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Budibase/budibase

Budibase is an open-source operations platform for building internal tools, automations, and AI agents that execute actions across business systems. It supports secure self-hosting alongside a managed service option, though some advanced features require a paid license.

Project overview

Project type: AI Agent · Workflow · Infrastructure
Use cases: Documents & Office · Coding & Development · Automation
Deployment: Refer to project documentation
License: License pending

Best for

Enterprise teams, developers, and operations teams needing to automate office workflows, build internal tools, and deploy AI agents within a self-hosted environment.

Key capabilities

AI agents that understand employee requests, answer questions, and run workflows automatically to handle business operations.
Create internal business apps and CRUD applications using a visual builder interface.
Automate workflows to handle requests, route approvals, update apps, and notify teams.
Enables using the platform as a backend and provides interoperability with external systems.
Globally manage users, onboarding, SMTP, apps, groups, theming, and portals.

Limitations and risks

Some advanced features are gated behind a paid Business Source License.
The Business Source License used for paid features may restrict usage or modification rights for enterprise users.

Getting started

Setting up the platform from source is rated as medium difficulty. The project is a monorepo built with Lerna, requiring the configuration of builder, server, and client packages. Alternatively, users can utilize container or managed service deployments to bypass local source configuration.

Evidence and sources

GitHub project description: AI agents, automations and apps that run your operations. Model agnostic.
README: Budibase is an open-source operations platform that saves engineers 100s of hours building Agents, Apps and Automations, securely.
README: Handle requests, automate workflows, manage processes, and connect your business systems - without stitching together multiple tools.
README: Budibase agents don’t just answer questions. They run workflows across your business - creating records, routing approvals, updating apps, and notifying teams automatically.
README: Integrate with databases, AI models, and business apps so agents and automations can take action across your operations.

Reviewed at: 2026-07-17T09:58:26Z