Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.
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Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.
#2Founder 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 from data sources.
I have been dabbling with the idea of ToolJet for a while. but the real progress happened over the last 7 weeks while I was in quarantine. One of my family members tested positive for covid and then came to the state-mandated lockdown. Not being able to step out of my home has been particularly hard, but nevertheless gave birth to ToolJet.
I believe that the tools that require access to sensitive data should be self-hosted ( data never leaves the premises) and open-source ( modify the software to fit organization-specific requirements ).
Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.
#3Before I could give more of a look into it, the license jumped at me. What's the idea behind using GPLv3? Who do you want to enable to use this, versus whom are you trying to prevent from using this?
Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.
#4Congratulations on launch!
Got a question. What do you think, is it possible to create internal tools as desktop apps that doesn't need servers/internet connection? I understand that your product is web based, so doesnt have such desktop-app feature. Can you recommend any no-code tool for building desktop based apps?
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#5Looks 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
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#6Before I could give more of a look into it, the license jumped at me. What's the idea behind using GPLv3? Who do you want to enable to use this, versus whom are you trying to prevent from using this?
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Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.
#7Founder 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…
Appsmith is also open source, but this looks great. Can't believe you knocked it out in 7 weeks.
Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.
#8Founder 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…
Impressive amount of work for 7 weeks! Looking forward to trying it out, super welcome tool!
Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.
#9Founder 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…
Appsmith is also open source, but this looks great. Can't believe you knocked it out in 7 weeks.
Same here, the website and product looks impressive. @navaneethpk how many hours a day have you been coding? Do you use some ready templates or boilerplates?
Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool, Internal.io, etc.
#10Founder 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…
Impressive amount of work for 7 weeks! Looking forward to trying it out, super welcome tool!
It demonstrates what a skilled Rails developer can achieve by himself. It’s not a surprise that so many successful startups are still built with Ruby on Rails regularly.