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ThreadLens
Open-core research intelligence
Find product opportunities hiding in real conversations.
ThreadLens helps indie developers, solo builders, and founder-developers scout Reddit, Bluesky, and Google Search — then score findings and turn them into product-angle reports you can inspect locally.
The builder research problem
Market signals are scattered.
Builders often notice a Reddit complaint here, a Bluesky workaround there, and a related search result days later. ThreadLens gives that research loop a home so you can collect signals, filter noise, and make a better call on what to build next.
How ThreadLens works
From public conversations to product angles.
Collect signals from public sources
Collect candidate signals from Reddit, Bluesky, and Google Search without turning research into a spreadsheet chase.
Score and filter findings
ThreadLens scores pain and relevance, deduplicates repeated items, and helps you focus on higher-signal evidence.
Generate product-angle reports
Turn selected findings into clustered pain themes, quoted evidence, and practical product angles for your next build decision.
Open-core first
Self-host ThreadLens today. Treat hosted as a later convenience.
The launch product is the open-core repository: a self-hostable research app with a Svelte web interface, Go API, Docker workflows, local SQLite storage, and user-controlled provider keys. The landing page links to setup and architecture docs instead of copying the manual.
Built from a real workflow
Built for a real research loop.
The product exists because finding repeated pain in real public conversations is valuable and easy to do badly. The first version focuses on practical collection, scoring, review, and reports for technically comfortable builders who want to inspect the tool before they trust it.
Proof of seriousness
No borrowed logos or inflated metrics. Just things you can inspect.
Built for a real founder workflow
ThreadLens started as a working research tool for finding product opportunities from public conversations, not as a generic dashboard demo.
Inspectable by default
Read the source-available open-core repository before you run it. Review the web app, API, pipeline, Docker assets, and docs in one place.
Docs are the canonical setup source
Setup, configuration, architecture, licensing, contribution rules, ports, and storage details live in docs.threadlens.dev so the landing page can stay concise.
Self-hosting is the default path
Run with Docker or local pnpm workflows, keep data in local SQLite, and control the provider keys used for AI, Bluesky, and Google Search integrations.
Transparent architecture
The product shape is intentionally simple: Svelte web app, Go API, source pipelines, scoring and report generation, and local storage.
Open-core now, hosted later
The open-core product is available to inspect and self-host today. Hosted ThreadLens is a future managed option for people who do not want to operate it themselves.
Use cases
Built for early product decisions.
Validate product ideas against repeated complaints before building.
Find workarounds, requests, and pain patterns inside a specific niche.
Turn messy research sessions into product angles with evidence attached.
Monitor recurring conversations for opportunities you may want to revisit.
Hosted ThreadLens later
Want the outcome without self-hosting?
Hosted ThreadLens is planned as a future managed option for people who do not want to run Docker, manage provider keys, or maintain the app themselves. Join the waitlist to get notified when hosted access is available.
Join the hosted waitlist
Email to join waitlistSends a short email to hello@threadlens.dev so we can notify you when hosted access is available.
Prefer to run it now? Start with the open-core repository.