Directus
Instant App & API for your SQL Database. Directus wraps your new or existing SQL database with a realtime GraphQL+REST API for developers, and an intuitive admin app for non-technical users.
Active Last commit · 10+ releases in the past year · 732 commits in the past 12 months
At a glance
- GitHub stars
- 38.7k
- Forks
- 5k
- Open issues & PRs
- 355
- Last commit
- 2026-11-09
- Latest release
- v12.6.1
2026-11-04 - Commits (12 mo)
- 732
- Releases (12 mo)
- 10+
- License
- BUSL-1.1
- Language / platform
- Nodejs, Docker
Maintenance health: Active
Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit · 10+ releases in the past year · 732 commits in the past 12 months.
How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from the GitHub API; release counts from the GitHub releases feed (includes pre-releases).
Run Directus yourself
- RAM: ~1 GB server (1 vCPU), including mariadb, mysql, postgres
- Docker: yes — image
directus/directuson Docker Hub (50959.5k pulls)
Estimated monthly server cost
| Provider | Plan size | ~ USD / month | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vultr | 1 GB | $5 | Deploy → |
| Akamai (Linode) | 1 GB | $5 | Deploy → |
| DigitalOcean | 1 GB | $6 | Deploy → |
Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.
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