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Directual Update: Modal Windows, Scenario Connections, Object Path

Directual Update: Modal Windows, Scenario Connections, Object Path

Product updates

September’s update brings modal windows, scenario connections, object path viz with shareable URLs, ArrayLink tables, socket redirects, quick app switcher, and chat upgrades — plus plenty of fixes and speed boosts.

September 29, 2025
by
Nikita Navalikhin
Directual Update: Multilingual UI, Dark Mode, Step & Component Copy

Directual Update: Multilingual UI, Dark Mode, Step & Component Copy

Product updates

We’ve rolled out an update that transforms everyday work on the platform. This release brings eight-language support, long-awaited Dark Mode, smart copying of steps and sections, new icons, an improved SQL step, and several other handy enhancements.

July 27, 2025
by
Pavel Ershov
Announcing Directual Black Friday Sale!

Announcing Directual Black Friday Sale!

Product updates

Get up to 60% off on annual Directual plans! Read more about the deal inside.

November 26, 2024
by
Pavel Ershov
Introducing Directual Certification and Hire an Expert

Introducing Directual Certification and Hire an Expert

Product updates

Hire devs to build stuff! Offer your own stuff-building services! All of this, right in Directual’s interface. Jump in to learn more.

September 21, 2024
by
Pavel Ershov
OpenID and OAuth: The Gateway to Secure Online Experience

OpenID and OAuth: The Gateway to Secure Online Experience

Market insights
Product updates

OpenID Connect is a strong authentication protocol that simplifies and, more importantly, secures user authentication across multiple platforms. Integrating OpenID Connect with Directual allows any company, regardless of size, to improve access to internal applications, boost security, and even improve user experience.

August 14, 2024
by
Eugene Doronin
Telegram Stars: what is that and how does it work with no-code

Telegram Stars: what is that and how does it work with no-code

Market insights
Product updates

Telegram Stars + Telegram Mini Apps + No-code = $$$! See how this works and how to get started.

June 27, 2024
by
Eugene Doronin
Directual Pricing update: June 2024

Directual Pricing update: June 2024

Product updates
Inside Directual

See the latest changes to our pricing.

May 30, 2024
by
Pavel Ershov
Top 10 no-code form builder platforms for 2024

Top 10 no-code form builder platforms for 2024

Product updates
Market insights

Got a form for someone to fill out but no desire to code-monkey the whole thing? Look no further—10 options to choose from, right here.

May 13, 2024
by
Pavel Ershov
Introducing a new way to earn D-coins!

Introducing a new way to earn D-coins!

Product updates

Earn D-coins by shouting about Directual everywhere! See the full list of rewards for your social network activities.

March 27, 2024
by
Pavel Ershov
Directual Update: refreshed API-builder

Directual Update: refreshed API-builder

Product updates

This short article will walk you through our latest API builder update, including new features such as updated API endpoints menu, visual editing for filters, new endpoint testing menu, new functionality, and more. Let's get started.

February 21, 2024
by
Eugene Doronin
Generate logos instantly with Directual—a short guide

Generate logos instantly with Directual—a short guide

Product updates
Artificial intelligence

No need to fuss over your logos anymore. Discover how Directual can help you generate logos right in the platform—and why it’s worth a shot.

January 31, 2024
by
Pavel Ershov
Directual Update: The Latest and Greatest New Features

Directual Update: The Latest and Greatest New Features

Product updates

New year, new updates! AI logo generator, ES13, Hindi and Portuguese localization, and much more

January 20, 2024
by
Eugene Doronin
No-code document generation

No-code document generation

Product updates
Market insights

Got a whole lot of PDFs to create and too little time? You’re in luck. See how it’s done with Directual in a few clicks.

October 17, 2023
by
Nikita Navalikhin
Directual LTD upgrades are available

Directual LTD upgrades are available

Product updates

Lifetime deal user? We’ve got a treat for you—upgrade your lifetime deal to suit your needs. Business plan-level features, 30x the resource limits, additional seats, and more.

September 24, 2023
by
Pavel Ershov
Directual-GPT: an AI-based no-code generator!

Directual-GPT: an AI-based no-code generator!

Artificial intelligence
Product updates

You don’t even need to stick logic cubes together. Discover how you can build no-code apps with just a text prompt in Directual.

September 3, 2023
by
Nikita Navalikhin
No-code Charts for your no-code Dashboards

No-code Charts for your no-code Dashboards

Product updates

Check out what you no-code with our latest plugin you can find in our Directual marketplace! Pie charts, line charts, bar charts, everything charts—now a part of the platform.

