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Block Protocol

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The community member is currently using Typedream, which they find easier to use than Webflow, but it is not open-source. They are looking for an open-source alternative similar to Typedream and are considering the Block Protocol, which is not ready yet. The comments express skepticism about the Block Protocol becoming an actual standard, citing concerns about fragmentation and bloat in the web ecosystem.

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BBastien

Hi everyone, thank you for hosting and building. I am currently using Typedream which I find much easier than Webflow to use, but it is not Open Source. I am looking for a Typedream like solution open source. I am looking at Block Protocol but it is not ready yet. What do you think ? https://github.com/blockprotocol

3 comments

OOleg Isonen

Saying something is a standard and actually becoming one is not the same.

They are trying to build a spec for composable UI blocks that can fetch data and do anything inside.

While this seems like a good idea, in practice on the web due to fragmentation with all sorts of frameworks, this approach is similar to microfrontends, going to lead to a huge bloat once you start many of these blocks created by different vendors.

OOleg Isonen

While I understand the desire to build this, I don't see this becoming an actual standard ever.

OOleg Isonen

It will cover a bunch of use cases the company behind it needs, but that's about it.

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