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etewiah
property_web_builder
Ruby2017–2026
etewiah / property_web_builder

property_web_builder

Create a fully featured real estate website on Rails in minutes! ⛺

3Distinct people
25Mentions
1Explicit recommenders
650GitHub stars
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What it is

Create a fully featured real estate website on Rails in minutes! ⛺

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

I love discourse and learnt a hell of a lot from it! It did however lead me to using ember in my open source project ( https://github.com/etewiah/property_web_builder ) which I…

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This week on Hacker News

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year25 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2017-03-09 22:01:32 UTC to 2026-06-12 13:35:08 UTC.

02462017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 2 submissions, 5 comments20172018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 1 submissions, 6 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC725
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC716
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Would love to see non-technical audiences think like this. For years I've been trying to get estate agents to support an open-source real estate website builder. The pitch is obvious: instead of each agent paying thousands for a bespoke site, pool resources, fund the features you all need, and everyone benefits. Getting non-technical people to commit to something abstract before it exists is nearly impossible though. Hope a model like FablePool can change that. For the website builder, the open-source product is already there: https://github.com/etewiah/property_web_builder. It just needs momentum.
In Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in public
I'd love to resurrect my open source real estate website builder: https://github.com/etewiah/property_web_builder I was quite active with updating it a few years ago but haven't had the time to work on it recently. On another project of mine I have been using aider and co-pilot and realised I could bring property_web_builder back to life with these tools. It would motivate me massively to do this if at least one or two other people were willing to work with me on this.
In Ask HN: What open source projects need help?
Hi, I think it is great that you are making the effort to open source your project. I did the same with a real estate website builder I created: https://github.com/etewiah/property_web_builder It was a lot of work but I now have a small stream of people who contact me every so often about it. BTW, you seem like a smart guy and I am looking for someone to work with me on a relaunch of the project as a paid product. I have learnt a lot in the years since my first attempt so I think I have a pretty decent chance of success this time round.
In Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)
Its a great idea but as someone pointed out, it seems more like a feature than a full product. You would also benefit from targeting a specific market. I create a website builder for the real estate sector and I started off by open sourcing it: https://github.com/etewiah/property_web_builder This gave me some credibility in the sector and I have now been contacted by many people wanting help with their website. I want to launch a SaaS that focuses on the real estate sector so if you are open to collaborating I'll be happy to discuss that.
In Ask HN: Should I abandon a functioning SaaS with no paying users?

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