Datasette
Explore and publish data with easy import and export and database management.
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Still maintained? Yes: 153 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 0.65.5 (Sep 2026).
Comparisons in Database Management: Airtable alternatives.
At a glance
Datasette quick facts
- Health score
- 96/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 11,527
- Last commit
- 7 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 0.65.5, Sep 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Datasette is a tool for exploring and publishing data. It helps people take data of any shape or size and publish that as an interactive, explorable website and accompanying API."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Datasette scores 96/100, #4 of 20 in Database Management: 153 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (0.65.5, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 11,527 stars add 16.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 3.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
153 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
0.65.5 released 1 month ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 16.2 / 20
12k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 153
- Last 90 days
- 719
- Last 12 months
- 7 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #4 of 20 tools in Database Management by health , between Bytebase (#3) and LibreDB Studio (#5) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Python, Docker |
| Latest release | 0.65.5 · 1 month ago |
| Stars | 11,527 |
| Open issues | 557 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | simonw/datasette ↗ |
Datasette vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Datasette (Database Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NocoDB | 99 | 65k | SUL-1.0 | today |
| Directus | 98 | 39k | BUSL-1.1 | yesterday |
| Bytebase | 97 | 15k | MIT | today |
| Datasette (this tool) | 96 | 12k | Apache-2.0 | 7 days ago |
| LibreDB Studio | 92 | 1.3k | MIT | today |
| Azimutt | 35 | 2.2k | MIT | 2 months ago |
Datasette: common questions
Is Datasette still maintained?
Datasette had 153 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 7 days ago; the latest tagged release, 0.65.5, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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