Show HN: BoringUi, converting JSON to web UI

[Anuttam]

Hey hackers, introducing BoringUi, a tool to convert your json data to web ui. Just enter the data, describe how you want the ui and done!

Thinking of adding a feature to directly connect api so my backend folks never have to learn bloated frontend frameworks for simple tasks. It can be used for internal presentation, MVP etc where you don't want a complex ui.

Checkout the Twitter post : https://x.com/AnuttamAna56189/status/1808423300571316500?t=2...

[0x20cowboy]

It’s older, but here is another alternative https://github.com/robrohan/lib-loopy

[Anuttam]

Nice. It can be clubbed with this but I have chosen json to let people create ui from their data since json is a common format. Gonna add feature to connect api and generate ui directly

[sabbaticaldev]

this was archived 4 years ago and doesn’t even build anymore, what’s the point of saying it’s an alternative? it’s not

[ramon156]

This is converting, this is generating. I keep getting different results which I don't expect when converting.

[Anuttam]

This is v1. Upcoming features will be persisting ui.

Join waitlist: https://tally.so/r/3E0KjL

[itake]

the default json generated a view with white text on a white background :hmm:

[Anuttam]

I also faced this sometimes. Improving

[nsiradze]

what kind of use cases or specific scenarios are you targeting with this feature? I get about internal presentation or MVP but, why should I pay for it

[Anuttam]

The plan is to evolve it to a full frontend. For ex connect your backend api and generate ui for your content and use custom domain directly (handling pagination also). Use for dashboards etc.

[AndyKluger]

What's the license? Is there a repo?

[Anuttam]

Not opensourced currently. Building up more features, join the waitlist https://tally.so/r/3E0KjL

[mutant]

Doesn't appear to work now

[Anuttam]

Still working for me. What did you try ?

[mutant]

Also. Fuck xitter, move on bro