Show HN: Konty – A Balsamiq-alternative lo-fi wireframe tool for modern apps

Post by rnavi » Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 5:40 AM UTC

yoz wrote: post #20

nreece wrote: post #19

Looks good! I wonder if there's a way to combine a simple tool like yours (or Balsamiq, which I've used for many years) with generative AI to create plain HTML/CSS pages from mockups/wireframes. Figma seems bloated, v0 is React/Tailwind only.

TLDraw Make Real - which was initially thrown together by a Figma engineer who added GPT vision to an open source whiteboard app - is remarkably good at this. You can find it at https://makereal.tldraw.com/ but the guide there doesn't explain how to get the best out of it. I recommend this article by the TLDraw team which goes into some of the remarkable tricks you can use, and what people have done with it: https://…

Post by Sparkenstein » Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 5:54 AM UTC

keyle wrote: post #5

What's going on with the url? https://konty.app/http://localhost:4321/ Nice app. Loved Balsamiq for years, now I use an outdated version of Sketch.

Post by fleaaa » Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 6:06 AM UTC

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martinkostov wrote: post #26

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Brajeshwar wrote: post #14

For those who love this type of tool, you will also love Kinopio. I've no affiliation. https://kinopio.club/ I've seen the founder, /pketh answer questions here on HN. Update/Edit: The other open-source alternative to Balsamiq-ish tool is https://excalidraw.com