Product operations for independent founders
Build in private.
Ship with intent.
Offstage is the quiet-launch operating system for founders who want to plan, build, test, and release products without the chaos.
Free during early access · No card required
Illustrative preview of the command center.
The problem
Your next product deserves a better process.
Solo founders end up running a product out of five places at once. The work gets done — but nobody, including you, can say what's next or whether it's ready.
Ideas and tasks in different tools
The roadmap lives in a doc, tasks in a board, scope in your head. Priorities drift because nothing connects them.
Beta feedback gets lost
Testers reply by email, chat and DM. Bugs that matter sit next to wishes that don't, and few become actual work.
"Ready to launch" is a feeling
Launch checklists are copied from blog posts and half-filled. The launch decision is made on mood instead of evidence.
How it works
One calm path from idea to launch.
Offstage follows the way independent products actually get built — and keeps every stage private until you decide otherwise.
Plan
Define the product, scope, milestones, and next actions.
- Product definition
- MVP scope & goals
- Milestone roadmap
Build
Organize tasks, priorities, dependencies, and documentation.
- Kanban per project
- Subtasks & dependencies
- Briefs & decision logs
Test privately
Manage beta users, feedback, issues, and readiness.
- Private beta cohorts
- Feedback → tasks
- Critical bugs block launch
Ship deliberately
Review release criteria, resolve blockers, and approve launch.
- Readiness checklist
- Explicit approval
- Internal → beta → public
Why Offstage
A command center, not another to-do list.
Generic project tools track work. Offstage tracks whether the work adds up to something you can release.
Private by default
Products, documents, feedback and releases stay inside your workspace. Nothing is public, indexed or shared unless you explicitly choose to share it.
One command center for every product
See what you're building, what's overdue or blocked, and which release is closest to ready — computed from your actual work, not typed into a status field.
Launch readiness based on evidence
A transparent checklist produces the score, and one unresolved critical blocker keeps a release from being marked ready — whatever the percentage says.
Features
Everything a solo launch needs. Nothing it doesn't.
Product portfolio
Every product with its lifecycle stage, from idea to maintenance.
Kanban task management
Backlog to done, with priorities, due dates and blocked work surfaced.
Product roadmaps
Milestones with the tasks that actually deliver them.
Docs & decision logs
Briefs, requirements, decisions and release notes in Markdown.
Private beta management
Cohorts, invitation status and what each tester reported.
Feedback-to-task workflows
Turn a report into a task; finishing the task resolves the report.
Release checklists
Starter checklists per stage that you adapt, with evidence notes.
Launch-readiness scoring
A score you can explain, and blockers that can't be ignored.
Pricing
Simple plans for independent builders.
Start free with one product. Move to Founder when you're ready to run releases.
Free
For your first product.
- One product
- Basic tasks and project tracking
- Basic product documentation
- Private workspace
Founder
For shipping on purpose.
- Multiple products
- Roadmaps and milestones
- Release management
- Beta feedback workflows
- Launch-readiness dashboard
Studio
For small product studios.
- Everything in Founder
- Shared workspaces
- Team collaboration
- Expanded product and project limits
Introductory pricing, subject to change while we validate it. Paid billing isn't live yet — during early access every plan is available at no charge, and team collaboration on Studio is still in development.
Your next product starts backstage.
Build with focus. Test with confidence. Ship when you're ready.
Start building with Offstage