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I built a free, open-source project manager that helps teams keep costs under $15/month.

hudy9x on May 19, 2024

Hi everyone, Hudy here! Today, I'm excited to share my open-source project manager with you all. I built this from the ground up with the goal of...
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Muneeb Hussain • Edited

You can reduce more on cost by utilizing Cloudflare more by using R2 for storage and Cloudflare workers for the backend with Hono

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hudy9x

Thanks for your suggestion. I will add R2 support into the app.

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Josef Nobach

This is cool. Will look this up next year with my students. Do you have a open repo for this project?

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Josef Nobach

Cool thx!

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Huy Trần Đắc • Edited

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Hello, after running the backend and frontend, when I go to the login screen and enter my account and password like the clip, I get this error, I don't know what the error is.

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hudy9x

I see you're using Windows, so please run these following command before starting the app:
1/ generate schema

$ yarn generate
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2/ push schema to the mongodb database

$ yarn pushdb
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3/ create a user

$ yarn seed user
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P/S: if you run these command already, but still got the error. Please run the 1/ command again. And go to MongoDB Atlas to check whether admin user has created or not.

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Huy Trần Đắc

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Thank you for your reply, there is already a user on mongoDB but I don't understand why I still get the above login error, please help me.

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hudy9x

Please double check the connection string.

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The error shown above tell you that: " Error creating a database connection. " That means your MONGODB_URL might be incorrect.

Open up the .env file and go to Mongodb Atlas > Connect to view your domain.

Connect section

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Huy Trần Đắc

Hello, I tried to do exactly the same as yours and my mod is also the same, it has already added the user so it will be the right link, right, but I still get this error. Please check

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hudy9x

Please replace your username and password and try the following connection:

MONGODB_URL=mongodb+srv://{user}:{pwd}@cluster0.mns2bti.mongodb.net/demodb?retryWrites=true&w=majority
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I removed the appName search param

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Huy Trần Đắc

mongodb+srv://demoHuyTran:PV9kFXHfZEGmKhPL@cluster0.mns2bti..../demodb?retryWrites=true&w=majority
This is my url, it's the same as yours and it still has the same error as above, hope you have a solution

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hudy9x • Edited

after replacing the connection string, you should re-run this command again:

$ yarn generate 
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then restart the backend and try again.

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Huy Trần Đắc • Edited

Hi, please try to check. I can record a clip if you have free time. Please check this error for me. Thank you
drive.google.com/file/d/1xzPlgkgbu...

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hudy9x

It's wierd :))
Your connection string works well for me bro

MONGODB_URL=mongodb+srv://demoHuyTran:PV9kFXHfZEGmKhPL@cluster0.mns2bti.mongodb.net/demodb?retryWrites=true&w=majority
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I just replace yours to mine and re-generate the schema.
So, please join my discord server I want to see all of your settings

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Huy Trần Đắc

Please let me go to the disco

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Huy Trần Đắc

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Please let me go to the disco

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Huy Trần Đắc

Please give me the discord link

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P.S. not to be the paranoid person but please don't share connection string on comments 🙏🏽, their might be invisible 🎩 blackhats harvesting it, having an access. They will like to have access to your growth 🥶

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Jimmy

good job, bro. I also have a small team, we're using GitHub project to manage the tasks, i think it doesn't have Goal View and Calendar View, therefore your product is very nice.

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hudy9x

Thanks for your comment. As a team leader, do you think the app should integrate Github to sync PR or issues ? I'd love to here from you.

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Avijit CHATTOPADHYAY

This is cool. I got it working on my Windows PC. However, I was wondering if the Mongodb database be on my local environment. Appreciate your answer.

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hudy9x

My team have been working on this. Soon we'll commit the docker version for local use. Watch our repo or discord server

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Fran

Great project, very inspiring your code, thanks for sharing!

When you mention the costs, do you really get a free domain with Cloudflare? How do you do it?

Thank you!

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hudy9x

No, I bought a domain on namecheap

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Awal Hossain

Thank you for open-sourcing this incredible project. Your dedication and generosity are truly inspiring. Keep up the fantastic work 🚀

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Swapnil Gupta

Great work

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Schemetastic (Rodrigo)

Hey! So basically this is an open source host-yourself productivity app for teams?

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hudy9x

Yes, It is bro.

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Schemetastic (Rodrigo)

Hey! I use Product Hunt, and X (Twitter) reach me out if you decide to create a product launch.

You may also be interested to add it to platforms such as PikaPods, Railway and elestio

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hudy9x

The docker version is available guys.
github.com/hudy9x/namviek/blob/mai...

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IamDaGod

Hello, to all my people who love FOSS software.. can you just help me with this react.js app? Whatever you do just make it better.. lets see where it ends...

Github URL

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hudy9x

The first thing you should do is that update the README file bro.
Something like:

  • What is this app ?
  • Some screenshots
  • Main funtionalities
  • ...
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Earendil

Awesome work. Love the clean look... Any plans to make a Docker version?

