Directus 9 - Instant no-code app and dynamic API for any SQL database

@mario_leon That's amazing to hear, Mario... thanks! We have a very strong user-base with banks, financial institutions, and governments because of the ability to self-host Directus on-premises (without a license, paywalls, or other limitations). 🏦 While our platform and Cloud service are absurdly secure, some projects simply require a solution with end-to-end transparency and control. While some other vendors don't like or resect that, we embrace this flexibility and love building such an open-ended platform. I'd love to hear more about your project, if you're open to sharing! Have a great day!

@anna_voronina148 Oh, great question! Usually I only get asked this when talking to VCs! Back in 2004, my agency was building pretty innovative digital experiences (websites, installations, kiosks, apps, etc) for large, industry-leading brands. Traditional CMS we just not flexible enough, and building bespoke solutions for each project was untenable long-term. Looking at our build workflow, we found that we always started dev by building a well-architected SQL database, with a data model purpose built for the project's exact needs. Our engineers did this with Database Administration Tools (eg: Sequel Pro, PHPmyAdmin, etc)... which was the perfect "window" into managing the database. However, this software was highly technical, and clicking the wrong button could truncate (delete) everything in an instant. I had the idea of essentially recreating phpMyAdmin as a customer-facing webapp that would be simple, safe, and intuitive enough for handing off to our non-technical end users (in lieu of a CMS). Then, we could just design the project database, and instantly have a tailored "CMS" for authoring and managing anything inside. This was about 10 years before the term "Headless CMS", so a decade later, we were first on the scene. Fast-forward another six years, and we learned that many users were using Directus to power other types of data-driven projects... so we "re-positioned" (which I prefer to "pivoted") to an "Open Data Platform" with Headless Content Management as a primary use-case. This broader focus on Data (instead of just content) has led to some extremely interesting and powerful features. Now, with over 10M installs, our users are still powering amazing digital experiences, but also gathering data from IoT devices, creating no-code back-office apps, and pretty much anything else you can think of. It's been a wild ride!! 🎢

@jack_em Thank you! Thrilled to have won you back over. We are so excited about v9 and all the incredible possibilities. We look forward to getting your input and feedback that will help us lift your projects to the next level.🤝

@jack_em Glad you came back to give us another try!! The Directus 9 port to node.js was a full refactor (obviously), but it gave us a unique opportunity to really clean up the code, make it modular, and really focus on performance. 🦾 We're happy to report that the entire developer experience is like a dream now. While you don't need to work on the core codebase, being open-source, it's nice to know that you can! 🤗 Anything you've been looking for in a platform that we haven't implemented yet? We're excited to get a nice list of todos for our engineers!

@benhaynes @fefe411 Thank you! The team is very pleased with our progress so far and have plans for so much more. Excited to share more in the coming days :)

@fefe411 Here's to the grind! Always exciting to showcase your work after such a long journey! 🎉

@pratik_butani Thank you :) Feedbacks are always welcomed!

@pratik_butani Thanks! 🙌

@nathaniel_stewart Thank you, Nate!! The whole team is really excited to finally be able to showcase all their hard work! 🥰

@lauren_medoff Thank you! We have helped a couple of law firms revamp their websites and content management strategies. Let us know if you have a project we can help with :)

@lauren_medoff Thank you, Lauren! 🎉

@maria_brm Thank you for the excellent feedback! Need a bit of clarification on the question - Are you asking if we can download an Insights Dashboard? e.g. as a pdf or similar?

@w0kyj Yes, exactly, can it be downloaded as a pdf, or excel file for example? :)

@w0kyj @maria_brm Technically yes, you can use the browser to Print the Dashboard... and choose "Print as PDF". It's a workaround, but will work until we have more Insights Export options!

@w0kyj @benhaynes Awesome! *_* Thanks a lot for the answer! I am looking forward to gathering my first experiences on this amazing platform! ^_^

@zacharyd Thanks, Zach!

@mpreston2710 Thanks, Michael! Truly letting go of all your branding in the name of full white-labeling is a difficult pill to swallow. Even I had some trouble with the concept when some users asked us to remove our name from places in the source code so they could resell Directus as if it were theirs. But it's an important part of building an Enterprise solution. No one wants someone else's logo/design plastered all over their systems. Even when the other company's branding is as good as ours! 🐰