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Directus
Headless CMS and data platform on any SQL database.
open source self-hostable Monospace Inc. (Directus) · USTurns a database into an API and an admin app; free to self-host, US company.
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How you can run it
| Way | Where the data lives | Price basis | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host it myself | your own server or hardware | free | green — You run it yourself: no data leaves your own infrastructure. |
| Hosted outside Europe | servers outside Europe | ≈ €15/mo flat | red — Hosted outside Europe: your data sits under non-European jurisdiction. |
Facts
| Company / project | Monospace Inc. (Directus) (US) |
|---|---|
| Licence | BUSL-1.1 |
| Self-hosting footprint | 512 MB RAM · 0.5 vCPU · 2 GB — small deployment: a household or a team of up to ~20 people |
| Commonly replaces | Airtable |
| Upstream (awesome-selfhosted-data) | 37,700 stars · updated 2026-09-03 · Nodejs, Docker |
| Provenance | curated, verified 2026-09-04 |
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