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Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool

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Post by mediaman »

amendegree wrote: post #39

This looks super promising. We've been looking for a good all in one internal tool builder, gonna invesitage this now. Anyone have any other alt's they found useful?

Another one I'm trying out is Grist. They have Python scripting for functions and their way of viewing multiple tables on one screen is helpful. So far I'm liking it, although it misses some things like prefiltered referential selection boxes, and I would like more entry validation for deployment to typical internal end users. They're also not great at marketing themselves.

I looked at Budibase but it doesn't offer self-referencing table relationships and the CSV import process doesn't seem to support updates as cleanly as Grist. And the interface seemed kind of sluggish to me.

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool

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Post by jroes »

chachra wrote: post #76

Looks promising for sure! I know its hard to fund etc. but it'd be nice if truly 100% open-source options existed! Even the ones that are open-source, then have pricing for SSO etc. which is disappointing. I see the same in the headless CMS space where tools like Strapi, make it very hard to adopt without paying $$$.

I feel like charging for SSO is a reasonable request of enterprises when adopting open source software. Most enterprises require SSO as policy (and should). Most enterprises also don't contribute financially to the sustainability of open source software, so this is one way to ensure that happens.

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool

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Post by eropple »

jroes wrote: post #85
chachra wrote: post #76

Looks promising for sure! I know its hard to fund etc. but it'd be nice if truly 100% open-source options existed! Even the ones that are open-source, then have pricing for SSO etc. which is disappointing. I see the same in the headless CMS space where tools like Strapi, make it very hard to adopt without paying $$$.

I feel like charging for SSO is a reasonable request of enterprises when adopting open source software. Most enterprises require SSO as policy (and should). Most enterprises also don't contribute financially to the sustainability of open source software, so this is one way to ensure that happens.

The problem is that everyone should have SSO, and that includes small orgs.

If you don't want your stuff used by small orgs that can't afford to pay, that's a totally reasonable standpoint. At the same time, though, if it's good they probably will use it despite not having SSO, and so that decision makessecurity (something that, by and large, benefits everyone) into an opt-in luxury good. Speaking only for me, I'd be uncomfortable espousing that as a philosophy.

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool

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Post by kwerk »

foxbee wrote: post #35
kwerk wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fwiw BigQuery support is what kept me from testing budibase and using retool for a project just 2 weeks ago.

Ahhh. We have a plugin repo now and there's a plugin for BigQuery: https://github.com/marblekirby/budibase-big-query-plugin

Whoa great! I’ll give it a go

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool

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Post by kwerk »

foxbee wrote: post #35
kwerk wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fwiw BigQuery support is what kept me from testing budibase and using retool for a project just 2 weeks ago.

Ahhh. We have a plugin repo now and there's a plugin for BigQuery: https://github.com/marblekirby/budibase-big-query-plugin

I missed it because there’s an open issue for it: https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/issues/4403
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