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Directus

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

4.9•41 reviews•

422 followers

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

4.9•41 reviews•

422 followers

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Databases and backend frameworks
The Modern Data Stack 🐰 — Directus is an instant REST+GraphQL API and intuitive no-code data collaboration app for any SQL database.
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Launched in 2016View 4 launches
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Directus 9 was ranked #4 of the week for December 7th, 2021
Directus 9 was ranked #2 of the day for December 7th, 2021
Directus Cloud was ranked #3 of the day for April 27th, 2022
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AgencyOS

AgencyOS

The all-in-one operating system to run your digital agency
AgencyOS is everything you need to get your agency off the ground, or improve tooling for your existing company. Beautiful website template, CRM and project management, and a client portal.
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Matt MinorBryant Gillespie

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Bryant Gillespie
Bryant Gillespie

Directus

Maker
📌
Hi PH peeps 👋, And thanks @matt_minor! I’m Bryant – a developer advocate on the Directus core team and I’m really freaking excited to be launching AgencyOS with the community today. AgencyOS was created to help agencies and freelancers improve their businesses by bringing all the separate disconnected tools you use to run your day to day operations into a single platform that you’ve got complete control over and feel comfortable hacking on. One of my favorite features is... 🥁 The block based proposal builder. I can't count how many times I've sent out plain, boring proposal PDFs that were created in Google Docs or Spreadsheets for large complex projects. Some were priced at tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars - which made it feel even a little more cringe. Clients didn't want to read 10 pages of proposal. And the proposals never really reflected how much time, attention, and care we put into each client project. The proposal builder within AgencyOS helps you put together great looking proposals that clients will love. --- For the tech stack - the app runs on Directus (https://directus.io) for the backend and Nuxt (https://nuxt.com) for the frontend. TailwindCSS and Nuxt UI are used for styling. When I had just started learning to code a few years ago I stumbled onto a lot of great tutorials and how-to videos. But it was still tough trying to piece together entire apps from scattered articles and starter templates. I always wished I could see behind the curtain of a real app to see how things were structured. So I've got two goals with this thing.... 1) Get you some quick wins and spark ideas on how to improve your agency's workflow with AgencyOS. 2) Give you a valuable resource – a "complete example" – of how building killer apps and projects in less time is well within your reach when you build with Directus and Nuxt. ✌️
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2yr ago
Alexander Ptitsyn
Alexander Ptitsyn
Scade.pro

Scade.pro

Hey! Fantastic start and awesome app, congrats! Bryant, how could I get the access for a trial version of AgencyOS?
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2yr ago
Bryant Gillespie
Bryant Gillespie

Directus

Maker
@alexanderptitsyn Thank you! Check out the repository (https://github.com/directus-comm...) for detailed instructions on how to spin up your own instance of AgencyOS or you can follow along with this video https://youtu.be/xK4JOorrbxo.
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2yr ago
Alexander Ptitsyn
Alexander Ptitsyn
Scade.pro

Scade.pro

Thanks!
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2yr ago
Matt Minor
Matt Minor
Hunter
📌
Running a digital agency is challenging - there’s a load of us in the Directus Core Team who have done it in a past life. There’s so much to it beyond actually delivering projects, and it’s those other bits that often make or break client relationships. Yet, to get your “operating system” set up often means you’re stringing together, many different rigid off-the-shelf tools or burning hours and hours of potentially billable time developing your own solutions and practices. AgencyOS is everything you need to get your agency off the ground or take your current agency to the next level. It’s based on familiar, extensible open source tools - Directus (for the backend) and Nuxt (for the frontend). Here’s what it offers:
  • A great looking website to promote your work and convert visitors to leads and booked meetings. Look on-brand in just minutes – swap your colors, add your logos, and set up your fonts using a simple theme config file. It’s backed by a super easy to use headless CMS with live preview and content versioning.
  • A backend CRM / project tracker to manage your entire project workflow – from first contact, creating proposals and managing pipeline to managing the actual day to day work with projects and tasks. Leverage the project templates to make planning and managing larger, complex projects - easy peasy.
  • Clients can self-serve within their own portal – get updates on projects, pay their invoices painlessly, and get gently reminded to deliver the files, content, and other info you need to complete their project.
AgencyOS is the perfect base to compose your own solution instead of hoping and praying those off-the-shelf project tools will finally work together exactly the way you need them to. Check out the AgencyOS repository on GitHub and learn how to get started. https://github.com/directus-comm...
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2yr ago
Peter Csipkay
Peter Csipkay
Awesome design! and BIG Wow for the Nuxt.js code structure looks really professional and well made. It's also good to see it's made with Nuxt/Vue.js 💪🏻. So good luck guys! I'll test and use it. 👌🏻✌️
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2yr ago
Bryant Gillespie
Bryant Gillespie

