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279points
94comments
#235of 3,515 in 2024
Top 7%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
9 positive, 25 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score -0.01.
Execution: 1 for, 6 againstDesign: 4 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, fast, easy to get started
From 3 comments
Nicely done! Easy to get started and super intuitive. Some bugs here and there (clicking the plus button is giving 404 on my end for example), but seems solid. Congrats.
lxe on HNI've deployed this on my server, and I have to say, it's incredible. I've been looking for an open-source alternative to Airtable for a long time, but none of them met my…
okcdz on HNI loved what you have done out there - it is clean and neat. I wish you all the success albeit the crowded space (disclaimer: I work for Retable).
gorkemcetin on HN
Bring-your-own-Postgres SQL access is a key feature
From 1 comment
I've been waiting on Xata to allow a direct SQL connection to the underlying db to take advantage of the Postgres connector in Plasmic for rapid product development -- that…
christoff12 on HN
Objections
Scrolling broken in Firefox
From 2 comments
I can't scroll the grid vertically using Firefox 124.0b3
d0100 on HNI cannot scroll the example. I'm using Firefox.
egeozcan on HN
Too similar to existing products
From 2 comments
They should not be thinking about branding at this stage. They should be thinking about differentiation, and delivering value. Getting in front of customers. Their landing page…
esafak on HNno mac support :-(
asah on HN
No Mac support
From 1 comment
no mac support :-(
asah on HN
Design copied from Attio website
From 2 comments
Wow - did you just completely rip off Attio's website: Your website: https://teable.io/ Attios website: https://attio.com/ --- Also, what makes this different from: Budibase…
foxbee on HNI think it's a bit strange to reply directly that you did not plagiarise any images when the opening table cell background is a direct lift of the SVG from our site...
byteofbits on HN
Requests
Calendar and other views
From 1 comment
Can you join data from various tables and build a view? Also - my team prefers airtable because of the calendar view.... would be great to see.
culiao on HN
SQL views and joins
From 1 comment
Can you build a SQL VIEW and access that from teable?
e12e on HN
Snowflake/data warehouse support
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch! The product looks pretty cool. Are there any plans to support data warehouses like Snowflake in the future?
tjbroodryk on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Baserow, NocoDB and Grist?
From 3 comments
I would love to hear some comparison points with: nocodb, baserow, grist. These are all very similar and open-source, does teable bring anything new to the table?
MitPitt on HNHow does this compare to NocoDB[0] which is already quite established? [0]: https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb
jskherman on HNWhat are the main differences compared to Baserow (https://baserow.io/)?
bram2w on HN
Pricing and commercial plans?
From 2 comments
Can you share the motivation behind it? Why did you open source it? Is there a commercial version where some feature will be paid?
Cilvic on HNThis looks pretty nice. Whats the pricing for the cloud version if I am bringing my own postgres database ?
snisarenko on HN
Alternatives named
NocoDB
From 1 comment
How does this compare to NocoDB[0] which is already quite established? [0]: https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb
jskherman on HN
Baserow
From 2 comments
What are the main differences compared to Baserow (https://baserow.io/)?
bram2w on HNBaserow[0] is really good! [0]: https://baserow.io/
pif_ on HN
Grist
From 1 comment
I would love to hear some comparison points with: nocodb, baserow, grist. These are all very similar and open-source, does teable bring anything new to the table?
MitPitt on HN
Retool
From 1 comment
When should I use this over tools like, say, Retool?
nextworddev on HN