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24 alternatives to Recast by Amplication

Convert Excel Sheet to a TypeScript Node.js API

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Recast by Amplication launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API▲272

   Amplication brings order to the chaos of large-scale software development by creating Golden Paths for developers - streamlined workflows that drive consistency, enable high-quality code practices, simplify onboarding, and accelerate standardized delivery across teams. - amplication/amplication

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Amplication 1.0▲283

   Overcut is the self-improving software factory: agentic workflows across GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Jira, Linear and Slack that clear your backlog and PRs at enterprise scale.

   2022 · overcut.ai · its alternatives →

3. 3RC
   Recast – convert Excel into Node.js, Postgres and GraphQL, open-source▲24

   2021 · recast.amplication.com · its alternatives →

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   Amplication v1.0 – open-source generator for Node.js microservices▲29

   Amplication brings order to the chaos of large-scale software development by creating Golden Paths for developers - streamlined workflows that drive consistency, enable high-quality code practices, simplify onboarding, and accelerate standardized delivery across teams. - amplication/amplication

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Sheety 2.0▲410

   Turn your Google Sheet into a fully RESTful API

   2019 · sheety.co · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Sheety▲974

   Turn your Google Sheet into an API instantly, for free

   2019 · sheety.co · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Sheet Ninja▲340

   Turn any Google Sheet into a live API in seconds. The fastest way to ship vibe coded apps and frontend projects. Don't overthink it. Just ship it ⚡️

   Mar 2026 · sheetninja.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Retable▲756

   Airtable alternative - one tool to replace them all

   2024 · retable.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   AWS Amplify Gen 2▲52

   Fullstack TypeScript DX for AWS

   2024 · aws.github.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    refine.new▲462

    100% open-source React framework to build web apps

    2023 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Revert▲602

    Open-source unified API to build product integrations

    2023 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    SheetBest▲276

    Turn a SpreadSheet (Google or Excel) into a REST API

    2019 · sheetbest.com · its alternatives →

13. 13RD
    React-data sheet, Excel-like spreadsheet component▲345

    2017 · nadbm.github.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sheetsu▲537

    Turn Google Spreadsheet into API

    2015 · sheetdb.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Jovu by Amplication▲417

    The only production-ready AI-powered code generation

    2024 · amplication.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Remult – a CRUD framework for full-stack TypeScript▲130

    Full-stack CRUD, simplified, with SSOT TypeScript entities - remult/remult

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17TA
    Tonic – A data visualizing REPL for Node.js▲342

    2015 · tonicdev.com · its alternatives →

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    React Spreadsheet 2▲356

    Spreadsheet 2 - High performance Canvas Spreadsheet component

    2023 · rowsncolumns.app · its alternatives →

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    AWS Amplify▲179

    JavaScript library for app development using cloud services

    2018 · aws.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Amplify UI▲147

    Don't just prototype. Connect your UI to the cloud.

    2022 · ui.docs.amplify.aws · its alternatives →

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    Nub – A Bun-like all-in-one toolkit for Node.js▲277

    Colin here, creator of Nub. I’ve had the general shape of this in mind for years. Nub runs your code with stock `node`, augmented with a `--require` preload hook[0] that adds a transpiler (oxc-powered, packaged as a Node-API add-on), registers a module resolution hook[1], and injects polyfills as needed for APIs like `Worker`, `Temporal`, etc. All purely additive, your code ultimately runs using Node’s actual engine & stdlib implementations. [0] https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#-require-module [1]…

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Restate – Low-latency durable workflows for JavaScript/Java, in Rust▲185

    We'd love to share our work with you: Restate, a system for workflows-as-code (durable execution). With SDKs in JS/Java/Kotlin and a lightweight runtime built in Rust/Tokio. https://github.com/restatedev/ https://restate.dev/ It is free and open, SDKs are MIT-licensed, runtime permissive BSL (basically just the minimal Amazon defense). We worked on that for a bit over a year. A few points I think are worth mentioning: - Restate's runtime is a single binary, self-contained, no dependencies aside from a durable disk. It contains basically a…

    2024 · restate.dev · its alternatives →

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    Sheetlabs – Turn your spreadsheets into APIs▲158

    Sheetlabs lets you turn Excel and Google Sheets into powerful APIs. No development required!

    2014 · sheetlabs.com · its alternatives →

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    APIsheet▲70

    Transform your Google sheet in API

    2022 · its alternatives →

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