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d9 vs Directus: catalog facts
d9	Directus
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Freemium Free to get started and self-host, with a paid hosted Directus Cloud option.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Drop-in replacement for Directus 9 with the same schema Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, CockroachDB, MariaDB and MS-SQL	Works on top of an existing SQL database without changing the schema Automatic REST and GraphQL APIs
Based on the older Directus 9 codebase rather than current Directus Smaller maintainer team than the original project	Source-available license rather than OSI open source Needs developer setup and a database
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-3.0	License: BSL-1.1
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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