Motor Admin
Dev tools
admin panel
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
3 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Pricing: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Polished and one of the better admin tools seen
From 1 comment
I've been using this with my clients the last few weeks, and while it's definitely polished enough for many uses and one of the better admin tools I've seen, note some drawbacks…
gyvuhbjioghiyg on HN
Fast and enjoyable to use with PostgreSQL
From 1 comment
I have been using motor admin with a postgresql database for a few months now, and the team is really enjoying its lightning-fast features. Also, the maintainers take the…
arnley on HN
Maintainers respond to and fix reported issues
From 1 comment
I have been using motor admin with a postgresql database for a few months now, and the team is really enjoying its lightning-fast features. Also, the maintainers take the…
arnley on HN
Objections
Poor support for custom Postgres data types
From 1 comment
I've been using this with my clients the last few weeks, and while it's definitely polished enough for many uses and one of the better admin tools I've seen, note some drawbacks…
gyvuhbjioghiyg on HN
Hidden columns also hidden from insert and edit
From 1 comment
I've been using this with my clients the last few weeks, and while it's definitely polished enough for many uses and one of the better admin tools I've seen, note some drawbacks…
gyvuhbjioghiyg on HN
SSO locked behind enterprise tier
From 2 comments
Shame, but looks like SSO is hidden behind an "enterprise" tax. https://www.getmotoradmin.com/pro Another entry for https://sso.tax
ArchOversight on HNPlease don't give a free license to companies. Charge them and donate your profits to the dependencies you rely on.
isthisreality on HN
Cannot read views or tables with unusual names
From 1 comment
I've been using this with my clients the last few weeks, and while it's definitely polished enough for many uses and one of the better admin tools I've seen, note some drawbacks…
gyvuhbjioghiyg on HN
Requests
Support for Supabase schemas not exposed by PostgREST
From 1 comment
My first reaction to this is that some of the features (directly editing data, viewing data) won't work for our deployment of supabase, as our data is within a schema not exposed…
l30n4da5 on HN
AWS deployment guidance
From 1 comment
is an AWS deploy planned soon?
andreacavagna on HN
Clarify Heroku free tier deployment
From 1 comment
It is not clear within the documentation, is the Heroku Deployment going to run on a an Heroku Free Tier Plan?
mahesh_rm on HN
Questions
Is it Supabase-specific or generic PostgreSQL?
From 2 comments
Based on the use cases section, it doesn't seem like this is Supabase specific, but rather postgres specific. Do I have that right? Leveraging Supabase for marketing is a good…
city41 on HNThe link posted here is to a Supabase-specific landing page. Their main home page doesn't mention Supabase: https://www.getmotoradmin.com/
wodow on HN
How does it compare to Retool, Metabase, Forest Admin, Directus?
From 3 comments
Looks interesting ! I'm currently building a webapp on Supabase and have been considering Retool for admin purposes. What would this offer over something like Retool ? Do you…
sctgrhm on HNHow does it compare to Metabase? https://www.metabase.com
thunderbong on HNIs anyone who has tried both this and Forest Admin able to give a comparison of feature sets?
wodow on HN
Alternatives named
Retool
From 1 comment
Looks interesting ! I'm currently building a webapp on Supabase and have been considering Retool for admin purposes. What would this offer over something like Retool ? Do you…
sctgrhm on HN
Directus
From 1 comment
I find Directus better because it is 100% even with Role Support. Not related to directus just enjoing it so much AFTER i have used strapi and supabase for quite some time. Don't…
eikaramba on HN
Metabase
From 1 comment
How does it compare to Metabase? https://www.metabase.com
thunderbong on HN
Forest Admin
From 2 comments
Is anyone who has tried both this and Forest Admin able to give a comparison of feature sets?
wodow on HNDisclaimer: I'm the founder of Forest Admin I never tried MotorAdmin as it seems to be a young project. But it provides a great open-source alternative to Forest Admin as the…
seyz on HN
Strapi
From 1 comment
I find Directus better because it is 100% even with Role Support. Not related to directus just enjoing it so much AFTER i have used strapi and supabase for quite some time. Don't…
eikaramba on HN