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nocobase – Build AI‑Powered Business Apps Quickly with No‑Code

For founders who need reliable internal tools fast, nocobase blends AI with a WYSIWYG no‑code editor on proven infrastructure—24k+ GitHub stars backing its speed and stability.

From the repo · “NocoBase is an open-source AI + no-code platform for building business systems fast. Instead of generating everything from scratch, AI works on top of production-proven infrastructure and a WYSIWYG no-code interface, so you get both speed and reliability.”

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24,668 stars+77★ this week2,933 forksTypeScriptGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Oct 22Updated 10/22/2026100% free · open source
What it is

Build fast business systems using artificial intelligence and no-code technology.

Real use case example

"A founder wants to automate their customer onboarding process. They use NocoBase to set up an AI-powered integration with Stripe to add new customers to their Notion database and send a welcome email with Resend. This saves them time and ensures consistency in their customer onboarding experience."

When to use it
  • •Creating internal dashboards and management tools
  • •Designing custom CRM or project tracking systems
  • •Rapidly prototyping business process automation
Ready-to-paste prompt
docker run -d --name nocobase -p 13000:80 nocobase/nocobase
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How nocobase – Build AI‑Powered Business Apps Quickly with No‑Code works
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Nocobase – Build AI‑Powered Business Apps Quickly with No‑Code is a very large TypeScript project (~962k lines across 9437 code files, plus 2087 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, Other license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~962k lines · 9437 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
Node.js · Docker
Needs API keys (.env)
TypeScript 99%JavaScript 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    package.json
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  4. 4
    .env.example
    The API keys and settings you must provide
  5. 5
    examples/api-client/api.request.ts
    A worked example — copy this to get going
What's in each folder
packages/Sub-packages / plugins14409 files
docs/Documentation11957 files
examples/Examples you can copy30 files
locales/Translations21 files
scripts/Helper scripts11 files
docker/Deployment / infrastructure10 files
benchmark/Evaluations & benchmarks5 files
storage/Folder4 files
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Creator
nocobase
Language
TypeScript
Category
sales
Published
10/24/2020

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