Build in Public Roadmap & Progress Tracker

Building in public means transparency. Your users see what you're working on, vote on what matters, and watch features ship in real time. The companies that do this well - sharing their roadmap, celebrating wins, acknowledging setbacks - build communities that become competitive advantages. But most project management tools are designed for private teams, not public audiences.

t0ggles gives builders the public roadmap and progress tracking they need to build in public effectively. Host your roadmap on a custom domain, collect feature requests through public task submissions, let users vote with reactions, and manage your actual work - all in the same tool. No separate changelog app, no disconnected feedback widgets. All for $5/user/month with every feature included.

#The Challenge: Why Builders Need Public-First Tools

Building in public requires specific capabilities that most project management tools lack:

Your roadmap lives in private by default. Traditional tools hide everything behind login walls. Sharing means screenshots, manual updates to separate pages, or clunky "viewer" links that break your brand.

Feedback collection is fragmented. Users send feature requests through Twitter, email, Discord, and support tickets. Consolidating this into your actual planning system requires constant copy-paste and manual tracking.

Progress updates require extra work. Every "shipped" announcement means writing a tweet, updating your changelog, moving the card in your tool, and hoping you didn't forget anything. The overhead discourages consistent communication.

Community engagement is disconnected. Users want to vote on features, comment on progress, and feel heard. Building that experience on top of private tools means integrating multiple services or building custom solutions.

Authenticity requires real tools. Audiences can tell when a "public roadmap" is a marketing facade separate from actual planning. The builders who win share their real workflow, not a polished version of it.

#How t0ggles Helps Builders Share Progress Publicly

#Public Boards With Custom Domains

This is what makes t0ggles work for building in public. Any board can become publicly visible with one toggle. But the real power is custom domains.

Host your roadmap at roadmap.yourproduct.com. No t0ggles branding (unless you want it). Your domain, your brand, your community's home for product updates. Set it up in minutes with a CNAME record.

Visitors see your roadmap without logging in - planned features, in-progress work, recently shipped updates. They understand exactly what you're building and where you're headed.

#Public Task Submissions: Collect Feature Requests

Instead of feature requests scattered across channels, public task submissions let anyone suggest ideas directly on your roadmap.

Users click "Submit Request", describe their need, and it appears in your board for triage. No more lost Discord messages. No more "I think someone asked for that" moments. Every request is captured, categorized, and visible.

Review submissions in List view, bulk-add tags, respond with comments, and promote the best ideas to your official roadmap. The feedback-to-feature pipeline becomes seamless.

#Public Reactions: Let Users Vote

Building in public means involving your community in prioritization. Public reactions let visitors vote on features without creating accounts.

Enable reactions on your public board. Users click their preferred emoji to signal interest. See which features have the most demand at a glance. When you ship something highly requested, the community feels heard.

The reactions are visible to everyone - social proof that your roadmap is active and community-driven. Potential users see engagement; existing users see their voices matter.

#Multi-Project Organization: Public And Private Unified

Not everything belongs in public. Bug fixes, technical debt, internal tooling - some work should stay private while your roadmap shines.

t0ggles' multi-project boards handle this cleanly. Create a "Public Roadmap" project that's visible to visitors and an "Internal" project that only your team sees. Both live on the same board with the same workflow.

When internal work becomes public (a bug fix worth announcing, a tech improvement with user benefits), move it to the public project with drag-and-drop. Your actual planning tool and your public roadmap are the same thing.

#Changelog From Your Workflow

Building in public means shipping and celebrating. Every completed feature is content - proof that you're making progress, material for tweets and updates.

Use statuses like "Recently Shipped" for a rolling changelog visible on your public board. Visitors see momentum. You generate content from your natural workflow.

Link to Notes for detailed release announcements. Write the changelog entry as a note, link it to the shipped task, and your public roadmap includes depth alongside the quick-scan view.

#AI Task Creation: Capture Ideas Quickly

Build-in-public ideas come from everywhere - shower thoughts, user conversations, competitor observations. AI task creation captures them before they escape.

"Just saw competitor launch X - we should build a better version. Tag as competitive response, maybe Q2 priority."

The AI structures it into a task with tags and tentative timeline. Voice memo while walking? Paste the transcription and let AI sort it.

The AI text assistant helps write public-facing descriptions that explain features clearly to your audience, not just your team.

#Progress Tracking With Gantt View

Building in public doesn't mean overpromising on timelines. Gantt view helps you plan realistically before sharing commitments.

Map out your quarters with dependencies. The API must ship before the mobile app can launch. The design system needs completion before the redesign begins. See the critical path and understand what you can actually commit to publicly.

Your public roadmap shows planned quarters or milestones. Your private Gantt view shows the detailed timeline driving those commitments. Transparency with appropriate detail for each audience.

#Integrations For Amplification

Building in public is content creation. Every shipped feature, every milestone, every interesting decision is material for your audience.

