Motor Admin
Dev tools
admin panel generator
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
6 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Docs: 0 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Saves dev time and is intuitive for non-technical users
From 1 comment
Hey, excited to see Motor Admin here! My team has been using Motor for almost six months now, on a greenfield project at an early stage startup, and it has been absolutely…
guynamedloren on HN
Covers the features people want, with audit log and custom forms
From 2 comments
Thanks for building this! It seems to cover most features I'd want. The Dockerfile is simply downloading a release from GitHub. Docker Compose file is referring to an existing…
mathnmusic on HNThis looks _fantastic_. I've sort of wanted these features in Metabase, but alas, it's really more of a BI tool. Audit log and custom forms are amazing. It'd be really cool if…
zekenie on HN
Objections
Docker build and binary build not fully reproducible from the repo
From 2 comments
What I meant to ask is: Why is the Dockerfile that generates https://hub.docker.com/r/motoradmin/motoradmin not available in the repo? It makes it hard to verify exactly what…
mathnmusic on HNThis simply downloads a 65MB binary executable "motor-admin-Linux-x86_64" from GitHub and does not build from the code given in the repo. There's no visibility into what the…
mathnmusic on HN
Website does not state supported databases clearly and how it connects
From 2 comments
Looks nice. I'll give it a try. Does it support SQL Server? Edit: I installed it. It only supports MySql and Postgres. It would be nice if your website mentioned this. :(
jcmontx on HNI see a few comments asking about supported database backends, suggesting they understand how Motor Admin works. From reading the website and the github Readme, I still don't…
ttymck on HN
Binary does not run on Apple M1 or older macOS
From 2 comments
It looks like the binary doesn't work on mac M1 yet. You can try it in docker instead - also it's possible to deploy it on heroku for free.
petems on HNAhh, I think I may have the opposite problem: I'm on Mojave and I think I need a newer version of Xcode but can't update it because I'm still on Mojave :-) I'll try it in Docker,…
jimkleiber on HN
Requests
Support for SQL Server
From 1 comment
Looks nice. I'll give it a try. Does it support SQL Server? Edit: I installed it. It only supports MySql and Postgres. It would be nice if your website mentioned this. :(
jcmontx on HN
Support for REST or GraphQL API data sources
From 2 comments
Wow the demo video looks amazing. I'm a programmer, but coding that would take much longer than those few clicks. I wonder if you could use a "standard" REST backend as a data…
voiper1 on HNCouldn't find on the site, does Motor Admin only support PostgreSQL? What about a GraphQL API server endpoint?
nodesocket on HN
Listing in one-click app catalogs such as CapRover and DigitalOcean
From 2 comments
Thanks for building this! It seems to cover most features I'd want. The Dockerfile is simply downloading a release from GitHub. Docker Compose file is referring to an existing…
mathnmusic on HNCongrats on shipping! Suggestion: make it available as a 1-click install on DigitalOcean marketplace.
slig on HN
Questions
How it compares with Retool, ForestAdmin and AppSmith
From 3 comments
How this compares with Retool?
kristianpaul on HNOr ForestAdmin
kevsim on HNHow does it compare with tools like AppSmith?
Multrex on HN
How self-hosted and cloud deployment differ
From 1 comment
I can't figure out how self-hosted and "deploy on cloud" are not mutually exclusive. Unless you've gone through the trouble of setting up enough machines at home to have a viable…
dusted on HN
How the product will be sold
From 1 comment
Neat tool! After my startup failed and I found myself with a bunch of admin panel code I thought of building something like this but the number of competitors (both paid like…
jokethrowaway on HN
Alternatives named
Retool
From 1 comment
How this compares with Retool?
kristianpaul on HN
ForestAdmin
From 1 comment
Or ForestAdmin
kevsim on HN
AppSmith
From 1 comment
How does it compare with tools like AppSmith?
Multrex on HN
RailsAdmin
From 1 comment
Neat tool! After my startup failed and I found myself with a bunch of admin panel code I thought of building something like this but the number of competitors (both paid like…
jokethrowaway on HN
ActiveAdmin
From 1 comment
There is a ruby gem for rails projects: https://github.com/motor-admin/motor-admin-rails It's hard to say how difficult it could be but some companies already migrated from…
petems on HN