Hi Product Hunt!
I m incredibly excited (and a bit nervous) to finally share Featurely with you all, this is a tool I created for myself and added tools as I found out what I needed for it. I hope that some of you can benefit from it as well!
The story behind it: I built Featurely out what I needed myself. As an indie developer, I realized that it was hard to find tools that did everything I needed them to do, without costing a fortune. It started out as a feature request and bug reporting tool (therefor the name Featurely) that I could use and implement directly into my own projects. In the beginning it was also meant to be a free product just for this purpose.
As I went along in the building of Featurely and other products, I quickly noticed that I was lacking a way to catch and track errors that my customers experienced. So I added error tracking into Featurely that catches errors, sends them to Featurely and then notifies me by e-mail.
After that the ball just started rolling and now Featurely can do so much more than it was intended to do, I have created and all-in-one application that gathers feedback, errors, event logs, can manage environments, translations, feature A/B testing, checks my dependencies for updates and CVE and scans my site for potentials security risks.
I am not saying that it does any of these better than the tools that just to that single thing, but it is good enough and what it does it do well. It works for me and I think that for several indie developers this could be a good solution instead of juggling several apps and subscriptions.
The application is hosted by Vercel with an EU based database.
I need your help: I m building this for people like us, which means I need your most brutal, honest feedback. Tell me what you love, what you hate, and what s missing. If you like to test a demo there is a full demo on Featurely, no sign-in required and all features included. The demo resets every 12 hours so just play along with it.
Public board to Featurely: https://www.featurely.no/project...
ProductHunt: https://www.producthunt.com/prod...
The application is launching on Product Hunt May 12th.
Hi Product Hunt!
I’m incredibly excited (and a bit nervous) to finally share Featurely with you all, this is a tool I created for myself and added tools as I found out what I needed for it. I hope that some of you can benefit from it as well!
The story behind it: I built Featurely out what I needed myself. As an indie developer, I realized that it was hard to find tools that did everything I needed them to do, without costing a fortune. It started out as a feature request and bug reporting tool (therefor the name Featurely) that I could use and implement directly into my own projects. In the beginning it was also meant to be a free product just for this purpose.
As I went along in the building of Featurely and other products i quickly noticed that I was lacking a way to catch and track errors that my customers experienced in my other applications and I thought that if they see the error it is already to late. So I added error tracking into Featurely that catches errors, send them to Featurely and then notifies my by e-mail.
After that the ball just started rolling and now Featurely can do so much more than it was intended to do, I have created and all-in-one application that gathers feedback, errors, event logs, can manage environments, translations, feature A/B testing, checks my dependencies for updates and CVE and scans my site for potentials security risks.
I am not saying that it does any of these better than the tools that just to that single thing, but it is good enough and what it does it do well. It works for me and I think that for several indie developers this could be a good solution instead of juggling several apps and subscriptions.
The application is hosted by Vercel with an EU based database.
I need your help: I’m building this for people like us, which means I need your most brutal, honest feedback. Tell me what you love, what you hate, and what’s missing. If you like to test a demo there is a full demo on Featurely, no sign-in required and all features included. The demo resets every 12 hours so just play along with it.
Public board to Featurely: https://www.featurely.no/projects/iGBUmKRzcovPHJAP1Z6Y
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@marius_bekk Love the origin story here - building tools you actually needed is usually a sign you're onto something real. The error tracking addition makes a lot of sense too, since catching issues before customers report them is a huge win. How are you finding the balance between keeping it simple for indie devs vs adding features that larger teams might need.
@saulfleischman Hi and thank you!
I haven't thought much about that as I am just adding features I need when I need them kinda. There is also a feedback board where users can vote for features they need and want, making it easier for me to find out what's important for everyone!
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@marius_bekk That user-voted feedback board is a smart way to let the community steer the roadmap without you guessing. If you ever want to wire that voting data or feature requests directly into your own product's backend or a public dashboard, FoxAPIs has a geo/share-of-voice endpoint that can surface which features are getting the most traction across your user base, so you can prioritize builds based on actual demand rather than gut feel. https://foxapis.com