I built Crudly — instant REST APIs without writing a single backend route
I build a lot of side projects. After writing CRUD boilerplate for the tenth time, I snapped.
Every project needed basic API endpoints just to store data — same routes, same auth wiring, same deploy dance. Over and over.
So I spent 30 days building Crudly instead.
You define a schema.
You get a fully hosted REST API at
api.crudly.org/v1/<project>/<collection>
with GET, POST, PUT, DELETE ready to hit.
No backend code.
No DevOps.
No migrations.
It also comes with:
Auto-generated docs that update with your schema
In-browser API playground (no Postman needed)
Real-time request logs
Webhook support
Admin UI for non-devs to manage records
API key auth, rate limiting — all built in
4 signups since launch. Early days.
Target audience is exactly who I am — frontend devs and indie hackers who want a data layer without the backend tax on every new idea.
Would love brutally honest feedback: Is the value prop clear enough, or does it still feel like "just another Supabase"?
👉 https://crudly.org
Honest take no backend code might actually be repelling your best customers.
Developers don't want to feel like they're cutting corners. Even when they privately want exactly this..
The real pitch honestly isn't skip the backend.. It's "don't burn a week on infrastructure for an idea you haven't validated yet."
Tiny reframe, different people sign up.
I understand how that might be perceived now! Thank you for that insight @Inemesituiux. It's interesting because for me - I built it in this limelight that - when you have an API ready but no code - its easier for people to think if I have no time to work on an API - I can use CRUDLY to simply spin up apis if they're just crud APIs.
But I do get your point :-) Thank you for the valuable feedback. Will reframe this going forward :-)
That framing actually works, it's a more confident customer to sell to..
If you're open to it, I can take a quick look at your landing page and flag a few specific things worth tightening. Shouldn't take long..
Yes sure please
Took a quick look at Crudly, this is actually cool.
One thing I noticed though, it kind of comes across like it’s in the same space as tools like Supabase or Firebase at first..
But it feels more like something you’d use when you just have an idea and don’t want to spend time setting up backend stuff yet, that’s a different situation entirely.
Something like "Don’t waste a week building something you’re not even sure people want" might connect faster.
Also feels like people might understand it quicker if the focus is more on what they can actually get done with it, not just what it does.
I do like how clean the API structure is though feels really straightforward.
Might even be cool if people could try something small instantly without signing up.
Have you noticed where people tend to drop off so far?