Cptn.io
Infrastructure
integration platform
SHOW HN2023
139points
41comments
#459of 3,109 in 2023
Top 15%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
5 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for quickly prototyping custom backends and webhooks
From 1 comment
Cptn.io is ideal for quickly prototyping a custom backend for specific tasks. While n8n also offers this capability through its webhooks, Cptn is more lightweight and…
novoreorx on HN
Interesting UI, reminiscent of Yahoo Pipes
From 1 comment
This is pretty cool! The UI example reminds me of Yahoo Pipes (rip).
lagniappe on HN
Objections
Not yet mature; needs more integrations and tests
From 2 comments
Thanks. I think there are a number of platforms for building workflows and integrations today. Some of the platforms serving specific niche (e.g. RudderStack chose to serve CDP,…
kc10 on HNThanks. It's not v1 yet. It's about 3 months in the making and needs improvements around ops, tests. I am hoping to make progress with adding tests in the coming days and provide…
kc10 on HN
No Python or PowerShell support; only JavaScript
From 2 comments
Only javascript is supported for building transformations and destinations. But you can use any npm library in your script, platform will automatically download it at runtime and…
kc10 on HNHi! In what does this differentiate from Windmill.dev? The license seems to be more permissive (AGPL vs MIT) but there isn't any Python support, and less integrations (for now ?)…
henricourdent on HN
Requests
Compare with n8n, Windmill, RudderStack, Airbyte and Activepieces
From 5 comments
yes pls i would love to know how it compares with n8n.io, segment.io, products like those
joshxyz on HNHow does this compare to, say, RudderStack?
badrequest on HNHow does it compare to https://n8n.io?
SeriousM on HNHow does compare to airbyte?
dayeye2006 on HNI wonder how cptn compares with ActivePieces. AP's been declared the "Open Source Zapier" and I have been having a blast with it. https://www.activepieces.com/pieces…
MilStdJunkie on HN
Throttling or pausing pipelines on destination failures
From 2 comments
Can you buffer requests to Twilio dynamically based on feedback? ie. Can the system be fed back number of undelivered messages and adjust throttle accordingly?
nico on HNThat would be amazing
nico on HN
ServiceNow integration
From 1 comment
We use a platform called Actions Express that I’m not most fond of. Any ideas of integrators with SeviceNow plugins? I’m basically doing web calls and parsing data, but the…
culopatin on HN
Questions
How does it differ from n8n and Windmill?
From 2 comments
What differentiates this from n8n?
nkmnz on HNHi! In what does this differentiate from Windmill.dev? The license seems to be more permissive (AGPL vs MIT) but there isn't any Python support, and less integrations (for now ?)…
henricourdent on HN
Can it be self-hosted?
From 1 comment
is this a sort of heroku? this gives me pause because i am dubious about building on a platform's PaaS as it is now I have this as an option but they (AWS, GCP, etc) are likely…
gigatexal on HN
Can pipelines be created per customer via API?
From 2 comments
Can this work for building pipelines for specific users? E.g. our customers can connect their CRM to our platform.
deevus on HNCan this be done by API?
deevus on HN
Alternatives named
n8n
From 2 comments
What differentiates this from n8n?
nkmnz on HNHow does it compare to https://n8n.io?
SeriousM on HN
RudderStack
From 1 comment
How does this compare to, say, RudderStack?
badrequest on HN
Windmill
From 1 comment
Hi! In what does this differentiate from Windmill.dev? The license seems to be more permissive (AGPL vs MIT) but there isn't any Python support, and less integrations (for now ?)…
henricourdent on HN
Activepieces
From 1 comment
I wonder how cptn compares with ActivePieces. AP's been declared the "Open Source Zapier" and I have been having a blast with it. https://www.activepieces.com/pieces…
MilStdJunkie on HN
Node-RED
From 1 comment
Another "is it like $thing" question. This time $thing="https://nodered.org/"
quickthrower2 on HN
Airbyte
From 1 comment
How does compare to airbyte?
dayeye2006 on HN