Directus

Maker
@devspeter Thank you! We can't let React have all the fun right?
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2yr ago
Peter Csipkay
Peter Csipkay
@bryantgillespie ohh 100% Right! Honestly I still can’t believe how React not died out with Facebook together 😅
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2yr ago
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Directus Launches

AgencyOS
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Launched on October 24th, 2023

Directus Cloud A modern data stack in 90 seconds, no-code app & data API

Launched on April 27th, 2022

Directus Cloud was ranked #3 of the day for April 27th, 2022
Directus Cloud was ranked #3 of the day for April 27th, 2022
Directus 9 Instant no-code app and dynamic API for any SQL database

Launched on December 7th, 2021

Directus 9 was ranked #4 of the week for December 7th, 2021
Directus 9 was ranked #2 of the day for December 7th, 2021
Directus 9 was ranked #4 of the week for December 7th, 2021
Directus 9 was ranked #2 of the day for December 7th, 2021
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Based on 41 reviews
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Directus is highly praised for its intuitive no-code interface and robust API capabilities, making it a preferred choice for backend and database management. Makers of NextPress and Mailfox commend its efficiency in building backends, while devlogs.gg regrets not discovering it sooner. Users appreciate its customization, ease of use, and ability to streamline data management tasks. Despite minor documentation issues, Directus is celebrated for its flexibility, rapid deployment, and active community support.

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Peter Csipkay
Peter Csipkay
•1 review
Awesome design! and BIG Wow for the Nuxt.js code structure looks really professional and well made. It's also good to see it's made with Nuxt/Vue.js 💪🏻. So good luck guys! I'll test and use it. 👌🏻✌️
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2yr ago
Austin Phillip Taylor
Austin Phillip Taylor
•2 reviews
I love Directus! I've been working with it for nearly a year and a half now, and I don't plan to use anything else anytime soon. I actively contribute to the system because I love what they're doing, I love that it's free, and I love the community. Directus cloud takes the amazing product the team has built and pushes it one step further. It's probably the least restrictive web-based data management system you'll find, and being able to run up an instance in a matter of minutes makes things so much easier when you just need to test something small. Of course, no software is perfect. Directus has its flaws, its bugs, but the team works swift and diligently to fix what's broken and keep everything running smoothly. It's a growing product, adding new features, fixes, and improvements every week. They listen to the needs of their community and cater the app to the people who actually use it. But you don't need to take my word for it. You can literally sign up for Directus Cloud and test it out in less than 5 minutes, without any payment information at all. Maybe it's not for you, that's okay. What's great is they give you the tools to quickly figure that out for yourself. So why not give it a shot?
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3yr ago
Michelle Maddox
Michelle Maddox

Directus

Austin, thank you so much for your kind words and your review! This honest feedback is so important for our open-source team. Not only does it give us incredible insight but it lights a fire in us to push even harder. And thank you so much for contributing!! We love our dev community and the added power you bring, we wouldn't have it any other way. If you have a moment and want to share your thoughts on G2, we'd be very grateful: https://www.g2.com/products/dire.... Thanks again, and happy hunting!
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3yr ago
Pandelis Zembashis
Pandelis Zembashis
Cosine

Cosine

•1 review
I used directus extensively even from the time it was still a PHP project. Its one of the most customisable and powerful CRMs even then. We ran our entire internationalisation framework for multiple muti-platform android/ios apps with thousands of users and customers. All tenanted with different deployments for each agency customer. It was wicked. And that was then! Since they've come such a long way and have only got better! And the node refactor came at just the right time. Tidal shifts in usability speed and features. Love the product yall.
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2yr ago