Lowdefy
Build internal tools, BI dashboards, admin panels, CRUD apps and workflows in minutes using YAML / JSON.
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Still maintained? Yes: 3,208 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v7.1.0 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
Lowdefy quick facts
- Health score
- 94/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 3,017
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v7.1.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Build apps that AI can generate, humans can review, and teams can maintain. Config that works between code and natural language."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Lowdefy scores 94/100, #5 of 14 in Software Development - IDE & Tools: 3,208 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v7.1.0, 9 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 3,017 stars add 13.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 6.1 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
3208 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v7.1.0 released 9 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 13.9 / 20
3k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 3208
- Last 90 days
- 5,590
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 14 tools in Software Development - IDE & Tools by health , between JupyterLab (#4) and Eclipse Che (#6) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Nodejs, Docker |
| Latest release | v7.1.0 · 9 days ago |
| Stars | 3,017 |
| Open issues | 7 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | lowdefy/lowdefy ↗ |
Lowdefy vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Lowdefy (Software Development - IDE & Tools), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| code-server | 100 | 80k | MIT | yesterday |
| Langfuse | 98 | 37k | MIT | today |
| Coder | 97 | 17k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| JupyterLab | 97 | 15k | BSD-3-Clause | today |
| Lowdefy (this tool) | 94 | 3k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| Eclipse Che | 92 | 7.2k | EPL-1.0 | 2 days ago |
Lowdefy: common questions
Is Lowdefy still maintained?
Lowdefy had 3,208 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v7.1.0, is from 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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