# Appsmith

> Appsmith is an open-source, low-code platform that lets developers quickly build internal tools - admin panels, dashboards, CRUD apps, and workflow automations - by dragging pre-built UI widgets onto a canvas and wiring them to databases and APIs with JavaScript. Founded in 2019 by Abhishek Nayak, Arpit Mohan, and Nikhil Nandagopal, the company positions itself as the developer-first, self-hostable alternative to closed platforms like Retool, and has expanded into AI-powered agents that give business teams context-aware automation on top of their own data.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Abhishek Nayak (Co-founder & CEO), Arpit Mohan (Co-founder & CTO), Nikhil Nandagopal (Co-founder & CPO)
- **Team size:** ~48-127 employees (sources vary)
- **Products:** Appsmith (Open Source), Appsmith Business / Enterprise, Appsmith Cloud, Appsmith Agents
- **Notable:** Open-source software downloaded over 5 million times, Used at 1,000+ enterprises across 100+ countries, Raised $51.5M total, including a $41M Series B led by Insight Partners

## Products & services

- **Appsmith (Open Source)** — Free, self-hostable low-code platform for building internal tools, admin panels, dashboards, and CRUD apps with 45+ drag-and-drop widgets, a built-in JavaScript editor, and integrations to 25+ databases and any REST/GraphQL API.
- **Appsmith Business / Enterprise** — Paid tiers adding enterprise security and governance - SAML/OIDC SSO, granular role-based access control, audit logging, Git version control workflows, and SOC 2 compliance.
- **Appsmith Cloud** — Managed cloud hosting of the Appsmith platform for teams that prefer not to self-host.
- **Appsmith Agents** — AI-powered automation layer that gives LLMs continuous context on a company's data, letting business teams in sales, support, HR, and CS build assistants and automations without fine-tuning or custom RAG.

## Achievements

- Open-source software downloaded over 5 million times
- Used at 1,000+ enterprises across 100+ countries
- Raised $51.5M total, including a $41M Series B led by Insight Partners
- One of the most-starred low-code / internal-tools projects on GitHub
- Recognized as the leading open-source alternative to Retool

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Appsmith makes AI assistants and agents the major focus of its low-code platform, launching Appsmith Agents for context-aware business automation.
- **2022-06** — Raised $41M Series B led by Insight Partners to scale the open-source platform and enterprise offering.
- **2021-10** — Closed $10.5M across seed and Series A rounds led by Canaan with Bessemer participation.

## Links

- Website: https://www.appsmith.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/appsmith
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/theappsmith
- GitHub: https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Appsmith

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