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Openboard – Live public metrics page for open startups

Openboard – Live public metrics page for open startups

by ardakaan·Mar 6, 2026·1 point·1 comment
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AI Analysis

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Replaces manual metric paste-and-embed workflow, but open startup dashboarding is already a solved micro-category.

Strengths
  • •Real friction point: every founder with public metrics knows the pain of manual spreadsheet→CMS→site pipeline
  • •Thoughtfully designed: encrypted API keys (pgcrypto), metric visibility controls, daily snapshots with trends
  • •Five-minute setup, free tier removes activation friction for early adopters; paid upgrades for integrations are defensible
Weaknesses
  • •Market is small and crowded: Plausible, Fathom, and others have public dashboards; Stripe already supports embeds
  • •Integration roadmap depends on user demand, but chicken-egg: needs users before justifying bespoke integrations
Category
SaaS
Target Audience

Startup founders running open companies, transparency-first businesses, indie hackers

Similar To

Plausible public stats · Fathom analytics dashboards · Stripe earnings embeds

Post Description

We run an open startup and believe in sharing numbers publicly. But our setup was a mess: metrics lived in Stripe and PostHog, we'd pull them manually, paste into our CMS, and embed that on the site. Every update was a chore. Every number was stale. Openboard connects directly to your data sources and generates a live public metrics page. No CMS middleman, no manual updates. Currently supports Stripe (MRR, churn, active subscribers) and PostHog (visitors, signups, retention). Adding more integrations based on what people actually need. The base version is free — sharing should be frictionless. Paid plans unlock more integrations and custom domains. Would love feedback, especially from founders who already run an open page and know how annoying this problem is. openboard.fyi

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