Show HN: Zengine – a platform to build custom business apps

I run a custom software house. There's a huge amount of overlap in what our customers ask us to build in terms of features. I've longed for some kind of plug and play platform, that allows the us to include modules such as authentication, a reporting UI, workflows, email scheduling and templates etc, and then customise them to produce a functioning app as per the client's requirements. We've actually had a go at creating something similar to this in .Net and it's some of the way there. We use it and I've often dabbled with the idea of commercialising it.

I'll be interested to see how close this is to my vision...nice work :)

Zengine's JavaScript plugin architecture, currently an alpha proof-of-concept, will allow developers of any skill level to add rich functionality to the Zengine UI in minutes. These plugins can then be used privately or shared with the world. It's the power and promise of Salesforce without all the complexity and cost.

Feedback on the idea itself and the technical direction of the architecture is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

After reading the HN tile, Zoho immediately came to my mind (maybe the starting Z? ). Are you targeting the same customers ? Zoho Creator looks similar in functionality.