freeboard

Dev tools

dashboard builder

SHOW HN2014

74points
38comments
#412of 2,272 in 2014
Top 19%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

7 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.

Execution: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Simple and useful for monitoring JSON data and devices

    From 3 comments
  • Good fit with InfluxDB and other data sources

    From 1 comment
    • This looks really cool. I'd love to pair it up with our work on InfluxDB!
      pauldix on HN

Objections

  • Lack of documentation and install instructions

    From 2 comments
    • Because of the lack of documentation I have a hard time trying it out. Haven't been able to get a JSON source working correctly. Do have to add that I have pretty much 0…
      donkeyd on HN
    • I quickly browsed the GitHub repo but I guess I'm not smart enough because I couldn't find the requirements/install instructions/faq to try this out.
      lazyant on HN
  • Mixed-content blocking when feeds are not served over HTTPS

    From 2 comments
    • Think I may have found a bug. When trying to load a JSON feed which isn't behind HTTPS, FireFox blocks it from being loaded on the board: `Blocked loading mixed active content`…
      edent on HN
    • Yeah it's something that is browser dependent. I wouldn't call it a bug, but it is an annoyance. It's a decision we had to make in order to keep Freeboards secure for customers…
      jheising on HN
  • Basic auth does not work; CORS issues

    From 2 comments
    • I can't seem to get basic auth working. I know basic is "bad" form, but we have APIs we still expose them selves via it and that would be very nice to support. I tried both…
      donatj on HN
    • donatj, I would expect that both of those would work, but I can check into adding this as a feature. A lot of times this is actually an issue with CORS. The API would need to add…
      jheising on HN
  • No pricing information

    From 1 comment
    • I'm not seeing any pricing information anywhere. This could be driving people away. I know I personally hate having to do the whole "try before you buy" dance just to find out…
      deelowe on HN

Requests

  • WebSocket or realtime update support

    From 1 comment
    • Looks promising. Stumbled upon one issue: Gauge has Minimum/Minimum labels instead of Minimum/Maximum I was also hoping to find WebSocket support. While polling works for a lot…
      introex on HN
  • Command and control of devices

    From 1 comment
    • Is it strictly read-only? It would seem like a natural extension to make this a complete control center where in addition to monitoring you could also control your devices.
      zokier on HN
  • More prominent examples on the homepage

    From 1 comment
    • just a thought, make the examples more prominent. I almost thought I'd have to sign up just to try it, before I finally got to the "see it in action" bit all the way at the…
      nemof on HN
  • More styling control over widgets

    From 1 comment
    • In my case it's for a CRM / marketing dashboard, so the data is more stuff like "pageviews over time" or "sales today vs last week". I'm fairly sure that the actual data is…
      richthegeek on HN

Questions

  • How to install and run the open source code

    From 1 comment
    • I already tried it thanks, I want to know what it would take to install and play with the (open source) code
      lazyant on HN
  • Can it handle very large numbers of devices

    From 1 comment
    • This is cool, but I think your description is a misnomer. This is a dashboard for Internet-connected devices that provide various readings and status updates. In my world…
      davidu on HN

Alternatives named

  • Geckoboard

    From 1 comment
  • Telemetry app

    From 1 comment
    • Check out https://telemetryapp.com -- it handles your requirements I think.
      poutine on HN
  • sqldashboards.com

    From 1 comment
    • Checkout www.sqldashboards.com Regarding your points: 1. Currently 13 charting widgets 2. Database SQL query format 3. Configurable and Themable (3 themes so far) 4. Not yet but…
      RyanHamilton on HN

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