Move from Power Apps to Appsmith

Take it out

1. 1

   Step 1

   Pick the one app people open

   Ignore the experiments. Write down each screen, each data source, and each button that writes data.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Get the data out of the list

   If the data is SharePoint or Excel, export the table. NocoDB or Baserow can hold that table. Dataverse security roles do not export.

3. 3

   Step 3

   List the flows

   Power Automate flows are not part of the canvas file. Write down the trigger and the action. They get rebuilt in an automation tool, or they stay.

Put it in

1. 1

   Step 1

   Run Appsmith and add the datasource

   Docker Compose is the documented install. Connect SQL or the HTTP API. Confirm a read query before you draw the screen.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Rebuild the form

   Add the table and the fields people edit. A Power Apps formula does not paste in. Write the query that saves the row.

3. 3

   Step 3

   Turn on company login if you need it

   Check the SSO docs for the edition you installed before you promise Entra ID. Test with one account.

What you lose

• The canvas file

  There is no importer. The screen is new. The data can be the same database.

• Dataverse

  Tables, relationships, and security roles stay in Dataverse unless you move the rows yourself.

• The January 2027 price

  Microsoft says Premium goes from $20 to $22 per user a month on January 1, 2027, and the 2,000-seat plan goes from $12 to $14. A current term keeps the old price until renewal. The rebuild does not have to finish before that date.