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Top 12 Open‑Source Low‑Code Platforms to Supercharge Your Development

Low‑code combines visual, model‑driven and cloud‑native technologies to dramatically boost efficiency and cut costs, and this article introduces twelve noteworthy open‑source low‑code projects—ranging from Appsmith and Amis to NocoBase and Awesome Lowcode—each with a brief overview and GitHub link.

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Top 12 Open‑Source Low‑Code Platforms to Supercharge Your Development

Low‑code is based on visual and model‑driven concepts, combined with cloud‑native and multi‑device technologies, enabling significant efficiency gains and cost reduction in many business scenarios, and offering developers a high‑productivity development paradigm.

1. Appsmith

Appsmith is an open‑source low‑code framework for building admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. It allows drag‑and‑drop UI components, connects to any API, database, or GraphQL source, and uses JavaScript for logic, enabling rapid creation of internal applications.

Github (⭐️ 20.2k): https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith

2. Amis

Amis, open‑sourced by Baidu, is a front‑end low‑code framework that generates various back‑office pages through JSON configuration, greatly reducing development cost and even allowing creation without front‑end knowledge.

Github (⭐️ 11.6k): https://github.com/baidu/amis

3. LowCodeEngine

LowCodeEngine is a powerful low‑code development framework created by Alibaba's Front‑End Committee and DingTalk YiDa, providing strong extensibility for building customized low‑code platforms.

Github (⭐️ 7.5k): https://github.com/alibaba/lowcode-engine

4. form-generator

Element UI form designer and code generator that can run generated code directly in Element‑based Vue projects or export JSON forms for parsing into real forms.

Github (⭐️ 6.8k): https://github.com/JakHuang/form-generator

5. H5‑Dooring / pc‑Dooring

H5‑Dooring is a powerful, professional H5 visual page configuration solution built with React and TypeScript, with a Node.js backend; a PC version is also provided.

Github (H5) (⭐️ 6.7k): https://github.com/MrXujiang/h5-Dooring

Github (PC) (⭐️ 354): https://github.com/MrXujiang/pc-Dooring

6. YAO

YAO is an open‑source low‑code application engine that lets you quickly create web services and admin back‑ends using JSON to define database models, APIs, and UI, runnable on cloud or IoT devices.

Github (⭐️ 4.3k): https://github.com/YaoApp/yao

7. Mometa

Mometa is not a traditional low‑code platform but a visual code design editor aimed at developers, similar to Dreamweaver, adding visual coding capabilities to local development workflows.

Github (⭐️ 3.2k): https://github.com/imcuttle/mometa

8. NocoBase

NocoBase is an easily extensible open‑source no‑code development platform that lets you build collaboration platforms or management systems without programming, while remaining flexible enough for complex business needs and private deployment.

Develop internal management systems

Meet most business requirements with no‑code

Simple for non‑developers, flexible for developers

Easy to extend

Self‑hosted, full control over code and data

Github (⭐️ 2.9k): https://github.com/nocobase/nocobase

9. Sparrow

Sparrow is a scenario‑driven low‑code workbench focused on boosting development efficiency, providing Vue and Element‑UI based back‑office project templates that output source code in real time.

Github (⭐️ 2.7k): https://github.com/sparrow-js/sparrow

10. vite‑vue3‑lowcode

vite‑vue3‑lowcode is an H5 low‑code platform built with Vite 2.x, Vue 3.x, and TypeScript.

Github (⭐️ 1.8k): https://github.com/buqiyuan/vite-vue3-lowcode

11. 华炎魔方

华炎魔方 is an open‑source alternative to Salesforce’s low‑code platform, offering visual tools for model, page, workflow, and report design, enabling rapid application creation with just mouse clicks.

Github (⭐️ 805): https://github.com/steedos/steedos-platform

12. Awesome Lowcode

Awesome Lowcode is a curated collection of low‑code platforms from China and abroad, serving as a resource hub for low‑code practitioners.

Github (⭐️ 8.5k): https://github.com/taowen/awesome-lowcode

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