TinyCld
Productivity
self-hosted office suite
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How HN took it
6 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Execution: 2 for, 2 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, modern design and dark mode support
From 3 comments
This looks awesome, thank you. Kudos for supporting dark mode out of the box. Looking forward to seeing calendar and drive catching up to full dark mode.
atmanactive on HNit looks beautiful
ThreatPortSec on HNThank you for sharing. Nice landing page and very cool demo. I was wondering what your reason is of developing it instead of just use nextcloud for your company or for mail,…
tom1337890 on HN
Simpler and more modern than Nextcloud
From 2 comments
This looks really cool and more modern than Nextcloud. From the homepage, I was a little wary of the idea of hosting my own email server -- doesn't that require a ton of effort…
dangrover on HNInteresting. I've tried owncloud, nextcloud, and other similar "all-in-one" solutions in the past. None ever stuck with me, for various reasons I cannot remember. I just might…
dvirdung on HN
Pocketbase and the platform look promising
From 2 comments
PocketBase is awesome and this thing looks awesome. One question, I could not understand if a mail provider is needed or it handles on its own?
betimsl on HNnice, I was just deciding what to use. I tried nextcloud, but I'm running a php system on my machines.
barddoo on HN
Objections
Spreadsheet undo behaviour failed in a stress test
From 1 comment
I like this. However, I just gave your Sheets a simple stress test by selecting a bunch of cells, then using the fill handle to populate other cells, and afterward doing an undo…
djfobbz on HN
Office file compatibility and supply chain concerns
From 3 comments
I have seen lately a number of new productivity suite. How is the Microsoft Office compatibility managed by these tools? There is a popular SDK providing the compatibility? I…
gbalduzzi on HNOffice compatibility really runs into the xkcd workflow problem[1]. For the overwhelming majority of users, any of these alternative office suites will work exactly as expected.…
thesuitonym on HNI have been considering Nextcloud for a homelab install, but dreading the deployment/maintenance story there if I ever start relying on it as a source of truth. Would definitely…
elevation on HN
Email relies on a third-party provider (Postmark only for now)
From 3 comments
Interesting! Will try this soon, I have very similar gripes with nextcloud et al that you mentioned. The lock in to postmark I don't love, I think I would rather have it be a…
thijsmie on HNyes, I should make this clearer: You do not actually host the email, tinycld uses a transactional host for sending and receiving. I also have a lot of scars from doing that in…
nathanstitt on HNPocketBase is awesome and this thing looks awesome. One question, I could not understand if a mail provider is needed or it handles on its own?
betimsl on HN
Requests
Support more mail providers such as SES, Resend, Mailgun
From 3 comments
Add SES support.
doctorpangloss on HNOther nice options would be Resend and the Cloudflare Email Service
vixalien on HNyes, I should make this clearer: You do not actually host the email, tinycld uses a transactional host for sending and receiving. I also have a lot of scars from doing that in…
nathanstitt on HN
Calendar and drive dark mode
From 1 comment
This looks awesome, thank you. Kudos for supporting dark mode out of the box. Looking forward to seeing calendar and drive catching up to full dark mode.
atmanactive on HN
IMAP/SMTP proxy to use existing email service
From 1 comment
Interesting! Will try this soon, I have very similar gripes with nextcloud et al that you mentioned. The lock in to postmark I don't love, I think I would rather have it be a…
thijsmie on HN
Questions
Whether it needs a mail provider or handles mail itself
From 2 comments
PocketBase is awesome and this thing looks awesome. One question, I could not understand if a mail provider is needed or it handles on its own?
betimsl on HNThis looks really cool and more modern than Nextcloud. From the homepage, I was a little wary of the idea of hosting my own email server -- doesn't that require a ton of effort…
dangrover on HN
Whether multi-org is for hosting clients
From 1 comment
Looks promising! The multi-org feature is interesting, and not something I see very often with these types of solutions. Is the use-case that I host and manage it, and onboard my…
FlamingMoe on HN
Whether it will be offered as a hosted service
From 1 comment
Looks really nice. Do you plan to support this in the future? Are you planning to foster a community of developers around it, or are you thinking about hosting it as a service?…
smokel on HN
Alternatives named
Nextcloud
From 4 comments
I have been considering Nextcloud for a homelab install, but dreading the deployment/maintenance story there if I ever start relying on it as a source of truth. Would definitely…
elevation on HNInteresting. I've tried owncloud, nextcloud, and other similar "all-in-one" solutions in the past. None ever stuck with me, for various reasons I cannot remember. I just might…
dvirdung on HNThank you for sharing. Nice landing page and very cool demo. I was wondering what your reason is of developing it instead of just use nextcloud for your company or for mail,…
tom1337890 on HNnice, I was just deciding what to use. I tried nextcloud, but I'm running a php system on my machines.
barddoo on HN
Google Workspace
From 1 comment
Hey all, Nathan here, I'm the author. I wrote TinyCld because Google in their infinite wisdom decided to cancel my 20 year old free Google Apps suite for "commercial usage".…
nathanstitt on HN
Collabora Office
From 1 comment
Yea I really did want to go Nextcloud because it is the battle tested solution as you note, but a few things held me back. ``` * It's UI felt dated - which I agree is not an…
nathanstitt on HN