLite | REST | JavaScript (Node.js) | MIT | 50728 ★; 26350 commits, latest 2025-01-08 | Official Docker image. |
| OrientDB | OrientDB | REST | Java | Apache-2.0 | 4762 ★; 25944 commits, latest 2025-01-07 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| PHP-CRUD-API | MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server. | REST | PHP 7 | MIT | 3635 ★; 2154 commits, latest 2024-11-22 | Supports GIS + automatic OpenAPI 3.0 docs. |
| PostGraphile | PostgreSQL | GraphQL | TypeScript (Node.js) | MIT | 12645 ★; 11461 commits, latest 2025-01-07 | Formerly "PostGraphQL". Official Docker image. |
| PostgREST | PostgreSQL | REST | Haskell | MIT | 24180 ★; 3847 commits, latest 2024-12-30 | Official Docker image. |
| pREST | PostgreSQL | REST | Go | MIT | 4265 ★; 1998 commits, latest 2024-11-28 | Official Docker image. |
| pRESTige | MySQL | REST | PHP | MIT | 109 ★; 1089 commits, latest 2024-05-31 | |
| RESTHeart | MongoDB | REST | Java | AGPL-3.0 | 814 ★; 4964 commits, latest 2025-01-08 | Official Docker image. |
| restSQL | MySQL, PostgreSQL | REST | Java | MIT | 147 ★; 54 commits, latest 2018-10-18 | Official Docker image. |
| sandman2 | All supported by SQLAlchemy (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle, MS SQL, and others). | REST | Python 2/3 | Apache-2.0 | 2013 ★; 250 commits, latest 2020-12-21 | Official Docker image. |
| Silence | MySQL, MariaDB | REST | Python 3 | MIT | 17 ★; 445 commits, latest 2024-02-14 | Automatically generates REST endpoints to do CRUD operations against the database, test studs, and JS files to access the API. |
| Siodb | Siodb | REST | C++, Go | AGPL-3.0 | 45 ★; 278 commits, latest 2023-02-18 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| Soul | SQLite 3 | REST | JavaScript (Node.js) | MIT | 1546 ★; 373 commits, latest 2024-12-06 | A RESTful SQLite server. |
| subZero | PostgreSQL | REST and GraphQL | Haskell, Lua | Proprietary | n/a | |
| Supabase | PostgreSQL | REST and GraphQL | TypeScript, Elixir (Realtime), Rust (pg_graphql), Go (GoTrue) | Apache-2.0 | 75875 ★; 30104 commits, latest 2025-01-08 | Uses PostgREST. Guide to self-Hosting with Docker. |
| tuql | SQLite 3 or SQL infile | GraphQL | JavaScript (Node.js) | MIT | 1061 ★; 72 commits, latest 2021-06-06 | |
| Webdis | Redis | REST | C | BSD-2-Clause | 2865 ★; 667 commits, latest 2024-10-23 | Supports pub/sub with chunked transfer encoding and WebSockets. |
| WunderGraph | PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, MongoDB + Atlas, PlanetScale, YugabyteDB, Neon.tech, FaunaDB | GraphQL | TypeScript, Go | Apache-2.0 | 2299 ★; 1920 commits, latest 2024-10-28 | WunderGraph Docs. |
| XTDB | XTDB | REST | Clojure | MIT | 2596 ★; 6211 commits, latest 2025-01-07 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| ZenQuery | PostgreSQL, MySQL, IBM Db2, Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server and others | REST | Java | Apache-2.0 | 70 ★; 283 commits, latest 2018-10-16 | Read-only. |
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