ilkovich

Strongly agree. We'll be rolling out of beta pretty soon with a pricing structure.

Yes, this seems like more of an issue of semantics. It's true, that you can't set this up on your own hardware. Though, that may be something we are open to in the future. Our definition of open in this context is being able to contribute/share modules.

Good question!

Yes! Eventually we will support paid modules (the building blocks of the apps you see in the marketplace) that allow developers to define a price and a license. That will in turn dictate how much an app would cost a user to use.

For example, you can imagine a Twilio module that costs a penny to use, so the end user of the app would be charged a penny per use.

Noted!

Totally appreciate that concern!

Other community-oriented services out there are built on top of a completely free platform, which makes it very difficult to pay the bills and why you see so many of them shutdown.

While we're in beta, our services are totally free, but we will have to find the right pricing model down the line.

Hi everyone - I'm the founder of Dexter (@danielilkovich) and am excited to share it with the Hacker News community.

We're a platform that enables users to quickly connect several third party APIs and custom code via a visual interface. Some people have called us Yahoo Pipes on steroids. A couple things that really set us apart:

- We're a completely open platform. Modules can be contributed to us via a `git push` and are subsequently made available to the community to use. We currently support NodeJS packages, but are planning to open up Python support soon. Docs here: http://docs.rundexter.com

- We have a marketplace where you can share your creations and collaborate with the rest of the community.

- Everything is deployed on our infrastructure. Your hacks no longer have to live on that old laptop in your closet.

- We support OAuth across 20+ providers with more on the way. Native OAuth support makes it easier to share your creations. Also, no more sifting through API docs to find out which flavor a third-party supports.

Looking forward to hearing everyone's feedback!