Baserow
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
Baserow is a self-hosted Airtable alternative — collaborative database with spreadsheet UI, kanban / form / gallery views, real-time multi-user editing, API auto-generation. Open-source, with feature parity to Airtable's mid-tier offering.
For teams who built their workflow on Airtable and now face the migration to self-host or stay with the SaaS, Baserow is the bridge.
What it's for
- Spreadsheet-database hybrid — Airtable-replacement workflows
- Lightweight CRM — contacts + deals + pipelines
- Project tracking — tasks + status + assignments
- Content calendars — editorial planning workflows
- Data collection — forms feeding directly into database
Who it's for
- Small teams running ops on Airtable, hitting pricing tier walls
- Privacy-bound orgs keeping spreadsheet-database data on-prem
- Indie founders prototyping CRM/PM tools quickly
- Agencies delivering custom data tools to clients
- Marketing teams running editorial calendars + content workflows
Why teams pick Baserow over alternatives
- MIT license — fully open
- Self-host parity — no feature gating between cloud + OSS
- Real-time collaboration — multi-user editing with conflict resolution
- API auto-generated — every table becomes REST endpoint
- Plugin ecosystem — extend with custom field types / views
- Active development — backed by Baserow company
Integrations
- API — auto-generated REST + GraphQL per table
- Webhooks — fire on row events
- Auth — local + OAuth + SAML + OpenID
- Importers — Airtable JSON, CSV, XML
- Embedded views — share view as embeddable widget
- Database engines — Postgres backend
- Workflows — built-in automations + n8n integration
Notable users & community
- 8k+ GitHub stars
- Active Discord community
- Backed by Baserow (NL) — sustainable European OSS company
- Featured in Airtable-alternative roundups
- Strong release cadence
Tips & operations
- Migrate from Airtable carefully — use Baserow's import; check field type mapping
- API key per consumer — distinct keys for different integrations
- Persistent Postgres + uploads — both essential
- Backup priority — your database is your business; daily at minimum
- Mind real-time updates — WebSocket connections add memory overhead
- Plugin discipline — official plugins safe; community ones vary in quality
What we ship in BluixApps
- Docker compose: Baserow + Postgres + Redis
- Pinned
baserow/baserow:1.30(release-tagged) - HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
- Admin user via env config
- Persistent volumes for Postgres + uploads
- Auto-detection of standalone Postgres on same VPS
- Backup hook covers Postgres + uploads
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |