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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArangoDB | ArangoDB | REST | C++ | Apache 2.0 | 9602 ★; 46388 commits, latest 2020-05-29 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| CouchDB | CouchDB | REST | Erlang | Apache 2.0 | 4556 ★; 12323 commits, latest 2020-05-30 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| Datasette | SQLite 3 | REST | Python 3 | Apache 2.0 | 3462 ★; 1040 commits, latest 2020-06-01 | Read-only. Official Docker image. |
| Dgraph | Dgraph | GraphQL (since version 2.0.0-rc1) | Go | Apache 2.0 | 13279 ★; 4486 commits, latest 2020-06-01 | A database with a built-in GraphQL API. Official Docker image. |
| DreamFactory | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB, CouchDB, and others. | REST | PHP 5 | Apache 2.0, proprietary (optional extras) | 1078 ★; 948 commits, latest 2020-05-18 | Official Docker image. |
| Eve | MongoDB; extensions for Elasticsearch, Neo4j, SQLAlchemy (SQL databases). | REST | Python 2/3 | BSD (three-clause) | 6105 ★; 3228 commits, latest 2020-05-16 | The SQLAlchemy extension isn't automatic. It requires the user to write SQLAlchemy mappings. |
| Hasura GraphQL Engine | PostgreSQL | GraphQL | Haskell | GNU AGPLv3 | 16967 ★; 1845 commits, latest 2020-05-29 | Official Docker image. |
| HTSQL | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite (free); Oracle, MS SQL (proprietary) | REST | Python 3 | Apache 2.0, proprietary (Oracle and MS SQL support) | 3 ★; 1234 commits, latest 2020-03-16 | |
| neo4j-graphql | Neo4j | GraphQL | Kotlin | Apache 2.0 | 402 ★; 163 commits, latest 2020-03-18 | Can generate a GraphQL API from an existing database or derive a new database model from a GraphQL schema and auto-generate the resolvers. |
| OrientDB | OrientDB | REST | Java | Apache 2.0 | 4150 ★; 19352 commits, latest 2020-05-30 | A database with a built-in REST API. Official Docker image. |
| PHP-CRUD-API | MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server. | REST | PHP 7 | MIT | 2436 ★; 1732 commits, latest 2020-05-26 | Supports GIS + automatic OpenAPI 3.0 docs. |
| PostGraphile | PostgreSQL | GraphQL | TypeScript (Node.js) | MIT | 8967 ★; 1210 commits, latest 2020-05-12 | Formerly "PostGraphQL", Official Docker image. |
| PostgREST | PostgreSQL | REST | Haskell | MIT | 14458 ★; 1653 commits, latest 2020-05-28 | Official Docker image. |
| pREST | PostgreSQL | REST | Go | MIT | 2288 ★; 443 commits, latest 2020-04-16 | Official Docker image. |
| pRESTige | MySQL | REST | PHP | MIT | 49 ★; 1027 commits, latest 2020-04-29 | |
| RESTHeart | MongoDB | REST | Java | GNU AGPLv3 | 602 ★; 3025 commits, latest 2020-05-28 | Official Docker image. |
| sandman2 | All supported by SQLAlchemy (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle, MS SQL, and others). | REST | Python 2/3 | Apache 2.0 | 1501 ★; 224 commits, latest 2020-05-19 | Official Docker image. |
| subZero | PostgreSQL | REST and GraphQL | Haskell, Lua | Proprietary | n/a | |
| tuql | SQLite 3 or SQL infile | GraphQL | JavaScript (Node.js) | MIT | 460 ★; 67 commits, latest 2019-09-14 | |
| Webdis | Redis | REST | C | BSD (two-clause) | 2254 ★; 439 commits, latest 2020-06-01 | Supports pub/sub with chunked transfer encoding and WebSockets. |
| xmysql | MySQL | REST | JavaScript (Node.js) | MIT | 4085 ★; 288 commits, latest 2020-03-26 | Official Docker image. |
| ZenQuery | PostgreSQL, MySQL, IBM Db2, Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server and others | REST | Java (JavaScript for the front-end) | Apache 2.0 | 47 ★; 283 commits, latest 2018-10-16 | Read-only. |
GitHub stats updated 2020-06-01. The commit count and the latest commit date are for the default branch (usually master).
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