Vibecode Planable
track this build5 steps, step by step0%The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For Planable, collaboratively draft and approve social posts before manual or API publishing. The hard boundary is high-fidelity previews, approvals, comments, multiple workspaces, and client workflow, plus api access, connector upkeep, and collaboration.
You are building a lean indie version of Planable. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== README.md ===== # Planable indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Planable workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Draft social posts collaboratively, preview them accurately, approve them before publishing manually or through one official API, and retain a searchable content calendar. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - high-fidelity previews, approvals, comments, multiple workspaces, and client workflow - many maintained network APIs - inbox and moderation - deep analytics - team approvals and asset libraries If those capabilities are essential, use Postiz instead of pretending the gap is solved. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs". ===== BUILD_PLAN.md ===== # Build plan ## Original build brief Build a personal replacement for Planable in an empty repository. Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and one official social-platform API; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: draft social posts collaboratively, preview them accurately, approve them before publishing manually or through one official API, and retain a searchable content calendar. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Support drafts, scheduled times, queues, campaigns, tags, and a weekly calendar. Connect exactly one social network using its documented OAuth flow. Validate character, media, aspect-ratio, and file-size limits before scheduling. Publish through an idempotent background job with retries and clear failure states. Store platform post identifiers and refresh publication status without scraping. Add reusable snippets, local media storage, CSV export, and a token reconnect flow. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Deliberately leave out unofficial automation or scraping. Deliberately leave out multi-network inbox and social listening. Deliberately leave out agency approvals, white labelling, and enterprise reporting. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Required capabilities - developer application for one social network - OAuth credentials - PostgreSQL - public HTTPS endpoint - background worker ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden. ===== .env.example ===== # Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
You are building a lean indie version of Planable. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== README.md ===== # Planable indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Planable workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Draft social posts collaboratively, preview them accurately, approve them before publishing manually or through one official API, and retain a searchable content calendar. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - high-fidelity previews, approvals, comments, multiple workspaces, and client workflow - many maintained network APIs - inbox and moderation - deep analytics - team approvals and asset libraries If those capabilities are essential, use Postiz instead of pretending the gap is solved. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs". ===== BUILD_PLAN.md ===== # Build plan ## Original build brief Build a personal replacement for Planable in an empty repository. Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and one official social-platform API; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: draft social posts collaboratively, preview them accurately, approve them before publishing manually or through one official API, and retain a searchable content calendar. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Support drafts, scheduled times, queues, campaigns, tags, and a weekly calendar. Connect exactly one social network using its documented OAuth flow. Validate character, media, aspect-ratio, and file-size limits before scheduling. Publish through an idempotent background job with retries and clear failure states. Store platform post identifiers and refresh publication status without scraping. Add reusable snippets, local media storage, CSV export, and a token reconnect flow. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Deliberately leave out unofficial automation or scraping. Deliberately leave out multi-network inbox and social listening. Deliberately leave out agency approvals, white labelling, and enterprise reporting. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Required capabilities - developer application for one social network - OAuth credentials - PostgreSQL - public HTTPS endpoint - background worker ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden. ===== .env.example ===== # Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
