FlowCatch: My First Independent Development Project

2 points by hibrandonevans ↗ HN
Hello everyone, I’m thrilled to share with you my first independently developed product: FlowCatch. As a frontend developer who has ventured into learning Rust and integrating it with my frontend expertise, I’ve created this desktop tool that simplifies web scraping for everyone.

Here are a few features you might find interesting:

Visual Spider Configuration: No coding needed. Simply record your browser actions to set up web scraping. It even handles dynamic forms, making complex data collection straightforward and easy.

Save and Export Configurations: Keep your setups for future use. Share them with friends or colleagues to ensure consistent and reliable data collection for everyone.

Local Operation, Ensured Privacy: All operations run on your machine. No data is sent out, eliminating privacy concerns. It’s just you and your data.

Efficient and Compact: Thanks to Tauri, it’s not only cross-platform but also fast. I carefully consider each package's impact on size. Currently, the installer is only 4.x MB, and the installed size is just 7.x MB.

As this project is new and still evolving, I am eagerly seeking as much feedback as possible. Ideas for features, bug reports, or any other input—your insights are crucial for improving FlowCatch.

Check out FlowCatch [here](https://waveapps.xyz/flowcatch) and let me know what you think. I can’t wait to hear how it might help you or how it could be improved!

Thank you for your attention. I’m really looking forward to seeing how this project develops with your support!

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There are no price plans yet, but there is a 13 dats free try. What happens after the 14 days?
The app is still in its testing phase, keeping everything simple. After the 14-day trial period, it will prompt you for a new activation code. You can use a different email to start another trial.
That's weird. Probably give people the posibility to renew the trial until payment is enabled. Be superclear that it will not be free forever, because people will get used to the free trial and complain when you try to charge them.