ToolJet
Web and SaaS
internal tools platform
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
5 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Design: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Open source is useful for testing and comparing data between systems
From 1 comment
Open source is nice. I actually find these types of tools useful in testing where you don’t have time to do a full automated suite but you need to compare data between systems
Eddygandr on HN
WYSIWYG low-code tools help non-technical business users build software
From 1 comment
Tools like this are great because they make creating software less seem scary. I've found that business users are deterred from creating software because they need to write…
RadiozRadioz on HN
Objections
Low-code tools are hard to get AI assistance for compared to plain code
From 1 comment
As a non dev, I'm doing every of my front and back with chatgpt code interpreter and it's working fine. I ask him to create a simulation to test each part of his code and modify…
Brillaughte on HN
Docs page menu breaks in Brave on Android
From 1 comment
Heads up: on your docs page, using Brave on Android 13, if I go to the menu and expand a section, it scrolls, but then if I click on an item, when I go back to the menu it will…
projektfu on HN
Links open in new tabs, breaking navigation
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch. One piece of feedback, please remove all the "target="_blank" from the links in the toolbar. Its quite annoying to have a bunch of tabs created navigating…
yuppiepuppie on HN
Requests
Clarify how it compares to Retool, Budibase and Windmill
From 2 comments
Can you tell us what tooljet help me do faster and better than other tools like budibase or windmill?
wanderingmind on HNMaybe this should be settled Musk v Zuck style for the internal tooling crown? On a more serious note how does this compare with Retool? I remember that doing the HN rounds in…
Eddygandr on HN
Explain the value over existing RPA tools
From 1 comment
What’s the main selling point for why I should use this over the pile of existing RPA tools?
mdorazio on HN
Ask about open-source status and free Heroku deployment
From 1 comment
From the GH repo: > You can deploy ToolJet on Heroku for free using the one-click-deployment button only until 28th November 2022. Why the limitation?
thomassharoon on HN
Questions
How does it compare to make.com and process.st
From 1 comment
Interesting. How is this different to the likes of make.com and process.st?
thelittleone on HN
Can third-party OAuth providers like Xero be integrated
From 1 comment
Does that only work for OAuth providers you've implemented, or can I use a third party provider? Specifically, can I relatively easily integrate with the Xero API?…
hgomersall on HN
Alternatives named
Retool
From 1 comment
Maybe this should be settled Musk v Zuck style for the internal tooling crown? On a more serious note how does this compare with Retool? I remember that doing the HN rounds in…
Eddygandr on HN
Budibase
From 1 comment
Budibase is open-source, including the workflow platform which has helped accelerate thousands of workflows already: https://github.com/Budibase/budibase
foxbee on HN
Windmill
From 1 comment
There's also https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill and https://github.com/activepieces/activepieces depending on which parts of retool and tooljet you care about.
Palmik on HN
make.com
From 1 comment
Interesting. How is this different to the likes of make.com and process.st?
thelittleone on HN
Camunda
From 1 comment
How does this compare to something like Camunda?
impish9208 on HN