What does HackerNews think of nocodb?

There's a few other similar ones out there too like Baserow [2], Appsmith [3] and nocodb [4].

Finally, if you wanted a step up, then I guess supabase [5] would be the next one up but its more like "I just want to write front end and have auth, database, API and storage taken care of for me"

But none of these really give you that all-in-one database and front-end via files like Access did and its a damn shame. Yeah I know Access lead to some god-awful applications, but honestly the people complaining about shadow IT don't realize that its inevitable if IT isn't fixing people's problems. You just need to be clear that if the business unit goes down that path, they're on their own. So if the guy who built your crazy Excel VBA app is gone, don't expect that to be picked up by others just because its super important. But, if it is in fact that important, then its probably a prime candidate for actual development work, so the duct-taped together things do end up being sort of testbeds for whats actually important.

The whole lowcode-nocode shtick is a bit oversold, but one good aspect of it is that if you allow for an easy onboarding sandbox for the type of person who would otherwise make an Excel VBA app, at least some of these platforms have sandboxes with guardrails and other compliance stuff you can apply.

[1] https://budibase.com/ [2] https://baserow.io/ [3] https://www.appsmith.com/ [4] https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb [5] https://supabase.com/

As for "getting started" speed and general data tinkering, I find little beats Gnumeric -> CSV -> SQLite query [2] although I appreciate that solo developers aren't your target market :)

[0] https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35381252

[2] https://til.simonwillison.net/sqlite/one-line-csv-operations

NocoDB[1] is a Free & Open Source Airtable alternative that transforms your own existing databases like MySQL/Postgres/MsSQL/SQLite into a smart-spreadsheet.

Happy to answer any queries and you can also join our discord[2] for any help.

[1] : https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb

[2] : https://discord.gg/5RgZmkW

   docker run -d --name nocodb -p 8080:8080 nocodb/nocodb

(Disclaimer: I'm founder of NocoDB )

Github: https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb

It simply works by transforming any existing databases into smart spreadsheet.

We support Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server & SQLite.

You can create business workflows by connecting to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Twilio, Whatsapp, Email & any 3rd party APIs too. Plus NocoDB provides programmatic access via REST/GQL APIs so that you can build integrations with Zapier / Integromat and custom applications too.

Full disclaimer : Founder here