Budibase

Dev tools

low code platform

SHOW HN2021

280points
105comments
#128of 2,533 in 2021
Top 6%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

21 positive, 36 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 13 critical, out of 74 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.

Idea: 5 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 5 againstExecution: 2 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Open source and self-hostable

    From 3 comments
    • I really appreciate how forward your product is with pushing the open source version. After clicking around for a bit in Cloud, it made is so easy to commit to a local install.…
      tomnipotent on HN
    • Looks awesome! It's great to see more open source companies doing well.
      fuddle on HN
    • Great to see more of these ventures pushing a strong open source culture. Hope others will follow suit.
      rafamct on HN
  • Fast to build internal apps with blocks and templates

    From 1 comment
    • I have played around with this product a few times over the last few months! It's getting better with every release. I used it for an internal work tool last week and was able to…
      gerdydog on HN
  • Landing page clearly explains what it does

    From 1 comment
    • I don't have much to say other than your landing page actually told me exactly what I could do with Budibase, which seems to not happen as often as I would expect. I always check…
      blakesterz on HN

Objections

  • Dependency tree has known npm vulnerabilities

    From 3 comments
    • Installing the budibase server from npm pulls in over a thousand transitive dependencies. The npm install command reports that there are 39 known vulnerabilities in budibase's…
      segphault on HN
    • You're not wrong, but also, npm audit is pretty much a joke, and those "high" vulnerabilities aren't as bad as the terminal would want you to think. Should absolutely be fixed,…
      MisterSandman on HN
    • You are giving far too much credence to npm audit and the severity of those warnings. What ones did you see that you think can "compromise" this JavaScript application? I'd be…
      EMM_386 on HN
  • Documentation is thin and UI setup is unclear

    From 2 comments
    • I attempted to use this a few months ago to prototype a unified ticketing solution (just an experiment to see if it would be worth adopting for small internal apps) using…
      spmurrayzzz on HN
    • I've been looking for a no-code solution to quickly build webapps on top of APIs exposed for mobile apps. I've been documenting OpenAPI specs[0], and evaluated most Nocode…
      captn3m0 on HN
  • Not suited for customer-facing SaaS

    From 2 comments
    • Budibase is for creating internal applications. So if you are simply building an internal app for a customer, then yes. If you are building a SaaS platform, then Budibase is not…
      foxbee on HN
    • I was really excited about Budibase when I first discovered it but then you did away with management for external users and made them shared across the whole Budibase…
      replwoacause on HN

Requests

  • Hosted pricing tier between free and enterprise

    From 1 comment
    • I would like to see a hosted tier between Enterprise and Free. maybe something like $10/dev plus upcharges for storage and data transfer. but unlimited apps(or at least a…
      sharemywin on HN
  • Demo videos or hosted demos

    From 2 comments
    • I don't see any demo here. Just one demo to show all strengths of the platform is still the fastest way to persuade user (like me), else i have many doubts and questions like,…
      revskill on HN
    • Looks interesting... I was looking for a demo site for this template: https://budibase.com/business-apps/templates/hashicorp-scorecard Would it be worth hosting the demos instead…
      tibanne on HN
  • Oracle database integration

    From 1 comment
    • Really glad to see you guys launching out of beta! I remember trying Budibase a while ago, one thing I notice you didn't mention was an Oracle database integration, is this…
      mike_chuckles on HN
  • Custom domain support

    From 1 comment
    • I really appreciate how forward your product is with pushing the open source version. After clicking around for a bit in Cloud, it made is so easy to commit to a local install.…
      tomnipotent on HN

Questions

  • How does it differ from Appsmith

    From 1 comment
    • What's the difference between Budibase and AppSmith and what is the benefit to switch my apps from AppSmith to Budibase?
      Multrex on HN
  • Can it work fully offline when self-hosted

    From 2 comments
    • cool. i have a massive "excel" file that i created over the past 4 odd years. always tinkering with it, adding features. i tried to get started but a new app from scratch is just…
      2Gkashmiri on HN
    • Yes - we want this, except that we happen to have an open bug for this at the moment: https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/issues/3164 - so it's not working right now.
      mjashanks on HN
  • Git-based versioning of apps

    From 1 comment
    • I've been a big Retool user lately, this looks like a pretty nice competitor! I like that you've got some workflow components in here. How are the applications stored internally?…
      vailripper on HN

Alternatives named

  • Appsmith

    From 2 comments
    • What's the difference between Budibase and AppSmith and what is the benefit to switch my apps from AppSmith to Budibase?
      Multrex on HN
    • That's cool. Have known the founder and liked their product and seemed relevant hence suggested. Do check out Appsmith (https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith), I work here and…
      rishabhkaul1 on HN
  • Retool

    From 2 comments
    • congrats! following you for a while now and i think this could hit a sweet spot that is currently only occupied by retool.
      jFriedensreich on HN
    • I've been a big Retool user lately, this looks like a pretty nice competitor! I like that you've got some workflow components in here. How are the applications stored internally?…
      vailripper on HN
  • PowerApps, Mendix, OutSystems

    From 1 comment
    • Hi HN! I'm one of the creators of Budibase, and today, we're excited to launch Budibase out of beta. Budibase is a low code platform for creating CRUD apps, and an open-source…
      foxbee on HN
  • Causal

    From 1 comment
    • Do check out Causal.app , looks like this use case might be interesting there.
      rishabhkaul1 on HN

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