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I Built Updatly – A Lightweight Way To Share Product Updates

Hey Devs 👋

While juggling multiple projects, I often ran into a small but frustrating problem:

Let’s say I’m deep into coding a new feature on one project, and I suddenly receive a message or email about a minor fix needed on another. I’d make the change… but then forget (or delay) informing the users. Or worse — they wouldn’t even know something was fixed!

That tiny communication gap kept bugging me.

So instead of overcomplicating it, I built something simple: Updatly.


🛠️ What is Updatly?

Updatly is a lightweight tool that lets you:

  • Add your website
  • Push changelogs, product updates, or announcements
  • Show them on your site with a sleek sidebar widget (glass effect, animations, themeable)
  • Sync it all in real-time

Built for makers, solo developers, and small teams who don’t want to overengineer updates.


✨ Features

  • Clean floating sidebar widget with animation
  • Glassmorphic design, customizable themes
  • Google login for fast access
  • Add up to 3 websites for free (first 100 users)
  • Admin dashboard for managing updates
  • Just paste one script in your site — done!

👨‍💻 Why I Made It

Too often, devs focus so much on building that they forget to communicate.

Updatly was my solution to that — not another bloated SaaS, just something that works, fast.


🚀 Try It Out

🔗 https://updatly.live

💬 Join Discord for feedback or questions

Would love to hear your thoughts — especially if you’re building a product and want a better way to keep users in the loop.

Let’s build in public 🙌

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