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Retool, Self-Hosted — A low code platform to build internal tools
Our low code app builder combines the ease of drag-and-drop visual components with APIs, logic, and escape hatches so developers can custom code whatever they need. Now with self-serve plans that you can deploy on your own private network.
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Thanks @rrhoover! Definitely a big decision for us and hopefully taking a step closer to making Retool the way all engineers build software
Hello Product Hunt!
@dvdhsu, @hirday_gupta, @andrew_spencer, @kevin_garcia1, @purisid and I have been building an exciting new update for Retool, a low code app platform made for developers to build internal apps, fast.
Until now only our enterprise customers had access to self-hosted Retool. Today we are excited to launch a self-hosted Retool option to all users. Now even a 1-person startup can self-host Retool without talking to anyone.
There’s a lot of reasons why you might want to self-host Retool:
- You work in heavily regulated industries, like financial services or healthcare
- You can only access sensitive data from your private network
- You prefer to host software in your own VPC or locally
No matter your reason, we’re excited to see folks try self-hosted Retool, and have done a lot of engineering work to make deployment easy—you can use Docker, Kubernetes, and 1-click deploy on AWS.
We want to know: what do you think and how can this be even more useful for folks who prefer self-hosted software? Thank you!
@dvdhsu @hirday_gupta @andrew_spencer @kevin_garcia1 @ibala Thanks Balakumaran! Let me know if you need any help as you get up and running!
@dvdhsu @hirday_gupta @andrew_spencer @kevin_garcia1 @cuffejamie @ibala Thanks Bala! Let us know if you have any feedback when you try it out.
@dvdhsu @hirday_gupta @andrew_spencer @kevin_garcia1 @cuffejamie Congrats on the launch — this is great. Win for open-source! 🙌
@dvdhsu @hirday_gupta @andrew_spencer @kevin_garcia1 @cuffejamie @mrahmadawais It's not open source.
To the retool team, you might want to add a license to https://github.com/tryretool/ret...
@dvdhsu @hirday_gupta @andrew_spencer @kevin_garcia1 @purisid @cuffejamie Congratulations on the launch! To make self-hosting available, even for individual users, is a big step! I'm sure lean teams will avail the services. Glad to see no change in pricing as well! 😉
Thanks @adityavsc! Totally agree, the main goal here is making it possible for any developer to self-serve and get started no matter their infra/security needs.
I'm a Retool customer, and really like the product. But, this launch of a self-hosted option isn't new - they've offered a self-hosted product for at least a year. My guess is this is a marketing response to Tooljet's open source launch. I understand the business driver for this, but it also seems counter to the spirit of this community and as a fan of Retool, just feels like you're better than this.
Hi @tela! Super fair concern. You're right that we've provided the option for Enterprise plan customers to self-host Retool since we were 2 people - more about that here from @dvdhsu: https://retool.com/blog/building.... We're now making it possible for all Retool customers to self-host from day 1. Today's launch reflects lots of eng work into many new updates: a new self-serve payment option for our Free and Startup self-hosted plans, improvements to our self-hosted deployment experience, 1-click AWS deployment and more. We hope this will enable all engineers to try Retool regardless of their infra/data setups. In any case, appreciate your feedback on the launch!
@dvdhsu @cuffejamie Thanks so much for clarifying all of that, and I'm glad to hear this is a strategic direction that Retool is committed to. In particular, the self-serve for self-hosted approach is a welcome improvement. Cheers!
Thanks @tela - really appreciate it! Big launch for us and a commitment to giving developers like us the ability to self-serve self-host
@tela Thanks for the comment! I totally understand that perspective. To add a little detail to Jamie's explanation, when I was applying to Retool I worked at a big company where I never could've tried retool because I couldn't access my data sources. That experience blocked me from using Retool, so at Retool I worked with the team to experiment with a self service version of on prem. Everyone at Retool was so bought into the idea because we've always wanted it to be easy to anyone to deploy Retool. Anyways, thanks for sharing how our timing may have contributed to a potentially different narrative. We'll definitely keep that in mind for future launches.
