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Show HN: GenieCloud – no-code app builder for Julia, Python and R

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Hi everyone! GenieCloud is a no-code platform to quickly build & deploy data applications using Julia, Python and R. Just import your AI/ML/DS projects and easily build reactive and responsive data dashboards visually.

I’m Adrian, the creator of GenieCloud and of the Genie web framework (https://genieframework.com/). Genie is a Julia low-code library for building data applications - just like Streamlit or Dash, but for JuliaLang. According to many of our users, while useful and powerful, low-code app development leaves a lot of productivity on the table. GenieCloud makes the creation of professional looking data dashboards easy and fun. First release is focused on Julia, but support for Python and R apps is already in the works.

Neat! How long will it take you to make this available for Python users?

Planning on having support for Python in around 3-4 months!

Very cool. I work in fintech and we use Julia for modeling. I can see how this would help us share data more quickly internally. How much are you going to charge for it?

There will be a free "Community" tier, for single users and one public app. A "Developer" tier, priced between $49-$99/mo depending on usage (up to 3 private apps). Then a "Team" subscription including up to 10 private apps and max 5 users for $250-500/mo. And finally, an "Enterprise" tier with unlimited apps, up to 20 user pe team, and custom support and integrations for $30-50K/year.

Can you talk a bit about how you use Julia there?

I saw a code editor in there - does it mean I can use low code to customize the dashboard? If so, I like the combination of no-code and low-code.

For sure! All the files of the app will be editable in the code editor allowing for powerful customization. The goal is to make building data apps quick and easy, but without compromising powerful editing features for users that are comfortable with coding.

Cool! Is this built on genie and stipple? Will they remind free and mit licensed?

How will integration with python work ?

How is this different from Shiny or Dash?

Shiny and Dash are web frameworks for coding data dashboards. With GenieCloud there is no need to code: with the visual UI builder you can create powerful data dashboards (that automatically work on mobile and desktop) by draging-and-dropping rich UI elements like dropdowns, sliders, plots, etc to create data apps in minutes.

Would this be suitable for external customer facing web apps, or is it more for internal data apps and dashboards? For example Streamlit initially looked exciting for easily building data driven apps but it wasn’t suitable for external customer facing apps.

Or… StreamLit

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