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Show HN: Openkoda – Open–source, private, Salesforce alternative

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Post by mgl » Tue, May 28, 2024, 5:11 PM UTC

Show HN: Openkoda – Open–source, private, Salesforce alternative
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Post by vantubbe » Tue, May 28, 2024, 5:30 PM UTC

How would this compare with something like goHighLevel?

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Post by tcdent » Tue, May 28, 2024, 5:31 PM UTC

Anybody have recommendations for similar projects written in Python?

Curious to know the motivations for choosing Java in this case.

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Post by candiddevmike » Tue, May 28, 2024, 5:32 PM UTC

Last commit is 2 months ago? Are you still building it?

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Post by creaktive » Tue, May 28, 2024, 5:32 PM UTC

I was just complaining to my partner about the OG Salesforce… I feel extra inspired to check this out!

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Post by mgl » Tue, May 28, 2024, 5:33 PM UTC

vantubbe wrote: post #2

How would this compare with something like goHighLevel?

Thanks for this question. I understand that goHighLevel is a closed marketing application platform, whilst Openkoda is an open-source enterprise application platform with pre-built application templates for a quick start in specific industries (now: insurance and realestate, more to come).

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Post by creaktive » Tue, May 28, 2024, 5:34 PM UTC

tcdent wrote: post #3

Anybody have recommendations for similar projects written in Python? Curious to know the motivations for choosing Java in this case.

Salesforce is customized in something called Apex, which is a dialect of Java. Would make migration/integration more convenient

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Post by mgl » Tue, May 28, 2024, 5:35 PM UTC

candiddevmike wrote: post #4

Last commit is 2 months ago? Are you still building it?

Yes, absolutely - the next release is scheduled for June, our current development cycle (which may not be ideal) is based on internal builds and testing before public release. The main reason is that there are e.g. insurance companies out there and whilst well, it's still open-source, we would not like to break anything for them.

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Post by fire_lake » Tue, May 28, 2024, 5:36 PM UTC

tcdent wrote: post #3

Anybody have recommendations for similar projects written in Python? Curious to know the motivations for choosing Java in this case.

Python is significantly more resource heavy than Java. This is not a notebook or quick script. What would Python offer here?

Re: Show HN: Openkoda – Open–source, private, Salesforce alternative

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Post by mgl » Tue, May 28, 2024, 5:37 PM UTC

creaktive wrote: post #5

I was just complaining to my partner about the OG Salesforce… I feel extra inspired to check this out!

Thanks, I really appreciate your words!

When talking to our users (and clients - as we customize Openkoda for enterprise companies building their bespoke applications as well) so many of them are tired of Salesforce being: a) slow, b) limited, c) expensive (probably in this order).