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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/velinovae on 2025-02-16 08:15:30+00:00.
Hey everyone!
I’d love to hear your thoughts on something I’ve been debating.
For the past three months, I’ve been building my own social media scheduler, and recently, I started considering making it open source. My thinking was that the code itself isn’t that valuable to keep private, and open-sourcing would allow developers who don’t want to pay for a tool like this to self-host it instead.
But here’s the dilemma:
I just discovered Postiz—an open-source project that does exactly what my tool does, but better. It’s already well-developed, has extensive documentation, and was built by a more experienced developer using NestJS and a more modularized architecture.
So now I’m wondering:
Does it still make sense for me to go open source? Would anyone actually want to contribute or use my project when there’s already a superior alternative?
That said, I still want to keep working on my project because:
- I believe in my own vision and like having control over the app I use.
- My project is more beginner-friendly since I built it with a simpler stack. Backend: Pure Node.js/JavaScript (no NestJS). Frontend: Vue.
Because of this, I think it has a lower learning curve and is easier to customize.
So, what do you think?
Would open-sourcing still make sense in this case? Or should I take a different approach?
Would love to hear your thoughts!