Fider
Fider is an open-source product-feedback and feature-voting platform for collecting, surfacing, and prioritizing customer suggestions. It provides a simple vote-driven board where users submit ideas, vote, comment, and view admin prioritization; it exposes a REST API and supports OAuth for integration and authentication. It is open-source, so teams control data and avoid license fees.
Good fit for small, cost-conscious teams and individual maintainers who want control and low cost. It solves scattered feedback by centralizing ideas, making demand visible through votes, and reducing ad-hoc channels like email and spreadsheets. Admins get tags, statuses, and prioritization controls.
Use Cases
- Gather feature requests for side projects and prototypes
- Run a lightweight public roadmap for hobby SaaS
- Track personal tool requests from friends or family
- Public customer feedback board for small product teams
- Early-stage product discovery to validate demand quickly
- Export votes to analytics for quantifying feature ROI
Strengths
- Idea posts with voting create clear quantitative prioritization
- Comments and status updates provide public roadmap transparency
- REST API enables automation and analytics exports
- OAuth support enables low-friction sign-in (e.g., GitHub)
- Admin controls support tags, statuses, and prioritization workflows
- Open-source licensing lets teams avoid license fees
- Self-hosting suitable — trivial on Coolify, keep data control
Limitations
- Variable maintenance cadence; some docs and repos appear archived
- Outdated dependencies reported in open issues (maintenance risk)
- No documented enterprise connectors or built‑in CS integrations
- Hosted pricing and commercial support not clearly documented
- EU data residency not specified (Unverified; confirm before adopting)
Final Thoughts
Try Fider now if you need a low-cost, simple vote-driven feedback board and can self-host. Wait if you require enterprise integrations, SLAs, commercial support, or guaranteed data residency.
Choose managed cloud when you need vendor SLAs, commercial support, enterprise integrations, or guaranteed data residency; cloud adds operational convenience and reduced maintenance burden.