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Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.

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Post by sdesol »

riku_iki wrote: post #46
sdesol wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Wow! Building this in 7 weeks is an incredible feat. Here is an analysis of Tooljet development in the last 90 days https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?q=wind... I also did one for budibase as well https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?q=wind... Disclaimer: I'm the creator of GitSense

Why no LoC included, it seems most useful metric. Also bugs filed/fixed would be helpful too. Thank you for your effort!

> Why no LoC included

LoC invokes PTSD for many developers and I honestly want to do it right, which will take a bit effort and thinking on my part. For example, when providing LoC, I want to be able to break it down into useful information like (isolated code, used here and there) and so forth.

I want LoC to help us understand the significance of going from one revision to another, so that LoC can be used to help us drive actionable insights.

Edit: Just realized I never addressed your other points which is I do want to index and provide insights into everything in the software development lifecycle, it's just that I'm bound by resource constraints right now.

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.

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Post by sdesol »

hangtwenty wrote: post #42
sdesol wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Wow! Building this in 7 weeks is an incredible feat. Here is an analysis of Tooljet development in the last 90 days https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?q=wind... I also did one for budibase as well https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?q=wind... Disclaimer: I'm the creator of GitSense

GitSense seems very useful. Constructive feedback about the UI: replace the (straggler?) serif font with the sans serif font you're using elsewhere on the page

Thanks for the feedback. I'm the sole founder behind GitSense and to be honest, there are too many stragglers and things I should have done better. It's just that my time is pulled in so many different directions, with the business side of things occupying most of it right now.

Thanks for commenting and yeah I do want to ensure everything is sans serif. I think I get a pass though, since I do have the beta label on the tool :-)

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.

#53

Post by ishikawa »

codingdave wrote: post #45

I feel like low-code apps like this have hit commodity level. A bit of history - in the late 90s, you could (and we did) build a multi-million dollar product doing basic content management for plain old web pages. That heydey lasted a couple years before Wordpress and other such tools came around and basic CMS was more of a solved problem than a unique product. The same has occurred over the years in multiple niches…

For me the problem is that they usually don't reach a good maturity level, but the idea in my opinion is very important. To mention the 90s again, you could do in one day an internal app using MS Access. Now if you want it with web interface, you have to think about front-end, back-end, database, devops. It is just too much for when you want a simple thing.

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.

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Post by sdesol »

foxbee wrote: post #43
sdesol wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Wow! Building this in 7 weeks is an incredible feat. Here is an analysis of Tooljet development in the last 90 days https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?q=wind... I also did one for budibase as well https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?q=wind... Disclaimer: I'm the creator of GitSense

Awesome tool. Have you considered adding support/analytics around Github discussions?

I actually want to index everything in the software development lifecycle, which will include GitHub discussions. The issue right now is I'm a sole founder and I can only implement so many features and I am looking for investors right now (ping me if you think you can help with introductions) to tackle what you suggested.

I really do want to index everything from meetings, emails, time between design docs and so forth. Indexing GitHub discussions is very important since it takes effort to engage people and I want to best capture effort so that developers can say "1 line of code" took more effort than you can imagine.

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.

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Post by mike_chuckles »

foxbee wrote: post #20
navaneethpk wrote: post #2

Founder here, ToolJet is a no-code platform for building & deploying custom internal tools. ToolJet is built using Ruby on Rails and ReactJS. ToolJet can connect to existing data sources of companies such as databases, Google sheets, API endpoints, external services, and more. ToolJet's drag and drop app builder can quickly create UI widgets such as tables, charts, forms, etc and connect these widgets with the data f…

Wow! Building this in 7 weeks is an incredible feat. I am the cofounder of Budibase - an open source alt to Retool, Mendix, Outsystems - and have been building it for around 2 years now. It's an incredible space and solves a burning problem for engineers, IT teams and business users. We're seeing major benefits of being open source, with the like of the NHS, Amazon, Deloitte and other major orgs choosing Budibase ove…

I've been playing with this for a little while now, really like the fact this takes over a lot of the management issues as well like handling email templating and all those nitty gritty bits that would otherwise be a pain!

Looking forward to seeing where this goes over the next while!

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.

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Post by hetunandu »

krishvs wrote: post #5

Looks great! How do you sandbox custom js code. Can we choose if it runs on the front-end or server-side? Most of the low-code opensource builders seems to run it on a sandbox in the frontend using realms..but this is not great if a screen needs to perform calculations that affect financial data like a mini POS, tax calc etc

Is the concern with running JS on the client side regarding security? At Appsmith we run user code inside a worker to avoid malicious code from accessing many browser apis. We also plan to add the ability to run the JS code on the server and have it run via web hooks for automation use cases. I wrote how we do it at Appsmith a few months back:

https://blog.appsmith.com/evaluating-js-in-the-browser-for-a...

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.

#57

Post by foxbee »

mike_chuckles wrote: post #55
foxbee wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow! Building this in 7 weeks is an incredible feat. I am the cofounder of Budibase - an open source alt to Retool, Mendix, Outsystems - and have been building it for around 2 years now. It's an incredible space and solves a burning problem for engineers, IT teams and business users. We're seeing major benefits of being open source, with the like of the NHS, Amazon, Deloitte and other major orgs choosing Budibase ove…

I've been playing with this for a little while now, really like the fact this takes over a lot of the management issues as well like handling email templating and all those nitty gritty bits that would otherwise be a pain! Looking forward to seeing where this goes over the next while!

Thanks for the feedback. Our latest release has received great feedback to date. There are a lot of IT professionals out there who don't want to deal with onboarding, adding/removing users and forgot password flows.

I'd love to hear more about your use cases if you have the time:

calendly.com dash budibase

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.

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Post by foxbee »

sdesol wrote: post #54
foxbee wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Awesome tool. Have you considered adding support/analytics around Github discussions?

I actually want to index everything in the software development lifecycle, which will include GitHub discussions. The issue right now is I'm a sole founder and I can only implement so many features and I am looking for investors right now (ping me if you think you can help with introductions) to tackle what you suggested. I really do want to index everything from meetings, emails, time between design docs and so fort…

Awesome. It's a big task, and I wish you all the best. Not sure I can help with investors though.

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.

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Post by mike_chuckles »

foxbee wrote: post #57
mike_chuckles wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been playing with this for a little while now, really like the fact this takes over a lot of the management issues as well like handling email templating and all those nitty gritty bits that would otherwise be a pain! Looking forward to seeing where this goes over the next while!

Thanks for the feedback. Our latest release has received great feedback to date. There are a lot of IT professionals out there who don't want to deal with onboarding, adding/removing users and forgot password flows. I'd love to hear more about your use cases if you have the time: calendly.com dash budibase

I'll get in touch, thanks!

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.

#60

Post by ishikawa »

navaneethpk wrote: post #2

Founder here, ToolJet is a no-code platform for building & deploying custom internal tools. ToolJet is built using Ruby on Rails and ReactJS. ToolJet can connect to existing data sources of companies such as databases, Google sheets, API endpoints, external services, and more. ToolJet's drag and drop app builder can quickly create UI widgets such as tables, charts, forms, etc and connect these widgets with the data f…

That is a very great job. Congrats! My feedback is to make it flexible on charts and easy to create admin panels.
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