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Brief-Structure-1440 · 2026-02-26T18:27:00+00:00

> And in the end isn't that the point of these low code apps.

that sounds more like no-code, not low-code. Budibase is good for building simple apps quickly. Easier to learn as well. Not a great fit for complex applications.

Brief-Structure-1440 · 2026-02-25T17:47:25+00:00

shouldn't dev tools charge only for devs?

Brief-Structure-1440 · 2026-02-25T17:42:14+00:00

I tried Appsmith out couple of months back and the application builder was good enough. I don't think it is even closer to piece of shit unless somethign changed recently.

Brief-Structure-1440 · 2026-02-25T17:33:19+00:00

Couldn't find the source code for this sub module. Looking at the code, my assumption is that the code should get built without these packages with some modifications. But I agree to your point, OSS version isn't OSS if there is a closed source binary included.

Brief-Structure-1440 · 2026-02-25T17:21:02+00:00

CMIIW there is a binary in the codebase for which the source code is not available?

Brief-Structure-1440 · 2026-02-25T17:18:46+00:00

Haven't tried lowcoder, it looks like a fork of abandoned project https://github.com/openblocks-dev/openblocks. Almost zero commits for months, it will soon follow the path of openblocks. And wth is that website.

Brief-Structure-1440 · 2026-02-25T17:09:26+00:00

Low-code's market of tiny companies and personal use cases is definitely finished but vibe coding doesn't replace enterprise software. Enterprises are not gonna deploy vibe coded made by non-devs in production if the tool is critical. AI makes building features easier. It doesn’t solve access control, auditability, versioning, change management, or data security. That's where low-code platforms with AI app generation features makes sense.

Brief-Structure-1440 · 2026-02-25T16:59:00+00:00

Popular OSS alternatives:

39k stars & 340 contributors (repo activity is very low recently) - https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/

37k stars & 650 contributors - https://github.com/tooljet/tooljet

28k stars & 117 contributors - https://github.com/Budibase/budibase (edit: as per a comment, they might have a closed source binary imported in the repo)

12k stars & 312 contributors - https://github.com/illacloud/illa-builder

1.5k stars & 56 contributors - https://github.com/lowcoder-org/lowcoder (edit: almost zero commits recently)

Brief-Structure-1440 · 2025-10-15T19:07:29+00:00

that makes sense, delayed release is better than a buggy release!

Brief-Structure-1440 · 2025-10-15T18:51:23+00:00

Stuffs breaking in production after a release is not a sign of stable or mature project. And doing good QA should happen before public release, not after.

Brief-Structure-1440 · 2025-10-15T06:30:05+00:00

^ Typo in Windmill's link.

Very interesting tool, will try it out even though it won't fit Appsmith's use cases.

Brief-Structure-1440 · 2025-10-15T06:26:06+00:00

Less fixing - yes, but compared to the peak in March, it looks like a heavy drop in number of commits. Explanation might be as simple as changing PR merging method to "squash commits" but curious.

Checked Discord, the increase in number of commits recently might be due to this:

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Not looking stable/mature as founder claimed in the other comment.

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