Best Appsmith Alternatives

Khoj is an open-source personal AI app that serves as a self-hostable second brain. It connects to your documents — PDFs, Markdown, Notion, Word — and uses RAG to answer questions grounded in your knowledge base. Supports any local or cloud LLM including Llama, Claude, GPT, and Gemini. Features custom agents, scheduled automations, deep research mode, semantic search, and Obsidian, Emacs, and WhatsApp integrations. Over 33,000 GitHub stars, YC-backed.

Fast, opinionated project management for software teams with a keyboard-first interface, cycles, roadmaps, and deep GitHub/GitLab integration. Used by Vercel, Anthropic, and Coinbase. The modern Jira alternative that engineering teams actually enjoy using, with a clean design and responsive UI that makes issue tracking feel effortless rather than burdensome.

Refine is an open-source React meta-framework for building data-intensive enterprise applications like admin panels, dashboards, and internal tools. Its headless architecture separates business logic from UI, supporting Ant Design, Material UI, Mantine, and Tailwind CSS. Connects to 15+ backends including REST, GraphQL, Supabase, Firebase, Strapi, and Hasura with built-in authentication and role-based access control. Deploys on Next.js, Remix, React Native, and Electron.