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• sdk-java

  47 193 8.6 Java

  Temporal Java SDK

  

I was recently looking for a simpler alternative to Temporal (https://temporal.io/) so this could be ideal. If you could add instructions for self-hosting it (_sounds_ like you just need an Express server, but I would guess some backend persistent store/database/queue too) that would be great. The Webhook catalog only lists Github: I think integrating with Stripe would be neat. Like, when someone pays an invoice, Stripe calls a webhook. That could trigger an action.

• windmill

  86 8,463 10.0 Svelte

  Open-source developer platform to turn scripts into workflows and UIs. Fastest workflow engine (5x vs Airflow). Open-source alternative to Airplane and Retool.

  

Trigger.dev looks like amazing if you want a simplified temporal that is still 100% code based and exclusively in Typescript. If you are looking for a Zapier-for-developer experience, we took an alternative route at Windmill of allowing Python/Javascript/Go/Bash as steps but the workflows are still GUI based: https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/blob/main/imgs/win...

Despite them being GUI based, you can do everything that temporal enable, approval steps/suspending workflows until being reactivated by a webhook, branching, etc, etc... It's 100% open-source and self-hostable.

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• trigger.dev

  23 7,136 9.9 TypeScript

  Trigger.dev is the open source background jobs platform for TypeScript.

  

As someone who got burned by past "Open Source" projects, yours raises all redflags:

- Advertised as "Open Source", yet this is actually a paid product with a pricing page.

- You don't even have a guide on how to install this thing... euh, I mean what's the point of this if I can't use it?

- You have a complicated license: https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/blob/main/LICEN.... You might have an "open" source as anyone can see the source but it's not as open as say an MIT license for the whole project.

- Your pricing conflicts with your open source users. You need them to build and improve the product but you also want a worse experience otherwise your cloud-hosted solution will not prevail.

• trigger.dev-examples

  1 7 10.0 TypeScript

  Discontinued Node.js project with multiple example Trigger.dev workflows

  

I forgot to mention in the original post we've built a bunch of example workflows here: https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev-examples

• Pizzly

  1 15 10.0 TypeScript

  The simplest, fastest way to integrate your app with an OAuth API (by triggerdotdev)

  

• dagger

  92 10,190 9.9 Go

  Application Delivery as Code that Runs Anywhere (by dagger)

  

• automatisch

  31 3,893 9.8 JavaScript

  The open source Zapier alternative. Build workflow automation without spending time and money.

  

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• windmill-sync-example

  5 24 8.4 Python
  

> I'm really looking for something that is gui first but as a drop down to code when you want. But inline code editor, let me save it to a git repo or similar.

That's like, exactly what we are, take a look at this screenshot for instance: https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/blob/main/imgs/win...

As for syncing code to git, we do it as well through our CLI and Github Actions: https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill-sync-example

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