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.NET, razor pages, sqlite, entity framework. Its hard to build anything non-trivial with a gui without involving a few languages these days. You can package your .NET server as completely self contained and run it on anything, just need a web browser. Edit: python might get you close with a simple html framework.
I'd say, figure out your storage layer (sql, mongo, files etc) then pick the right tech. Django and Rails will let you very easily bootstrap simple crud apps with very little code.
If you need CRUD API i'd personally go with Go and some db that i'm familiar with (pg). You can achieve tons with Go without any external deps.
"Easiest way to build a CRUD app". Using the CRUD-app-building framework in which you are competent . Beyond toy apps there are no shortcuts without that competence but there are plenty of prospective frameworks to develop it in, as evidenced by the other comments.
That's assuming people already know one. If they don't, which would you recommand?
It literally takes you less than an hour to create a realistic usable CRUD app (that would take you at least a few days in the traditional way) without learning anything new. Generate a DSL (a Resource) and add one line per field.
Avo knows how to read and display in a rich way, handle creating/updating records using your already in place validations, add associations in a giffy and one-liner file uploads. If the provided fileds are not enough you can create your own. The Rails developer can forget about building a front-ned for their admin panel/back-office area.
When you need to break out from the CRUD, Avo makes it easy using regular Rails code and erb templates.
Maintenance you say? There's no real maintenance here. You don't generate any templates for your CRUD interface, but write declarative code with plenty of options to create the best experience for your users. Avo is beautifully packaged away and will not pollute your app with business files (only configuration files). Everything is abstracted away in the background so you get easy-updates by running one simple `gem update avo` command.
Large teams will move in a uniform way building the same UI all throughout the app.
I would consider Django and just using its Admin framework for building your UI, you can achieve so much very quickly with almost no code. I believe it’s a brilliant tool for building internal CRUD type db apps. Knowing how to use the admin framework well is basically a developer super power. You won’t need any external libraries, it has brilliant docs and important tools like database migrations are built in.
I have in the past used Djangos built in “in memory” cache with a global invalidation on all db writes for simple apps like this that have a low write rate.