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NocoDB vs lettuce
NocoDB has 65,408 GitHub stars, 5,131 forks, 710 open issues and last shipped yesterday. lettuce has 5,786 stars, 1,115 forks, 204 open issues and last shipped yesterday. NocoDB leads on adoption by 1,030% (65,408 vs 5,786 stars). NocoDB is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; lettuce is written in Java under MIT. NocoDB has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, lettuce 19%. 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 | lettuce | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 65K | ★ 5.8K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Java |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.1K | ⑂ 1.1K |
| 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 lettuce if
- You want the lettuce feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You evaluated both and lettuce 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 lettuce
Lettuce Advanced Java Redis client =============================== Lettuce is a scalable thread safe Redis client for synchronous, asynchronous and reactive usage. Multiple threads may share one connection if they avoid blocking and transactional operations such as BLPOP and MULTI / EXEC . Lettuce is built with netty. Supports advanced Redis features such as Sentinel, Cluster, Pipelining, Auto Reconnect and Redis data models. This version of Lettuce has been tested against the latest Redis source build. synchronous, asynchronous and reactive usage Redis Sentinel Redis Cluster SSL and Unix Domain Socket…
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Frequently asked questions
Is NocoDB or lettuce more popular?
NocoDB has 65,408 GitHub stars and lettuce has 5,786. NocoDB has the larger community by that measure.
Are NocoDB and lettuce free?
Both are open source. NocoDB has no licence declared in this registry, and lettuce is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between NocoDB and lettuce?
NocoDB is written in TypeScript and lettuce in Java. 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 lettuce?
Choose NocoDB if you want the larger community (65,408 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose lettuce if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.