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Dev tools · January 24, 2022

Toola – the open-source Retool alternative

The open-source Retool alternative. Low-code platform for building internal tools fast! - Toola-bakery/Toola

Toola – the open-source Retool alternative launched on January 24, 2022 with 7 votes, #1,286 of 2,891 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.

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