Let’s be honest—low code has a bad reputation in the developer world.
The second someone hears “low code,” they think of rigid, oversimplified tools that force developers into predefined frameworks, limit customization, and turn real engineering work into a frustrating battle against a platform’s constraints. And honestly? That’s the case with a lot of so-called low-code solutions.
But what if low code didn’t limit you?
What if it actually enabled you? What if you had the speed and efficiency of low code, but with the full power of custom development whenever you needed it? That’s exactly what we built at Lonti. With Martini for backend development and Bellini for frontend applications, developers get an entirely different kind of low-code experience—one where you never hit a wall.
The biggest frustration developers have with low-code platforms is that they lock you into a predefined way of building software. You’re forced to work within their rules, and the moment you need to customize beyond their built-in capabilities, you find yourself stuck.
We’ve seen this happen over and over. You start a project thinking, “This platform looks promising—it’ll save us time.” Then a few weeks in, you realize you can’t fine-tune an integration, or that there’s no way to override the automation logic, or that you’re completely at the mercy of how the platform’s API works. Suddenly, what was supposed to make development easier is actually making it harder.
Lonti approaches low code differently. Instead of boxing developers in, we designed Martini and Bellini to be open, extensible, and completely under your control.
Martini isn’t just a low-code automation tool—it’s a fully extensible iPaaS that gives you complete freedom over integrations, APIs, and business processes. You can automate workflows visually if you want, but you’re never forced into a specific model. Need to write custom logic? Use Groovy, JavaScript, Python, or Bash. Need to integrate with an external API that isn’t prebuilt? Connect anything via REST, or GraphQL.
Bellini works the same way. It lets you rapidly build front-end applications with an intuitive UI designer, but it’s not just another drag-and-drop tool that limits customization. You can bring in third-party JavaScript libraries, write custom components in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and connect your UI directly to real-time data sources and APIs.
Think about an API-first development project. You need seamless API design, strong security, and smooth deployment across multiple environments. In most low-code tools, that would be a challenge—you’d be forced into using their API structures, and security options would be minimal at best.
With Martini, none of that is a problem. You can visually design APIs if you want, but you can also write, modify, and secure APIs however you need. Implement OAuth2, API keys, or custom authentication methods. Deploy APIs across multiple gateways without vendor lock-in. And if you need to automate API interactions, you can do it in a fully customizable workflow—no rigid templates, just complete flexibility.
Or take a complex business process that needs automation. Most platforms will give you some basic workflow-building tools, but they break down the moment you need parallel processing, advanced logic, or real-time triggers. That’s where Martini’s automation engine comes in. You can build workflows visually or inject custom logic at any point. Want to trigger a workflow on an external event? Martini can do that. Need conditional routing? No problem. Even the most complex business logic can be mapped out without limitations.
Frontend development is the same story. If you’re building a data-heavy dashboard or a real-time web app, you need more than just a basic UI builder. Bellini gives you the freedom to bind components directly to live REST and GraphQL APIs without needing clunky connectors. You can extend components with custom JavaScript, integrate external UI libraries, and even deploy web and mobile applications in a single click.
For too long, low-code platforms have been built around the wrong assumption: that developers want simplicity at the expense of control. But real-world software development doesn’t work like that. Developers need speed, yes—but not at the cost of flexibility.
That’s why Lonti’s approach is different. Martini and Bellini were built on the idea that low code should empower, not restrict. You can move faster with visual development tools without ever sacrificing the ability to go full-code when needed.
Low-code isn’t the problem. Bad low-code platforms are.
And that’s exactly what we’re here to fix.