@andrew_spencer I can absolutely confirm the need. I have a contract running product at a large enterprise where we handle sensitive financial data, and an externally hosted solution wasn't even viable enough for me to raise. It's a smart GTM play that enables land-and-expand. Thanks for the additional context!
Solid tool to create amazing dashboards easily so the whole team can do the technical stuff. Would recommend.
Retool customer for a long time here. Can't say enough good things about them. Great platform to build internal tools and POCs quickly
Hey folks! One of the makers here - one of the reasons I'm particularly excited about this launch is the amount of work we put in behind the scenes to make this a (hopefully!) joyful dev experience. From our single-command deployment script to the one-click AWS deployment to extensive K8S support, we've made it super easy to install Retool onto your infrastructure. Can't wait for you all to try this out, and as always, looking forward to hearing any and all feedback on these flows!
@hirday_gupta It's been awesome working with you so far on creating the best self-hosted offering! Your bar for customer experience is second to none and has created a great experience for our users. And more to come!
This is huge news @retool! Plus shoutout to the interesting blog post: https://retool.com/blog/building...
Thanks @stevenschmatz - we love working with you and the team at On Deck. (I was also ODF2 and huge fan of everything you've built).
Curious to hear if there were particular section of the post you found insightful / anything you'd like to see more of?
Hey everyone!
@cuffejamie @hirday_gupta @kevin_garcia1 @dvdhsu and I are excited to share self hosted Retool with you!
I'm especially excited for this launch because when I tried to use Retool before joining, I couldn't since my company's data was only accessible inside our network. That blocked me from using Retool, so when I joined I wanted to make it so anyone, regardless of where your data is, could get started on Retool and build useful apps.
Until today, if your data was only accessible inside your network, you couldn't try out Retool without getting our help deploying. Now, you can deploy Retool in your own environment in just a few minutes.
Please reach out to our team if you have any feedback or would like any help getting started!
Retool — ripping control from inefficient/incompetent IT operations teams for years and putting it back in the hands of business owners.
One major benefit in this offering is making it easier for developers to fit into IT, security and compliance practices while still selecting tools that help them move fast. Being able to connect to you live data fast and securely i tantamount for building successful POCs that align business and eng stakeholders around what to build and how to deliver fast.
I've wanted a tool like retool since I started working in 2013, but I was never able to fully wrap my head around what it would be or how it would work.
I went from 0 experience in front end and only analytical experience in backend to developing entire tools that my team uses every day.
Hi,
Am feyin an aspiring product manager,
I will like to work in your product team
I am willing to work unpaid as I am trying to gain experience and exposure in my field as an aspiring product manager
My skills as a product manager are
Communication skills:- I have led a team of 10 which consists of engineers, marketers and co
Programming skills :- am good in ruby on rails as I have a professional certificate
Analytics skills:- am good with SQL and Microsoft excel
Leadership skills :- like I said I have led a team of 10 which consists of engineers, marketers we developed a software product which was a success
I would be expecting your response soon
Congrats on the launch! We are beginning to use retool internally and it looks promising
Thanks @ussumant! Let us know if there's anything we can help with as you get up and running
@matthew_abt Hey! Right now Retool is pretty focused on making it really easy to make internal tools. We shine on use cases that involve internal users writing to databases and APIs. We offer a feature to have public apps that aren't authenticated, but these are often used for dashboards or public uploads, not full websites. External applications is in our long term vision, but we're going to focus on internal tools for the foreseeable future.
@matthew_abt curious to hear more about your use case? We do have a number of customers using Retool for semi-external use cases like partner portals, outsourced data enrichment, managing contractors, etc
@cuffejamie Got it ,, thanks for clarifying. Yes I would be looking to use it for full stack web applications such a marketplace.
I am a customer from long time here. I want to say in a word that this is the great platform to build internal tools.
?makers : Hi ! Are you planning to build the customer portal functionality?
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