Love it!
I always liked Balsamiq, it really forces you not to obsess about the pixels too much, but it was so slow/bloated/buggy, like something from the Java on desktop era. This is much smoother!
Show HN: Konty – A Balsamiq-alternative lo-fi wireframe tool for modern apps
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#12Love it! I always liked Balsamiq, it really forces you not to obsess about the pixels too much, but it was so slow/bloated/buggy, like something from the Java on desktop era. This is much smoother!
Well, yes, it was from the Flash era. It started in Flash/Flex. I love it and used it for a very long time. Huge respect for Peldi (Balsamiq founder).
Re: Show HN: Konty – A Balsamiq-alternative lo-fi wireframe tool for modern apps
#13Looks nice! Maybe add some explanation about licensing on the first pages. And the name sounds like "butty" in Dutch, so that will be hard for me to recommend out loud for my Dutch IT students.
Coq apparently renamed since professors have to introduce it to 18 year olds each year.
Re: Show HN: Konty – A Balsamiq-alternative lo-fi wireframe tool for modern apps
#14For those who love this type of tool, you will also love Kinopio. I've no affiliation. https://kinopio.club/
I've seen the founder, /pketh answer questions here on HN.
Update/Edit: The other open-source alternative to Balsamiq-ish tool is https://excalidraw.com
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#15Are people still using Balsamiq?! I haven't heard that name in literally forever. I used to use it and love it like fifteen years ago when I fancied myself a designer and not just a backend dev.
I remember was using an old version around the time just before the recent Pandemic. Balsamiq went with the current trend and is focusing on subscription/saas model targeting businesses. Peldi also seem to have retired or is semi-retired.
Re: Show HN: Konty – A Balsamiq-alternative lo-fi wireframe tool for modern apps
#16Are people still using Balsamiq?! I haven't heard that name in literally forever. I used to use it and love it like fifteen years ago when I fancied myself a designer and not just a backend dev.
I am still using Balsamiq for low-fi wireframes and low-fi prototyping. Mostly for desktop application development these days. Absolutely love it. Desktop version is still mostly on par with its subscription model counterpart, only major difference being collaboration thingies.
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#17No Linux support :'(
Re: Show HN: Konty – A Balsamiq-alternative lo-fi wireframe tool for modern apps
#18Hi,
Balsamiq is one of my favorite products, I have already downloaded konty and I stress it a lot. Congratulations for the idea and for the product, how did you come up with it? After the beta will it be paid?
I will give you some feedback soon.
Thanks
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#19Looks good!
I wonder if there's a way to combine a simple tool like yours (or Balsamiq, which I've used for many years) with generative AI to create plain HTML/CSS pages from mockups/wireframes. Figma seems bloated, v0 is React/Tailwind only.
Re: Show HN: Konty – A Balsamiq-alternative lo-fi wireframe tool for modern apps
#20Looks good! I wonder if there's a way to combine a simple tool like yours (or Balsamiq, which I've used for many years) with generative AI to create plain HTML/CSS pages from mockups/wireframes. Figma seems bloated, v0 is React/Tailwind only.
TLDraw Make Real - which was initially thrown together by a Figma engineer who added GPT vision to an open source whiteboard app - is remarkably good at this.
You can find it at https://makereal.tldraw.com/ but the guide there doesn't explain how to get the best out of it. I recommend this article by the TLDraw team which goes into some of the remarkable tricks you can use, and what people have done with it: https://tldraw.substack.com/p/make-real-the-story-so-far