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We've been working for ages on building something that lets non-technical people create software without code. We spent about 2 years building a really powerful and complicated drag-and-drop no-code app builder. It was really awesome, it could create social networks, SaaS, marketplaces \u2013 the works. The only problem was: nobody could use it unless they were already a developer! It turned out that even though you weren't technically writing any code\u2026 you were still actually programming, still thinking like a developer. Just with a really inefficient set of no-code tools.
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Right now we support Airtable and Google Sheets, but we'd like to expand out to include other data sources like SQL databases, APIs and even MS Excel(!).
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I've been a member of HN for fifteen years so today I'm very excited to share Plato.
Plato is an Airtable-like interface for your Postgres or MySQL database. It's an admin panel for devs and non-devs alike to manage your DB. We see teams use Plato for customer support, customer success, ops, etc..
We built Plato because we think more people should be able to build and extend internal tools. We thought it was strange that even though low-code is supposed to democratize development, all of the low-code internal tool builders are marketed to engineers! Airtable is a familiar UI that fits the relational model well, so we've been inspired by their work. Even the engineers on our team use Plato quite a bit, since it's often easier than spinning up a SQL prompt.
Some features:
- Postgres and MySQL support
- Visual query controls (sorts, filters, hiding columns). No SQL.
- Joins by "expanding" foreign keys
- Virtual columns for tracking new data
- Auto-generated backlinks for one-to-many relationships
- Read-only locking for individual tables
- Virtual tables for sharing new views with your team
Plato today works on databases with a public IP (just whitelist our IP to connect), but we're soon rolling out an on-prem version. We can also set up an SSH tunnel for you if you contact us at team@plato.io.
We'd love to hear your feedback! Thanks.
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Plato is an Airtable-like interface for your Postgres or MySQL database. It's an admin panel for devs and non-devs alike to manage your DB. We see teams use Plato for customer support, customer success, ops, etc..
We built Plato because we think more people should be able to build and extend internal tools. We thought it was strange that even though low-code is supposed to democratize development, all of the low-code internal tool builders are marketed to engineers! Airtable is a familiar UI that fits the relational model well, so we've been inspired by their work. Even the engineers on our team use Plato quite a bit, since it's often easier than spinning up a SQL prompt.
Some features:
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- Visual query controls (sorts, filters, hiding columns). No SQL.
- Joins by "expanding" foreign keys
- Virtual columns for tracking new data
- Auto-generated backlinks for one-to-many relationships
- Read-only locking for individual tables
- Virtual tables for sharing new views with your team
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- No code. Build sheets and forms with zero coding or SQL knowledge.
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- Unlimited number of records per table (compare to 50,000 in Airtable).
- Use query parameters to determine which subset of rows (out of millions) to display.
- Display columns from lookup tables, not just the main table.
- Instant scrolling of up to 100,000 rows.
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