FounderHQOpen app

Know if your idea has legs before you build it.

FounderHQ pulls real posts from Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, and Stack Overflow and scores your idea based on your actual goal. A side-project founder and a VC-track founder get different scores for the same idea.

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Everything is calibrated to you

Before you run anything, FounderHQ collects your background: role, skills, communities you are in, your goal, and how you want to monetize. Every score, every idea, and every plan adjusts based on who you actually are.

Three modes, one workspace

Run them in order or jump to whichever one you need.

Discover

Mode 1

No idea yet? FounderHQ maps 3 opportunity zones based on your specific distribution access and workflow knowledge, then generates 2-3 targeted ideas per zone. Not topics you find interesting, but markets where you can actually reach customers. Each idea is scored on 4 founder fit dimensions and an overall opportunity score. Save the ones worth pursuing.

Founder Fit Score
Skill match
8
Distribution advantage
9
Execution speed
7
Monetization fit
8
3 opportunity zonesFounder fit scoresBrainstorm chatSave to idea library

Validate

Mode 2Core feature

Paste your idea. FounderHQ fetches up to 70 real posts across 5 sources, then issues a verdict and a Build Gate Score calibrated to your goal. The same idea can score very differently depending on whether you are building a side project or raising a seed round. The report tells you exactly why.

Build Gate ScoreGOOD
74/ 100Scored for: profitable side project

Monetization potential

71

Ease of acquisition

58

Competition intensity

62

Founder viability

80

Multiple users mention paying $30-50/mo for tools that only partially solve this. [WTP]

41 posts pulled: Reddit (22), HN (9), GitHub (7), Stack Overflow (3)

2 incumbents with strong distribution. You need a narrower wedge to get in.

5 verdict tiers4 probability scoresWTP evidence markersDon't-build warningsFollow-up chat

Launch Plan

Mode 3

Your idea scored well. Now what? Pick your goal tier and FounderHQ builds the full plan. MVP scope, competitor breakdowns, a 30-day roadmap, financial projections, and a complete build specification (800+ words) you can paste directly into Lovable, v0, or Cursor to start building immediately. It also writes your Reddit launch post, cold outreach script, and landing page copy. Not templates you fill in yourself.

Goal tiers
Fun project·Ship fast, learn, low commercial pressure
Profitable side project·Revenue-first, bootstrapper assumptions, $1-5K MRR path
Bootstrapped business·Full 12-month plan with cash flow depth
Funded startup·Investor-grade: TAM/SAM/SOM, unit economics, raise strategy
Still figuring it out·Maps your options honestly before you commit
MVP definitionCompetitor analysis30-day roadmap800-word Lovable / v0 / Cursor promptReddit + outreach draftsFinancial projections

Where the evidence comes from

Redditposts & comments
Hacker Newscomments
GitHubopen issues
Stack Overflowquestions & answers
Product Huntlistings & reviews

Up to 70 posts pulled per run, deduplicated. Every report shows which sources were searched and the exact post count from each one.

Build something people actually want.

Most founders find out their idea was wrong after building it. FounderHQ shows you the evidence first.

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