ToolJet
Web and SaaS
internal tools builder
SHOW HN2021
429points
68comments
#62of 2,533 in 2021
Top 3%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
6 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Execution: 6 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive build speed for 7 weeks
From 3 comments
Appsmith is also open source, but this looks great. Can't believe you knocked it out in 7 weeks.
samfisher83 on HNImpressive amount of work for 7 weeks! Looking forward to trying it out, super welcome tool!
seeekr on HNWow! Building this in 7 weeks is an incredible feat. I am the cofounder of Budibase - an open source alt to Retool, Mendix, Outsystems - and have been building it for around 2…
foxbee on HN
Easy to use, self-hostable, open source
From 2 comments
I have to say I was very impressed when I tried out Budibase and was able to create a CRUD app out of the box without looking at docs. You guys are easier to use than Retool —…
swyx on HNGood job navaneethpk, this looks really nice!
replwoacause on HN
Objections
No tests in the repository
From 2 comments
This looks very interesting... But no tests? I'm not 100% happy with a project at work, where we're building out a jsonapi from a legacy rails app (part rewrite in-place, part…
e12e on HN> There are tests for rails controllers I only found one: https://github.com/ToolJet/ToolJet/blob/develop/test/controllers/folder_apps_controller_test.rb The others appear to be…
e12e on HN
Docs links return 404 or loop
From 2 comments
"Setup" goes to 404: https://docs.tooljet.io/docs/setup/architecture
hliyan on HNThis goes in an infinite loop now.
debarshri on HN
GPLv3 license questioned
From 1 comment
Before I could give more of a look into it, the license jumped at me. What's the idea behind using GPLv3? Who do you want to enable to use this, versus whom are you trying to…
AYBABTME on HN
Requests
Support for MySQL
From 1 comment
I've used Retool at my old job and it's one awesome platform. Does Tooljet support also MySQL?
csabakissi on HN
Node.js backend option
From 1 comment
Is there anything similar with nodejs backend ? Having ruby is a big downside since you need extra engineer with ruby knowledge in the team.
maxdo on HN
More flexible charts and easier admin panels
From 1 comment
That is a very great job. Congrats! My feedback is to make it flexible on charts and easy to create admin panels.
ishikawa on HN
Questions
How custom JS is sandboxed and whether it runs client or server side
From 1 comment
Looks great! How do you sandbox custom js code. Can we choose if it runs on the front-end or server-side? Most of the low-code opensource builders seems to run it on a sandbox in…
krishvs on HN
How it differs from Retool and feature parity goals
From 1 comment
Can you give a brief breakdown of what features are the same between ToolJet and a service like Retool, what features are different, which ones are intentionally left out, and…
jawns on HN
How it will monetize
From 1 comment
Hey @navaneethpk, Congrats on the launch! How do you plan to monetize this on the long term - if you are? Premium plugins? Fully managed paid hosted version?
orliesaurus on HN
Alternatives named
Appsmith
From 2 comments
Any ideas how you will differentiate yourself from Appsmith? (which looks similar but more developed)
ianpurton on HNPretty cool project to build in 7 weeks! Congratulations! Your lockdown has been way more productive than for some of us. I'm a founder of Appsmith, which Tooljet mentions in the…
arey_abhishek on HN
Budibase
From 1 comment
Wow! Building this in 7 weeks is an incredible feat. I am the cofounder of Budibase - an open source alt to Retool, Mendix, Outsystems - and have been building it for around 2…
foxbee on HN
Retool
From 1 comment
Can you give a brief breakdown of what features are the same between ToolJet and a service like Retool, what features are different, which ones are intentionally left out, and…
jawns on HN
NocoDB
From 1 comment
This space is very hot right now. This looks amazing. I can't wait to use it. ToolJet, NocoDB, fabrica.dev are all projects I've found recently in this space. I've been really…
Artistry121 on HN
Lowdefy
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch! This is really cool. We created Lowdefy [0] to build similar apps but with a "no-gui" approach. I have great respect for how much work this is. Even the…
gervwyk on HN