Open source Mendix alternatives

Show HN: No-code alternative to Retool, Appsmith, Internal, etc.

“Those are all different, so it's hard to explain in one sentence. Broadly speaking, Bubble is not that great for internal tools as you have to use add-ons for UI components and integrations. Appsheet is not suited well for complex multi-page workflows and is limited in…”

Show HN: No-code alternative to Retool, Appsmith, Internal, etc.

“Since you mentioned about git, I wanted to point out that Appsmith supports git sync. You can follow a standard git workflow. I'm a co-founder of the project, so forgive my shameless plug.”

Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly

“Well, I understand the security benefits of sandboxing. However, Apple's sandbox restrictions prevent apps from using Accessibility APIs, which are essential for Refine to read and enhance text across different applications. Many popular apps, like Grammarly and Raycast, are…”

Launch HN: Refine (YC S23) – Open-source platform for enterprise web apps

“Here are some questions, suggestions, and thoughts roughly categorized as I went through and understood a bit more about refine (the open source) and what I can glean from enterprise. Landing Page / Initial impressions * You mention "enterprise" a lot on the landing page, along…”

Show HN: Onlook – Open-source, visual-first Cursor for designers

“Insane work. For sure the middle ground between Figma and Cursor thats been missing. Happy to be powering Fast Applies in Onlook!”

The XGO Programming Language

“> XGo is a programming language that reads like plain English This is possibly the most dangerous sentence on this entire page. The hubris and ignorance of history wrapped up in this one sentence is breathtaking. We've been trying to do "plain English" programming for 50-odd…”

Launch HN: Webiny (YC W21) – Open-source serverless framework with a drop-in CMS

“Webiny is definitely not for everyone; it does have specific technologies engraved in the offering, like nodejs, React and GraphQL. That, however, doesn't mean you can't build a REST API with it. Webiny is first of all a development framework, to help you develop apps for…”

Launch HN: Webiny (YC W21) – Open-source serverless framework with a drop-in CMS

“Thanks for sharing this feedback. We got similar feedback from a few smaller businesses this week. We're looking into introducing a package between the free open-source and the enterprise. Would you mind sharing what would be your price range where you would find Webiny…”

pREST – A fully RESTful API from any existing PostgreSQL database writting in Go

“Today pREST not accept MySQL, more pREST developer working adapter environment, check in I recommend you open issue on pREST and recommend MySQL support”

pREST – A fully RESTful API from any existing PostgreSQL database writting in Go

“pREST is not vulnerable to SQL injection, recommend you run tests Check access level (permissions) in”

Show HN: Flyde – an open-source visual programming language

“I have a use case that I tried to build something for. I am about ten iterations in, and the one I still use is an excel file, alas. I am al domain expert and not a programmer, and I just can't wrap my head around how to build it. My MVPs are below minimum, and what I want is…”

Show HN: Flyde – an open-source visual programming language

“Hey, author of here! (I was wondering where the spike in visits came from ^^'... Thanks a lot for mentioning me!). Luna Park was indeed a npm package that you could integrate to allow users to build their own logic using visual scripting. In the end, I pivoted, and Luna Park is…”

Berlin Is Becoming a Sponge City [video]

“Civil engineering has pretty well quantified the rate at which water is absorbed by certain soils, accounting for groundcover, trees, pavement, local detainment, etc. Berlin's sponge mission is baiscially distributed detainment, working to offset hardscaping (driveways and…”

Making a Menger sponge in stained glass

“Totally feasible! You could probably put a whole one-person workspace into about fifty square feet without getting cramped, less with some squeezing and multitasking, and I'd guess basic toolset would run you less than $500 retail. The grinder I used is a pretty simple unit with…”

Mobile App Error on "Location display and search" Pack

“**Describe the bug** When utilizing the Mobile App builder on the "Location display and search" Pack, an error occurs that states "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'substr')". This error appears whenever any form of filtering or the Geosearch feature is attempted to…”

mobile production: multiple errors, even on saltcorn.com (beta 3)

“**Describe the bug** Tried the new `admin/build-mobile-app` but it raised some errors: First attempt: ``` Build Result Unable to build the app: , added 491 packages, and audited 492 packages in 29s 51 packages are looking for funding run `npm fund` for details 5 moderate…”

Show HN: Puck – Open-source visual editor for React

“This is really slick! A really fluid and intuitive interface. We use (also MIT licensed) extensively at my startup; it attacks the same problem, and it's been incredibly effective (and hackable!). Generally speaking, owning your own CMS data, in your own database, with a…”

Show HN: Puck – Open-source visual editor for React

“Puck is focused on providing a solution for non technical folk to build on-brand web pages with their team’s existing React components. This enables them to build web pages with guard rails that respect their brand guidelines. Plasmic is a no-code tool for building websites and…”