I Open-Sourced My AI Productivity SaaS After Two Years of Building

Two years ago, I started building a productivity platform because I wanted something that was simple, focused, and actually enjoyable to use.

Like many side projects, it began as an experiment. Over time it grew into a full platform with authentication, AI features, Google Calendar integration, mobile support, team management, dashboards, and thousands of lines of code.

Today, I've decided to make it completely open source.

Why?

There are already plenty of productivity tools.

But many have become bloated, expensive, or locked behind subscriptions. I wanted to build something that anyone could use, learn from, and improve.

Open sourcing the project means:

Developers can see how everything works.
Anyone can contribute new features or fix bugs.
Students can learn from a real-world SaaS application.
Teams can self-host it if they want.
What is Work-Break?

Work-Break is an AI-powered productivity platform for individuals and teams.

It combines several productivity tools into one application:

🤖 AI assistant for creating tasks, meetings, breaks, and leave requests
📅 Google Calendar integration
✅ Task management
☕ Break tracking
🏖️ Leave management
👥 Team collaboration
📊 Dashboards and reporting
📱 Web and Android applications

The goal is to help people stay organized without needing five different apps.

Tech Stack

Frontend

Vue 3
TypeScript
Bootstrap 5

Backend

NestJS
TypeScript
MongoDB
AWS Lambda (Serverless)

Other integrations

Google Calendar
AI-powered assistant
Why open source now?

Building software is only one part of the journey.

The more difficult part is building a community around it.

Instead of letting the project sit behind a private repository, I'd rather give developers the opportunity to explore it, improve it, and hopefully build something useful together.

Looking for contributors

If you're interested in:

Vue
NestJS
TypeScript
UI/UX
Documentation
Bug fixing
New features

I'd love to have your feedback or contributions.

Links

🌐 Product: https://work-break.com

Frontend:
https://github.com/workbreaks/workbreak-ui

Backend:
https://github.com/workbreaks/work-breakAPI

Whether you're looking for a real-world SaaS project to learn from or you'd like to contribute, feel free to open an issue, submit a pull request, or simply share your thoughts.

Thanks for reading!