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Appsmith — self-hosted low-code internal tools built from databases, APIs, and widgets

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Stars
40,904
Primary language
TypeScript
License
Apache-2.0
Repository last updated
Sep 19, 2026

Overview

Appsmith is a low-code platform for admin panels, dashboards, customer-360 views, IT automation, and other internal applications. It connects to 25+ databases and APIs and combines UI widgets, queries, JavaScript, and workflows. Community Edition can be self-hosted through Docker, Kubernetes, and other deployment paths.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:

Connect database/API queries directly to visual UI widgets

Query results can drive tables, forms, charts, and other widgets, with JavaScript used for validation and business logic.

Sources: [2][4]

Build internal workflows quickly and self-host Community Edition

Admin, approval, and operations applications can be assembled in the visual builder and deployed through Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and other documented methods.

Sources: [2][5]

For teams that need CRUD/admin/dashboard applications faster than custom frontend development

Appsmith fits operations, support, sales, and IT teams that already have APIs/databases but need internal interfaces with less frontend engineering.

Sources: [2]

Verify Community vs Business/Enterprise feature boundaries

The repository contains CE/EE-specific code paths and the UI marks some features as Business or Enterprise-only. If SSO, audit, embedding, or similar capabilities are requirements, confirm their current edition. Treat Appsmith Agents advertised in the README as a separate product/feature surface.

Sources: [2][4]

Official sources

  1. [1]appsmithorg/appsmith repository(2026-09-20)
  2. [2]Appsmith README(2026-09-20)
  3. [3]Appsmith Apache-2.0 license(2026-09-20)
  4. [4]Appsmith documentation(2026-09-20)
  5. [5]Appsmith Docker deployment(2026-09-20)
Supplemental curator note

Appsmith accelerates CRUD/admin/internal app development by composing datasources, widgets, queries, and JavaScript instead of hand-building every screen. The repository root is Apache-2.0, but the codebase contains CE/EE edition paths and some features are Business/Enterprise-only. Appsmith Agents advertised in the README should not be assumed to be a standard Community Edition capability.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Start Community Edition on localhost

    Run the official Community Edition image on loopback only and persist state in a named volume.

    docker run -d --name appsmith-demo -p 127.0.0.1:8000:80 -v appsmith-demo-stacks:/appsmith-stacks appsmith/appsmith-ce:release
  2. 2

    Open Appsmith

    Create the initial account, workspace, and first application.

    Open http://127.0.0.1:8000
  3. 3

    Connect a datasource to widgets

    Bind query results to a Table, Form, or other widgets and verify the low-code internal-tool workflow.

    Create an app and connect a sample API or database
Check the official README

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GitHub Topics

  • low-code
  • admin-dashboard
  • app-builder
  • internal-tools
  • custom-internal
  • java
  • javascript
  • typescript
  • react
  • admin-panels
  • workflows
  • crud
Stars
40,904
Forks
4,762
Watchers
307
Open issues
4,426
Contributors
327
Primary language
TypeScript
License
Apache-2.0
Repository last updated
Sep 19, 2026
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