Echo

Open-source product feedback platform for modern teams.

Collect feedback, spot patterns, and ship what matters.

Live Demo - Feedback

Why Echo

Echo helps product teams centralize user feedback, identify themes, and make confident roadmap decisions without losing control of data or workflow.

Quickstart

Docker (recommended)

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/nexttylabs/echo.git
cd echo

# Copy environment variables
cp .env.example .env

# Start services
docker-compose up -d

Visit http://localhost:3000

Local development

# Install dependencies
bun install

# Copy environment variables
cp .env.example .env.local

# Run database migrations
bun run db:migrate

# Start development server
bun dev

Visit http://localhost:3000

Core workflow

1. Create a project and customize your public feedback portal.
2. Collect feedback (embedded portal, admin entry, or API).
3. Triage, prioritize, and share progress with your users.

Features

• Feedback collection: embedded portal, voting, attachments
• Management workflow: statuses, filters, and prioritization
• AI assist: basic auto-classification and duplicate hints
• Team collaboration: invitations and role-based access control
• Self-hosting: run on your infrastructure with Docker
• API-ready: integrate with existing product workflows

Use cases

• Product teams: prioritize roadmap decisions with data
• Support teams: capture customer feedback and context
• Engineering teams: track requests from idea to shipping

Tech stack

• Frontend: Next.js 16 + React 19 + TypeScript
• UI: Shadcn/ui + Tailwind CSS v4
• Backend: Next.js API Routes
• Database: PostgreSQL + Drizzle ORM
• Deployment: Docker + Docker Compose
• Testing: Playwright (E2E) + Vitest (Unit)

Project structure

echo/
|-- app/                 # Next.js App Router
|   |-- (auth)/          # Authentication pages
|   |-- (dashboard)/     # Dashboard pages
|   |-- api/             # API routes
|   `-- portal/          # Public feedback portal
|-- components/          # React components
|   |-- ui/              # Shadcn/ui base components
|   |-- forms/           # Form components
|   `-- feedback/        # Feedback-related components
|-- lib/                 # Utility functions and config
|-- db/                  # Database schema and migrations
|-- public/              # Static assets
`-- docs/                # Project documentation

Configuration

Create a .env file and set the following values:

# Database
DATABASE_URL="postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/echo"

# Authentication
BETTER_AUTH_SECRET="your-secret-key"
BETTER_AUTH_URL="http://localhost:3000"

# Email (optional)
SMTP_HOST="smtp.gmail.com"
SMTP_PORT=587
SMTP_USER="[email protected]"
SMTP_PASS="your-app-password"

# AI (optional)
OPENAI_API_KEY="your-openai-api-key"

Database

# Generate migration files
bun run db:generate

# Run migrations
bun run db:migrate

# Reset database (development environment)
bun run db:reset

Testing

# Run unit tests
bun test

# Run E2E tests
bun run test:e2e

# Run tests with coverage
bun run test:coverage

Get involved

• Join the conversation in our Discord
• Review or open issues
• Contribute via pull requests

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community.

1. Fork the project
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Roadmap

• v1.0 (current): feedback collection, auth, Docker, basic AI classification
• v1.1 (planned): comments, email notifications, public roadmap
• v1.2 (future): advanced AI, white-labeling, SSO, mobile

License

This project is licensed under the GNU AGPL v3.

Acknowledgments

• Next.js - React framework
• Shadcn/ui - UI components
• Drizzle ORM - TypeScript ORM
• Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS

Star the repo if Echo helps your team.

Made by the nexttylabs Team