Top 17 Open‑Source Low‑Code Platforms to Accelerate App Development

Low‑code has become a mainstream goal for enterprises; unlike traditional programming, low‑code development platforms use visual drag‑and‑drop tools to create applications, making them accessible to designers and developers alike.

The concept dates back over a decade to early no‑code programming (PWCT), but only recently has it gained widespread support with dozens of platforms emerging for both rapid prototyping and production use.

1. Saltcorn

Saltcorn is a no‑code database manager web app with a dashboard, view builder, and themable UI. Users with little coding experience can build rich interactive database applications in minutes, and companies can create internal tools quickly.

Official site: https://github.com/saltcorn/saltcorn

2. Joget DX

Joget DX is a low‑code application builder that combines business process automation, workflow customization, and low‑code development tools. It runs on cloud or on‑premises, offers a visual builder with drag‑and‑drop, and is OS‑ and database‑agnostic.

Website: https://www.joget.com/

3. Digdag

Digdag is an open‑source enterprise solution for building and scaling business applications across multi‑cloud environments. It provides management panels, multi‑language support, error handling, configuration, and version control, built with Java and Node.js and compatible with AWS, private cloud, IBM Cloud, and DigitalOcean.

Website: https://www.digdag.io/

4. StackStorm

StackStorm differs from other tools by acting as an umbrella platform that connects, manages, and monitors enterprise applications. It focuses on event‑driven automation, custom workflow design, and role‑based permissions, offering sensors, triggers, actions, rules, workflows, and audit logs.

Website: https://stackstorm.com/

5. CUBA Platform

CUBA Platform is an Apache‑2.0 licensed rapid application development system for enterprises, providing IDE, studio, CLI, and a robust plugin ecosystem, including a BPM add‑on. It requires some setup time but offers extensive tooling.

GitHub: https://github.com/cuba-platform/cuba

6. Skyve

Skyve is an open‑source business software builder supporting low‑code rapid app development with MySQL, SQL Server, and H2 (future PostgreSQL and Oracle support). It offers APIs, a visual builder, and modules such as enterprise platform, native mobile apps, integration bus, testing, and CRM.

GitHub: https://github.com/skyvers/skyve

7. Rintagi

Rintagi is a mobile‑focused low‑code enterprise platform that is free and open‑source, providing rich tools for rapid app construction and a developer‑friendly API for mobile developers.

Website: https://medevel.com/rintagi/

8. OpenXava

OpenXava is a low‑code platform built with Java, emphasizing productivity, simplicity, and usability. It offers responsive layouts for web, mobile, and tablet, with a free community edition and optional enterprise features.

Website: https://www.openxava.org/en/ate/low-code-development-platform

9. Convertigo

Convertigo blends no‑code and low‑code capabilities, enabling citizen developers and professional developers to create enterprise‑grade applications quickly. It provides on‑premise, cloud, and MBaaS versions, with mobile builders, visual UI, low‑code backend, REST/XML/JSON converters, and a management console.

Website: https://www.convertigo.com/

10. Tymly

Tymly is a business‑first low‑code platform for scalable server applications, released under the MIT license. It introduces a blueprint concept that packages business processes, functions, and workflows into JSON schemas stored in PostgreSQL.

Website: https://medevel.com/tymly-low-code/

11. JUDO

JUDO.codes is an enterprise‑grade low‑code platform offering extensive flexibility in data modeling, UI design, and development, with installers for Windows, macOS, and Linux (macOS pending).

Website: https://www.judo.codes/

12. OpenCatapult

OpenCatapult is an open‑source low‑code DevOps automation platform that manages routine tasks for DevOps and server administrators. Currently Windows‑x64 only, with Linux and macOS versions planned.

GitHub: https://github.com/Polyrific-Inc/OpenCatapult/

13. BudiBase

BudiBase focuses on providing developers with tools to accelerate development, deployment, and integration within a single platform, differentiating itself from other low‑code solutions.

GitHub: https://github.com/Budibase/budibase

14. Generative Objects (GO) Platform

GO Platform, a French company, offers an enterprise low‑code development platform emphasizing application lifecycle control, developer collaboration, and integration with desktop, mobile, and web software.

Website: https://www.generativeobjects.com/

15. Baserow

Baserow is a modular, open‑source tool for dynamically creating and managing databases and building database applications, providing a full REST‑API headless system that appeals to mobile developers.

GitLab: https://gitlab.com/bramw/baserow

16. OS.bee

OS.bee combines low‑code, no‑code, and model‑driven development strategies in a free enterprise platform built in Java, offering visual model and diagram builders and Eclipse integration.

Website: https://www.osbee.org/home/

17. nuBuilder

nuBuilder is a free open‑source RAD tool for quickly building enterprise database applications using PHP, HTML, JavaScript, and MySQL, offering a highly customizable backend.

Website: https://www.nubuilder.com/

18. Metabase

Metabase is an open‑source data‑focused dashboard supporting many databases (MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, etc.). It provides visual data management, advanced filtering, aggregation, and full‑text search, enabling rapid creation of production‑ready dashboards.

Website: https://medevel.com/metabase-low-code/