August 4, 2023
by
Pavel Ershov
Introducing Directual Marketplace

Introducing Directual Marketplace

Inside Directual
Product updates

It’s raining plugins! Check out our new Marketplace, now ripe with all sorts of plugins and modules you’ve been looking for. Anyone can contribute, buy, and sell plugins as well.

July 20, 2023
by
Nikita Navalikhin
Changes to Directual Free plan

Changes to Directual Free plan

Inside Directual
Product updates

The freemium pricing plan is about to become a thing of the past. This short post will explain why and how the trial mode now works with Directual.

May 16, 2023
by
Pavel Ershov
Update March 2023: New website, Amazon S3 plugin, proxy for HTTP request

Update March 2023: New website, Amazon S3 plugin, proxy for HTTP request

Product updates

Directual now supports Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and configurable proxies for the HTTP request step, making the platform even more flexible. We've updated the look of our website and added new sections, a no-code academy, real-world case studies, and more.

March 6, 2023
by
Eugene Doronin
OpenAI + Directual part 2: Connecting ChatGPT to scenarios

OpenAI + Directual part 2: Connecting ChatGPT to scenarios

Artificial intelligence
Product updates

Check out how to integrate ChatGPT with Directual and use it with scenarios! It’s your perfect companion and aide now, available free of charge on both ends.

February 4, 2023
by
Nikita Navalikhin
Announcing OpenAI + Directual: no-code even faster and better!

Announcing OpenAI + Directual: no-code even faster and better!

Artificial intelligence
Product updates

OpenAI is coming to Directual, with a fantastic benefit: converting plain text queries into code! If you ever wanted to simply tell your no-code app what you want in your own words and witness how it all comes together on its own - here’s how it’s going to work!

January 17, 2023
by
Pavel Ershov
Update December 2022: Smarter filters, templating, and web page builder

Update December 2022: Smarter filters, templating, and web page builder

Product updates

New update! Filtering is now even more awesome, smart inputs are more efficient and predictive, hotkeys, kanban updates & more! The whole bag of Christmas gifts!

December 27, 2022
by
Nikita Navalikhin
Execute operations with NFTs using no-code on Directual

Execute operations with NFTs using no-code on Directual

Web3 and Blockchain
Product updates

Full-on web3 functionality is now at the tip of your fingers. Discover all about smart contracts, NFTs, and how to build complete blockchain projects yourself leveraging Directual no-code (sometimes – low-code) approach.

November 21, 2022
by
Nikita Navalikhin
Introducing Kanban: advanced, customizable, and pretty

Introducing Kanban: advanced, customizable, and pretty

Product updates

Kanban boards are now a highly effective drag-n-drop element in Directual! Perfect for internal apps, CRMs, marketplaces, and more! Learn how to use it in your own projects, super-fast.

November 3, 2022
by
Pavel Ershov
Swagger, an API powerhouse, now available in Directual

Swagger, an API powerhouse, now available in Directual

Product updates

Introducing support for Swagger, a fantastic OpenAPI tool you can use with Directual absolutely free of charge!

September 29, 2022
by
Pavel Ershov
Directual + Polygon = ❤️

Directual + Polygon = ❤️

Web3 and Blockchain
Product updates

Our platform supports even more blockchain solutions! Enjoy the Polygon plugin for quick creation of crypto products straight on Directual, hassle-free.

September 12, 2022
by
Nikita Navalikhin
Update August 2022: Tons of new stuff!

Update August 2022: Tons of new stuff!

Product updates

Meet new Directual features and integrations! Kanban, Socket.io, CDN options, custom code, and much more.

August 30, 2022
by
Nikita Navalikhin
The perfect match for agencies and freelancers: Teams!

The perfect match for agencies and freelancers: Teams!

Market insights
Product updates

Our platform is more than just means to an end when it comes to building an MVP, scaling it to a full product, launching a crypto service, or building a spaceship. It can also be a fantastic choice for software development agencies and freelancers seeking to help other businesses tackle their development needs.

August 22, 2022
by
Pavel Ershov
Directual and NEAR

Directual and NEAR

Product updates
Web3 and Blockchain

We’re happy to introduce NEAR support in our Directual platform! The NEAR Protocol eliminates the barriers to web3 adoption. It supports high speeds and low fees. Now you can integrate your Directual-based apps with NEAR blockchain with a freshly backed plugin. Moreover, you can find NEAR among payment methods!

May 19, 2022
by
Nikita Navalikhin
New Directual Billing — and how we built it

New Directual Billing — and how we built it

Product updates
Inside Directual

Big news: we’ve updated the billing section on our platform! That’s the module responsible for calculating virtually everything: tariff plans, developer seats, the cost of on-demand resources depending on the plan, discounts, and promo codes. Long story short, it’s a rather sophisticated part of the platform, built on the platform itself! Find the breakdown of it all below, folks.

