Budibase: an open source, no code platform

[timconsidine]

@potemkin_ai I think Budibase is much more than GrapesJS or form/page designers, it offers good CRUD functionality and is true NoCode/LoCode. It does bring together very nicely the UI front-end building and the back-end DB functionality in one system.

Maybe you can combine a front-end builder with something Directus or Parse (or https://www.back4app.com/).

I noticed this https://github.com/ToolJet/ToolJet but haven't tried it. You could look at https://www.saashub.com/100-plus-no-code-resources-alternatives or https://www.nocodedevs.com/ncd-tools for many others, but often quite niche, not as open/flexible as Budibase.

But sadly still cannot recall the one I find which was closer to Budibase. Maybe inspiration will strike.

If you can live with the invited-user model of Budibase, it is exceptional. Maybe a 2 step process which allows for a previously unknown user to sign-up with simple form, which then generates a Budibase app user invitation could be a work-around.

Although note that once a user is registered into a Budibase deployment, they get a login to a 'portal' of apps they are permissioned for. Very powerful but the user journey may not be what you want.

[timconsidine]

@potemkin_ai : I think JoGet was the one I was thinking of
https://www.joget.org/product/

Not as slick as Budibase but interesting

Or possibly https://www.rintagi.com/

[timconsidine]

@potemkin_ai : I also played with https://github.com/saltcorn/saltcorn / https://saltcorn.com/

It's similar in concept to Budibase, but lighter weight.

I liked it but stopped experimenting when I found that it was easy to 'hack' page links because they were fully exposed in the browser url (could edit the url and go to a page you were probably should not). Maybe they have changed this as it seems in ongoing development and I tried it >1 yr ago.

[timconsidine]

@robi zeronet.io is very interesting concept

[robi]

@timconsidine Yes, there is a fork in progress:

https://github.com/zeronet-enhanced/ZeroNet/commits/massive-rework
https://github.com/zeronet-enhanced/ZeroHello/commits/master

[jeau]

Received from Budibase today:

Budibase is out of beta and live on Product Hunt

Today's the big day!

We're proud to announce Budibase is out of beta and we've just launched on Product Hunt .

Any feedback / support appreciated

Thanks,
Joe (Co-founder of Budibase)

[potemkin_ai]

@plusone-nick @timconsidine thank you very much for sharing!

[JOduMonT]

@jeau said in Budibase: an open source, no code platform:

We're proud

Hi Joe;
I'm very pleased to see you in the Cloudron community;
for me BudiBase is a serious challenger, and even better, to Notion and ClickUp.
I can't wait to host it on my Cloudron.

[humptydumpty]

Can I use this app to build a one-page html "responsive" site? If not, what would you recommend?

Currently, using Wordpress but it's an overkill for a static page.

[timconsidine]

@humptydumpty said in Budibase: an open source, no code platform:

Can I use this app to build a one-page html "responsive" site?

Personally I think Budibase would be overkill for that.
I would look at Ghost or Grav if you want an interface to building and posting content.
Or just a Surfer or LAMP app with a free HTML template (thousands available, but look at https://html5up.net or https://pixelarity.com/) if you're ok with coding a page

[humptydumpty]

@timconsidine I'm using Ghost for my personal blog but haven't figured out how to build a static page without knowing how to code.

Ideally, I'm looking for a page builder (think Elementor, WP Bakery, etc.) that I can use to build a static html page then save the project so I can easily modify things in the future. It looks like Grav fits the bill. Thanks for the recommendation!

[timconsidine]

@humptydumpty if your target page is going to be fairly static (not regular content changes), you could look at https://grapesjs.com which allows you to 'scaffold' out a page with drag'n'drop components.
Then copy/paste the built page (use the View Code button to download an HTML file and a CSS file) into something like Surfer (here on Cloudron) or a LAMP instance.

[humptydumpty]

@timconsidine Just perfect! Thanks!

[timconsidine]

@humptydumpty

[marcusquinn]

What happened to this? Was someone here packaging it? Something we can help with?

I can see it, at a minimum, being a useful tool for creating web forms.

[marcusquinn]

@humptydumpty Or Gramateria wraps up GrapesJS nicely: https://forum.cloudron.io/post/43190

[timconsidine]

@marcusquinn it's not good for forms to be completed by the public/unregistered users, as I understand it.
It's a good system, but it's aimed at a "portal" type deployment, users to be registered by admin or invited by email.

[timconsidine]

UPDATE : I may be out of date
There is still a user model based on registered users in your community/enterprise/portal.
But I just read there is support for public screens now (may have missed it)
Apologies if I misled anyone

But it is complex to install as a Cloudron app.
I installed mine using their scripts on a VPS for docker installations.

[potemkin_ai]

@marcusquinn thanks for pointing this out!
It feels like a different set of product, quite interesting, but doesn’t seem to updates too often…

[MooCloud_Matt]

@marcusquinn
not impossible to containerize it, but almost impossible to do it for cloudron.
It needs to be installed with docker-compose because it uses multiple docker containers to run:

• CouchDB (the only primary DB supported)
• Minio
• Main Container
• Worker (execute most of the process)
• Proxy
• watchtower (this is not needed in a Cloudron install)