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AI · February 8, 2022

ToolJet 1.0 – Extensible open-source alternative to Retool

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 v1.0 · ToolJet/ToolJet

ToolJet 1.0 – Extensible open-source alternative to Retool launched on February 8, 2022 with 20 votes, #970 of 2,645 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.

In plain words

ToolJet is an open-source platform for building internal tools and dashboards as an alternative to Retool. It allows developers to create data-driven applications by connecting to databases and APIs without extensive custom coding. The tool is extensible, meaning users can add custom components and integrations to fit specific needs. ToolJet is designed for development teams and organizations looking for a self-hosted, customizable solution for internal tool development.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Thanks to our amazing community for the contributions and the feedback. It has helped us shape ToolJet according to the requirements of the users. Here are the changes since the launch of beta ( v0.5.3 ) in June 2021: That's a lot of things to get done in a few months. But that's not all, we've shipped numerous other features fixed a lot of minorfrom github.com

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