# Interfaces
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URL: https://nocodb.com/docs/interfaces
Last updated: 2026-10-05
NocoDB interfaces let you build custom, easy-to-use apps on top of your base data, even for complex workflows.
**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](/docs/apps).
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](/docs/interfaces/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](/docs/interfaces/elements). |
| **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](/docs/interfaces/publish-interface) when it is ready. |
## Page layouts
Each page in an interface uses a layout:
| Layout | Purpose |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Table](/docs/interfaces/layouts/table) | Work with records in Grid, Gallery, Kanban, List, Calendar or Timeline visualizations |
| [Record review](/docs/interfaces/layouts/record-review) | Go through records one at a time. Good for approval and triage flows |
| [Dashboard](/docs/interfaces/layouts/dashboard) | A high-level view of your data with charts, metrics and other widgets |
| [Form](/docs/interfaces/layouts/form) | Let users create new records with a guided form |
| [Overview](/docs/interfaces/layouts/overview) | Welcome users with links, bookmarks and resources |
| [Record detail](/docs/interfaces/layouts/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
1. [Create an interface](/docs/interfaces/create-interface) with the guided setup.
2. Design pages in the [interface builder](/docs/interfaces/interface-builder).
3. [Publish](/docs/interfaces/publish-interface) 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.
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## Related pages
- [Create an Interface](https://nocodb.com/docs/interfaces/create-interface.md): Create a NocoDB interface with the guided setup: give it a name, select a layout and connect it to a table.
- [Interface Builder](https://nocodb.com/docs/interfaces/interface-builder.md): Use the NocoDB interface builder to edit page elements on the canvas, configure them in the properties panel and preview pages before you publish.
- [Fields, Buttons & Filters](https://nocodb.com/docs/interfaces/elements.md): Fields, field groups, action buttons and user filters are the elements of record-centric NocoDB interface pages.
- [Publish an Interface](https://nocodb.com/docs/interfaces/publish-interface.md): NocoDB interfaces have a draft and a published version: change the draft safely in the builder, then publish when your changes are ready.
- [Actions on an Interface](https://nocodb.com/docs/interfaces/actions-on-interface.md): Rename, restyle, duplicate, reorder, hide and delete NocoDB interfaces and their pages.