Honter is a workspace built specifically for designers to collaborate with clients in a structured, professional way. Instead of juggling emails, PDFs and scattered comments, designers manage briefs, moodboards, versions, feedback, and deliveries in one clear flow. Each workspace is designed around how real design projects actually work. AI is used quietly in the background to help clarify client feedback and draft quick responses, so designers spend less time managing and more time designing.
Hey Product Hunt, Axel here, founder of Honter 👋
I’ve been a designer for over a decade, working both freelance and inside companies. One thing always felt broken when freelancing: the work itself was fine, but the process never was. Client feedback lived in emails, WhatsApp, PDFs, Figma comments, and random notes, and the project slowly lost structure and professionalism.
Inside companies, that chaos does not exist. There’s a clear flow, clear ownership, and clear expectations. Honter started as an attempt to bring that same studio-level structure to solo designers.
Instead of generic project management, Honter is built around how design projects actually work: briefs, moodboards, versions, feedback, and deliveries, all in one workspace shared with the client. AI is there quietly to help clarify feedback and draft quick responses, not to replace the designer.
This launch is still early, and feedback from designers really matters. If you freelance, run a studio, or work closely with designers, I’d love to hear what feels right and what doesn’t.
Thanks for checking it out.
The biggest takeaway from launch day so far is how much designers care about structure. Keeping briefs, direction, and versioned feedback in one place resonated more than adding more features.
Early feedback is already shaping the next steps, especially around onboarding clarity, access control, and keeping the AI helpful without being intrusive.
Really appreciate the thoughtful questions and honest reactions here. They’re directly influencing where Honter goes next.
I like the overall idea! If you add lots of AI features for generating small routine design tasks, it could become an indispensable app. For example: copying style from a screenshot, generating forms/polls and other elements in the site’s style, automatically creating style guides or brand books with all the necessary elements, etc. There are many such tasks — designers spend 80% of their time on routine work, and AI could eliminate that.
The version-tied feedback + “quiet AI” clarity check is a smart way to reduce mid-project drift 🔥
As you scale to bigger teams/clients, the gnarly bit is secure guest access + auditability across briefs/moodboards/versions best practice is signed, expiring share links + per-version immutable audit logs + granular roles (view/comment/approve).
Are you planning native Figma version linking/diffing (file+frame refs) and how will you handle revoking/rotating client links without breaking the frictionless flow?
Bringing structure to the freelance chaos is a solid value prop. I'm interested in the AI implementation: You mentioned AI clarifies feedback—does it also help with conflicting/ unreasonable feedback?
Many designers already have a stack (Figma comments + email/Slack/WhatsApp + a PM tool). What’s the clearest scenario where Honter replaces part of that stack rather than becoming “one more place to check,” and what does a successful first week of adoption look like for both designer and client?
Very interesting, but where’s the pricing? I also like the no sign up concept, but how are links secured against unautrhorized access?
yn the client side, do they need to create an account to view moodboards and leave feedback, or is it a frictionless guest experience?
Congrats on the launch! Love the “tap to match” model—feels like a cleaner, less noisy way to pair teams with genuinely great‑fit talent.