You are building a production product version of Planable. Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt. ===== PRODUCT.md ===== # Planable product brief ## Problem The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For Planable, collaboratively draft and approve social posts before manual or API publishing. The hard boundary is high-fidelity previews, approvals, comments, multiple workspaces, and client workflow, plus api access, connector upkeep, and collaboration. ## Product outcome Draft social posts collaboratively, preview them accurately, approve them before publishing manually or through one official API, and retain a searchable content calendar. ## Target user A serious builder who needs a maintainable product foundation rather than a one-off demo. ## Required capabilities - developer application for one social network - OAuth credentials - PostgreSQL - public HTTPS endpoint - background worker ## Explicit non-goals for v1 - high-fidelity previews, approvals, comments, multiple workspaces, and client workflow - many maintained network APIs - inbox and moderation - deep analytics - team approvals and asset libraries ## Success criteria - The primary workflow is measurable end to end. - Setup is reproducible in a clean environment. - Failure, recovery, and support paths are documented. - Product claims match what the implementation actually guarantees. ===== ARCHITECTURE.md ===== # Architecture ## Starting brief Build a personal replacement for Planable in an empty repository. Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and one official social-platform API; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: draft social posts collaboratively, preview them accurately, approve them before publishing manually or through one official API, and retain a searchable content calendar. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Support drafts, scheduled times, queues, campaigns, tags, and a weekly calendar. Connect exactly one social network using its documented OAuth flow. Validate character, media, aspect-ratio, and file-size limits before scheduling. Publish through an idempotent background job with retries and clear failure states. Store platform post identifiers and refresh publication status without scraping. Add reusable snippets, local media storage, CSV export, and a token reconnect flow. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Deliberately leave out unofficial automation or scraping. Deliberately leave out multi-network inbox and social listening. Deliberately leave out agency approvals, white labelling, and enterprise reporting. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Boundaries Separate the product into replaceable modules for interface, application logic, persistence, external integrations, and operational concerns. Keep domain logic independent from delivery frameworks and vendors. ## Production baseline - Configuration: validated at startup with safe local defaults where possible. - Security: least privilege, input validation, secret redaction, rate limits on abuse-prone paths, and no invented security primitives. - Data: explicit schema and migrations, transactional writes where integrity matters, backup and restore instructions. - Integrations: adapters around third-party providers, idempotent webhook or job processing, bounded retries, and timeouts. - Observability: structured logs with request or operation IDs, an error-tracking hook, and health/readiness checks where a server exists. - Quality: unit tests for domain rules, integration tests at module boundaries, and one end-to-end critical-path test. ## Decision records For each major dependency, document why it was chosen, its failure mode, and how it can be replaced. Do not introduce infrastructure until a requirement justifies it. ===== AGENTS.md ===== # Agent instructions - Read `PRODUCT.md` and `ARCHITECTURE.md` before changing code. - Implement milestone by milestone; keep each change reviewable and leave the application runnable. - Treat authentication, payments, encryption, imports, webhooks, and destructive actions as high-risk boundaries when present. - Never invent cryptography or silently weaken a requirement to make a test pass. - Use provider interfaces for external services and deterministic fakes in tests. - Add migrations and rollback or recovery notes for persistent data changes. - Log useful operational context without credentials, tokens, passwords, or personal data. - Update documentation and run all checks before completing a milestone. ===== MILESTONES.md ===== # Delivery milestones ## M0 — Decisions and scaffold - Confirm the runtime, persistence model, threat boundaries, and deployment target. - Create a reproducible local environment and continuous checks. ## M1 — Core workflow - Implement the smallest end-to-end product path with validation and tests. - Keep integrations behind interfaces. ## M2 — Trust layer - Add secure failure behavior, recovery paths, audit-relevant events, and data safeguards. - Test abuse cases and destructive operations. ## M3 — Operability - Add structured logs, error reporting hooks, health signals, backup/restore documentation, and deployment configuration. ## M4 — Release gate - Run a clean-install test, critical-path end-to-end test, dependency review, and documented rollback exercise. - Compare the shipped behavior with `PRODUCT.md` and publish remaining limitations. ===== OPERATIONS.md ===== # Operations ## Before release - Validate configuration and secrets at startup. - Define backup, restore, and rollback procedures and test them. - Document logs, error tracking, health signals, and alert ownership. - Set dependency update and vulnerability review expectations. ## Incident checklist 1. Contain the issue without destroying evidence or user data. 2. Record the timeline and affected scope. 3. Rotate exposed secrets and revoke compromised sessions or credentials. 4. Restore from a verified source when needed. 5. Document the root cause, remediation, and regression test. ## Launch constraint Do not market omitted Planable capabilities as implemented. The v1 non-goals in `PRODUCT.md` remain user-visible limitations until they are deliberately delivered.
# Planable indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Planable workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Draft social posts collaboratively, preview them accurately, approve them before publishing manually or through one official API, and retain a searchable content calendar. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - high-fidelity previews, approvals, comments, multiple workspaces, and client workflow - many maintained network APIs - inbox and moderation - deep analytics - team approvals and asset libraries If those capabilities are essential, use Postiz instead of pretending the gap is solved.
# Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs".