April 28, 2022
by
Leo Khellenbrand
January 2022. New platform features

January 2022. New platform features

Product updates

We are happy to introduce the immense release of the platform that includes solid improvements of the Directual web-page builder. You may apply Directual as a full-stack tool for building complex multipage web-apps like customer portals, CRMs, marketplaces, etc. Just have a look at a sample app from the upcoming showcase section of our website!

January 31, 2022
by
Nikita Navalikhin
October 2021. New platform features

October 2021. New platform features

Product updates

Fresh platform release contains such long-awaited features as file uploading from forms, white-label option for the portal. We’ve also implemented a plethora of UI-improvements for smoother user experience.

October 3, 2021
by
Nikita Navalikhin
Plugins

Plugins

Product updates

There have always been a lot of tech savvy people among Directual community members who were ready to apply their skills for developing platform extensions. Today Directual team is happy to provide such people with plugin features! Having that functionality, any person is able to develop and deliver a plugin like a connection with CRM or with a payment system.

July 29, 2021
by
Nikita Navalikhin
May 2021. New platform features

May 2021. New platform features

Product updates

The nature is flourishing in May, so does the platform! We are happy to introduce such long-awaited features as Table component for web-page builder and the ability to colour Cards. Also, the handling date data becomes much easier with formatting settings. And finally, UI/UX of a HTTP-request step was totally reworked. More to come!

May 17, 2021
by
Nikita Navalikhin
Web-pages builder update

Web-pages builder update

Product updates

Directual has always been an extremely powerful platform for back-end development. In 2021 our engineering team has been focused on turning the platform to full-stack no-code development platform. In the recent update we introduced new web-page builder layout—flexible, responsive and intuitive.

April 12, 2021
by
Pavel Ershov
February 2021. New platform features

February 2021. New platform features

Product updates

2021 has just started, but we are ready to announce new features and a new pricing plan. We’ve significantly improved Cards and Form components, introduced update of Telegram step and added the feature of connecting custom domain name to your app.

February 11, 2021
by
Nikita Navalikhin
New feature. Templates

New feature. Templates

Product updates

Certainly, Directual is becoming one of the most powerful platforms on the market. Last summer we introduced Directual Design—front-end components library and the web-page builder. That allowed us to use Directual as a full-stack low-code platform. Today we are happy to announce a new amazing feature—templates. These are apps 100% made on Directual.

December 2, 2020
by
Pavel Ershov
New platform features. September 2020

New platform features. September 2020

Product updates

This autumn turns out to be fruitful! Meet such new gorgeous features as Cards view component for Web-page builder, JSON-step for scenarios, Form component improvements and new integrations! These features allow you to create sophisticated apps even more easily.

September 18, 2020
by
Nikita Navalikhin
Building interactive web-forms

Building interactive web-forms

Product updates

There are a lot of form-builders on the market, but almost all of them merely solve such problems as online response processing, setting up a user-based access and integrating with third-party systems. Today we are introducing new component for Directual web-page builder—interactive form—which answers to these challenges and follows all the best practices for online form-builders.

July 22, 2020
by
Pavel Ershov
Directual Design—an open-source front-end project

Directual Design—an open-source front-end project

Product updates
Inside Directual

Directual has always been a perfect choice for low-coding a backend of a web or mobile app. But, bearing in mind our motto to “let people create”, we started working on Directual Web-page builder. Moreover, we decided to make it open-source—to let every front-end developer be able to build new web-components for interface constructor. So, meet Directual Design — the basic open-source React-components library!

July 10, 2020
by
Nikita Navalikhin
Directual and React

Directual and React

Product updates

React nowadays is the most popular JS-library for building user interfaces. Directual matches React perfectly, providing flexible and scalable backend. This post is an introduction for the future series concerning building complex apps on a full-stack combination of Directual and React.

May 14, 2020
by
Pavel Ershov
New feature. Comments in scenarios

New feature. Comments in scenarios

Product updates

You'll find the new feature in the latest Platform release—comments in scenarios. We consider this piece of functionality as extremely important and useful. Directual scenarios become easy-to-read.

May 2, 2020
by
Nikita Navalikhin
Zapier meets Directual

Zapier meets Directual

Product updates

Directual is now connected with 2000+ popular apps, including Mailchimp, Trello, Google products, Dropbox, Airtable and many others. This integration leverages the power of Directual even more!

April 23, 2020
by
Pavel Ershov
Introducing fresh Directual 7.0

Introducing fresh Directual 7.0

Product updates
Inside Directual

The Spring 2020 has become the time for one of the most significant Directual updates since the very beginning. We are introducing: fresh 7.0 version of the platform, open registration, flexible pricing plans and the Academy.

March 31, 2020
by
Pavel Ershov