What is Baserow?
Baserow is an open-source, no-code data collaboration platform that lets you create scalable databases, custom applications, and automated workflows — without writing code.
It’s designed for teams that want flexibility, collaboration, and full control over their data, whether you’re using Baserow in the cloud or self-hosting it yourself.
The Baserow Platform — at a glance
Baserow consists of four tightly integrated products:
Database Builder
Structure, visualize, and collaborate on your data using a relational, spreadsheet-like interface.
Application Builder
Turn your Baserow data into internal tools, portals, dashboards, and public web apps.
Automation Builder
Build no-code workflows with triggers, actions, routers, and AI-powered steps.
Baserow AI (Kuma)
Use AI directly inside your workspace to build databases, generate formulas, enrich data, and power agent workflows.
Before you start:
Getting started with Baserow
If you’re new, these resources give a great overview:
Database Builder basics
Start fast with templates
Explore 100+ proven templates for work and life — fully customizable.
Model your data like a pro
Learn best practices for structuring tables, relations, and fields so your database scales with you.
30+ field types
- Text, long text, number, date, select
- Formula fields
- AI fields
- File & attachment fields
- Relations, lookups, computed fields
Views & data visualization
Views let you visualize and work with your data in different ways:
Gallery View
Best for social media dashboards, directories, and image-heavy datasets.
Kanban View
Perfect for bug tracking, pipelines, project management, and workflows.
Calendar View
Ideal for scheduling, resource planning, and events.
Form & Survey Views
Collect data via forms and surveys — internally or publicly.
Timeline View
Plan long-term projects and visualize dependencies.
Personal views
Create private views with custom filtering, sorting, grouping, and row coloring.
View configuration options
Export, duplicate, filter, import, share, group rows, color rows, and create webhooks directly from views.
Collaboration & permissions
Collaboration features:
- Share a specific view via a private link
- Add users to your workspace
- Assign roles at Workspace, Database, and Table levels
- View-level permissions are coming soon
Roles include
Role-based access control - Admin, Builder, Editor, Commenter, Viewer, No Access / No Role
(availability depends on plan)
Application Builder (Beta)
Create applications powered directly by your Baserow databases:
What you can build
→ Internal tools
→ Client & customer portals
→ Directories
→ Intranets
→ Landing pages & public websites
Core concepts
Elements — visual building blocks
Data Sources — connect apps to your tables
Domains — publish apps publicly or privately
Themes & custom code
You can customize applications further with:
Templates
Application templates are paired with Database templates, for example:
- Employee Dashboard ↔ Business Goal Tracker
- Service Requests Manager ↔ Property Management
- CRM App ↔ Lightweight CRM
- Task Management App ↔ Task Management
Application Builder intro videos are available to help you get started.
Automation Builder
Baserow Automations let you build no-code workflows that run automatically when something happens in your database.
What you can automate
- Task assignment
- Notifications
- Record updates
- External integrations
- AI-powered enrichment
How automations work
You can test workflows safely before publishing them.
All runs are logged in Workflow History.
Baserow AI (Kuma)
Baserow AI is built directly into your workspace.
What you can do
Build databases from plain language
Generate formulas
Create views, forms, and automations
Enrich, classify, and summarize data
Extract data from files (PDFs, images)
AI features
- AI Field (including file scanning)
- AI Formula Generator
- AI Assistant (Kuma)
- MCP Server — connect AI agents safely to your Baserow data
- Bring your own LLM (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, self-hosted)
Helpful AI guides:
Learn how to use your own OpenAI API key
Learn how to enable and configure the AI field in Baserow
Learn how generate formulas with AI in Baserow
10 tips for writing effective AI prompts
5 ways Baserow AI can help you dominate your industry
How to transform data into actionable insights with Baserow AI
Dashboards & insights
Use Baserow data to build dashboards and charts.
Data protection & safety
Baserow helps protect against accidental data loss with:
Integrations & API
Baserow is API-first and easy to integrate.
Official integrations
- Internal app builders: ToolJet.
- Automation tools: n8n, Zapier, Make, Pipedream, SureTriggers, ActivePieces.
Popular integrations
AppSmith
Retool
Bubble
Webflow
Flutterflow
Softr
UI Bakery
Mailchimp
Documint
Google Docs
Webhooks
Receive real-time notifications when data changes.
For developers
Submit technical questions using this guide
To receive assistance quickly, please answer the following questions when opening a new technical help topic.
Easy way to debug any Baserow issues you might be having
Baserow 1.17.0 onwards has an admin Health Check page to help you debug issues. Additionally, there is an Email Tester feature that shows detailed errors if your Baserow is not configured to send emails correctly.
Debugging connection Issues
If you encounter the error message “Backend URL mis-configuration detected” when launching Baserow, or if you are having trouble connecting to your Baserow server, this tutorial explains why this error can occur and how to fix it.
Check out Baserow Formula technical guide
This guide explains the inner workings of Baserow formulas for developers.
API deprecations
To ensure that your application runs smoothly and without downtime, use this page to check out the latest API integrators. It lists which features are deprecated and how long we’ll continue to support compatibility for them.
Baserow as a backend
If you are interested in learning how to build your own Baserow app, this step-by-step guide, from a Baserow Developer Challenge winner, on creating a PDF generator with Baserow, is a great starting point.
Switching to Baserow from Excel? How to transform any spreadsheet into a database!
Switching to Baserow from Airtable? How to migrate from Airtable to Baserow in one click.
Links to save:
→ Baserow videos
→ User docs
→ Tutorials
→ Templates
→ Roadmap
→ GitHub