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Grist vs NocoDB: A Practical Comparison for Data-Driven Workflows

Grist and NocoDB are two open-source tools designed to help teams manage structured data, but they cater to very different needs. This post compares their strengths and weaknesses based on UI design, automation capabilities, API support, and access control.

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 626 words

Fixing Paperless API Requests in n8n: Avoiding the Login Page Trap

While building an n8n workflow for Paperless-ngx, I encountered a confusing issue: API requests that worked in curl returned an HTML login page in n8n. Here’s how I diagnosed the problem and found a reliable fix.

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words
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July 29, 2025
21:46

Just looking around the n8n subreddit it gives me the impression that n8n = AI. No! #n8n is a lot more that that!

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July 26, 2025
01:47

Snippets Library

A secure, lightning-fast code snippet manager to store, organize, and share your code with beautiful syntax highlighting.
May be a good alternative to ByteStash. The problem is there’s no easy docker install method.
BM557 Code, Selfhosting, Snippets
01:42

PicPeak

Self-hosted photo sharing platform for photographers & events. Open-source alternative to PicDrop/Scrapbook with time-limited galleries, password protection, custom branding & no monthly fees. Built with React + Node.js
I wonder if this is a good alternative to WeddingShare?
BM556 Photos, Selfhosting
July 22, 2025
07:54

Expense Owl

Extremely simple, self-hosted expense tracker with a beautiful UI.

My wish for a personal finance app:

  • Auto-categorization of transactions
  • Great UI, especially for mobile
  • Rest API
BM555 PersonalFinance, Selfhosting
July 18, 2025
23:20

PersonalAccounter

A Easy To use & Deploy comprehensive PHP-based personal and small corporate accounting management system with powerful expense tracking, subscription management, and reporting capabilities.
BM553 PersonalFinance, Selfhosting
22:15

EZ Book Keeping

A lightweight, self-hosted personal finance app with a sleek, user-friendly interface and powerful bookkeeping features.
Browsed through the interface, and it’s good actually. Might prove to be a good alternative to Actual Budget. And it has a built-in rest API to get our data.
BM552 BookKeeping, PersonalFinance, Selfhosting
14:38

Simple Datatables

DataTables but in TypeScript transpiled to Vanilla JS
The simpler alternative to Tabulator.info
BM551 Datatable, Selfhosting, Table
July 17, 2025
13:05

doonfrs/rsync-backup

A simple bash script for automated backups using rsync with configurable sources and excludes.
BM550 Backup, Rsync, Selfhosting
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