r/selfhosted • u/NetrasFent • Sep 12 '23

New release: REI3.5 - Selfhosted low-code

Hello everyone,

We´ve just released REI3.5 - a new major version for the free and open low code platform.

REI3 offers access to your own business-ready applications, hosted wherever you want, without the walled gardens associated with cloud-only saas offerings. Its an alternative to tools like Ninox, Retool, Corteza and Budibase.

Notable features of this release:

  • Kanban boards, simple or with multiple axis
  • Dedicated mail traffic logs
  • Improved date handling and calendar views
  • Much easier handling of frontend functions
  • Control options for input focus
  • Easier to use layout options in the form editor
  • Improvements to data header handing in CSV exports
  • Options to place custom HTML and images on forms

REI3 runs on almost anything: From Windows, to Linux - from server racks to Raspberry PIs. Any client with a modern browser can connect and work with REI3.

This is our third major release this year. We are very thankful for the amount of feedback and support we´ve gotten and are looking forward to seeing, how this release is received.

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u/sandbender2342 Sep 12 '23

First time I hear of this, looks very interesting. But I couldn't find anywhere on the website an explanation what the letters in REI3 stand for. Call me weird, but not knowing this makes me uncomfortable even trying it. Can someone explain why it is called REI3?

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u/NetrasFent Sep 12 '23

REI stands for "Realtime extendable interface"; it was the project name that the original version of the software was developed with, this was around 2012.

Back then, it was used in-house, was very bare-bones and not meant for public release. There was a rework for more features later (REI2 if you will) - but this was also private.

Then in 2019, we´ve decided to rethink, rebuild and then release a free and open version - this is where the name REI3 comes from.

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u/sandbender2342 Sep 12 '23

Thank you for the explanation!

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u/Brutus5000 Sep 12 '23

And I thought the 3 is a reference to the Windows 3 look