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Hosted builder for internal apps and admin panels that connect to databases and APIs. A closed product from Retool.
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ToolJet | Full replacement | 41k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | JavaScript | v3.20.239-lts | 2026-10-06 |
| Appsmith | Full replacement | 41k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | TypeScript | v2.4.3 | 2026-10-06 |
| Budibase | Full replacement | 28k | Other | Open core | Yes | TypeScript | v3.48.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| ILLA Builder | Full replacement | 12k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | TypeScript | illa-builder@4.8.5 | 2026-05-27 |
| Lowcoder | Full replacement | 1.6k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | HTML | 2.7.6 | 2026-10-05 |
| Refine | Partial | 36k | MIT | Open source | Yes | TypeScript | @refinedev/core@5.0.12 | 2026-09-10 |
| react-admin | Partial | 27k | MIT | Open source | Yes | TypeScript | v5.15.4 | 2026-10-06 |
| NocoBase | Partial | 24k | Other | Source available | Yes | TypeScript | v2.2.21 | 2026-10-06 |
| Saltcorn | Partial | 2.1k | MIT | Open source | Yes | JavaScript | v1.6.2 | 2026-10-06 |
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Open-source foundation of ToolJet AI - the enterprise app generation platform for internal tools, dashboards, business applications, workflows and AI agents. Build visually, from a prompt, or from Claude Code, Codex and Cursor over MCP 🚀
Drag-and-drop app builder over databases and APIs, with JavaScript and Python queries.
Platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. Integrates with 25+ databases and any API.
Widget-based app builder over databases and APIs, with JavaScript in every binding.
AI agents, automations and apps that run your operations. Model agnostic.
Apps, forms and automations over external databases and APIs or its built-in tables.
Low-code platform allows you to build business apps, enables you to quickly create internal tools such as dashboard, crud app, admin panel, crm, cms, etc. Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, Supabase, GraphQL, MongoDB, MSSQL, Rest API, Hugging Face, Redis, etc. Automate workflows with schedule or webhook. Open source Retool.
Drag-and-drop app builder over databases and APIs.
🔥 🔥 🔥 The Open Source Retool, Tooljet and Appsmith Alternative
Drag-and-drop app builder over databases and APIs, with JavaScript in queries.
A React Framework for building internal tools, admin panels, dashboards & B2B apps with unmatched flexibility.
A React framework for admin panels and internal tools that you write as code.
A frontend Framework for single-page applications on top of REST/GraphQL APIs, using TypeScript, React and Material Design
A React framework for admin panels on REST or GraphQL APIs, written as code.
NocoBase is an open-source AI + no-code platform for building business systems fast. Instead of generating everything from scratch, AI works on top of production-proven infrastructure and a WYSIWYG no-code interface, so you get both speed and reliability.
Plugin-based builder for data models, forms, tables and workflows on your own database.
Free and open source no-code application builder
No-code builder for database apps with views, forms and plugins.