Appsmith

Open source alternative to Power Apps, Salesforce Lightning platform, and Retool

_{Built with empathy, not just ❤︎}

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Appsmith is a fast, easy, and secure way to build any custom internal tools. Using Appsmith is easy.

1. Create a page using pre-built UI components like table, charts, and forms.
2. Connect the UI components to any REST API or databases like MySQL, Postgres, and MongoDB. Write any logic in JS.
3. Then deploy the interal tool to a custom URL and invite users to sign in with their Google acounts.

Do all this without HTML/CSS, and writing any custom integrations.

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Example Applications

• Customer Support Dashboard

Build & Deploy

• Docker

Why Appsmith?

If we're building an internal tool, our obvious choices are to use an admin panel or if we happen to be blessed with HTML/CSS skills, we might "bootstrap" a new project. While this may seem like a great idea at first, internal tools almost always require a ton of iterations and eventually we reach a point where we're either spending a lot of time customising the admin panel or the UI terrifies users so much, they prefer holding our hand every time they try to use it.

Appsmith provides a better way of building internal tools by visualising them as modular blocks (Widgets, APIs, Queries, JS) and giving developers a simple user interface to configure them. With appsmith updating UI, changing dataflows and modifying business logic becomes a piece of cake because you no longer have to trudge through large undocumented code bases or fight with HTML/CSS. We understand that while some configurations are static and are better controlled via UI, a lot of it is dynamic and should be configured through code. Appsmith doesn't take the fun out of coding, instead it treats every block as an object and exposes it via javascript so that you can read, transform and manipulate it. Whether it's a widget, API or query, you get to decide where you need to configure and where you need to code.

Features

• Build custom UI: Drag & drop, resize and style widgets without HTML / CSS. Read more
• Query data: Query & update your database directly from the UI. Supports postgres, mongo, REST & GraphQL APIs. Read more
• JS Logic: Write snippets of business logic using JS to transform data, manipuate UI or trigger workflows
• Data Workflows: Simple configuration to create flows when users interact with the UI. Read more
• Realtime Editor: Changes in your application reflect instantly with every edit. No need to compile!
• Works with existing, live databases: Connect directly to any Postgres & Mongo db
• Fine-grained access control: Control who can edit / view your applications from a single control panel
• App management: Build and organise multiple applications on a single platform

Documentation & Support

If you have encountered a bug or need to get in touch with us, you can contact us using one of the following channels:

• Issue & bug tracking: GitHub Issues
• Community & Support: Discord
• Documentation: Documentation

We are committed to fostering an open and welcoming environment in the community. Please see the Code of Conduct.

License

The Appsmith platform is available under the Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0).