Compartment

TL;DR

An open-source self-hosted runtime for building internal dashboards so you can stop paying Retool's per-seat extortion fees.

Who is this actually for?

Engineering teams at mid-sized startups who have the dev cycles to manage their own infrastructure and hate proprietary lock-in.

The Good

• Being open-source means you do not have to worry about your internal data leaking into a third-party SaaS cloud.
• It focuses on the runtime layer, which usually means more flexibility for complex logic compared to basic drag-and-drop builders.

The Catch (Potential Downsides)

The phrase 'runtime' is code for 'you will be writing a lot of glue code.' Also, self-hosting internal tools is only 'free' if you value your DevOps time at zero dollars.