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What is NocoBase
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NocoBase is a scalability-first, open-source no-code development platform. No programming required, build your own collaboration platform, management system with NocoBase in minutes.
Homepage:
https://www.nocobase.com/
Online Demo:
https://demo.nocobase.com/new
Contact Us:
hello@nocobase.com
Why choose NocoBase
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- **Open source and free**
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- Unrestricted commercial use under the Apache-2.0 license
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- Full code ownership, private deployment, private and secure data
- Free to expand and develop for actual needs
- Good ecological support
- **Strong no-code capability**
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- Data Model
- Dozens of field types such as text, attachments, etc., as well as many-to-many, one-to-many, one-to-one relationships.
- Menu
- Groups, pages, links combination into menu, support infinite level submenu
- Block
- Rich block types such as tables, kanban, calendars, forms, etc. are freely combined within the page to display and manipulate data.
- Action
- Configure actions such as filtering, exporting, adding, deleting, modifying, and viewing to process data.
- ACL
- Role-based control of user's system configuration rights, action rights and menu access rights.
- Workflow
- Repetitive tasks are replaced by automation, reducing manual operations and increasing efficiency.
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- **Developer-friendly**
- Microkernel architecture, flexible and easy to extend, with a robust plug-in system
- Node.js-based, with popular frameworks and technologies, including Koa, Sequelize, React, Formily, Ant Design, etc.
- Progressive development, easy for getting-started, friendly to newcomers
- No binding, no strong dependencies, can be used in any combination or extensions, can be used in existing projects
Architecture
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![](https://docs.nocobase.com/static/NocoBase.c9542b1f.png)
Requirements
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Node:
- Node.js 12.20+
Database:
- PostgreSQL 10.x+
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- MySQL 8.x+
- SQLite 3+
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Installation
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## Create a project with `create-nocobase-app`
~~~shell
# 1. create project
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# SQLite
yarn create nocobase-app my-nocobase-app -d sqlite
# MySQL
yarn create nocobase-app my-nocobase-app -d mysql \
-e DB_HOST=mysql \
-e DB_PORT=3356 \
-e DB_DATABASE=nocobase \
-e DB_USER=nocobase \
-e DB_PASSWORD=nocobase
# PostgreSQL
yarn create nocobase-app my-nocobase-app -d postgres \
-e DB_HOST=postgres \
-e DB_PORT=5432 \
-e DB_DATABASE=postgres \
-e DB_USER=postgres \
-e DB_PASSWORD=postgres
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# 2. switch to the project directory
cd my-nocobase-app
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# 3. Install dependencies
yarn install
# 4. Install NocoBase
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yarn nocobase install --lang=en-US
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# 5. start project
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yarn start
~~~
Open [http://localhost:8000 ](http://localhost:8000 ) in a web browser. The initial account and password are `admin@nocobase.com` and `admin123` .
## Contributing
- Fork the source code to your own repository
- Modify source code
- Submit pull request
```bash
# Replace the following git address with your own repo
git clone https://github.com/nocobase/nocobase.git
cd nocobase
cp .env.example .env
yarn install
yarn nocobase install
yarn start
```
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### Building
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```bash
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# For all packages
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yarn build
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# For specific package
yarn build --scope @nocobase/database
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```
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### Testing
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```bash
# For all packages
yarn test
# For specific package
yarn test packages/< name >
```