Open source Microsoft Power Apps alternatives

Every project in the catalog is MIT, Apache or BSD licensed. 0 projects explicitly describe themselves as a Microsoft Power Apps alternative; 9 more are in the category where Microsoft Power Apps is a typical product.

Open source projects in the same category: Low-Code & Internal Tools

Category-level information: these projects are the same kind of software as Microsoft Power Apps; they have not claimed to be a one-to-one replacement.

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strapi · Low-Code & Internal Tools

STARS73.4K
FORKS10.0K
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CONTRIBUTORS1.3K
VERSIONv5.9.0
UPDATEDtoday
cmsheadlessapicontent-managementMIT

Common commercial products in this category: Retool, Microsoft Power Apps, Airtable

What can it do?
  • With the visual content model builder, you design data structures without writing code.
  • You get automatic REST and GraphQL API for the content models you create.
  • You configure user access with built-in role and permission management.
Heads up
  • • High number of open issues (670)
User reviews
  • • NeutralHacker News

    Strapi – Open-source Node.js Headless CMS

    “Never used Strapi so take this with a grain of salt - Hasura doesn't provide an admin interface. It's just supposed to be a backend, not a CMS. - Strapi doesn't have a mechanism for sending events to the client, although it seems GraphQL subscriptions are in their roadmap. -…”

  • ↑ PositiveHacker News

    Strapi – Open-source Node.js Headless CMS

    “A nice UI for entering content into forms is about 10% of a what a scaled content production team needs to get work done and 0% of what a digital marketing team needs. All that being said, Strapi can still be a really good product to fill a big part of the framework without…”

Verified against README · Oct 26, 2026 · source

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payloadcms · Low-Code & Internal Tools

STARS45.6K
FORKS4.4K
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CONTRIBUTORS549
VERSIONv4.0.0-beta.0
UPDATEDtoday
typescriptcmsheadlessnextjsMIT

Common commercial products in this category: Retool, Microsoft Power Apps, Airtable

What can it do?
  • Within the /app directory of your Next.js project, you can manage both the front-end and the management panel in a single code base.
  • You can perform database queries directly using React Server Components.
  • Using ready-made templates, you can quickly stream projects such as e-commerce site, blog, or portfolio.
Heads up
  • • High number of open issues (1,459)
User reviews
  • ↓ NegativeHacker News

    PayloadCMS: Open-Source, Fullstack Next.js Framework

    “In june evaluated PayloadCMS (v3 beta), Strapi and Sanity for powering an app with (30+ content types) and a website. In the end i chose PayloadCMS. - I can programatically define content types in typescript - selfhosting - localization support. Sanity: _Pros_: great DX, easy to…”

  • ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue

    Cloud storage plugin socket usage at capacity

    “### Link to reproduction _No response_ ### Describe the Bug I am using the cloud storage plugin with an S3 adapter pointing to DigitalOcean Spaces. I have users making a lot of edits relating to images lately. After a significant amount of uploads and image swapping, I get…”

Verified against README · Oct 26, 2026 · source

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hasura · Low-Code & Internal Tools

STARS32.1K
FORKS3.0K
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CONTRIBUTORS427
VERSIONv3.alpha.12-19-2023
UPDATEDtoday
graphqlapipostgresqlApache-2.0

Common commercial products in this category: Retool, Microsoft Power Apps, Airtable

What can it do?
  • Access PostgreSQL and other supported database resources via a single API endpoint
  • You write custom business logic using Typescript, Python and Go Connector SDK
  • You use open source data connectors to connect to data sources
Heads up
  • • High number of open issues (2,368)
User reviews
  • • NeutralHacker News

    Show HN: Hasura – Fast, instant GraphQL APIs on Postgres

    “Databases aren't simply persistence layers, they also encompass querying which implicitly couples your application to them. The simplest query model is the key value store, which itself is a form of coupling, but it's quite limited in the operations it can support with high…”

  • ↑ PositiveHacker News

    Show HN: Hasura – Fast, instant GraphQL APIs on Postgres

    “I think it depends on how much business logic you have in your REST API layer. If you can get away with using a turnkey solution like hasura with the right access control rules or by adding schema stitching then it would save a lot of effort. I think the best thing would be to…”

Verified against README · Oct 26, 2026 · source

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marmelab · Low-Code & Internal Tools

STARS27.0K
FORKS5.5K
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CONTRIBUTORS740
VERSIONv5.9.2
UPDATEDtoday
reactAdmin Panelb2brest-apiMIT

Common commercial products in this category: Retool, Microsoft Power Apps, Airtable

What can it do?
  • REST or GraphQL API connect to design data listing, editing and creation pages
  • Manage user access with authentication and role-based authorization components
  • Customise the interface experience with optimist processing, search filters and notification features
User reviews
  • • NeutralGitHub Issue

    4.0 Roadmap

    “We're starting to think about the next major milestone for react-admin. It'll mostly be a cleanup release, removing all the deprecated features and the compatibility layers we put in place. It should also be the occasion to use the latest major version of our dependencies. ##…”

Verified against README · Oct 26, 2026 · source

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simonw · Low-Code & Internal Tools

