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  "generatedAt": "2026-11-03T22:49:39.280Z",
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    "name": "Baserow",
    "tagline": "Open-source Airtable alternative with a full REST API and an official row-level MCP server; MIT core, env-configured.",
    "shortTagline": "Open-source Airtable alternative",
    "description": "Spreadsheet-style databases with automations, an application builder, dashboards and the Kuma AI assistant; CRM comes as an in-product template. Self-host under MIT (premium and enterprise directories are separate) with 150+ documented env vars. The REST API is complete and OpenAPI-described; the Builder's MCP server exposes rows and tables only.",
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        "JavaScript"
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      "frameworks": [
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        "Vue.js",
        "Nuxt",
        "Celery"
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      "packageManager": "pip + yarn",
      "database": [
        "PostgreSQL",
        "Redis"
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      "hostingTarget": [
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        "Docker Compose",
        "Helm",
        "Heroku",
        "Render",
        "Railway"
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        "update rows",
        "delete rows",
        "get table schema",
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        "list databases"
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        "job": "Create, read, update and delete rows",
        "reachable": true,
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      },
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        "job": "Discover databases, tables and schema",
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      },
      {
        "job": "Add or change fields",
        "reachable": false,
        "evidence": "Not in the 7 MCP tools; REST API fields endpoints cover it"
      },
      {
        "job": "Create and filter views",
        "reachable": false,
        "evidence": "Not in MCP; REST API views endpoints cover it"
      },
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        "job": "Build automations",
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        "evidence": "Not in MCP; automations are in-product with API endpoints"
      },
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        "job": "Build and publish applications and portals",
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        "job": "Dashboards",
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      {
        "job": "Import from Airtable or files",
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        "evidence": "Not in MCP; REST API has import jobs"
      },
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        "job": "Set up webhooks",
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        "evidence": "Not in MCP; REST API webhooks endpoints"
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        "EMAIL_SMTP",
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        "EMAIL_SMTP_USER",
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        "BASEROW_FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE_LIMIT_MB",
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      "I want a CRM that is just tables I control, with our agent writing rows from other tools",
      "I want to replace Airtable without a per-seat bill and keep the data on our server"
    ],
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      "SMTP provider",
      "S3-compatible storage (optional)",
      "model provider (AI field, optional)"
    ],
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    "gotchas": [
      "The MCP endpoint URL is the credential: treat it as a password",
      "MCP covers rows and tables only; fields, views, automations and apps need the REST API",
      "premium/ and enterprise/ directories are not MIT",
      "Repository moved from GitLab in 2026; old merge requests were not imported"
    ],
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      "adaptable": 3,
      "operable": 2
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      "formFactor": "README: Django plus Vue web app in one Docker image",
      "executionModel": "README: Kuma AI assistant and AI field on a deterministic database core; BASEROW_ENTERPRISE_ASSISTANT_LLM_MODEL",
      "operability": "baserow.io/user-docs/mcp-server on the Builder's domain: 7 tools; REST API at api.baserow.io/api/redoc",
      "effort": ".env.example with 150+ named BASEROW_* vars; docs/installation",
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    "openQuestions": [
      "Premium and Enterprise prices",
      "Is the MCP server available on the free cloud plan and on self-host?",
      "Which provider does the AI field call by default?"
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        "url": "https://github.com/baserow/baserow",
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        "url": "https://baserow.io/user-docs/mcp-server",
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      "reason": "Both capabilities. Adaptable 3 on MIT and a huge documented env surface. Operable re-derived to 2: official MCP is rows and tables only; the REST API is the complete interface.",
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