Retool's new app builder now supports importing React apps from external sources, such as Replit, Lovable, and Claude Code, for further refinement and development in Retool.

To import your React app in Retool, generate a .zip file of the code, and select Import React code from the app builder. Learn more about how it works.

Apps created with the new app builder can now be protected and checked into your chosen Source Control Manager (SCM). Source Control lets organizations manage changes using remote SCM providers GitHub, GitLab, AWS CodeCommit, Bitbucket, and Azure Repos. Using this distributed approach, your users can:

• Prevent unwanted changes to apps.
• Work collaboratively and methodically through reviews.
• Edit React code from your preferred development environment.

To get started, first protect your app. Then you can create, publish, and tag new versions.

Claude Opus 4.8 is now available on Retool Cloud through Anthropic and Amazon Bedrock. It can be used with AI resource queries, with Retool Agents, and in Assist. Support for self-hosted Retool is coming in an upcoming release.

A new AI-powered app builder is now available to cloud instances. Build production-ready React apps using natural language in the app builder or through your favorite coding agent via MCP. Whatever or however you build, everything inherits the security standards your organization has already approved and implemented.

The app builder includes:

• A Chat tab where you describe changes in natural language and an AI agent plans and executes them, with file uploads and per-thread model selection.
• A Data tab that shows the resources connected to your app and the functions that interact with them, with optional approval gates on writes.
• A Code tab that lets you view and edit every file your app uses.
• Support for organization themes, third-party npm packages, and publishing and version history.

Apps run on React 19 and a curated set of supporting libraries.

Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview), Gemini 3 Flash (Preview), and Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (Preview) are now available in Retool through Google. They can be used with AI resource queries.

GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.3 Codex are now available in Retool through OpenAI. They can be used with AI resource queries and with Assist. GPT-5.5 is also available for use with Retool Agents.

Claude Opus 4.7 is now available on Retool Cloud through Anthropic and Amazon Bedrock. It can be used with AI resource queries, with Retool Agents, and in Assist. Support for self-hosted Retool is coming in an upcoming release.

GPT-4 Turbo, GPT-4.1 Nano, and GPT-5.4 are also now available for use with Retool Agents.

GPT-5.4 is now available in Retool through OpenAI. It can currently be used with AI actions.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6 are now available in Retool through Anthropic and Amazon Bedrock. Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6 can both be used with AI resource queries.

Starting February 23rd, Retool will roll out provider-specific AI resource integrations (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, and Bedrock) in place of the singular Retool AI resource. This change is part of a broader effort to make AI integrations behave more like other resources in Retool: more flexible, more governable, and easier to scale as usage grows.

These changes will first roll out to cloud instances. Self-hosted instances can expect to receive the changes in a future release. There are no pricing or packaging changes associated with this update.

No action is required to facilitate this change. All existing apps, queries, workflows, and agents will continue to work based on existing configurations.

What's changing​

Instead of a single Retool AI resource, AI providers will function like any other resource at Retool. This allows for more flexibility when using AI, such as:

• Using multiple API keys per provider (e.g., by team, resource environment, or use case) so you can better manage access and usage limits.
• The same granular permissions and governance controls, allowing admins to decide who can create or modify specific AI resources.
• Clearer auditability and visibility into which apps and workflows are using which provider and key.
• Easier multi-provider setups, letting you mix and match models from different providers in the same workspace.

The dedicated AI Action query is also being deprecated as its functionality will be available in AI resource queries.