After spending countless hours building Work Break, I've reached a point where I'm asking myself an important question:
Should I make it open source?
Work Break is a productivity platform that helps teams manage:
☕ Break tracking
✅ Tasks
📅 Meetings
🏖️ Leave management
🤖 AI-powered productivity features
📆 Google Calendar integration
📱 Android app + Web app
I originally built it hoping to grow it into a successful SaaS business. Like many indie founders, I invested a lot of time, energy, and money into it.
But over time, I realized something.
I don't want useful software to disappear just because it doesn't become a unicorn.
I'd rather see people use it, improve it, and build on top of it.
My Goal
I'm seriously considering making Work Break 100% open source and keeping it free forever.
No paid plans.
No feature paywalls.
No locked source code.
Just a community-driven project that anyone can use, self-host, improve, or contribute to.
Why?
Because open source software has helped me throughout my career.
I've benefited from projects built by developers who shared their work with the world.
I'd love to give something back.
Before I Do...
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Would you use an open-source productivity platform?
What license would you recommend?
What would encourage you to contribute?
Is there anything you'd change before I open-source it?
Your feedback would mean a lot.
Website: https://work-break.com
If enough people are interested, I'll start preparing the repository and documentation for a public release.
Let's build something useful together.
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