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Show HN: DevTools-X – a cross platform alternative of devutils and devtoys

136 points by Sparkenstein 4y ago

sangupta 4y ago
Tested 1.7.0 on MacOS 11.6.4 and the pane opens blank. The "about" window works but nothing else is displayed.
- DHPersonal 4y ago
  Someone responded to your GitHub issue that it seems related to the Content Security Policy. https://github.com/fosslife/devtools-x/issues/22#issuecomment-1251194389 https://github.com/fosslife/devtools-x/issues/22#issuecommen...
flatiron 4y ago
I use this which does not require and installation https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/ https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/
- pranaysharma 4y ago
  Whole idea is not to post online
  - IceWreck 4y ago
    This thing doesn't send requests to a server, it all executes on your own CPU
  - account-5 4y ago
    In fairness you can run that completely offline. It's self contained, that's just a demo.
gkfasdfasdf 4y ago
If it's web-UI based, is there an online version of this, either exactly this hosted or something similar? Seems like it would make for a useful site. Edit: similar online tool here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32899714 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32899714
- Sparkenstein 4y ago
  I think it's doable. the thing is system communication is handled through rust at the moment. so will have to do a lot of refactoring to move it to pure web based tool
Sparkenstein 4y ago
Hey author here. I am so sorry for releasing untested version, apparently every OS is seeing blank page somehow. Will fix this and release soon
tehlike 4y ago
This looks solid! We need a web version of this, running in browser, and that allows link sharing (snippet sharing), with added tools like postgres query plan visualizer etc. Then you can even charge for it. I started doing this, added a bunch of features, but got too lazy to add billing and multi tenancy/isolation for it. It was running everything (except ping tools) on client by default so it was both private and non private depending on which way you want to run it. Sharing would allow for collaborating with coworkers... Happy to talk more if you want, email in profile
yardshop 4y ago
Runs well on Windows 10, looks decent. Single 7MB executable that can be copied around. A lot of handy tools for a self contained app. A few initial observations: the list of languages in the Scratch Pad is not correctly sorted. Also the Powershell results for errors show the ANSI escape codes. It would be nice if those were interpreted and the output colored. It would also be nice if each editor held on to its text when you switch apps. I could see putting some code together in the scratch pad or the markdown editor, then going over to a color or number convertor to get a result, then going back to what I already had in progress. Altogether though, great start and very nice job!
- Sparkenstein 4y ago
  Thank you so much for trying it out. The languages scratchpad actually comes from a third party provider, including execution and output. I will definitely see if I can escape the ANSI codes. About storing states absolutely makes sense. will fix this 100%.
timothylaurent 4y ago
Why is a broken app on top of the HN feed?
- Sparkenstein 4y ago
  I kinda down own a macbook at the moment, so was not able to test it on other platforms
mcbuilder 4y ago
And they say POSIX is dead, we have webapps!
schmorptron 4y ago
This looks amazing, especially since it includes a REST client. Will try it out tomorrow!

136 points by Sparkenstein 4y ago

sangupta 4y ago

Tested 1.7.0 on MacOS 11.6.4 and the pane opens blank. The "about" window works but nothing else is displayed.

DHPersonal 4y ago
Someone responded to your GitHub issue that it seems related to the Content Security Policy. https://github.com/fosslife/devtools-x/issues/22#issuecomment-1251194389 https://github.com/fosslife/devtools-x/issues/22#issuecommen...

flatiron 4y ago

I use this which does not require and installation https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/ https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

pranaysharma 4y ago
Whole idea is not to post online
- IceWreck 4y ago
  This thing doesn't send requests to a server, it all executes on your own CPU
- account-5 4y ago
  In fairness you can run that completely offline. It's self contained, that's just a demo.

gkfasdfasdf 4y ago

If it's web-UI based, is there an online version of this, either exactly this hosted or something similar? Seems like it would make for a useful site. Edit: similar online tool here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32899714 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32899714

Sparkenstein 4y ago
I think it's doable. the thing is system communication is handled through rust at the moment. so will have to do a lot of refactoring to move it to pure web based tool

Sparkenstein 4y ago

Hey author here. I am so sorry for releasing untested version, apparently every OS is seeing blank page somehow. Will fix this and release soon

tehlike 4y ago

This looks solid! We need a web version of this, running in browser, and that allows link sharing (snippet sharing), with added tools like postgres query plan visualizer etc. Then you can even charge for it. I started doing this, added a bunch of features, but got too lazy to add billing and multi tenancy/isolation for it. It was running everything (except ping tools) on client by default so it was both private and non private depending on which way you want to run it. Sharing would allow for collaborating with coworkers... Happy to talk more if you want, email in profile

yardshop 4y ago

Runs well on Windows 10, looks decent. Single 7MB executable that can be copied around. A lot of handy tools for a self contained app. A few initial observations: the list of languages in the Scratch Pad is not correctly sorted. Also the Powershell results for errors show the ANSI escape codes. It would be nice if those were interpreted and the output colored. It would also be nice if each editor held on to its text when you switch apps. I could see putting some code together in the scratch pad or the markdown editor, then going over to a color or number convertor to get a result, then going back to what I already had in progress. Altogether though, great start and very nice job!

Sparkenstein 4y ago
Thank you so much for trying it out. The languages scratchpad actually comes from a third party provider, including execution and output. I will definitely see if I can escape the ANSI codes. About storing states absolutely makes sense. will fix this 100%.

timothylaurent 4y ago

Why is a broken app on top of the HN feed?

Sparkenstein 4y ago
I kinda down own a macbook at the moment, so was not able to test it on other platforms

mcbuilder 4y ago

And they say POSIX is dead, we have webapps!

schmorptron 4y ago

This looks amazing, especially since it includes a REST client. Will try it out tomorrow!