Best Free Application Development Software

Compare the Top Free Application Development Software as of December 2025

What is Free Application Development Software?

Application development software is a type of software used to create applications and software programs. It typically includes code editors, compilers, and debuggers that allow developers to write, compile, and debug code. It also includes libraries of pre-written code that developers can use to create more complex and powerful applications. Compare and read user reviews of the best Free Application Development software currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Rayven

    Rayven

    Rayven

    Rayven's a full-stack, no/low-code platform that lets anyone build powerful apps, AI tools, and automations - fast. It's simple, scalable, and works with your existing technologies. Start building on our free-forever plan using AI prompts, drag-and-drop tools, templates, or code (when you want) to: - Build apps + automations in minutes using templates or from scratch - Connect systems, unify data, and integrate AI into your workflows - Modernise processes without replacing legacy tech or adding risk - Enable IT, Developers, DevOps, Ops, and Product teams to work from the same platform Rayven is designed for developers and non-technical users alike; giving you the all-in-one, low-cost tool to get from idea to outcome, fast.
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    Starting Price: $0
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    Aware IM

    Aware IM

    AwareSoft Pty Ltd

    AwareIM is a low code web application builder, designed for rapid, robust and scalable development. It comes pre-packed with most, if not all, of what you’ll need to build enterprise-level business management applications, uses a non-procedural, rule-based approach, which makes development as simple and intuitive as it gets, is based on Java, so you get to “build once, run anywhere”, and is fully customizable, so nothing will hinder your creativity. AwareIM innately takes care of the full stack and includes all key components of a full fledged app, so you get to begin as close as possible to the finish line, right from the start. AwareIM uses a non-procedural, rule-based approach to development, which means, simply put, that you only need to specify what you want, the how is taken care of automatically. Development doesn’t get much simpler than that. AwareIM consists of Java code under the hood, so it will run in exactly the same way on any popular operating system.
    Starting Price: $150/month
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    Jira

    Jira

    Atlassian

    Jira is the only project management tool you need to plan and track work across every team. Jira by Atlassian is the #1 software development tool for teams planning and building great products. Trusted by thousands of teams, Jira offers access to a wide range of tools for planning, tracking, and releasing world-class software, capturing and organizing issues, assigning work, and following team activity. It also integrates with leading developer tools for end-to-end traceability. From short projects, to large cross-functional programs, Jira helps break big ideas down into achievable steps. Organize work, create milestones, map dependencies and more. Link work to goals so everyone can see how their work contributes to company objectives and stay aligned to what’s important. Your next move, suggested by AI. Atlassian Intelligence takes your big ideas and automatically suggests the tasks to help get it done.
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    Starting Price: Free
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    Neptune DXP

    Neptune DXP

    Neptune Software

    Neptune Software's leading low-code app development platform - Neptune DXP – digitizes and optimizes business processes and user interfaces – at scale and with ease. Neptune DXP offers enterprise mobility, as well as the best low-code app development for SAP customers with the choice of no-code/low-code app development. The platform gives IT departments the right tools to build the apps they need. Neptune DXP provides a fast, cost-effective, and future-proof way to industrialize the development of custom applications (especially SAP Fiori, SAP mobile applications), turning your IT organization into an app factory, saving time and money on enterprise app development, app integration, and enterprise app operations.
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    Betty Blocks

    Betty Blocks

    Betty Blocks

    The number one platform to build advanced enterprise-grade applications: surprisingly easy, fast, and fun. The Betty Blocks platform is often used by corporate organizations, law firms, and legal teams to automate important business processes with bespoke applications, released in a rapid manner. The platform of Betty Blocks offers limitless solutions. From pre-built templates to personalized applications, we've got you! With use cases such as contract- and NDA generators, you can easily integrate document templates and define the variables you need to customize your documents. Our best-in-class integration with for example iManage, and Thomson Reuters HighQ, ensures our platform fits perfectly into your IT landscape. With Betty Blocks, you can lower your development lifecycle from months to weeks or even days! 100% in the cloud, 100% pushing your organization's needle on innovation.
    Starting Price: $1500.00/month
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    Joget DX

    Joget DX

    Joget, Inc.

