Appsmith

Appsmith lets you quickly build internal admin panels and CRUD apps, connecting databases and APIs. It's the open source alternative to Retool, running on your own infrastructure.

Project summary: Build admin panels, CRUD apps and workflows. Build everything you need, 10x faster.

Official site ↗ Source code

Stars: 40,127
License: Apache-2.0
Platform: Java, Docker, K8S
Version: v2.1

Software Development - Low Code

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