What is budibase built with?

Q: Which repos have a stack like budibase's?

The ones that share most of its stack: novuhq/novu, n8n-io/n8n, and twentyhq/twenty.

budibase is a TypeScript repo built with Koa, @koa/router, Svelte, and koa-body. It stores its data in bull, bson, and MongoDB, reaches it with knex, signs people in with @govtechsg/passport-openidconnect, jsonwebtoken, passport-google-oauth, bcrypt, cookies, and 5 more, stores files in AWS S3, uses AI through ai, @ai-sdk/svelte, OpenAI, chat, and ai-sdk, measures its use with PostHog, makes its content with csvtojson, google-spreadsheet, marked, sanitize-html, handlebars, and 12 more, validates its data with joi, Zod, yup, Ajv, @apidevtools/swagger-parser, and 3 more, is tested with testcontainers, nock, timekeeper, chance, Vitest, and 4 more, deploys with dd-trace, pino, pino-http, pino-pretty, rotating-file-stream, and 1 more, and uses Redis, aws-sdk, lru-cache, @chat-adapter/state-ioredis, Airtable, and 7 more. It has 626,923 written lines, with 902 test files.

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Frontend

The base 1

Svelte607 files

Interface 5

xyflow21 files
CodeMirror9 files
@dagrejs/dagre1 file
easymde2 files
cli-progress1 file

Styles 2

@codemirror/theme-one-dark1 file
@spectrum-css/vars1 file

Icons 1

remixicon1 file

Backend

The base 1

Koa51 files · in packages/server/package.json

Data 15

Redis4 files · packages/server/src/utilities/redis.ts, line 5
aws-sdk3 files
MongoDB2 files · packages/server/src/integrations/mongodb.ts, line 23
Airtable1 file · packages/server/src/integrations/airtable.ts, line 10
Elastic1 file · packages/server/src/integrations/elasticsearch.ts, line 10
Google Cloud1 file · packages/server/src/integrations/firebase.ts, line 9
MySQL1 file · packages/server/src/integrations/mysql.ts, line 33
oracledb1 file
Postgres1 file · packages/server/src/integrations/postgres.ts, line 34
Snowflake1 file · packages/server/src/integrations/snowflake.ts, line 10
bull12 files
bson3 files

3 more

@chat-adapter/state-ioredis1 file
lru-cache1 file
mssql1 file

Data access 1

knex21 files

Sign-in 10

@govtechsg/passport-openidconnect2 files
passport-google-oauth2 files
koa-session1 file
passport-local1 file
jsonwebtoken5 files
cookies2 files
@azure/msal-node1 file
bcrypt1 file
koa-passport1 file
passport-oauth2-refresh1 file

Services 3

OpenAI4 files · packages/pro/src/ai/llm.ts, line 2
PostHog3 files · packages/builder/src/analytics/PosthogClient.ts, line 1
AWS S31 file · packages/backend-core/src/objectStore/utils.ts, line 4

AI 4

ai41 files
ai-sdk4 files
@ai-sdk/svelte1 file
chat6 files

Support

Testing 9

Vitest149 files
Testing Library63 files
nock49 files
testcontainers16 files
Jest2 files
chance1 file
jest-extended1 file
timekeeper35 files
supertest7 files

The base 2

@koa/router17 files
koa-body2 files

Content 17

handlebars5 files
yaml4 files
marked2 files
nodemailer2 files
sanitize-html2 files
Cheerio1 file
highlight.js1 file
xlsx1 file
imapflow4 files
csvtojson2 files
google-spreadsheet2 files
mailparser2 files

5 more

pdf-parse2 files
xml2js2 files
html-to-text1 file
ical-generator1 file
js-yaml1 file

Validation 8

Zod22 files
@apidevtools/swagger-parser1 file
Ajv1 file
joi30 files
yup5 files
cron-validate1 file
email-validator1 file
jsonschema1 file

Deploy 6

dd-trace36 files
pino1 file
pino-http1 file
pino-pretty1 file
docker-compose4 files
rotating-file-stream1 file

Tools 9

@slack/types1 file
chokidar1 file
curlconverter1 file
esbuild1 file
Inquirer1 file
openapi-types4 files
commander1 file
find-free-port1 file
swagger-jsdoc1 file

Other 49

Lodash132 files
dayjs33 files
node-fetch30 files
uuid26 files
.ENV4 files
@slack/web-api4 files
SemVer4 files
Socket.io4 files
undici3 files
archiver2 files
koa-compress2 files
koa-send2 files

37 more

socket.io-client2 files
@koa/cors1 file
bull-board1 file
chalk1 file
execa1 file
nanoid1 file
tar7 files
koa-useragent6 files
scim-patch5 files
chat-adapter4 files
global-agent2 files
http-graceful-shutdown2 files
isolated-vm2 files
memorystream2 files
object-sizeof2 files
randomstring2 files
redlock2 files
scim2-parse-filter2 files
buffer1 file
content-disposition1 file
download1 file
downloadjs1 file
extract-zip1 file
fast-json-patch1 file
ip-address1 file
koa2-ratelimit1 file
open1 file
proper-lockfile1 file
resize-observer-polyfill1 file
safe-regex1 file
serialize-error1 file
smithy1 file
smtp-server1 file
superagent1 file
tar-fs1 file
tmp1 file
worker-farm1 file

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Frequently asked questions

What language is budibase written in?

budibase is written in TypeScript, with 626,923 written lines.

What framework does budibase use?

budibase is built with Koa, @koa/router, Svelte, and koa-body.

The proof: in packages/server/package.json

What database does budibase use?

budibase stores its data in bull, bson, and MongoDB and reaches it with knex.

What does budibase sign people in with?

budibase signs people in with @govtechsg/passport-openidconnect, jsonwebtoken, passport-google-oauth, bcrypt, cookies, koa-passport, passport-local, passport-oauth2-refresh, @azure/msal-node, and koa-session.

Does budibase use AI?

Yes. budibase uses AI through ai, @ai-sdk/svelte, OpenAI, chat, and ai-sdk.

What services does budibase use?

budibase stores files in AWS S3, measures its use with PostHog, and uses Redis, aws-sdk, lru-cache, @chat-adapter/state-ioredis, Airtable, Elastic, Google Cloud, mssql, MySQL, oracledb, Postgres, and Snowflake.

The proof: packages/backend-core/src/objectStore/utils.ts, line 4

Does budibase have tests?

Yes. budibase has 902 test files and is tested with testcontainers, nock, timekeeper, chance, Vitest, Testing Library, Jest, supertest, and jest-extended.

Which repos have a stack like budibase's?

The ones that share most of its stack:novuhq/novu n8n-io/n8n twentyhq/twenty