Planelo is an idea-first workspace for developers. Capture, structure and connect ideas across iPhone, iPad and macOS — without the clutter of traditional project tools. Each idea and project exposes an API endpoint, enabling automations and custom workflows. This launch brings a clean interface, keyboard-friendly navigation, encrypted sync, and API keys to turn ideas into actions.
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@dawedeveloper
Loved it ..but what is the unique sop and also what's the tech stack??
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@saunak_ghosh Thanks! 🙌
Unique USP:
The core difference is the idea-first approach. Planelo is not a task manager or PM tool pretending to be a notes app. You don’t have to decide status, structure, or “what this becomes” upfront. You just capture ideas fast, then evolve them later — and optionally connect them to automations or agents via API. It’s meant to stay lightweight even as ideas grow in volume.
Tech stack:
Native SwiftUI for iOS & macOS
Backend: Node.js (Express)
Database: MariaDB
End-to-end encryption for idea and project content
REST API with API keys for integrations / AI agents
I optimized heavily for native performance, simplicity on the surface, and flexibility underneath — especially for developers who want ideas to trigger actions, not just sit in a list.
How do you handle conflict resolution in the sync layer if I'm editing the same idea on Mac and iPhone simultaneously?
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@landy2 Good question — right now it’s intentionally simple.
At the moment, Planelo uses a last-write-wins approach. If the same idea is edited on Mac and iPhone at the same time, the most recently saved version is the one that persists.
There’s no real-time sync or conflict resolution yet — WebSockets / live collaboration aren’t integrated in the current version. That’s a conscious tradeoff to keep the first release predictable and stable.
Real-time sync and proper conflict handling (diffs, merge states, or edit warnings) are planned for a future version once the core workflows are solid.
Good idea to save our future idea's is this safe can i save my ideas for long time and also give me short important features about this 😊
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@syed_liyaqat_sareer No worries 😊
You don’t have to be concerned about the safety or leakage of your ideas.
All ideas (including attachments) are encrypted on the server, and they’re only accessible to you through your account. Planelo is built with privacy in mind — your ideas are yours, not training data or public content.
Your data is also never deleted automatically. Everything stays stored as long as you want, and ideas are only removed if you delete them yourself.
If you have any questions about security or long-term storage, I’m happy to explain more 🙌
Congrats on the launch! The app looks beautifully designed. I do wonder how well the system scales for developers who generate large volumes of ideas. Does the workflow stay efficient as the number of entries grows, or is there a way to avoid clutter over time?
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@cathy_cc Thanks, really appreciate that!
Scaling idea volume was something I was very conscious of early on. The core workflow is designed around capture first, organize later, so adding ideas stays fast even at high volume.
To avoid long-term clutter, ideas can be gradually refined with status, priority, projects, and filtering — but none of that is required upfront. Power users tend to do lightweight reviews over time rather than heavy organization on entry.
The goal is that the system still feels calm and usable even with hundreds or thousands of ideas, instead of becoming another place you have to “maintain.”
Tonkotsu
Congrats on the launch! One suggestion: often I get inspiration when I am browsing X - someone will share an open source repo or paper. It would be great to be able to easily share this into Planelo as the seed of an idea.
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@derekattonkotsu Thanks, Derek! 😊 That’s exactly what Planelo is built for — it has a native share extension, so you can save links, images, voice memos, and files directly from X (or anywhere) as the starting point of an idea.
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@dawedeveloper Oh yeah, now I see it. Awesome!
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@derekattonkotsu Awesome! 😊 If you end up using it in your workflow, I’d love to hear what works well and what could be better.
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@vouchy Hey Van, great question 🙂
It wasn’t one single tool, but more a pattern I kept noticing across a few of them. After a while I realized I was spending more time setting up structures, statuses, and workflows than actually capturing ideas when they appeared.
I wanted something that feels closer to “open → write → move on”, without the overhead of a full-blown project manager. That frustration is basically what led to building Planelo in the first place.
Curious — did you hit a similar moment with your setup too?
Interesting project. You could integrate AI so it immediately suggests possible solutions.
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@mykyta_semenov_ I have to think about that because of user data security. But maybe in next versions :-)
@dawedeveloper You can integrate it through an isolated cloud instead of just via an API. For example, Vertex. Then the AI won’t be trained on user data.
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@mykyta_semenov_ I know that you can exclude user data. :-) I have to think about but I'm not sure :-)