Directus is an open data platform that provides a toolkit of features for managing, visualizing, and connecting data alongside any new or existing SQL database. It offers a self-documenting REST and GraphQL API, event hooks for logic, granular access control, data workflows, and more. The platform is fully customizable and open-source, with no feature ceiling to outgrow. Directus also offers an intuitive no-code application for non-technical business users. The platform includes flexible database content management, drag-and-drop dashboards and charts, digital asset management, and end-to-end internationalization. Directus introspects the database schema at runtime, delivering a dynamic API and App based on the project's existing architecture, with database abstraction allowing migration fluidity and feature parity across all major SQL vendors. It can be used for various use cases, including headless CMS, business intelligence, IoT data, back-office tools, and building no-code internal apps.