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ourli
Plan before you promise: forward planning for freelancers.
Plan project hours against your real availability. See what is complete, allocated and still to schedule, and keep the plan accurate when things change.
Hi PH community - I'm Brooke, and I built ourli.
I've tried every time management app out there, but none could answer the question I needed them to: have I scheduled the time this project needs, by the time I need it? And is that time realistically available, given my actual capacity?
As a freelancer, I need that answer before every commitment. But most apps forget the most important thing - we're human. There's no such thing as 100% productivity during working hours, and letting you set due dates based on wishful thinking vs reality only adds to the stress of overcommitment.
And when plans change, as they inevitably do, what happens to the work you missed? It either disappears into the ether, or an AI agent decides you can write the client report in the hour before you present it - because that's when your calendar next says you're 'free'.
So, I built what I needed:
- Create a project with its hours and a due date, and see - before you commit - whether it fits, will be tight, or needs a new due date.
- Every project hour is Complete, Allocated, or Still to allocate, and those counts are always visible. You drag hours into your calendar where and when you choose.
- Delete a block and its hours go back to 'Still to allocate'. They never disappear.
- Google Calendar events count against your available hours automatically. You can also mark days to reduce your available capacity, for example travel days, early finishes, appointments, and so on.
Only I know what kind of projects I prefer working on at 9am on a Tuesday vs 4pm on a Thursday. Only I know that, even though the calendar says my flight is one hour, over half the day is eaten up by travel.
And only I know that, if I can't find the time to walk my dog, get out in nature, or have a long lunch with my husband, then I haven't actually managed my time at all.
ourli is not an auto-scheduler - it does the arithmetic and leaves the decisions with you. There's a 14-day free trial, no card, and a discount for the first 100 founding members (€12/month instead of €18 - locked for as long as they stay subscribed).
Am I the only one who prefers to plan this way? To me, it makes sense, but most tools out there seem to favour automation for automation's sake over your own judgement.
About ourli on Product Hunt
“Plan before you promise: forward planning for freelancers.”
ourli was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #131 on the daily leaderboard. Plan project hours against your real availability. See what is complete, allocated and still to schedule, and keep the plan accurate when things change.
On the analytics side, ourli competes within Productivity, Freelance and Calendar — topics that collectively have 727k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how ourli performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted ourli?
ourli was hunted by Brooke Ermogenis. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of ourli including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Brooke Ermogenis