# openblocks-dev/openblocks

🔥 🔥 🔥 The Open Source Retool Alternative

Repository: https://github.com/openblocks-dev/openblocks
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openblocks
Homepage: https://cloud.openblocks.dev
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: admin-dashboard, app-builder, app-development, business-intelligence, clickhouse, crm, crud-application, dashboard, data-source, gui, internal-tools, low-code, low-code-framework, low-code-platform, mongodb, postgres, react, rest-api, ui-builder
Last push: 2023-10-19T06:42:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 99
- inputs: {"age_days": 1388, "days_push": 1049, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6234, forks 407 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:40.779138+00:00)

## What it is
Openblocks is an open-source low-code platform for building internal tools and admin dashboards with a visual UI builder, 50+ components, and native connections to databases and APIs. It serves as a self-hosted alternative to Retool, Appsmith, and ToolJet.

## Use cases
- build internal admin dashboards
- create crud apps connected to postgres or mongodb
- self-hosted retool alternative
- build internal tools without writing frontend code
- connect rest apis and databases into a visual app
- build customer-facing apps with role-based access control

## When to choose
- you want an open-source, self-hosted Retool alternative with no vendor lock-in
- you need many built-in components and reusable modules/query libraries
- you want custom React components and embeddable pages instead of iframes
- you need RBAC, audit logs, and version history for internal apps

## When to avoid
- you need a fully code-first framework rather than a low-code builder
- you require long-term active maintenance - the project's latest release is from late 2023
- you cannot use AGPL-3.0 licensed software
- you need a lightweight tool for simple static dashboards

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, ui-components, web-framework, database, http-client, authorization, self-hosted
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, databases, analytics, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: low-code, internal-tools, admin-dashboard, retool-alternative, visual-builder, crud-application, business-intelligence, app-builder, web-server, docker, typescript, react

## Member repositories
- openblocks-dev/openblocks (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:40.779138+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 2026-08-29T17:47:12.908435+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/openblocks-dev/openblocks (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:40.779138+00:00, sha 836786ef2495)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.