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hudy9x

I do have a docker version. But it's under development. The major issue is the image too big (>2gb) :(

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The docker version is available now
github.com/hudy9x/namviek/blob/mai...

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volfcan

How can I get the frontend source code of the platform? (namviek.com/)

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hudy9x

just visit my repo, you'll see frontend code in packages/ui-app

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volfcan

I mean the landing page of the website (namviek.com) not the application itself.

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volfcan

ohh okay my bad thanks

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Igor Soloydenko

The screenshots look very similar to Linear. Were you guys inspired by it?

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hudy9x

No, it inspired by a design on dribble. And a lot of features are from Clickup and Trello

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Himanshu Agarkar

Wow, the product is amazing, we had been using Notion till now for team management, but this seems much more productive.

However, I was wondering if the one who sets the project up with MongoDB will have all others' data as well, or if each one of the members will have to set up MongoDB.

Also if I set up the project, how do I share it with others? I mean how do they start contributing?

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However, I was wondering if the one who sets the project up with MongoDB will have all others' data as well

Yes, anyone who setup the project will own the entire data.

or if each one of the members will have to set up MongoDB.

No, the application has one database, You're thinking in Notion way that each member has their own database. That's incorrect for my project.

Also if I set up the project, how do I share it with others? I mean how do they start contributing?

If your're a developer you can contribute your fixes and features via my repo

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Rahul Patil

Is the website open-source? I'd be happy to make it responsive.

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hudy9x

I appreciate that, the repo here bro: github.com/hudy9x/namviek

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Rahul Patil

This is for the application. I wanted the repo for the website.

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Jarrell

This looks promising. Any chance that you'll include Appwrite (appwrite.io) support in the future?

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hudy9x

No, I want to control the cloud, not using an All in one platform.
Maybe another FOSS

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Jarrell

Appwrite is FOSS...

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Oscar Russell • Edited

Great job on building a free, open-source project manager to help teams keep costs under $15/month! When working on such projects, it's important to be aware of the common reasons for project failure , such as poor resource allocation and inadequate planning. Understanding these factors can help you improve your project's success rate and efficiency. Additionally, the insights from the Epicflow blog can provide valuable strategies to mitigate these risks. Keep up the good work!

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AmilcarNetto

NICE*50!
Congrats for this project! I'm wondering if is there a dockerized version of the app? If not I can create one. Thanks!

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hudy9x

github.com/hudy9x/namviek/blob/mai...
the docker version is available now

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hudy9x

Some contributors are working on it. Watch the repo, it will be update as soon as the docker version available

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Anwar Hossain

Cool. Appreciated.

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Rizwan Aaqil

Hey! this looks great. I am able to run it but unable to register a user. If there a default admin user?

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hudy9x

Run the following command to seed a default user

$ yarn seed2 user // for mac vs linux
$ yarn seed user // for windows
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fouad2009

très intéressant

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shrey vijayvargiya

Can you find a way to make it accessible at a low cost to non-devs and once figured out it will be easy to sell via the web!!, just an idea

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hudy9x

that's a good idea. I'll think about it. Thanks

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Sergio Avalos

This is truly inspiring! Thanks for sharing (both your experience and the app :-) )

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Nguyen Xuan hoa

Cool!
Thanks for sharing, buddy.

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Lotfi Jebali

This is extremely incredible, well done
I am in love with the landing page by the way <3

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cbmeeks

Sorry this is off topic but I went to Vietnam (Saigon) last month for the first time and it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. :-)

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Piotr Kulpinski

Looks great! Mind submitting it on openaltenative.co?

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Cao Quốc Minh

Bruh 👍

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Denys Holius

whats wrong with github.com/makeplane/plane ?

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hudy9x

this's absolutely amazing FOSS. It's look so familiar with Linear

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whitersun

Seem like this project not working with pnpm ... so sad....

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hudy9x

No worry. I'm planning to add pnpm support.

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Alex

Looks fresh, great work!

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ppaanngggg

Great work, it's really helpful for small teams.

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hudy9x

Yep, Hope it saves your operational cost.

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shadow1349

What did you use for the calendar view?

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hudy9x

I built the calendar view myself and used react-beautiful-dnd for the drag and drop functionality

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Rishabh Tiwari

Great work Hudy, absolutely love the user-friendly interface and underlying functionalities!

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hudy9x

Thank you, happy coding :D

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Tim Keller

Fyi the discord link your sharing is invalid! Could you generate a new one for here and your website?

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hudy9x

Opps!! My bad, here it is discord.gg/XbYtDQYFPZ

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Suraj Kumar • Edited

hey!, can any one help how mongodb binary use in electron app here is my post link

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Emma Ngo

What a super cool thing that your team made! 🤩

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VuNguyenDev

I can't run the command "yarn pushdb"

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