Flo0807
Hello everyone!
I am excited to share our heart project Backpex with you.
After building several Phoenix applications, we realized that we were repeating ourselves when it came to building administration panels. We were writing the same CRUD views, search and filter functionality over and over again. We wanted a tool that would allow us to quickly scaffold these views and focus on building the core functionality of our applications.
The tool we wanted had to be able to serve as a simple backend administration panel in one project, while being the core of the application in another.
We looked at existing solutions, but found that none of them offered the flexibility and customization we were looking for, especially in terms of live updates and LiveView features. We decided to develop Backpex to solve this problem and provide a highly customizable administration panel for Phoenix LiveView applications. Backpex should not only be a simple administration interface for developers, but also a good-looking UI for end users.
Even though Backpex already offers a lot of features, there is still a lot to do. We also have many ideas for future work. That’s why we are very open for contributions and appreciate any help. We have just released a public roadmap and created some issues that are open for contributions on GitHub (see “good-first-issue” label).
We really want to hear what you would like to see next and what is missing. We’d love to hear your feedback!
Hex Package: backpex | Hex
Live Demo: https://backpex.live/
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greven
Heya! This looks great.
Will try it out when I have the bandwidth in my project so I can contribute with feedback about integrating it into an “already developed” product.
ghannam80
Seems very promising.
Does it have dual control “Maker/Checker” in place for changing sensitive resources ?
Flo0807
Not yet. Is a maker/checker feature something you need in your project? I started a discussion on GitHub about a maker/checker feature: Maker-checker · naymspace/backpex · Discussion #375 · GitHub
nallwhy
It would be great if it were integrated with ash.
apsori
I agree.
KP123
Is this a drop in replacement for LiveDashboard or would I need to reimplement all that functionality from scratch?
ghannam80
Yes , in some contexts especially enterprise ones you should enforce maker/checker principle for change and actually that is adopted as part of security and audit guidelines of those applications
Flo0807
Thanks for your feedback! I have also started a discussion on GitHub about supporting Ash: Support Ash · naymspace/backpex · Discussion #377 · GitHub
We see that some people have already suggested supporting Ash, so we may consider working on it in the medium term. However, a lot of work needs to be done to support both plain Ecto schemas and Ash resources.
We do not plan to be completely dependent on Ash in the future, so using all the features of Ash while still being able to use Backpex without Ash might be a bit of a challenge.
But the feedback that many of you want to see Ash support is very valuable to us!
Flo0807
It is not a drop-in replacement for LiveDashboard. Backpex is more of an admin panel rather than an admin dashboard. However, there is already a feature request regarding dashboard functionalities. Of course, you can use LiveDashboard and Backpex at the same time.
KP123
I don’t understand. What’s the difference between an admin panel and a dashboard? Is it just that ones provides actions for the viewer to take instead of just a window over the data?