Airplane

What is Airplane?

Airplane is an internal tooling platform designed for engineering teams to build, deploy, and manage custom applications without requiring extensive frontend development. The platform enables developers to quickly create internal tools that connect to existing databases, APIs, and services, streamlining workflows and automating routine tasks. The platform serves engineering teams, DevOps engineers, and operations specialists who need to rapidly prototype and deploy tools for internal use cases such as data management, incident response, user support, and administrative tasks. Airplane provides a low-code environment where teams can construct functional applications by combining pre-built components and integrations. Key features include a visual builder for creating interfaces, support for multiple data sources and APIs, user permission management, and version control capabilities. The platform handles authentication and security considerations relevant to internal tools. Teams can write custom logic using JavaScript or Python when needed, allowing for flexibility beyond the visual builder's capabilities. Airplane reduces the time required to build internal tools compared to traditional development approaches, enabling teams to focus on core product development rather than infrastructure for supporting applications. The platform is designed to integrate into existing engineering workflows and infrastructure, supporting rapid iteration and deployment cycles typical of development environments.