Stackform turns a 10-line config into a fully functional admin dashboard. No React, no boilerplate, no backend glue. Built for solo founders who ship fast.
# admin/dashboard.yaml
pages:
- title: Users
table:
source: postgres:///app
query: SELECT id, name, email, plan, created_at FROM users
filters: true
editable: true
- title: Orders
table:
source: postgres:///app
query: SELECT * FROM orders ORDER BY created_at DESC
export: trueWrite a config file, see it live instantly, then share it with your team. No deploy pipeline required.
Define tables, forms, and data sources in a single YAML file. Connect to Postgres, MySQL, or REST APIs.
→Stackform parses the config and renders a live admin UI with sortable tables, filters, and inline editing.
→Deploy instantly behind your existing auth or Stackform's built-in access control. Your team gets a URL.
Built for the 80% of internal tools that are just CRUD + filters + exports.
Your entire admin panel lives in a single YAML file. Version control it, review it, ship it — just like the rest of your code.
Built-in connectors for Postgres, MySQL, SQLite, and REST APIs. Just drop in your connection string and write a query.
Edit rows directly in the table or build custom forms for create/update flows. Stackform generates the UI from your schema.
Self-host with Docker or use Stackform Cloud. Either way you get auth, audit logs, CSV exports, and a public URL in under 5 minutes.
You don't need a full engineering team to ship an admin panel.
| Stackform | Build it yourself | Retool | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to first admin page | ~10 minutes | 2–5 days | 1–2 hours |
| Lines of code | ~10 (YAML) | 500+ (frontend + backend) | Visual drag & drop |
| Backend required | No | Yes | No |
| Self-hostable | Yes | — | Enterprise only |
| Pricing for solo founder | Free | Engineering time | $10+/month |
| What you need to know | YAML + SQL | React + Node.js + DB | Visual builder |
"I built my entire customer admin panel in one afternoon. The YAML config took me 15 minutes. Stackform replaced what would have been a 2-week detour into building a React CRUD app I didn't want to maintain."
"We're a team of 3. I needed to give my ops person a way to view and filter orders without bugging engineering. Stackform took me 20 minutes to set up. She's been using it daily for 3 months with zero support requests."
No credit card required. The Free tier includes everything a solo founder needs.