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I don't see the point of this. Airtable sucks at anything except providing a managed database you can store a small amount of data in for free. If you have to do the hosting yourself, just choose postgres.
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/ https://www.jetadmin.io/ https://dashibase.com/ https://cortezaproject.org/
The above are only the open source ones with a descent number of GitHub stars. I can't think of another time when I found so much competition in one product category. Or am I mistaken and this is not special?
Before they get too far along they should consider changing the name. Airtable would probably have a good trademark infringement case that it’s confusingly similar.
Airtable was a really cool startup when they came out in 2012. There was nothing else like it. Now, with their mass layoffs, and free alternatives, it makes you wonder if they can survive as a company.
They're a $10B+ company now. Incredible, isn't it?
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…
Before they get too far along they should consider changing the name. Airtable would probably have a good trademark infringement case that it’s confusingly similar.
You really think so? “Table” is common database vernacular and “API” is the most generic term in all of software these days. APITable also sounds nothing like Airtable and doesn’t even have similar connotations. Gonna have to disagree with you, but open to hearing more context for your thought if you care to expand
IMHO their tagline is "Open source & Airtable alternative" so they're trying to make a connection