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NocoDB vs surging
NocoDB has 65,408 GitHub stars, 5,131 forks, 710 open issues and last shipped yesterday. surging has 3,263 stars, 912 forks, 255 open issues and last shipped 7 months ago. NocoDB leads on adoption by 1,905% (65,408 vs 3,263 stars). NocoDB is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; surging is written in C# under MIT. NocoDB has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, surging 28%. 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 | surging | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 65K | ★ 3.3K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | C# |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-04-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.1K | ⑂ 912 |
| 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 surging if
- You want the surging feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and surging 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 surging
surging English surging 是一个分布式微服务框架,提供高性能RPC远程服务调用，采用Zookeeper、Consul作为surging服务的注册中心，集成了哈希，随机，轮询，压力最小优先作为负载均衡的算法，RPC可以选择采用netty或thrift框架，采用异步非阻塞传输。 名字由来 英文名：surging 中文名：滔滔 中文名来自周星驰的经典台词 我对阁下的景仰犹如滔滔江水,连绵不绝,犹如黄河泛滥,一发而不可收拾，而取名英文的含义也希望此框架能流行起来，也能像《.net core surging》这句英文语句含义一样，.net core技术风起云涌,冲击整个软件生态系统。 微服务定义 微服务应该是可以自由组合拆分，对于每个业务都是独立的，针对于业务模块的 CRUD 可以注册为服务，而每个服务都是高度自治的，从开发，部署都是独立，而每个服务只做单一功能，利用领域驱动设计去更好的拆分成粒度更小的模块 微服务边界 微服务是针对业务的松耦合，也是粒度最小的功能业务模块，针对于行业解决方案，集成相应的service host,而针对于业务需要一些中间件来辅助，比如缓存中间件，eventbus中间件（消息中间件），数据储存中间件,而各个服务又可以互相通过rpc进行可靠性通信。 引擎是微服务的容器，而docker
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Frequently asked questions
Is NocoDB or surging more popular?
NocoDB has 65,408 GitHub stars and surging has 3,263. NocoDB has the larger community by that measure.
Are NocoDB and surging free?
Both are open source. NocoDB has no licence declared in this registry, and surging is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between NocoDB and surging?
NocoDB is written in TypeScript and surging in C#. 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 surging?
Choose NocoDB if you want the larger community (65,408 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose surging if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.