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Collecting interest
The DOAP Score

How well Appsmith supports the people who look after it

AI-generated estimate88/100 · LeadingTop tier
  1. Protect98
  2. Change77
  3. Observe94
  4. Governance96
  5. Documentation82
  6. Data95
  7. Integrate86
  8. Support83
  9. Agents85
  10. Security81

The synopsis

AI-generated draft
  • ProtectLeading98

    Backup and restore is a first-class part of Appsmith, with the controls the practice needs.

  • ChangeOptimizing77

    Appsmith supports code management, staging and rollback well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • ObserveLeading94

    Schema monitoring and change visibility is a first-class part of Appsmith, with the controls the practice needs.

  • GovernanceLeading96

    Users, authentication and access control is a first-class part of Appsmith, with the controls the practice needs.

  • DocumentationOptimizing82

    Appsmith supports documentation in the platform and across teams well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • DataLeading95

    Data cleansing, hygiene and integrity is a first-class part of Appsmith, with the controls the practice needs.

  • IntegrateLeading86

    Integrations and how they are secured is a first-class part of Appsmith, with the controls the practice needs.

  • SupportOptimizing83

    Appsmith supports support from the platform and to end users well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • AgentsLeading85

    Using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform is a first-class part of Appsmith, with the controls the practice needs.

  • SecurityOptimizing81

    Appsmith supports access, secrets, audit and compliance well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

This is an estimate until the survey closes. After that, it is the score from everyone who answered for Appsmith, labeled survey-generated and published with its report.

Steering committee and working groups

Three bodies, seats open.

The people who run Appsmith’s part of the Alliance: a steering committee of five that makes the decisions, a certification working group that writes the exam, and an ops working group that looks after the community.

  • Platform Steering Committee5 per platform

    Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.

    Seats open
  • Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform

    The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.

    Seats open
  • Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped

    Content and moderation within the platform’s community.

    Seats open
Express interest in a seatSee the committee roles →The join form asks where you would serve.

Appsmith has not joined as a participating platform member. It is here because the people who use it registered for it.

Launching 2027

Join for Appsmith.

Every name on the join form counts toward the twenty Appsmith needs to open, and toward seating its steering committee.

  1. Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join

    Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.

  2. Q1 2027First survey opens

    The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.

  3. Summer 2027The Alliance forms

    Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.

  4. AfterCertification opens

    The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.