Budibase: an open source, no code platform
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https://www.budibase.com/
https://docs.budibase.com/
https://github.com/Budibase/budibaseAnother no-code/low-code site/app builder like GrapesJS (which I admire) except this solution has additional features I have yet to see in any other open source app builder mainly being: Automation or Workflows...I have been keeping an eye on Budibase for some time and they have eventually gone from alpha to private beta to public beta to soon officially launching!
At the moment there appears to be a lack of SSO/SAML and they do currently plan on charging for that feature (@ $6 a user a month) not bad but not ideal.. The rest of the app is open source/self hostable & is still VERY promising =]
- DATA: Add and manage your data with ease
- DESIGN: Build with pixel-perfect blocks
- AUTOMATE: Automate manual processes
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@plusone-nick just came across this (thanks r/selfhosted!) and this looks like the real deal. Haven't used it yet, but they claim to not only have WYSIWYG web site building, but also hook into Databases for backend, and offer a sort of Zapier-like automation platform.
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I just did a quick run through of this and was able to deploy a full app to their server in a few minutes. Everything about this feels legit, from the docs, to the design ... I try out a lot of these types of products and this one feels like the thing I'm always fantasizing about in my head. Very impressed.
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@thetomester13 have been waiting for this release for like a year! Really admire the query builder and the automation/logic builder along with the DB connectors =]
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@mario - do you mean two different root domains or a root domain + a subdomain?
For BB it builds and launch's a new app in a subdomain but I imagine there is a method to use the root... Kinda like Cloudron's my. for the daskboard the BB service needs its own endpoint and then the app needs another?Still learning & messing around with it =]
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Self-hosting Docker compose instructions:
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Just becoming aware of Budibase thanks to you and all on this forum topic.
Apart from the elements mentioned in the original post from @plusone-nick, Svelte, CouchDb and PouchDb get a
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@jdaviescoates I tested the hosted offering from Budibase and it really is awesome.
To encourage others with tech skills as low as mine, I have done a local install with these instructions and (excluding my own stupidity) very smooth and easy.Comment for anyone interested from the Budibase devs is that the native local desktop Builder app may be moved into the deploy/host environment. I guess this saves them maintaining local Electron builder apps.
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FYI for those interested : Budibase has a major new version out.
Still V0.9 but many changes under the hood.
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@timconsidine It's pretty amazing but would be REALLY hard to get up into Cloudron - there's lots of moving parts and containers involved.
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@doodlemania2 Yes, true, that has become apparent as I play on self-host version.
Going to leave my instance on self-host and don't expect budibase in Cloudron.
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@potemkin_ai : I was really impressed with Budibase and what they were doing when I first met it.
They have since moved to a much more constrained model of users, as they envision or target the app creation to 'intranet' style apps. One where users are known and invited, no public sign up.
It is still a powerful system but it does not suit the majority of my use cases at present.
I think they have gone fully web interface, so I don't see many benefits to it being in Cloudron. If I was to use it, I would spin up a VPS to run it and deploy apps created in it.
I still like it as a system, just doesn't fit all the needs that it did earlier in its development when the user model was looser.
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@timconsidine Budibase indeed seems like building something very complex, but I would like not to think about the updates and other stuff and just enjoy using it like I use n8n.
They are not pushing to the cloud platform, by the way - if you try to register at the cloud, they state that for production use they recommend using self hosted instance.
And, just out of curiosity - did you find any good replacement for budibase for the outside world facing apps?
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@potemkin_ai good to know
No I didn't find a good alternative to Budibase, which is why I am not against it at all.
There are a couple, but grey hair is that I can't recall names just now.
I started to look at Flutter as development environment, but have had to break from it for a while.
