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NocoDB vs toydb
NocoDB has 65,408 GitHub stars, 5,131 forks, 710 open issues and last shipped yesterday. toydb has 7,302 stars, 625 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. NocoDB leads on adoption by 796% (65,408 vs 7,302 stars). NocoDB is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; toydb is written in Rust under Apache-2.0. NocoDB has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, toydb 9%. 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 | toydb | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 65K | ★ 7.3K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.1K | ⑂ 625 |
| 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 toydb if
- You want the toydb feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and toydb 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 toydb
toyDB Distributed SQL database in Rust, built from scratch as an educational project. Main features: [Raft distributed consensus][raft] for linearizable state machine replication. [ACID transactions][txn] with MVCC based snapshot isolation. [Pluggable storage engine][storage] with [BitCask][bitcask] and [in memory][memory] backends. [Iterator based query engine][query] with [heuristic optimization][optimizer] and time travel support. [SQL interface][sql] including joins, aggregates, and transactions. toyDB is intended to be simple and understandable, and also functional and correct. Other aspects like…
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Frequently asked questions
Is NocoDB or toydb more popular?
NocoDB has 65,408 GitHub stars and toydb has 7,302. NocoDB has the larger community by that measure.
Are NocoDB and toydb free?
Both are open source. NocoDB has no licence declared in this registry, and toydb is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between NocoDB and toydb?
NocoDB is written in TypeScript and toydb in Rust. 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 toydb?
Choose NocoDB if you want the larger community (65,408 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose toydb if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.