TinyCld

Productivity

self-hosted office suite

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How HN took it

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6 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.

Execution: 2 for, 2 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean, modern design and dark mode support

    From 3 comments
    • This looks awesome, thank you. Kudos for supporting dark mode out of the box. Looking forward to seeing calendar and drive catching up to full dark mode.
      atmanactive on HN
    • it looks beautiful
      ThreatPortSec on HN
    • Thank you for sharing. Nice landing page and very cool demo. I was wondering what your reason is of developing it instead of just use nextcloud for your company or for mail,…
      tom1337890 on HN
  • Simpler and more modern than Nextcloud

    From 2 comments
    • This looks really cool and more modern than Nextcloud. From the homepage, I was a little wary of the idea of hosting my own email server -- doesn't that require a ton of effort…
      dangrover on HN
    • Interesting. I've tried owncloud, nextcloud, and other similar "all-in-one" solutions in the past. None ever stuck with me, for various reasons I cannot remember. I just might…
      dvirdung on HN
  • Pocketbase and the platform look promising

    From 2 comments
    • PocketBase is awesome and this thing looks awesome. One question, I could not understand if a mail provider is needed or it handles on its own?
      betimsl on HN
    • nice, I was just deciding what to use. I tried nextcloud, but I'm running a php system on my machines.
      barddoo on HN

Objections

  • Spreadsheet undo behaviour failed in a stress test

    From 1 comment
    • I like this. However, I just gave your Sheets a simple stress test by selecting a bunch of cells, then using the fill handle to populate other cells, and afterward doing an undo…
      djfobbz on HN
  • Office file compatibility and supply chain concerns

    From 3 comments
    • I have seen lately a number of new productivity suite. How is the Microsoft Office compatibility managed by these tools? There is a popular SDK providing the compatibility? I…
      gbalduzzi on HN
    • Office compatibility really runs into the xkcd workflow problem[1]. For the overwhelming majority of users, any of these alternative office suites will work exactly as expected.…
      thesuitonym on HN
    • I have been considering Nextcloud for a homelab install, but dreading the deployment/maintenance story there if I ever start relying on it as a source of truth. Would definitely…
      elevation on HN
  • Email relies on a third-party provider (Postmark only for now)

    From 3 comments
    • Interesting! Will try this soon, I have very similar gripes with nextcloud et al that you mentioned. The lock in to postmark I don't love, I think I would rather have it be a…
      thijsmie on HN
    • yes, I should make this clearer: You do not actually host the email, tinycld uses a transactional host for sending and receiving. I also have a lot of scars from doing that in…
      nathanstitt on HN
    • PocketBase is awesome and this thing looks awesome. One question, I could not understand if a mail provider is needed or it handles on its own?
      betimsl on HN

Requests

  • Support more mail providers such as SES, Resend, Mailgun

    From 3 comments
    • Add SES support.
      doctorpangloss on HN
    • Other nice options would be Resend and the Cloudflare Email Service
      vixalien on HN
    • yes, I should make this clearer: You do not actually host the email, tinycld uses a transactional host for sending and receiving. I also have a lot of scars from doing that in…
      nathanstitt on HN
  • Calendar and drive dark mode

    From 1 comment
    • This looks awesome, thank you. Kudos for supporting dark mode out of the box. Looking forward to seeing calendar and drive catching up to full dark mode.
      atmanactive on HN
  • IMAP/SMTP proxy to use existing email service

    From 1 comment
    • Interesting! Will try this soon, I have very similar gripes with nextcloud et al that you mentioned. The lock in to postmark I don't love, I think I would rather have it be a…
      thijsmie on HN

Questions

  • Whether it needs a mail provider or handles mail itself

    From 2 comments
    • PocketBase is awesome and this thing looks awesome. One question, I could not understand if a mail provider is needed or it handles on its own?
      betimsl on HN
    • This looks really cool and more modern than Nextcloud. From the homepage, I was a little wary of the idea of hosting my own email server -- doesn't that require a ton of effort…
      dangrover on HN
  • Whether multi-org is for hosting clients

    From 1 comment
    • Looks promising! The multi-org feature is interesting, and not something I see very often with these types of solutions. Is the use-case that I host and manage it, and onboard my…
      FlamingMoe on HN
  • Whether it will be offered as a hosted service

    From 1 comment
    • Looks really nice. Do you plan to support this in the future? Are you planning to foster a community of developers around it, or are you thinking about hosting it as a service?…
      smokel on HN

Alternatives named

  • Nextcloud

    From 4 comments
    • I have been considering Nextcloud for a homelab install, but dreading the deployment/maintenance story there if I ever start relying on it as a source of truth. Would definitely…
      elevation on HN
    • Interesting. I've tried owncloud, nextcloud, and other similar "all-in-one" solutions in the past. None ever stuck with me, for various reasons I cannot remember. I just might…
      dvirdung on HN
    • Thank you for sharing. Nice landing page and very cool demo. I was wondering what your reason is of developing it instead of just use nextcloud for your company or for mail,…
      tom1337890 on HN
    • nice, I was just deciding what to use. I tried nextcloud, but I'm running a php system on my machines.
      barddoo on HN
  • Google Workspace

    From 1 comment
    • Hey all, Nathan here, I'm the author. I wrote TinyCld because Google in their infinite wisdom decided to cancel my 20 year old free Google Apps suite for "commercial usage".…
      nathanstitt on HN
  • Collabora Office

    From 1 comment
    • Yea I really did want to go Nextcloud because it is the battle tested solution as you note, but a few things held me back. ``` * It's UI felt dated - which I agree is not an…
      nathanstitt on HN

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