STARS11.5K
FORKS941
COMMITS—
CONTRIBUTORS89
VERSION1.0a9
UPDATEDtoday
sqlitedata-explorationapipythonApache-2.0

Common commercial products in this category: Retool, Microsoft Power Apps, Airtable

What can it do?
  • You run SQLite database files from the command line on a local web server and examine them through the interface
  • Add license and source information to the data published with metadata files in the JSON format
  • Using Heroku or Google Cloud Run services, you post databases to the Internet in one command.
Heads up
  • • High number of open issues (715)
User reviews
  • ↑ PositiveHacker News

    Architecture Notes: Datasette

    “My ultimate dream is that providers like that will use Datasette itself - or a similar system that has the same characteristics: make it really easy for people to slice and dice the data using querystring parameters or even SQL queries and get back out just the data they want as…”

  • • NeutralHacker News

    Architecture Notes: Datasette

    “Simon thanks for taking the time to explain Datasette internals. Not a Python developer myself, I was intrigued by the use of hooks to extend Datasette and ended up looking into pluggy and how Datasette plugins use hooks. I noticed some Datasette hooks like 'extra_template_vars'…”

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frappe · Low-Code & Internal Tools

STARS11.0K
FORKS5.5K
COMMITS—
CONTRIBUTORS1.0K
VERSIONv9.2.9
UPDATEDtoday
pythonFull-StackerpFrameworkMIT

Common commercial products in this category: Retool, Microsoft Power Apps, Airtable

What can it do?
  • Manage application data with built-in management panel interface
  • You provide system integration via auto-generated RESTful API endpoint
  • You configure the role-based user and access management system
Heads up
  • • High number of open issues (2,295)
User reviews
  • • NeutralGitHub Issue

    v16 UI issues

    “- [x] Weird border in drop down - [x] Edit profile and reset password does nothing - [ ] Sidebar - [x] Edit sidebar should auto expand - [x] Show tool-tips for icons in collapse mode - [x] Collapse tree when sidebar is collapsed - [ ] No icons for child items in sidebar - [x]…”

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api-platform · Low-Code & Internal Tools

STARS9.2K
FORKS966
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CONTRIBUTORS105
VERSIONv4.1.0
UPDATED5 days ago
apirestgraphqlphpMIT

Common commercial products in this category: Retool, Microsoft Power Apps, Airtable

What can it do?
  • Design your own data model using plain PHP classes or transferring current ontologies to ice
  • You present in hypermedia REST or GraphQL API minutes, which includes page, data verification and access control.
  • Automate React-based Material Design management interface or Next.js and Vue.js supported client applications
User reviews
  • • NeutralGitHub Issue

    Loading API gives 502 bad gateway

    “HI All, When i load the API using URL it gives me "502 Bad Gateway". Could anyone please guide me what is the issue and how to fix this. Thanks in Advance.”

  • • NeutralGitHub Issue

    Cannot start docker services

    “Hello. I'm struggling with docker in AP 2.2.0. When I run `docker-compose up -d`, everythings seems to work. ``` docker-compose up -d --build ... Successfully built d04505723c6d Creating apiplatform220_admin_1 ... done Creating apiplatform220_php_1 ... done Creating…”

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SoftwareBrothers · Low-Code & Internal Tools

STARS9.0K
FORKS721
COMMITS—
CONTRIBUTORS92
VERSIONv7.8.9
UPDATED1 yr ago
Admin PanelnodejscrudbackofficeMIT

Common commercial products in this category: Retool, Microsoft Power Apps, Airtable

What can it do?
  • You can list all records in the database and perform CRUD operations on it.
  • You can define special business logic actions on database objects.
  • You can create custom dashboards with widgets to monitor application data.
Heads up
  • • Last update over 1 year ago
User reviews
  • • NeutralHacker News

    AdminJS just got it's new version

    “Hey folks, I've recently started working as a lead on AdminJS and yesterday we've relased new version of the tool. We've added Currency and Phone inputs, changed React version, changed the richText input provider and did some other minor changes. Changelog: AdminJS repo: WDYT?…”

  • • NeutralGitHub Issue

    AdminJS v7 - feedback, urgent issues, questions, discussions

    “This is a thread to aggregate all questions/feedback/urgent bugs/discussions related to the recently released version 7. Feel free to share your ideas or let us know about any issues you're facing related to migration or usage. **[What's new in version 7 ]( describes the largest…”

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arhamkhnz · Low-Code & Internal Tools

STARS3.2K
FORKS662
COMMITS0
CONTRIBUTORS0
VERSION—
UPDATEDtoday
Admin Dashboardadmin-dashboard-uiAdmin Paneladmin-uiMIT

Common commercial products in this category: Retool, Microsoft Power Apps, Airtable

What can it do?
  • Next.js 16 ve Shadcn UI tabanlı bir yönetim paneli şablonuyla projeni hızla başlatırsın.
  • Hazır CRM, finans ve analitik panellerini kendi verine uyarlayabilirsin.
  • Tangerine veya Brutalist gibi tema ön ayarlarıyla açık ve koyu modları özelleştirirsin.
Heads up
  • • No published release

Verified against README · Oct 28, 2026 · source