Hey James and everyone, Thanks for bringing this up. I’ve been part of Fineract for a few years, started out building simple UIs and ended up untangling Docker issues. I definitely want our Admin UI to feel like a welcome mat, not an obstacle.
What if we built a lightweight template engine driven by prompts or a small JSON file? You’d type something like “show loan balances by branch,” hit Generate, and instantly get a dashboard wired to our OpenAPI spec. We’d host it under apache/fineract with an Apache 2.0 license, stay vendor-neutral, and let non-React experts spin up useful interfaces overnight. We could also lean on Appsmith (Apache-licensed) for drag-and-drop dashboards and API connectors, so we own the UI without reinventing the wheel. But also, if people just want to build it, I’m excited to collaborate on coding this up, but full disclosure I would be vibe coding it in cursor. I think it's probably the case that many members will be vibe coding their own respective UI's as well, and this trend will only continue to grow with time. Perhaps this is an opportunity to get ahead of that, and make an easier on ramp for community newcomers. Financial Inclusion = Developer Inclusion! Cheers, Dick
