Budibase
Build internal tools on your own infrastructure in minutes
Budibase is an open-source low-code platform, helping developers and IT professionals build, automate, and ship internal tools on their own infrastructure in minutes.
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## β¨ Features
- **Build and ship real software.** Unlike other platforms, with Budibase you build and ship single page applications. Budibase applications have performance baked in and can be designed responsively, providing your users with a great experience.
- **Open source and extensable.** Budibase is open-source. The builder is licensed AGPL v3, the server is GPL v3, and the client is MPL. This should fill you with confidence that Budibase will always be around. You can also code against Budibase or fork it and make changes as you please, providing a developer-friendly experience.
- **Load data or start from scratch.** Budibase pulls in data from multiple sources, including MongoDB, CouchDB, PostgreSQL, mySQL, Airtable, Google Sheets, S3, DyanmoDB, or a REST API. And unlike other platforms, with Budibase you can start from scratch and create business apps with no data sources. [Request new data sources](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/discussions?discussions_q=category%3AIdeas).
- **Design and build apps with powerful pre-made components.** Budibase comes out of the box with beautifully designed, powerful components which you can use like building blocks to build your UI. We also expose a lot of your favourite CSS styling options so you can go that extra creative mile. [Request new components](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/discussions?discussions_q=category%3AIdeas).
- **Automate processes, integrate with other tools, and connect to webhooks.** Save time by automating manual processes and workflows. From connecting to webhooks, to automating emails, simply tell Budibase what to do and let it work for you. You can easily [create new automations for Budibase here](https://github.com/Budibase/automations) or [request new integrations here](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/discussions?discussions_q=category%3AIdeas).
- **Cloud hosting and self-hosting.** Users can self-host (see below), or host their apps with Budibase. Currently, our cloud hosting offering is limited to the free tier but we aim to change this in the future. For heavy usage, we advise users to self-host.
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## β Status
- [x] Alpha: We are demoing Budibase to users and receiving feedback
- [x] Private Beta: We are testing Budibase with a closed set of customers
- [x] Public Beta: Anyone can [sign-up and use Budibase](https://portal.budi.live/signup).
- [ ] Official Launch
Watch "releases" of this repo to get notified of major updates, and give the star button a click whilst you're there.
### Stargazers over time
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If you are having issues between updates of the builder, please use the guide [here](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/blob/HEAD/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md#troubleshooting) to clear down your environment.
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## π Getting Started with Budibase in 5 minutes
To get started, you must have docker and docker compose installed on your machine.
Once you have Docker installed, the process takes 5 minutes, with these four steps:
1. Install the Budibase CLI.
```
$ npm i -g @budibase/cli
```
2. Setup Budibase (select where to store Budibase, and the port to run it on)
```
budi hosting --init
```
3. Run Budibase
```
budi hosting --start
```
4. Create your admin user
Enter the email and password for the new admin user.
Done! You are now ready to build powerful internal tools in minutes. For additional information on how to get started and learn Budibase, visit our [docs](https://docs.budibase.com/getting-started).
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## π Learning Budibase
The Budibase [documentation lives here](https://docs.budibase.com).
You can also follow a quick tutorial on [how to build a CRM with Budibase](https://docs.budibase.com/tutorial/tutorial-introduction)
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## Roadmap
Checkout our [Public Roadmap](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/projects/10). If you would like to discuss some of the items on the roadmap, please feel to reach out on [Discord](https://discord.gg/rCYayfe), or via [Github discussions](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/discussions)
## β Code of Conduct
Budibase is dedicated to providing a welcoming, diverse, and harrassment-free experience for everyone. We expect everyone in the Budibase community to abide by our [**Code of Conduct**](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/blob/HEAD/.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). Please read it.
## π Contributing to Budibase
From opening a bug report to creating a pull request: every contribution is appreciated and welcomed. If you're planning to implement a new feature or change the API please create an issue first. This way we can ensure your work is not in vain.
### Not Sure Where to Start?
A good place to start contributing, is the [First time issues project](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/projects/22).
### How the repository is organized
Budibase is a monorepo managed by lerna. Lerna manages the building and publishing of the budibase packages. At a high level, here are the packages that make up Budibase.
- [packages/builder](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/tree/HEAD/packages/builder) - contains code for the budibase builder client side svelte application.
- [packages/client](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/tree/HEAD/packages/client) - A module that runs in the browser responsible for reading JSON definition and creating living, breathing web apps from it.
- [packages/server](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/tree/HEAD/packages/server) - The budibase server. This Koa app is responsible for serving the JS for the builder and budibase apps, as well as providing the API for interaction with the database and file system.
For more information, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/blob/HEAD/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
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## π License
Budibase is open-source. The builder is licensed [AGPL v3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html), the server is licensed [GPL v3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html), and the client is licensed [MPL](https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:MPL-2.0).
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## π¬ Get in touch
If you have a question or would like to talk with other Budibase users, please hop over to [Github discussions](https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/discussions) or join our Discord server:
[Discord chatroom](https://discord.gg/rCYayfe)
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## Contributors β¨
Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)):
This project follows the [all-contributors](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors) specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!
