Project and task management

Rows alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

apitable/apitable15,446AGPL-3.0Low-code collaborative table app offering API-driven tables, automations, and integrations.Open on GitHub mathesar-foundation/mathesar5,088GPL-3.0Spreadsheet-like interface for viewing, editing, querying, and collaborating on Postgres data.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Built-in integrations catalog and 50+ live data sources
Rows Vision (PDF/image import and structured extraction)
Per-minute automated Data Table refreshes and high-frequency automation
Templates, community templates and prebuilt playbooks
Embeds with unbranded embedding and enterprise features (SAML SSO, dedicated CS)

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Rows, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.