Interfaces

Interfaces let you build custom, easy-to-use apps on top of your base data. You do not give everyone access to the full base with all its tables, views and configuration options. Instead, you design focused pages. Each page shows only the data and actions that its audience needs. For example:

A review queue for approvers.
A dashboard for leadership.
A form for field teams.
A full internal tool that combines all of them.

To build an enterprise-grade work app with its own screens, logic, teams and API, use NocoDB's AI app builder.

Interfaces overview

Ask NocoAI

Copy a prompt, paste it into NocoAI in any base, and replace the words in [brackets] with your own.

Build an interface where [the sales team] can see and update [their deals]
Build an interface with a page that lists [open orders] and a form to add new ones
Add a page to this interface that shows [a dashboard of open tickets]
Publish this interface

How interfaces are structured

Concept	Description
Interface	A named app in a base. Each interface has its own icon, color, style, pages and access controls. The base sidebar lists interfaces in the Interfaces section.
Page	A screen in an interface. Each page uses one of seven layouts. Pages show in the interface navigation. You can also hide a page and open it from context (for example, a record detail page that opens when you click a record).
Elements	The building blocks on pages: visualizations, widgets, fields, buttons and filters. See Fields, buttons & filters.
Draft & published versions	You make your changes in a draft. Viewers always see the last published version. You can change the draft safely and publish when it is ready.

Page layouts

Each page in an interface uses a layout:

Layout	Purpose
Table	Work with records in Grid, Gallery, Kanban, List, Calendar or Timeline visualizations
Record review	Go through records one at a time. Good for approval and triage flows
Dashboard	A high-level view of your data with charts, metrics and other widgets
Form	Let users create new records with a guided form
Overview	Welcome users with links, bookmarks and resources
Record detail	A reusable detail page for one record, opened from other pages

Who can do what

Action	Who and how
Build	Only base creators and owners can create and edit interfaces.
Use	Collaborators use the published version of an interface. Their roles control their access, at the interface level or for each page. You can invite people who have no base role to an interface. This makes interfaces a safe way to share data with a larger audience.
Share publicly	You can share single table and dashboard pages to the web as read-only pages, with an optional password. Public sharing comes in a separate release phase and is not available yet.

Get started

Create an interface with the guided setup.
Design pages in the interface builder.
Publish your changes and share the interface with your team.

Published interfaces are fully responsive and work on mobile devices. The interface builder itself is desktop-only.

Availability

Interfaces are available on all NocoDB Cloud plans and on self-hosted deployments. The Community Edition includes 2 interfaces with up to 2 pages each. Some interface capabilities need a paid plan.