freeboard
Dev tools
dashboard builder
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
7 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Execution: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple and useful for monitoring JSON data and devices
From 3 comments
Wow. This is exactly what I've been looking for. A dashboard for my 'stuff' - which is basically anything as long as it's JSON. Thanks!
dholowiski on HNvery slick
feralmoan on HNSaw this last night, very cool!
istrutnice on HN
Good fit with InfluxDB and other data sources
From 1 comment
This looks really cool. I'd love to pair it up with our work on InfluxDB!
pauldix on HN
Objections
Lack of documentation and install instructions
From 2 comments
Because of the lack of documentation I have a hard time trying it out. Haven't been able to get a JSON source working correctly. Do have to add that I have pretty much 0…
donkeyd on HNI quickly browsed the GitHub repo but I guess I'm not smart enough because I couldn't find the requirements/install instructions/faq to try this out.
lazyant on HN
Mixed-content blocking when feeds are not served over HTTPS
From 2 comments
Think I may have found a bug. When trying to load a JSON feed which isn't behind HTTPS, FireFox blocks it from being loaded on the board: `Blocked loading mixed active content`…
edent on HNYeah it's something that is browser dependent. I wouldn't call it a bug, but it is an annoyance. It's a decision we had to make in order to keep Freeboards secure for customers…
jheising on HN
Basic auth does not work; CORS issues
From 2 comments
I can't seem to get basic auth working. I know basic is "bad" form, but we have APIs we still expose them selves via it and that would be very nice to support. I tried both…
donatj on HNdonatj, I would expect that both of those would work, but I can check into adding this as a feature. A lot of times this is actually an issue with CORS. The API would need to add…
jheising on HN
No pricing information
From 1 comment
I'm not seeing any pricing information anywhere. This could be driving people away. I know I personally hate having to do the whole "try before you buy" dance just to find out…
deelowe on HN
Requests
WebSocket or realtime update support
From 1 comment
Looks promising. Stumbled upon one issue: Gauge has Minimum/Minimum labels instead of Minimum/Maximum I was also hoping to find WebSocket support. While polling works for a lot…
introex on HN
Command and control of devices
From 1 comment
Is it strictly read-only? It would seem like a natural extension to make this a complete control center where in addition to monitoring you could also control your devices.
zokier on HN
More prominent examples on the homepage
From 1 comment
just a thought, make the examples more prominent. I almost thought I'd have to sign up just to try it, before I finally got to the "see it in action" bit all the way at the…
nemof on HN
More styling control over widgets
From 1 comment
In my case it's for a CRM / marketing dashboard, so the data is more stuff like "pageviews over time" or "sales today vs last week". I'm fairly sure that the actual data is…
richthegeek on HN
Questions
How to install and run the open source code
From 1 comment
I already tried it thanks, I want to know what it would take to install and play with the (open source) code
lazyant on HN
Can it handle very large numbers of devices
From 1 comment
This is cool, but I think your description is a misnomer. This is a dashboard for Internet-connected devices that provide various readings and status updates. In my world…
davidu on HN
Alternatives named
Geckoboard
From 1 comment
geckoboard may be able to do all this for you
gdilla on HN
Telemetry app
From 1 comment
Check out https://telemetryapp.com -- it handles your requirements I think.
poutine on HN
sqldashboards.com
From 1 comment
Checkout www.sqldashboards.com Regarding your points: 1. Currently 13 charting widgets 2. Database SQL query format 3. Configurable and Themable (3 themes so far) 4. Not yet but…
RyanHamilton on HN