Every thing you need to know about ToolJet

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About ToolJet

ToolJet is the open-source low-code framework alternative to Retool & Mendix to build & deploy internal tools with minimal engineering effort.

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Languages/Platforms/Technologies:

Nodejs

Lincenses:

GPL-3.0

More about ToolJet

ToolJet is an open-source low-code framework to build and deploy internal tools quickly with minimal engineering effort. ToolJet's drag and drop frontend builder allows you to build complicated responsive frontends within minutes. You can also connect to your data sources, such as databases ( PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch & more), API endpoints (ToolJet supports importing OpenAPI spec & OAuth2 authorization), SaaS tools (Stripe, Slack, Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion & more) and object storage services ( S3, GCS, Minio, etc ) to fetch and write data.

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All features

Visual app builder: 40+ built-in responsive widgets such as Tables, Charts, Lists, Forms, Progressbars, and more.
ToolJet Database: In-built no-code database.
Multi-Page: Build an application with as many pages as you want.
Multiplayer editing: multiple users can use the app builder at the same time.
40+ data sources: connect to external databases, cloud storages and APIs.
Desktop & mobile: layout widths can be customised to support different screens.
Self-host: (supports Docker, Kubernetes, Heroku, AWS EC2, Google Cloud Run, and more).
Collaborate: add comments anywhere on the canvas and tag your team members.
Extend with plugins: use our commandline tool to easily bootstrap new connectors.
Version control: every application have different versions with proper release cycle.
Run JS & Python code: ability custom JavaScript & Python snippets
Granular access control on group-level and app-level.
Low-code: write JS code almost anywhere in the builder. For example, the color property of text can be set to status === 'success' ? 'green' : 'red'
No-code query editors: for all supported data sources.
Join and transform data: transform query results using just JavaScript/Python code.
Secure: All the credentials are securely encrypted using aes-256-gcm.
Doesn't store data: ToolJet acts only as a proxy and doesn't store any data.
SSO: Supports multiple SSO providers

Quickstart

The easiest way to get started with ToolJet is by creating a ToolJet Cloud account. ToolJet Cloud offers a hosted solution of ToolJet. If you want to self-host ToolJet, kindly proceed to deployment documentation.

You can deploy ToolJet on Heroku for free using the one-click-deployment button only until 28th November 2022.

Try using Docker

Want to give ToolJet a quick spin on your local machine? You can run the following command from your terminal to have ToolJet up and running right away.

docker run \
  --name tooljet \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  -p 80:80 \
  -v tooljet_data:/var/lib/postgresql/13/main \
  tooljet/try:latest

Tutorials and examples

GitHub contributor leaderboard using ToolJet
Cryptocurrency dashboard using ToolJet
WhatsApp CRM using ToolJet
AWS S3 file explorer

Documentation

Documentation is available at https://docs.tooljet.com.

Self-hosted

You can use ToolJet cloud for a fully managed solution. If you want to self-host ToolJet, we have guides on deploying ToolJet on Kubernetes, AWS EC2, Docker, Heroku and more.

Provider	Documentation
AWS EC2	Link
AWS EKS (Kubernetes)	Link
AWS ECS	Link
GCP GKE (Kubernetes)	Link
Azure AKS (Kubernetes)	Link
Heroku	Link
Docker	Link
Google Cloud Run	Link

Community support

For general help using ToolJet, please refer to the official documentation. For additional help, you can use one of these channels to ask a question:

Slack - Discussions with the community and the team.
GitHub - For bug reports and feature requests.
Twitter - Get the product updates easily.

Roadmap

Check out our roadmap to get informed of the latest features released and the upcoming ones.

Branching model

We use the git-flow branching model. The base branch is develop. If you are looking for a stable version, please use the main branch or tags labeled as v1.x.x.

Contributing

Kindly read our Contributing Guide to learn and understand about our development process, how to propose bug fixes and improvements, and how to build and test your changes to ToolJet.