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Launch HN: Nango (YC W23) – The open-source unified API

Apr 25, 2024 - news.ycombinator.com
Nango, a platform developed by Bastien and Robin, is designed to manage the complexities of external APIs, currently supporting 167, to facilitate the development of custom integrations for SaaS. The platform allows SaaS engineering teams to quickly build custom integrations without the need for complex infrastructure or in-depth understanding of each API, while maintaining full control over business logic, data models, and customer-specific configurations. Nango handles (O)Auth, runs integrations reliably in production, and offers a built-in scheduler for continuous background syncs, monitoring, detailed logging, and pre-built infrastructure for handling (O)auth, retries, rate-limit handling, webhook floods, data caching, de-duplication, etc.

The platform allows integrations to run as typescript "lambdas" on Nango, which are version-controlled with the rest of the app and deployed to Nango with a CLI. Nango has been designed to work with ChatGPT and Copilot, enabling fast integration building without needing to learn each API’s intricacies. Nango is open source under the ELv2 license and encourages contributions of new APIs and integration templates from the community. The platform also offers an interactive demo and comprehensive documentation for users.

Key takeaways:

  • Nango is a platform that simplifies the process of building custom integrations for SaaS by handling the complexities of external APIs.
  • It allows SaaS engineering teams to maintain control over business logic, data models, and customer-specific configurations, while Nango handles (O)Auth and ensures reliable production of integrations.
  • Nango's runtime has a built-in scheduler for continuous background syncs, monitoring, detailed logging, and pre-built infrastructure to handle various API complexities.
  • Nango is open source and encourages contributions of new APIs and integration templates from the community.
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