NocoBase

NocoBase builds internal business systems without writing them from scratch. Data models, permissions, workflows and audit logs arrive as infrastructure already proven in production, and what you add sits on top of them. That is a different bet from regenerating an entire application as fresh code each time.

Two ways in exist and they meet in the middle. Coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode and TRAE drive a CLI with skills for setup, development, migration and release. People use a WYSIWYG interface that switches between usage and configuration mode in one click. Either side can refine what the other built.

What holds the two together is the architecture underneath.

• Data model driven: business data stays in standard relational structures decoupled from the interface, sourced from the main database, external databases or third party APIs.
• AI employees: agents work inside the system on analysis, form filling, document recognition, risk monitoring and task routing, joining workflows instead of sitting beside them.
• Permission bound AI: every AI employee has its own role with field level read and write rights, and audit logs make each change traceable.
• Open interfaces: MCP, HTTP APIs, a CLI and skills let external platforms and messaging apps query data and trigger workflows.
• Microkernel plugins: everything is a plugin, so official and custom extensions follow the same conventions.

Getting started is an npm CLI: install it, run init, and optionally let a coding agent build alongside you. Your data stays in your own database, which is the concrete form the no lock-in claim takes here.