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INTRODUCING FIZZY

Have you noticed that every issue and idea tracking tool you loved slowly morphed into boring, sluggish, corporate bloatware?

Trello put on 40 pounds of cruft. Jira started charging by the migraine. Asana tried to become everything to everyone. GitHub Issues slipped into a steady state of decline. The whole category is a 20 car pileup of complexity.

Time to route around that mess.

Today we’re introducing Fizzy. Kanban as it should be, not as it has been.

Fizzy is a fresh take on cards and columns, with a few twists, human-nature inspired defaults, and a vibrant interface that’s the opposite of the bland and boring software the industry has been flinging at you for years.

Kanban has been around since the 1940s, and Trello brought it into the mainstream in 2011. Since then, some version of column-based kanban-style organization has found its way into any collaboration tool worth its salt.

But most have over salted the dish.

What was simple is now complicated. What was clear is now cluttered. What just worked now takes work.

Fizzy presses reset, reconsiders what really matters, and presents a refreshing way to kanban that just feels right. It’s friendly, colorful, straightforward, and fast as hell.

We still use Basecamp for our big, intensive projects, but lately we’ve been reaching for Fizzy to run the smaller ones. It’s perfect for tracking bugs, issues, and ideas, and it shines for lighter, self-contained workflows like podcasts or video production.

We didn’t expect it, but Fizzy’s so good it might even cannibalize Basecamp on the lighter side of project management. We’d be thrilled.

How much is it? It’s not much for so much.

Everyone gets 1000 cards for free. Beyond that, we’ll host your account for just $20/month for unlimited cards and unlimited users. One price for all and everything. No tiers, no “contact us.” No pricing chart at all — just a price tag, like on a pair of jeans.

And here’s a surprise... Fizzy is open source! If you’d prefer not to pay us, or you want to customize Fizzy for your own use, you can run it yourself for free forever. Have a great idea? Submit a PR to contribute to the code base and improve the product for everyone. It’s the best of all worlds. No excuses.

Every idea comes back around. It’s time for take two on kanban. Fizzy’s our hat in the ring.

Let’s make this platform insanely great, together. Come on in!

Visit fizzy.do

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Fantastic new HEY feature just shipped: Domain pages. Ever want to see everyone who emailed you from a specific domain? Now you can. Super helpful for organizations that email you from a bunch of different addresses (but the same domain).
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