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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

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://budibase.com/ https://baserow.io/ https://baserow.io/ https://directus.io/ https://directus.io/ https://strapi.io/ https://strapi.io/ https://nocodb.com/ https://nocodb.com/ https://keystonejs.com/ https://keystonejs.com/ https://saltcorn.com/ https://saltcorn.com/ https://www.plasmic.app/ https://www.plasmic.app/ https://www.appsmith.com/ https://www.appsmith.com/ https://www.jigdev.com/ https://www.jigdev.com/ https://www.sanity.io/ https://www.sanity.io/ https://www.jetadmin.io/ https://www.jetadmin.io/ https://dashibase.com/ https://dashibase.com/ https://cortezaproject.org/ 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?

hysan 4y ago
I’ve noticed that productivity tooling has been exploding in recent years. Note taking is another similar category where there is a ton of competition. Things were already ramping up pre-COVID, but ever since the WFH movement started, I’ve gotten the sense that there has been a lot of monetary investment in this space.
melony 4y ago
There's also https://github.com/illacloud/illa-builder https://github.com/illacloud/illa-builder. Only Retool alternative I have found so far that's not AGPL encumbered or open core.
- esperent 4y ago
  What's wrong with AGPL? It's copyleft, that's intentional so it can't really be considered a flaw. Are there other issues?
  - melony 4y ago
    You can't deployed the apps generated in any useful business capacity so it is not truly free except for a minority of personal users (or if you are in a country where IP rights are not easily enforced). These platforms' primary customers and audience are enterprises and companies. The open source part is a red herring. It is not "free" to use in any sense for most organizations unless you are a non-profit with a majority of network infrastructure being under copyleft software. Don't be disingenuous, there is a very big difference for a web application builder and PaaS under rigorous viral copyleft vs e.g. a generic web server that will never be seen or utilized directly by users.
    - albert180 4y ago
      Are you confusing AGPL with SSPL?
  - philsnow 4y ago
    AGPL makes something free as in "non-encumberable", it doesn't leave you free to do more or less whatever you want with it like the MIT or BSD licenses.
    - esperent 4y ago
      Right, that's the point of the license. Essentially it stops other people from taking your code, packaging it as an app and selling it. Using it in your own business is fine though.
rvba 4y ago
Isnt there some joke that every month a new starup tries to reinvent pivot tables?
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 4y ago
  and here i am just sticking with MySQL for the past 20 years.. hasn't failed me yet
  - swyx 4y ago
    yes but there are billions of people out there who need a low code alternative
    - aprdm 4y ago
      yes it's called pay someone to do it
v3ss0n 4y ago
Add budibase too, it's very stable and feature packed

hysan 4y ago

I’ve noticed that productivity tooling has been exploding in recent years. Note taking is another similar category where there is a ton of competition. Things were already ramping up pre-COVID, but ever since the WFH movement started, I’ve gotten the sense that there has been a lot of monetary investment in this space.

melony 4y ago

There's also https://github.com/illacloud/illa-builder https://github.com/illacloud/illa-builder. Only Retool alternative I have found so far that's not AGPL encumbered or open core.

esperent 4y ago
What's wrong with AGPL? It's copyleft, that's intentional so it can't really be considered a flaw. Are there other issues?
- melony 4y ago
  You can't deployed the apps generated in any useful business capacity so it is not truly free except for a minority of personal users (or if you are in a country where IP rights are not easily enforced). These platforms' primary customers and audience are enterprises and companies. The open source part is a red herring. It is not "free" to use in any sense for most organizations unless you are a non-profit with a majority of network infrastructure being under copyleft software. Don't be disingenuous, there is a very big difference for a web application builder and PaaS under rigorous viral copyleft vs e.g. a generic web server that will never be seen or utilized directly by users.
  - albert180 4y ago
    Are you confusing AGPL with SSPL?
- philsnow 4y ago
  AGPL makes something free as in "non-encumberable", it doesn't leave you free to do more or less whatever you want with it like the MIT or BSD licenses.
  - esperent 4y ago
    Right, that's the point of the license. Essentially it stops other people from taking your code, packaging it as an app and selling it. Using it in your own business is fine though.

rvba 4y ago

Isnt there some joke that every month a new starup tries to reinvent pivot tables?

8n4vidtmkvmk 4y ago
and here i am just sticking with MySQL for the past 20 years.. hasn't failed me yet
- swyx 4y ago
  yes but there are billions of people out there who need a low code alternative
  - aprdm 4y ago
    yes it's called pay someone to do it

v3ss0n 4y ago

Add budibase too, it's very stable and feature packed