# lowcoder-org/lowcoder

🔥 🔥 🔥 The Open Source Retool, Tooljet and Appsmith Alternative

Repository: https://github.com/lowcoder-org/lowcoder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lowcoder
Homepage: https://www.lowcoder.cloud/
Language: HTML
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: app-editor, admin-panel, api-rest, application, customer-application, lowcode-editor, mobile-web, rapid-development
Last push: 2026-08-26T14:23:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 64, longevity 88
- inputs: {"age_days": 1232, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 242, "gap_med": 14, "n_releases_24m": 24}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1606, forks 314 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:10.521954+00:00)

## What it is
Lowcoder is an open-source low-code platform for building internal tools, admin panels, customer-facing web apps, and websites with a visual drag-and-drop builder. It is a self-hosted alternative to Retool, Appsmith, and ToolJet, offering 120+ UI components, data source/API connections, and native website embedding.

## Use cases
- build internal admin panels without coding
- create customer-facing web apps with a low-code builder
- self-hosted Retool or Appsmith alternative
- connect REST APIs and databases to a visual UI
- embed low-code apps natively into websites
- build dashboards and CRUD tools quickly
- replace SharePoint with a custom document management app

## When to choose
- you need to rapidly build internal tools or admin panels with minimal coding
- you want a self-hosted, open-source alternative to Retool, Appsmith, or ToolJet
- you need customer-facing apps without per-user pricing
- you want to embed apps natively into existing websites

## When to avoid
- you need fully custom, pixel-perfect control over frontend code and architecture
- your team prefers traditional code-first frameworks
- you require a fully managed SaaS with no self-hosting involvement
- AGPL-3.0 licensing is incompatible with your usage

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, web-framework, api-framework, self-hosted, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: low-code, retool-alternative, appsmith-alternative, internal-tools, visual-builder, admin-panels, customer-facing-apps, no-code, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- lowcoder-org/lowcoder (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:10.521954+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:52:14.573535+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lowcoder-org/lowcoder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:10.521954+00:00, sha 631b1007f0a7)
  - homepage: https://www.lowcoder.cloud/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:23:48.816332+00:00, sha 0425f54c0418)
  - site_page: https://www.lowcoder.cloud/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T11:23:48.818996+00:00, sha f955c7a7476f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.