You don’t need more
flexibility. You need
rules that stick.
Generic PM tools give you a blank canvas. FoundStep gives you a system. Every feature below exists to enforce one thing: that you actually finish what you start.
Can’t skip steps.
Can’t skip the hard parts.
Every workspace follows a strict 13-status lifecycle across three phases: MVP, Post-MVP, and Terminal. You cannot start building without validating. You cannot ship without completing your todos. FoundStep enforces the order you don’t have to.
Every idea deserves
a verdict.
Before you write a single line of code, FoundStep walks you through a 7-step questionnaire problem definition, severity, alternatives, feasibility, motivation and forces a final decision: Build, Wait, or Kill. No more “maybe someday” limbo.
Lock it.
Mean it.
Once you’ve planned your features and todos, lock them independently. Adding anything while locked requires unlocking first, which requires a written reason. That reason is recorded permanently in your Shame History. Every unlock is logged. Nothing is silent.
One action.
Always the right one.
Every workspace has a Next tab. FoundStep watches your entire state todos, lock status, deadline proximity, unlock count, phase and surfaces the single most important thing to do right now. One button. No overwhelm.
Finish your todos.
FoundStep ships you forward.
When every todo in your version is complete, your workspace automatically advances to “Ready to Ship.” No manual status updates. No forgetting. Completion is the trigger and it’s non-negotiable. You still click “Mark as Shipped” yourself, because shipping is always a conscious decision.
A wall of wins.
Not a graveyard.
Every shipped project lives in your Harbora personal showcase with live URL, category, and stats. Generate a Ship Card for each one: name, ship date, days to build, version, and unlock count. Download it. Post it. The unlock count is public. Ship clean or explain why you didn’t.
Describe your idea.
Get a full plan.
The AI Planner breaks your idea into features, subtasks, effort estimates, dependencies, excluded items, V1.1 suggestions, and architecture hints. Review and select what you want. One click to import everything. Five generations per workspace use them deliberately.
Go public.
Your portfolio builds itself.
Every project you ship gets a public profile page and a project detail page with tech stack, milestones, screenshots, and build timeline. Other developers can follow you and star your projects. No portfolio site to build. No manual updates. Ship and it’s live.
Everything FoundStep does.
And everything it deliberately doesn’t.
Now go follow them.
Free trial available. No setup. No team required. Just your first idea and a verdict.