# Build plan ## Original build brief Build a personal replacement for Planable in an empty repository. Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and one official social-platform API; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: draft social posts collaboratively, preview them accurately, approve them before publishing manually or through one official API, and retain a searchable content calendar. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Support drafts, scheduled times, queues, campaigns, tags, and a weekly calendar. Connect exactly one social network using its documented OAuth flow. Validate character, media, aspect-ratio, and file-size limits before scheduling. Publish through an idempotent background job with retries and clear failure states. Store platform post identifiers and refresh publication status without scraping. Add reusable snippets, local media storage, CSV export, and a token reconnect flow. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Deliberately leave out unofficial automation or scraping. Deliberately leave out multi-network inbox and social listening. Deliberately leave out agency approvals, white labelling, and enterprise reporting. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Required capabilities - developer application for one social network - OAuth credentials - PostgreSQL - public HTTPS endpoint - background worker ## Delivery order 1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands. 2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow. 3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence. 4. Cover the critical path with automated tests. 5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step. ## Done when - A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README. - The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it. - Tests cover the highest-risk behavior. - Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden.
# Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
# Planable product brief ## Problem The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For Planable, collaboratively draft and approve social posts before manual or API publishing. The hard boundary is high-fidelity previews, approvals, comments, multiple workspaces, and client workflow, plus api access, connector upkeep, and collaboration. ## Product outcome Draft social posts collaboratively, preview them accurately, approve them before publishing manually or through one official API, and retain a searchable content calendar. ## Target user A serious builder who needs a maintainable product foundation rather than a one-off demo. ## Required capabilities - developer application for one social network - OAuth credentials - PostgreSQL - public HTTPS endpoint - background worker ## Explicit non-goals for v1 - high-fidelity previews, approvals, comments, multiple workspaces, and client workflow - many maintained network APIs - inbox and moderation - deep analytics - team approvals and asset libraries ## Success criteria - The primary workflow is measurable end to end. - Setup is reproducible in a clean environment. - Failure, recovery, and support paths are documented. - Product claims match what the implementation actually guarantees.
# Architecture ## Starting brief Build a personal replacement for Planable in an empty repository. Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and one official social-platform API; do not offer alternative stacks. The core loop is: draft social posts collaboratively, preview them accurately, approve them before publishing manually or through one official API, and retain a searchable content calendar. Make the first run work locally with one documented command. Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward. Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials. Support drafts, scheduled times, queues, campaigns, tags, and a weekly calendar. Connect exactly one social network using its documented OAuth flow. Validate character, media, aspect-ratio, and file-size limits before scheduling. Publish through an idempotent background job with retries and clear failure states. Store platform post identifiers and refresh publication status without scraping. Add reusable snippets, local media storage, CSV export, and a token reconnect flow. Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states. Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs. Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path. Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps. Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane. Deliberately leave out unofficial automation or scraping. Deliberately leave out multi-network inbox and social listening. Deliberately leave out agency approvals, white labelling, and enterprise reporting. Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used. ## Boundaries Separate the product into replaceable modules for interface, application logic, persistence, external integrations, and operational concerns. Keep domain logic independent from delivery frameworks and vendors. ## Production baseline - Configuration: validated at startup with safe local defaults where possible. - Security: least privilege, input validation, secret redaction, rate limits on abuse-prone paths, and no invented security primitives. - Data: explicit schema and migrations, transactional writes where integrity matters, backup and restore instructions. - Integrations: adapters around third-party providers, idempotent webhook or job processing, bounded retries, and timeouts. - Observability: structured logs with request or operation IDs, an error-tracking hook, and health/readiness checks where a server exists. - Quality: unit tests for domain rules, integration tests at module boundaries, and one end-to-end critical-path test. ## Decision records For each major dependency, document why it was chosen, its failure mode, and how it can be replaced. Do not introduce infrastructure until a requirement justifies it.
# Agent instructions - Read `PRODUCT.md` and `ARCHITECTURE.md` before changing code. - Implement milestone by milestone; keep each change reviewable and leave the application runnable. - Treat authentication, payments, encryption, imports, webhooks, and destructive actions as high-risk boundaries when present. - Never invent cryptography or silently weaken a requirement to make a test pass. - Use provider interfaces for external services and deterministic fakes in tests. - Add migrations and rollback or recovery notes for persistent data changes. - Log useful operational context without credentials, tokens, passwords, or personal data. - Update documentation and run all checks before completing a milestone.
