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What is NocoBase

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

• Open source and free
  • Unrestricted commercial use under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Full code ownership, private deployment, private and secure data
  • Free to expand and develop for actual needs
  • Good ecological support
• Strong no-code capability
  • 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.
• 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

Requirements

Node:

• Node.js 12.20+

Database:

• PostgreSQL 10.x+
• MySQL 8.x+
• SQLite 3+

Installation

Create a project with Docker (Recommended)

1. Create an empty project directory

mkdir my-nocobase-app && cd my-nocobase-app/

2. Create a docker-compose.yml file

SQLite

version: "3"
networks:
  nocobase:
    driver: bridge
services:
  app:
    image: nocobase/nocobase:latest
    networks:
      - nocobase
    environment:
      - LOCAL_STORAGE_BASE_URL=http://localhost:13000/storage/uploads
    volumes:
      - ./storage:/app/nocobase/storage
    ports:
      - "13000:80"

MySQL

version: "3"
networks:
  nocobase:
    driver: bridge
services:
  app:
    image: nocobase/nocobase:latest
    networks:
      - nocobase
    environment:
      - DB_DIALECT=mysql
      - DB_HOST=mysql
      - DB_DATABASE=nocobase
      - DB_USER=nocobase
      - DB_PASSWORD=nocobase
      - LOCAL_STORAGE_BASE_URL=http://localhost:13000/storage/uploads
    volumes:
      - ./storage:/app/nocobase/storage
    ports:
      - "13000:80"
  mysql:
    image: mysql:8
    environment:
      MYSQL_DATABASE: nocobase
      MYSQL_USER: nocobase
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: nocobase
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: nocobase
    restart: always
    networks:
      - nocobase

PostgreSQL

version: "3"
networks:
  nocobase:
    driver: bridge
services:
  app:
    image: nocobase/nocobase:latest
    networks:
      - nocobase
    environment:
      - DB_DIALECT=postgres
      - DB_HOST=postgres
      - DB_DATABASE=nocobase
      - DB_USER=nocobase
      - DB_PASSWORD=nocobase
      - LOCAL_STORAGE_BASE_URL=http://localhost:13000/storage/uploads
    volumes:
      - ./storage:/app/nocobase/storage
    ports:
      - "13000:80"
  postgres:
    image: postgres:10
    restart: always
    networks:
      - nocobase
    command: postgres -c wal_level=logical
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: nocobase
      POSTGRES_DB: nocobase
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: nocobase

3. Install and start NocoBase

It may take dozens of seconds

$ docker-compose up

app-sqlite-app-1  | nginx started
app-sqlite-app-1  | yarn run v1.22.15
app-sqlite-app-1  | $ cross-env DOTENV_CONFIG_PATH=.env node -r dotenv/config packages/app/server/lib/index.js install -s
app-sqlite-app-1  | Done in 2.72s.
app-sqlite-app-1  | yarn run v1.22.15
app-sqlite-app-1  | $ pm2-runtime start --node-args="-r dotenv/config" packages/app/server/lib/index.js -- start
app-sqlite-app-1  | 2022-04-28T15:45:38: PM2 log: Launching in no daemon mode
app-sqlite-app-1  | 2022-04-28T15:45:38: PM2 log: App [index:0] starting in -fork mode-
app-sqlite-app-1  | 2022-04-28T15:45:38: PM2 log: App [index:0] online
app-sqlite-app-1  | 🚀 NocoBase server running at: http://localhost:13000/

You can also use docker-compose up -d to run in the background

# in the background
$ docker-compose up -d
# view app logs
$ docker-compose logs app

4. Log in to NocoBase

Open http://localhost:13000 in a web browser. The initial account and password are admin@nocobase.com and admin123.

Create a project with create-nocobase-app

# 1. create project
# 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

# 2. switch to the project directory
cd my-nocobase-app

# 3. Install dependencies
yarn install

# 4. Install NocoBase
yarn nocobase install --lang=en-US

# 5. start project
yarn start

Open 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

# 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

Building

# For all packages
yarn build

# For specific package
yarn build --scope @nocobase/database

Testing

# For all packages
yarn test

# For specific package
yarn test packages/<name>