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Lowcoder continues from the abandoned Openblocks project. For more information read our manifesto.

Lowcoder

The Open Source Retool, Tooljet and Appsmith Alternative

Build internal and customer facing Apps fast, with no limitations

📢 Use Lowcoder in 3 steps

  1. Connect to any data sources or APIs.
  2. Build UI with 50+ components.
  3. Share with colleagues and customers.

💡 Why Lowcoder

It's cumbersome to create a single app. You had to design user interfaces, write code in multiple languages and frameworks, and understand how all of that code works together.

Low-code/No-code platforms are fast to get started with but quickly become unmaintainable and inflexible. This creates more problems than it solves.

Retool-like solutions are great for their simplicity and flexibility, but they can also be limited in different ways compared to frameworks like React/Vue.

Lowcoder wants to take a step forward. More specifically, Lowcoder is

  • An all-in-one IDE to create internal or customer-facing apps.
  • A place to create, build and share building blocks of web applications.
  • A domain-specific language that UI-configurable block is the first-class citizen.

🪄 Features

  • Visual UI builder with 50+ built-in components.

  • Modules for reusable (!) component sets in the UI builder.

  • Embed Lowcoder Apps as native React component instead of iFrame (!). Demo

  • Query Library for reusable data queries of your data sources.

  • Custom components to develop own components and use them in the UI builder.

  • Native Data connections to PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, REST API, SMTP, etc.

  • JavaScript supported everywhere to transform data, control components, etc.

  • Role-based access control (RBAC) for granular permission management.

  • Auto-saved and restorable history for release and version control.

  • App Themes and Theme Editor to precisely align with your company's brand guidelines.

  • Self Hosting to use Lowcoder in your internal company network.

  • Free Community Cloud to start within a minute and build your first Apps. Start here

🏆 Comparisons

Lowcoder vs Retool

  • Lowcoder is open-source. You don't need to worry about vendor lock-in or being stuck with an outdated version of the software.
  • In Lowcoder, developers can create and use their own components instead of depending on official updates.
  • Lowcoder is free and you can contribute!
  • The EE Version of Lowcoder comes with a much better pricing model, so you have no "per-user costs".

Lowcoder vs Appsmith, Tooljet

  • Lowcoder has more components and richer configuration than Appsmith and Tooljet.
  • In Lowcoder, you can choose auto-height or fixed-height mode for your components, while Appsmith supports fixed-height mode only.
  • In Lowcoder, you can reuse common structures when building apps with modules and query library features.

Lowcoder vs Mendix, Outsystems, Pega

  • Lowcoder is modern. The codebase is fresh and uses modern standards.
  • Lowcoder Apps do not need a compile and deployment. Just publish and use.
  • Lowcoder Apps can get embedded natively in websites and apps, even in mobile apps.

Lowcoder vs internal Tool platforms

  • Lowcoder supports internal tools like admin panels perfectly, but also customer-facing apps can get developed and published.
  • The Lowcoder UI builder is straightforward and better to use than Bubble.
  • App release cycles and updates can be done nearly daily without service downtimes for customers and users.

👐 Support and Community

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us or share them with our community. Our team is here ready to help.

📮 Best way is to chat with us on Discord

📑 Search for solutions in our Documentation

🔎 Submit an issue here on GitHub

💻 Deployment Options

You can access Lowcoder from cloud-hosted version at any time, or use the following resources for deploying Lowcoder on different platforms:

💪 Contributing

  • Language support: If you have experience with a language that isn't currently supported by our product, send us a pull request.
  • Create and share components or demos: If you've created something that might be useful to others, add the link here.
  • Frontend contributing guide