[ctb9]

Welp, this changes my 2024 outlook.

I've been using Airplane.dev since their first post on HN, and I was repeatedly delighted with the way the product "just worked", I thought they made great choices about code vs. config vs. admin, and their feature development velocity was superb.

I was ready to really jump in and move beyond simple internal tools to build complex, mission critical internal systems in airplane.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I would love to leverage the powerful Airtable UI, but their scripting vs. custom extension offerings have always felt underpowered and needlessly complex, respectively.

[morgante]

I think windmill.dev is conceptually closest to Airplane, and since it’s OSS you don’t run the same risk if disappearance.

[SpaghettiX]

I haven't used it, but Tooljet is the open source Retool. Also, there's AppSmith and Budibase. Both open source.

https://www.tooljet.com/

https://www.appsmith.com/

https://budibase.com/

[adrr]

I have never used Airplane but have done projects in Retool which is really nice but little on the pricey side since they charge on a per user basis not on a per app basis. Wish they charged on a usage or app model since it makes it really expensive at first.

I know a lot of people using it so i doubt it is going away.

[kamikaz1k]

Retool?

[Rapzid]

A retool is probably a given.

[CrypticShift]

... with https://retool.com/ as an option

[jonnycoder]

“Retooling, that’s a good excuse.

I’LL RETOOL YOU!”

[kevinkatzke]

Take a look at Superblocks: https://www.superblocks.com/

[foxbee]

Give Budibase a whirl - it's open source and sits between Airtable and Airplane from a UX perspective.

[jlahijani]

Xano