Does this no-code software exist?
July 7, 2022 1:23 PM Subscribe
I'm wondering if such a no-code platform exists: Self-hosted, FOSS, with simple hosting options available for playing around at <= $15 USD / mo. Ideally I'd run it on a domain I control. Looking to avoid anything enterprise in host or app, like AWS, long toolchains full of white collar devs making changes on behalf of enterprises, etc. Thanks for any suggestions! I know zilch about the no-code world overall.
Just to offer a bit of extra detail, I enjoy using lightweight FOSS web apps, like Textpattern instead of WordPress, SmallBASIC instead of Node, etc. Linux is the preferred OS.
I'd like to try out no-code for one-off online apps, and am wondering if there are any projects that would be sympatico.
Example use-cases would be dashboards for charts maybe...that kind of thing. Definitely nothing huge or complex.
Just to offer a bit of extra detail, I enjoy using lightweight FOSS web apps, like Textpattern instead of WordPress, SmallBASIC instead of Node, etc. Linux is the preferred OS.
I'd like to try out no-code for one-off online apps, and am wondering if there are any projects that would be sympatico.
Example use-cases would be dashboards for charts maybe...that kind of thing. Definitely nothing huge or complex.
Best answer: No idea how no code* it is but the people at my job who have dashboard-y needs seem to gravitate towards Grafana. It is open source and can be deployed to your hardware.
* I suspect the easiest, no-code-y experiences involve the paid plugins and services offered by Azure and AWS...but like I say, I have no hands on experience.
posted by mmascolino at 7:26 PM on July 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
* I suspect the easiest, no-code-y experiences involve the paid plugins and services offered by Azure and AWS...but like I say, I have no hands on experience.
posted by mmascolino at 7:26 PM on July 7, 2022 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: This has been helpful as I figure out where to get started here, thank you for those answers.
posted by circular at 3:59 PM on July 8, 2022
posted by circular at 3:59 PM on July 8, 2022
This thread is closed to new comments.
- ToolJet
- AppSmith
Both are open-source and free to self-host. My impressions from trying them out is that they're both minimum-viable products that are trying to gain market share, and are in pretty heavy development. I think that AppSmith had better documention, but I used that one less than ToolJet.I don't know if these count as "no-code" but they are definitely low-code.
Context: we evaluated these platforms (and also the similar but not-open-source option Retool) at my work for use in an internal app, but we ended up deciding to just build the thing ourselves.
posted by number9dream at 1:49 PM on July 7, 2022 [1 favorite]