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Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool

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We have open source React framework alternative for Retool and other similar tools. Repo: https://github.com/refinedev/refine It is headless by default and supports Material UI, AntDesign, Chakra UI, and Mantine. It also has connectors for 15+ backend services including REST API, GraphQL, NestJs CRUD, Airtable, Strapi, Strapi v4, Strapi GraphQL, Supabase, Hasura, Nhost, Appwrite, Firebase.. You can compare with Retoo…

wow... never came across this - looks great!

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool

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Wow! It is great to see another low code, open source platform being launched. I’ve been involved with open source for over 25 years, and I am a big believer in the power of open source to accelerate development and empower people all over the world to build amazing things. I have built a career on OSS, and millions of others have as well. It is a game changer. In full transparency, I am the Head of DevRel at Appsmit…

Lol, you should check this one too. Here: https://github.com/illacloud/illa-builder

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool

#123

We have open source React framework alternative for Retool and other similar tools. Repo: https://github.com/refinedev/refine It is headless by default and supports Material UI, AntDesign, Chakra UI, and Mantine. It also has connectors for 15+ backend services including REST API, GraphQL, NestJs CRUD, Airtable, Strapi, Strapi v4, Strapi GraphQL, Supabase, Hasura, Nhost, Appwrite, Firebase.. You can compare with Retoo…

Hey mate, you guys are building a really great project there. Take a look at ours here: https://github.com/illacloud/illa-builder

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool

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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 $$$.

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Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool

#125

Wow! It is great to see another low code, open source platform being launched. I’ve been involved with open source for over 25 years, and I am a big believer in the power of open source to accelerate development and empower people all over the world to build amazing things. I have built a career on OSS, and millions of others have as well. It is a game changer. In full transparency, I am the Head of DevRel at Appsmit…

I think this will lead to OSS becoming a "finite game".

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool

#126

Wow! It is great to see another low code, open source platform being launched. I’ve been involved with open source for over 25 years, and I am a big believer in the power of open source to accelerate development and empower people all over the world to build amazing things. I have built a career on OSS, and millions of others have as well. It is a game changer. In full transparency, I am the Head of DevRel at Appsmit…

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Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool

#127

Wow! It is great to see another low code, open source platform being launched. I’ve been involved with open source for over 25 years, and I am a big believer in the power of open source to accelerate development and empower people all over the world to build amazing things. I have built a career on OSS, and millions of others have as well. It is a game changer. In full transparency, I am the Head of DevRel at Appsmit…

open block definitely uses some of appsmith and retool's code. You can use the IDEA to do your own the functions, but please do not COPY & PASTE. Don't be copycat.

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool

#128

Wow! It is great to see another low code, open source platform being launched. I’ve been involved with open source for over 25 years, and I am a big believer in the power of open source to accelerate development and empower people all over the world to build amazing things. I have built a career on OSS, and millions of others have as well. It is a game changer. In full transparency, I am the Head of DevRel at Appsmit…

Lol, you should check this one too. Here: https://github.com/illacloud/illa-builder

To be clear, this post is to his own tool.

Re: Show HN: Open-source alternative to Retool

#129

Wow! It is great to see another low code, open source platform being launched. I’ve been involved with open source for over 25 years, and I am a big believer in the power of open source to accelerate development and empower people all over the world to build amazing things. I have built a career on OSS, and millions of others have as well. It is a game changer. In full transparency, I am the Head of DevRel at Appsmit…

Thanks for your comment. co-founder of Openblocks here.

To provide some background info, there are 19 files containing code from Appsmith currently, all of them are about data source integration and have been added the corresponding apache license text.

I'm a super fan of open-source software. Nowadays no software can be built without the dependency on open-source projects. Openblocks have a direct dependency on dozens of open source projects, I'm grateful to all of them and I don't think using them harms the reputation of open source, instead, this is what makes OSS prosperous.

I was an Appsmith user and the project helped me a lot on building tools, I really appreciate that you maintain such a great project. But building web apps has a big scope, I don't think the story ends here. One of the things that makes Retool/Appsmith stand out is their developer-friendly nature, but there are also many limitations compared to developer-first frameworks like React/Vue. We start a new project because there are so many potentials and possibilities that need to be explored.

Speaking of shared libraries, I think it's a fantastic idea. It will be amazing if we can maintain a common data source/integration library together. There are so many platforms out there that need integration features. Though, finding the right abstraction for integration is a little tricky. We are working on an protocol and will provide all the integration source codes of Openblocks with a more permissive license. Hopefully, other platforms can benefit from it and be able to spend more time on innovation instead of repetitive work.

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