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NocoDB vs badger
NocoDB has 65,408 GitHub stars, 5,131 forks, 710 open issues and last shipped yesterday. badger has 15,797 stars, 1,341 forks, 69 open issues and last shipped 14 days ago. NocoDB leads on adoption by 314% (65,408 vs 15,797 stars). NocoDB is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; badger is written in Go under Apache-2.0. NocoDB has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, badger 8%. NocoDB was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| NocoDB | badger | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 65K | ★ 16K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-20 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.1K | ⑂ 1.3K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick NocoDB if
- You weight community size — 65K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick badger if
- You want the badger feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and badger fits your workflow better
About NocoDB
NocoDB is the fastest and easiest way to build databases online. Website • Discord • Community • Twitter • Reddit • Documentation See other languages » Join Our Community Installation Docker with SQLite Docker with PG Auto upstall Auto upstall is a single command that sets up NocoDB on a server for production usage. Behind the scenes it auto generates docker compose for you. bash bash install.nocodb.com/noco.sh script can be found here in our github Other Methods Binaries are only for quick testing locally. When running locally access nocodb by visiting: For more installation methods, please refer to our docs…
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About badger
BadgerDB BadgerDB is an embeddable, persistent and fast key value (KV) database written in pure Go. It is the underlying database for Dgraph, a fast, distributed graph database. It's meant to be a performant alternative to non Go based key value stores like RocksDB. Project Status Badger is stable and is being used to serve data sets worth hundreds of terabytes. Badger supports concurrent ACID transactions with serializable snapshot isolation (SSI) guarantees. A Jepsen style bank test runs nightly for 8h, with race flag and ensures the maintenance of transactional guarantees. Badger has also been tested to work…
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Frequently asked questions
Is NocoDB or badger more popular?
NocoDB has 65,408 GitHub stars and badger has 15,797. NocoDB has the larger community by that measure.
Are NocoDB and badger free?
Both are open source. NocoDB has no licence declared in this registry, and badger is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between NocoDB and badger?
NocoDB is written in TypeScript and badger in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, NocoDB or badger?
Choose NocoDB if you want the larger community (65,408 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose badger if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.