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Re: APITable: open-source Airtable alternative

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Post by christmaspizza »

gkoberger wrote: post #22

I see some serious red flags on their homepage: * "Partners" just seem to be logo-hijacking potential hosting platforms (not actual partnerships) * Most of the links in the footer don't work * The testimonials use fake names + stock art * API keys checked into a public repo * Seems to be built by (or somehow associated with) this company (h https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/312911-47 ), but with no links back Pl…

Is there an ongoing trend of sketchy "OSS" product offerings using this same website layout and similar fake quotes from users? I feel like I'm seeing this a lot recently.

edit: through "product hunt"?

further edit: looks like this isn't new: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29864157 maybe it's just gotten worse and I've noticed it or its "products" in my feeds recently

Re: APITable: open-source Airtable alternative

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Post by darkteflon »

fnord123 wrote: post #25
gkoberger wrote: post #22

I see some serious red flags on their homepage: * "Partners" just seem to be logo-hijacking potential hosting platforms (not actual partnerships) * Most of the links in the footer don't work * The testimonials use fake names + stock art * API keys checked into a public repo * Seems to be built by (or somehow associated with) this company (h https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/312911-47 ), but with no links back Pl…

> Airtable is so so nice as a backend/DB for simple sites, and I'm intrigued by an open source competitor! https://baserow.io/

Looks interesting but it’s only open-core: loads of important features locked behind subscription pricing, plus you lose the ability to self-host: https://baserow.io/pricing

Re: APITable: open-source Airtable alternative

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Post by darkteflon »

jswny wrote: post #15

Airtable was so cool when I tried it years ago but it was insufferably slow. Just unusable as are many web apps these days unfortunately

We use Airtable a lot with work projects; I also use it for some personal stuff - a web-available relational database is very convenient. But yup, it’s still slow as molasses.

Re: APITable: open-source Airtable alternative

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Post by melony »

Mortiffer wrote: post #33

Is it just me or is this category of product exploding right now? Here, a list of similar tools that let you easily make a data model and generate some descent UI from it ? https://budibase.com/ https://baserow.io/ https://directus.io/ https://strapi.io/ https://nocodb.com/ https://keystonejs.com/ https://saltcorn.com/ https://www.plasmic.app/ https://www.appsmith.com/ https://www.jigdev.com/ https://www.sanity.io/ h…

There's also https://github.com/illacloud/illa-builder.

Only Retool alternative I have found so far that's not AGPL encumbered or open core.

Re: APITable: open-source Airtable alternative

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Post by mark_mart »

darkteflon wrote: post #43
jswny wrote: post #15

Airtable was so cool when I tried it years ago but it was insufferably slow. Just unusable as are many web apps these days unfortunately

We use Airtable a lot with work projects; I also use it for some personal stuff - a web-available relational database is very convenient. But yup, it’s still slow as molasses.

Are they mostly for marketing? I have never needed something like Airtable, so just curious.

Re: APITable: open-source Airtable alternative

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Post by rvba »

Mortiffer wrote: post #33

Is it just me or is this category of product exploding right now? Here, a list of similar tools that let you easily make a data model and generate some descent UI from it ? https://budibase.com/ https://baserow.io/ https://directus.io/ https://strapi.io/ https://nocodb.com/ https://keystonejs.com/ https://saltcorn.com/ https://www.plasmic.app/ https://www.appsmith.com/ https://www.jigdev.com/ https://www.sanity.io/ h…

Isnt there some joke that every month a new starup tries to reinvent pivot tables?

Re: APITable: open-source Airtable alternative

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Post by wellthisisgreat »

gkoberger wrote: post #22

I see some serious red flags on their homepage: * "Partners" just seem to be logo-hijacking potential hosting platforms (not actual partnerships) * Most of the links in the footer don't work * The testimonials use fake names + stock art * API keys checked into a public repo * Seems to be built by (or somehow associated with) this company (h https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/312911-47 ), but with no links back Pl…

wow yeah this is as strong of an AVOID signal as it gets.

Re: APITable: open-source Airtable alternative

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Post by Xylakant »

jahewson wrote: post #29
gkoberger wrote: post #22

I see some serious red flags on their homepage: * "Partners" just seem to be logo-hijacking potential hosting platforms (not actual partnerships) * Most of the links in the footer don't work * The testimonials use fake names + stock art * API keys checked into a public repo * Seems to be built by (or somehow associated with) this company (h https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/312911-47 ), but with no links back Pl…

It’s also AGPL licensed but has incompatibly-licensed dependencies.

Can you point to any specific incompatibility? Most OS licensed code can be used as a dependency in AGPL code.

Re: APITable: open-source Airtable alternative

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Post by petilon »

pomatic wrote: post #6

Looks very promising from the landing page... but the one click gitpod instance is localised in a language that I don't speak. (Mandarin? Thai?). Is there English language support available, and if so, how does one turn it on?

It is Simplified Chinese. English doesn't work.
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