    Joget offers an open-source, AI-powered platform that converges no-code/low-code development with AI to rapidly build and customize enterprise applications at scale. By combining AI with visual app builders—not raw code—Joget makes app generation faster, safer, and more accessible. With Generative AI and Agentic AI capabilities, Joget Intelligence enables organizations to automate and enhance processes while maintaining oversight and compliance. Unlike typical AI code generation, Joget's visual-first approach ensures applications are maintainable and governed within collaborative human workflows. As an Application and Integration Fabric, Joget connects legacy and modern systems seamlessly. Its extensible, open-source core and plugin architecture offer unmatched flexibility, and its White Label solution allows OEMs and digital solution providers to fully rebrand the platform. Trusted by startups, global enterprises, and government agencies across the globe.
    Starting Price: $5/user/month
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    GoCD

    GoCD

    ThoughtWorks

    Easily model and visualize complex workflows with GoCD. GoCD’s value stream map shows your entire path to production in a single view. Easily navigate across jobs, spot inefficiencies, and optimize your process. No plugin required, out of box CD. GoCD streamlines your CD workflow on popular cloud environments such as Kubernetes, Docker, AWS and more. GoCD excels at modeling complex CD workflows for fast feedback with its modeling constructs, parallel execution and dependency management. GoCD helps you troubleshoot a broken pipeline by tracking every change from commit to deploy in real time. Compare content - both files and commit messages - across any two arbitrary builds. GoCD integrates with many popular external tools and services via its extensible plugin architecture. We have put a lot of thought into making sure GoCD upgrades are painless and non-breaking even when you are using plugins. There are numerous high-quality, curated plugins currently available.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Conholdate.Total for Java
    Conholdate.Total for Java includes all file format Java APIs as a single suite that are offered by Aspose & GroupDocs. It enables software developers to build an incredibly versatile file processing system capable of handling many popular file formats and performs a wide range of document handling operations from within their own Java (J2SE, J2EE, J2ME) applications. It fully supports features like creating, modifying, printing, displaying, viewing, annotating, comparing, automating, searching & converting between a wide range of popular document formats. Conholdate.Total for Java is built using managed code that does not need Microsoft Office or any other tool in order to work with any of the supported file formats. It is a perfect Microsoft Office automation alternative in terms of supported features, security, stability, scalability, speed and price. It is a perfect Microsoft Office automation alternative in terms of supported features, security, stability, scalability and speed.
    Starting Price: from US$ 4,999
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    Hypi

    Hypi

    Hypi

    Hypi is a no-code and low-code web and mobile app development platform. The platform is simple enough for a non-technical user to build and launch applications but its underlying API is flexible enough for developers to customise any aspect. Deliver solutions 10x faster and scale on demand. The product is used by small startups and global enterprises alike who can choose the convenient cloud option or simple on-premise deployment. Access pre-made templates and smart suggestions, all from the marketplace. Creating screens doesn't mean building every single one from scratch. Link screen designs to your user stories. It keeps you on track with your goals, in line with your user’s needs. Control the visual consistency without manually editing every screen. Your design system perfected the way you envision it. Extend the editor with personal or external widgets. Anything to make your job easier.
    Starting Price: £14.99 per month
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    P4

    P4

    Perforce

    P4 (formerly Helix Core) is an enterprise-grade version control system designed to manage the complexities of modern software development. It allows teams to store, track, and manage all digital assets—ranging from source code to 3D models—with unprecedented scalability. P4 is ideal for large, distributed teams working on large-scale projects, offering powerful collaboration tools, seamless integrations, and advanced branching capabilities. With strong support for both centralized and distributed workflows, P4 enhances productivity and efficiency, making it a top choice for software, game, and hardware development teams.
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