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Ask HN: Is there a truly solid low-code to build Twitter or Reddit clone?

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Post by node-bayarea »

Hi there, I'd like to build a full featured Reddit or Twitter clone with most of the common functionality. The requirement I have is that it needs to be production-ready. I also need things like image uploading, plans, stripe integration etc. Is there a low-code solution that you think that'd help me build the frontend and the backend? I just can't find something that can really help with both frontend and backend.

I'm thinking something like retool (frontend) and firebase (backend) combo. Is that that route I should take?

EDIT: Just to give some more context as people were asking: The features I'm looking to have are: Nothing really special but here are some requirements.

1. Allow people to login using LinkedIn, Twitter, or Gmail. 2FA auth. 2. Allow people to post news articles, comment on others, upvote, downvote. - Have nested comments 3. Scan for NSFW images and bad words to hide them. 4. Admin tasks: remove, block, throttle spam (as much as possible) 5. Have people and company profile page (similar to what you see on Twitter) - Have some special sections on those profile pages to allow folks to have links (CTAs) to things they care about.

6. Verify people for authenticity. --- Engage folks --- 1. Show Trending topics, send emails, send other notifications to get people to engage.

--- business side--- Allow companies/people to login, pay and ad display ads to show up on different places on the app.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a truly solid low-code to build Twitter or Reddit clone?

#2

Post by loh »

Check out Molecule.dev.

It has basically everything you're requesting - both front-end and back-end, image uploads, authentication (and OAuth login via Twitter, Google, etc.), user plans/subscriptions, Stripe integration, cross-platform support with Apple Pay and Google Pay, push notifications, emails, documentation, unit tests, etc. And after some minor setup, it's immediately ready for you to publish to app stores if you wish to do so, with thorough step-by-step instructions on how to set it all up.

I should also note that it isn't a framework, so you're not locked into learning some specific way of doing things. It assembles full-stack codebases using tools and libraries most developers are already familiar with, so you'll have full control over everything. It is designed for teams, startups, and indie devs to quickly build and scale.

You'd still need to implement custom functionality like voting and reposting yourself, however.

Disclaimer: I'm the creator of Molecule.dev.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a truly solid low-code to build Twitter or Reddit clone?

#4

Post by daenz »

>Reddit or Twitter clone

You're talking about two fundamentally very different products with very different usage patterns. It would be helpful to hear what features you are looking for from each product and how you expect users to interact with it.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a truly solid low-code to build Twitter or Reddit clone?

#9

Post by node-bayarea »

anamax wrote: post #5

> The requirement I have is that it needs to be production-ready. At what scale?

Good question. This is in the B2B2C. I doubt I'll get millions of people per day LOL. So anything decent but something that I can quickly set up is what I'm looking for.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a truly solid low-code to build Twitter or Reddit clone?

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Post by marban »

Created https://biztoc.com on GCP from scratch — As with most ready-made stuff, it would have been too much hassle to tweak thing in the long run. Spam detection in the likes of Reddit is probably the only thing I would resort to a third party solution.
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