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Show HN: Budibase 2.0 – build internal tools and forms faster (OSS)

26 points by foxbee 4y ago

foxbee 4y ago
Hi HN! I'm one of the creators of Budibase, and we're super excited ... and nervous... to be posting Budibase 2.0 on HN. We launched Budibase 1.0 to HN around a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29242466 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29242466. Basically, Budibase is an open source GUI that allows you to connect to your database/APIs and build internal tools over the top of your data using prebuilt components (buttons, dropdowns, tables, etc.). It also comes with an automations section for managing logic and automating simple processes (email notifications for example). Since last year, we've been working hard, talking to users, writing code and improving design. We discovered that Budibase is great for building simple CRUD apps and forms. But, we also found that when the apps reached a certain complexity, a little code was required. Users wanted more flexibility and when talking to our community, this was evident: https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/discussions/5518 https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/discussions/5518 Budibase 2.0 brings with it a number of new features and more: - add your own custom components - add your own custom datasources - user groups - a new Budibase university On top of the features above, with Budibase, you can also: - connect to multiple datasources such as Postgres, Mongo, Snowflake and more - run Budibase on your own infra using Docker, K8s, and more - extend Budibase with its public API If you're curious how it works - here are the docs: http://docs.budibase.com/ http://docs.budibase.com/ The university offers a number of videos to explore Budibase in a more visual way: https://vimeo.com/showcase/budibase-university https://vimeo.com/showcase/budibase-university Also, you can try Budibase via the website: https://budibase.com/ https://budibase.com/ Thanks! Happy to answer any questions and respond to feedback.
ASAPgnocchi 4y ago
Congratulations on the launch, it seems to be getting better all the time both the platform and the docs.
- foxbee 4y ago
  Thanks. We hired a dev advocate in April and they've spent a huge amount of time improving the docs.
shogunpurple 4y ago
Budibase cofounder here - we are super excited to finally ship the dev experience of 2.0 and can't wait to see what the community build with the new dev experience. Happy to answer any questions or hear any feedback that anyone may have!
mike_chuckles 4y ago
Custom components/datasources completely change the platform, being able to build whatever you want with Svelte and Node scripts really turns up the low code aspect of the builder!
- foxbee 4y ago
  Thanks for the comment. You can check out an example component here: https://github.com/andz-bb/budibase-component-star-rating https://github.com/andz-bb/budibase-component-star-rating
rpowell9k 4y ago
The university looks great - I had a quick skim through the "Building a form" video and it's cleared some things up for me, much more in depth than the youtube videos
- foxbee 4y ago
  Thank you. Up to now, we've lacked on the education front. Hopefully the university helps onboard users and gets them ramped up asap.
gerdydog 4y ago
Have followed this tool from the start and love it.
- foxbee 4y ago
  Thanks for the positivity and feedback!
poirazis 4y ago
Have been using BB since its v.1.x and i have already built some amazing things with it. It reminds me of Borland Delphi when it launched their IDE. It feels like BB is RAD for anything WEB. Personally, i use it to built full systems, not just internal tools. The rate of growth of the product is amazing and the team friendly and helpful whenever i needed some help! Try it out, and the product itself will convince you of its worth.

26 points by foxbee 4y ago

Hi HN! I'm one of the creators of Budibase, and we're super excited ... and nervous... to be posting Budibase 2.0 on HN. We launched Budibase 1.0 to HN around a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29242466 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29242466. Basically, Budibase is an open source GUI that allows you to connect to your database/APIs and build internal tools over the top of your data using prebuilt components (buttons, dropdowns, tables, etc.). It also comes with an automations section for managing logic and automating simple processes (email notifications for example). Since last year, we've been working hard, talking to users, writing code and improving design. We discovered that Budibase is great for building simple CRUD apps and forms. But, we also found that when the apps reached a certain complexity, a little code was required. Users wanted more flexibility and when talking to our community, this was evident: https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/discussions/5518 https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/discussions/5518 Budibase 2.0 brings with it a number of new features and more: - add your own custom components - add your own custom datasources - user groups - a new Budibase university On top of the features above, with Budibase, you can also: - connect to multiple datasources such as Postgres, Mongo, Snowflake and more - run Budibase on your own infra using Docker, K8s, and more - extend Budibase with its public API If you're curious how it works - here are the docs: http://docs.budibase.com/ http://docs.budibase.com/ The university offers a number of videos to explore Budibase in a more visual way: https://vimeo.com/showcase/budibase-university https://vimeo.com/showcase/budibase-university Also, you can try Budibase via the website: https://budibase.com/ https://budibase.com/ Thanks! Happy to answer any questions and respond to feedback.

ASAPgnocchi 4y ago

Congratulations on the launch, it seems to be getting better all the time both the platform and the docs.

foxbee 4y ago
Thanks. We hired a dev advocate in April and they've spent a huge amount of time improving the docs.

shogunpurple 4y ago

Budibase cofounder here - we are super excited to finally ship the dev experience of 2.0 and can't wait to see what the community build with the new dev experience. Happy to answer any questions or hear any feedback that anyone may have!

mike_chuckles 4y ago

Custom components/datasources completely change the platform, being able to build whatever you want with Svelte and Node scripts really turns up the low code aspect of the builder!

foxbee 4y ago
Thanks for the comment. You can check out an example component here: https://github.com/andz-bb/budibase-component-star-rating https://github.com/andz-bb/budibase-component-star-rating

rpowell9k 4y ago

The university looks great - I had a quick skim through the "Building a form" video and it's cleared some things up for me, much more in depth than the youtube videos

foxbee 4y ago
Thank you. Up to now, we've lacked on the education front. Hopefully the university helps onboard users and gets them ramped up asap.

gerdydog 4y ago

Have followed this tool from the start and love it.

foxbee 4y ago
Thanks for the positivity and feedback!

poirazis 4y ago

Have been using BB since its v.1.x and i have already built some amazing things with it. It reminds me of Borland Delphi when it launched their IDE. It feels like BB is RAD for anything WEB. Personally, i use it to built full systems, not just internal tools. The rate of growth of the product is amazing and the team friendly and helpful whenever i needed some help! Try it out, and the product itself will convince you of its worth.