Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Retool
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Retool launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2017 · retool.in · its alternatives →
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Build, deploy, and manage internal tools with Retool's unified engine. Connect to any database, API, or LLM. Leverage AI throughout your business.
2018 · tryretool.com · its alternatives →
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A low code platform to build internal tools
2021 · retool.com · its alternatives →
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Retool▲640Hi all, founder @ Retool here. We initially launched Retool on HN five years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14515494. The feedback was extraordinarily helpful then (e.g. we launched source control, on-prem, etc. based on HN comments), and we’re grateful for all of it. Today, we’re excited to get HN’s thoughts on one of our new products: Retool Mobile. It lets you build and deploy mobile apps in minutes, not days. The idea is there is a large class of line-of-business mobile apps, and the process of getting a simple form + button on a mobile device, in a native app,…
2018 · retool.com · its alternatives →
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Import CSV to PostgreSQL, generate a mock API, and 20+ more
2021 · retool.com · its alternatives →
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Retable▲756Airtable alternative - one tool to replace them all
2024 · retable.io · its alternatives →
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Retool Forms▲190Build custom forms on top of a SQL database 10x faster
2024 · formtodb.com · its alternatives →
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devtooly▲207Directory of tools organized by category for frontend devs
2022 · logntrack.com · its alternatives →
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Smartsheet▲113Project Management and Collaboration Spreadsheet Tool
2014 · smartsheet.com · its alternatives →
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Easel▲62Fun way to design and make projects from real materials.
2014 · easel.com · its alternatives →
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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 🚀 - Release v1.21.0 · ToolJet/ToolJet
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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OpenSheet▲86Hi folks. I've been doing some experiments on how LLMs could get more handy in the day to day of working with files (CSV, Parquet, etc). Earlier last year, I built https://datakit.page and evolved it over and over into an all in-browser experience with help of duckdb-wasm. Got loads of feedbacks and I think it turned into a good shape with being an adhoc local data studio, but I kept hearing two main things/issues: Why can't the AI also change cells in the file we give to it? Why can't we modify this grid ourselves? So besides the whole READ and text-to-SQL flows, what seemed…
Feb 2026 · opensheet.app · its alternatives →
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The open-source Retool alternative. Low-code platform for building internal tools fast! - Toola-bakery/Toola
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Devlightful▲33A handpicked collection of stunning devtools
2025 · devlightful.dev · its alternatives →
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