# Delivery milestones ## M0 — Decisions and scaffold - Confirm the runtime, persistence model, threat boundaries, and deployment target. - Create a reproducible local environment and continuous checks. ## M1 — Core workflow - Implement the smallest end-to-end product path with validation and tests. - Keep integrations behind interfaces. ## M2 — Trust layer - Add secure failure behavior, recovery paths, audit-relevant events, and data safeguards. - Test abuse cases and destructive operations. ## M3 — Operability - Add structured logs, error reporting hooks, health signals, backup/restore documentation, and deployment configuration. ## M4 — Release gate - Run a clean-install test, critical-path end-to-end test, dependency review, and documented rollback exercise. - Compare the shipped behavior with `PRODUCT.md` and publish remaining limitations.
# Operations ## Before release - Validate configuration and secrets at startup. - Define backup, restore, and rollback procedures and test them. - Document logs, error tracking, health signals, and alert ownership. - Set dependency update and vulnerability review expectations. ## Incident checklist 1. Contain the issue without destroying evidence or user data. 2. Record the timeline and affected scope. 3. Rotate exposed secrets and revoke compromised sessions or credentials. 4. Restore from a verified source when needed. 5. Document the root cause, remediation, and regression test. ## Launch constraint Do not market omitted Planable capabilities as implemented. The v1 non-goals in `PRODUCT.md` remain user-visible limitations until they are deliberately delivered.
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People still pay for Planable because the scheduler is easy; staying approved and correct across constantly changing social APIs is the subscription. The recurring cost buys OAuth review, API policy changes, media limits, queues, retries, rate limits, webhooks, tokens, and moderation workflows, not just the visible interface.
xhigh-fidelity previews, approvals, comments, multiple workspaces, and client workflow
xmany maintained network APIs
xinbox and moderation
xdeep analytics
xteam approvals and asset libraries
Don't feel like building it? These folks already made it free.
all 3 free alternatives to Planable →· no votes, no pay-to-list · just what's real
Planable pricing
| plan | monthly | annual (per mo) | what you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| free | $0/workspace | $0/workspace | 50 posts total (lifetime, not monthly), unlimited workspaces and users; no X publishing |
| basic | $39/workspace | $32.50/workspace | 60 posts/workspace/month, 4 social pages/workspace, unlimited users, 10 GB media storage |
| pro | $59/workspace | $49.17/workspace | 150 posts/workspace/month, 10 social pages/workspace, unlimited users, 50 GB media storage |
| enterprise | custom | — | Unlimited posts, pages, labels and campaigns; multi-level approvals, SSO, 100 GB media storage |
free tier50 posts total across unlimited workspaces/users; no reset, deleted posts still count, and X publishing is unavailable
billingmonthly + annual (2 months free); subscriptions auto-renew
hidden costsPricing is per workspace, not per user. Analytics costs $14/workspace/month or $140/year; Social Inbox/Engagement costs $9/workspace/month or $90/year; an extra-posts add-on raises the cap to 500 posts/month for $49/month or $490/year and applies to all workspaces. Taxes are extra.
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Vibecode Planable
Kinda. The core of Planable is buildable in a weekend with the prompt on this page, but there are real gaps: high-fidelity previews, approvals, comments, multiple workspaces, and client workflow, many maintained network APIs. Read the honest list above before committing.
How much does Planable cost?
Planable costs about $39/month (Basic, checked 2026-07-31), which is $468 per year.
What do I lose by replacing Planable?
Honestly: high-fidelity previews, approvals, comments, multiple workspaces, and client workflow; many maintained network APIs; inbox and moderation; deep analytics; team approvals and asset libraries. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to Planable?
Yes: Postiz (Team drafts, comments and publishing in one place; approval workflow is serviceable rather than ceremonial.) BrightBean Studio (Draft, comment, approve and publish from shared workspaces; the free hosted plan does not meter collaborators.) TryPost (Roles, comments, approvals and a visual calendar; the software is free, the server is yours.) All 3 curated free alternatives are at vibecodeit.com/planable/alternatives. The prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.