Zapier integration connects your workflow to distribution:

• When a task status changes to "Shipped", post to Discord
• When a new public task is created, notify your Twitter/X queue
• When reactions on a task exceed 50, flag for celebration tweet
• When a submission is added, send to Slack for team awareness

Your shipping workflow becomes your content pipeline automatically.

#Building In Public Workflows With t0ggles

#Public Roadmap Setup

Create a board with two projects: "Public Roadmap" (visible) and "Internal" (private). Enable public visibility, task submissions, and reactions on the public project.

Statuses mirror your actual process: Considering, Planned, In Progress, Shipped. The public sees the same workflow you use, creating authentic transparency.

Set up a custom domain - roadmap.yourproduct.com. Share it in your Twitter bio, product footer, and onboarding emails. Users know exactly where to see what's coming.

Feature requests flow in through public submissions. Triage weekly: respond to users, merge duplicates, promote popular ideas to "Planned" status. The community sees their input reflected in your roadmap.

#Weekly Building Updates

Friday ritual: review what shipped this week. Move completed tasks to "Shipped" status. Write a quick summary in Notes, linking to the tasks for details.

Share the summary on Twitter, Discord, or your newsletter. The content practically writes itself because you've been tracking the work all along.

The "Shipped" column on your public board becomes a rolling changelog. Visitors see consistent progress - proof that choosing your product means choosing an actively developed tool.

#Community-Driven Prioritization

Quarterly planning? Sort public tasks by reaction count. The community has already voted on priorities. Compare their preferences with your strategic vision.

When you commit to building highly-voted features, comment on the task: "Building this in Q2!" Users get notified. Excitement builds. When it ships, you have a built-in audience for the announcement.

For features you decide against, comment with your reasoning. Transparency about "no" is as valuable as transparency about "yes." Users understand your thinking even when they disagree.

#Handling Setbacks Publicly

Building in public means acknowledging when things don't go as planned. Delays happen. Priorities shift. Features get cut.

When you need to push a deadline, update the task with context. "This is taking longer than expected because X. Now targeting next month." Your community sees honest communication, not radio silence.

This authenticity builds trust. Users who've watched you navigate challenges with transparency become your strongest advocates. They've seen behind the curtain and they respect the honesty.

#What Builders Need vs What t0ggles Delivers

What Builders Need	How t0ggles Delivers
Public roadmap on custom domain	Public boards with custom domains (roadmap.you.com)
Collect feature requests	Public task submissions from visitors
Let users vote on priorities	Public reactions on tasks
Keep some work private	Multi-project boards with mixed visibility
Ship updates as changelog	"Shipped" status as rolling changelog, linked notes
Capture ideas quickly	AI task creation from natural language
Plan without overpromising	Private Gantt view for realistic timeline planning
Automate distribution	Zapier integration for auto-posting updates

#Why Choose t0ggles Over Alternatives

vs Canny/Productboard: Dedicated feedback tools cost $400+/month and only handle one piece of the puzzle. You still need separate project management, separate changelog, separate planning. t0ggles handles the full workflow in one tool at 1% of the cost.

vs Notion Public Pages: Notion's public pages are static documents, not interactive boards. No reactions, no submissions, no real-time updates. Building a roadmap in Notion means duplicating work between your private database and public page.

vs GitHub Projects: Great for code-centric work, but too technical for non-developer communities. GitHub's interface assumes developer familiarity. t0ggles welcomes any audience with a clean, approachable design.

vs Linear: Linear is private-first. Its public roadmap features are limited - no reactions, no submissions, no custom domains. For building in public as a core strategy, Linear treats it as an afterthought.

vs Trello: Trello can be made public but lacks reactions, submissions, and custom domains. The interface shows Trello's brand prominently, not yours.

t0ggles is built for builders who share. Public visibility, custom domains, community engagement, and actual project management - all in one tool designed for transparency.

#Simple, Builder-Friendly Pricing

Indie hackers and bootstrapped builders watch every dollar. Tool expenses that scale with success feel extractive.

$5 per user per month (billed annually) includes everything:

• Unlimited public and private boards
• Custom domains for your roadmap
• Public task submissions and reactions
• AI task creation and text assistant
• Multi-project boards
• Gantt view and Calendar view
• Board automations
• Zapier integration for auto-distribution
• MCP Server for AI assistant integration
• Full reporting and analytics

Solo founder? That's $60/year for your entire public roadmap infrastructure. Team of three? $180/year. The alternative - separate feedback, roadmap, and changelog tools - costs 10x that easily.

14-day free trial - launch your public roadmap today.

#Get Started Today

Building in public creates compounding advantages - community, trust, distribution. But only if you actually do it consistently. t0ggles removes the friction between working on your product and sharing that work publicly.

Your roadmap. Your domain. Your community. Start your free trial and start building in public.