Halo vs ToolJet

Both are self-hosted software development - low code projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

ToolJet scores 90 against Halo's 83, putting it slightly ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume. That measures project health, not feature fit — Halo may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
HaloToolJet
Health score 83/100 90/100
Commits (11 mo) 583 3397
Commits (last 3 mo) 145 1239
Stars 40k 41k
Latest release 24 Sept 2026 25 Sept 2026
Licence GPL-3.0 GPL-3.0
Built with Java, Docker Nodejs, Docker, K8S
Typical RAM 2 GB 2 GB

Halo

A powerful and easy-to-use website building tool (documentation in Chinese).

83/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 27/40
Releases 25/25
Community 19/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 67% of tracked projects; popularity more than 94%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 62 commits 2025-11: 52 commits 2025-12: 82 commits 2026-01: 69 commits 2026-02: 30 commits 2026-03: 39 commits 2026-04: 45 commits 2026-05: 59 commits 2026-06: 45 commits 2026-07: 45 commits 2026-08: 55 commits

ToolJet

Low-code framework to build & deploy internal tools with minimal engineering effort (alternative to Retool and Mendix).

90/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 38/40
Releases 25/25
Community 19/20
Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 95% of tracked projects; popularity more than 95%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 44 commits 2025-11: 41 commits 2025-12: 89 commits 2026-01: 127 commits 2026-02: 176 commits 2026-03: 620 commits 2026-04: 548 commits 2026-05: 513 commits 2026-06: 451 commits 2026-07: 374 commits 2026-08: 414 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

See every option in this category: self-hosted software development - low code.