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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/velinovae on 2025-02-16 08:16:07+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!