AppMaker is a visual full-stack development environment. Design the UI visually, then go as deep as you want with JavaScript, SQL, APIs and server-side logic. The database, authentication and jobs are already part of the project. AI assistance is on its way.
AppMaker is in beta. Free to use. Export a standard Node.js application and host it anywhere.
Open a project, design a form, wire it to data, write a little JavaScript, run it.
Compose the interface with the form designer. Then write ordinary JavaScript on the client and on the server, query the database with SQL, call external APIs or expose your own. The designer is a head start, never a ceiling.
Lay out forms and controls visually. Bind a grid to a server-script function in one property.
Handle events, validate input, call the server. Standard language, standard tooling.
Run logic close to the data. Query the built-in database, call services, return results.
Consume third-party APIs from the client or server, and expose your own endpoints.
// Runs in the browser. Same form, same control names.
async function saveCustomer() {
const errors = validate();
if (errors.length) return showErrors(errors);
const saved = await server.callFunction('customers.save', [ data1, data2 ]);
txtName.focus();
showToast(`Saved ${saved.name}`);
}
// WinForms style event handling
async function cmbPlan_onChange(sender, e) {
lblRenews.visible = cmbPlan.value !== 'Free';
}// Runs on the server. Talks to the built-in database.
async function save(input) {
const [row] = await dbRun(
`INSERT INTO customers (name, email, plan, owner_id)
VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4)
ON CONFLICT (email) DO UPDATE SET name = $1, plan = $3
RETURNING id, name`,
[input.name, input.email, input.plan, user.id]
);
await runBackground('crm.syncCustomer', { id: row.id });
return row;
}The client and server JavaScript API shown here is in active development and may change during the beta.
An AppMaker application is not a folder of arbitrary files. It is a structured model of forms, scripts, data, APIs and jobs that the designer, the runtime, and AI all understand.
Every application ships with a built-in database. Create tables, write SQL, bind results to a grid, and you have a working data-driven app. No separate database to provision, no connection strings to wire up before the first screen works.
There is no separate data-source layer. A server-script function returns rows, controls bind to it, and it is easy for both people and AI to reason about. Change the query in one place and every form that uses it follows.
Users, roles and sessions are part of the project, not an afterthought. Scheduled jobs and workflows run in the same environment as the rest of your code. Configuration and secrets stay separate from application logic.
Most AI app generators start from a blank canvas and produce a large amount of code that nobody designed. AppMaker is built to give AI the same first-class concepts a developer works with, so generated and assisted changes will land inside a known structure.
AI assistance is coming soon
Illustration of how an AI change will be described once assistance is available.
AppMaker is a development environment, not a hosting trap. When you are ready, export the application as a standard Node.js project and run it on the infrastructure you already trust.
The productivity of a development platform, without platform lock-in.
$ unzip crm-demo-export.zip && cd crm-demo
$ npm install
$ npm start
crm-demo listening on http://localhost:3000Use AppMaker for free. Optional AI assistance is coming soon and will be usage-based.
Freeno platform fees
Coming soonoptional, usage-based
AI assistance in the Designer is not available yet. When it arrives it will be optional and you will pay only for what you use. Everything else in the platform works the same without it.
AppMaker is in beta and currently offered free of charge, and is intended to remain free for the foreseeable future. Optional services, such as AI assistance once it becomes available, may have associated costs.