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| Project | Stars | 7-day gain | Language | License | Maintenance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ToolJet | 41,171 | +50 | HTML | AGPL-3.0 | ✅ Recently maintained |
| appsmith | 41,150 | +38 | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | ✅ Recently maintained |
ToolJet
ToolJet/ToolJet
Open-source foundation of ToolJet AI - the enterprise app generation platform for internal tools, dashboards, business applications, workflows and AI agents. Build visually, from a prompt, or from Claude Code, Codex and Cursor over MCP 🚀
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appsmith
appsmithorg/appsmith
Platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. Integrates with 25+ databases and any API.
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