User research · checked 2026-10-19

Can I vibecode Nolt?

YES· one-shottable

A feedback board is a small data model: ideas, one vote per person, comments, statuses, a roadmap view and a changelog. An agent builds a single-board version on SQLite in one sitting, and Fider or LogChimp are ready-made if you would rather not. The gap is the plumbing around it: sign-in from your own app, two-way sync with Jira or Linear, emails to everyone who voted, and moderation that keeps a public board clean.

$39/moprice

$468you'd save a year

one sittingbuild time

—people replaced it

Before you start

What you need on hand.

DifficultyIntermediate · Some system setup or keys.

TimeOne to two hours for the first version

Claude Code, Codex or CursorAny of them can run the prompt.
Node.js 22better-sqlite3 compiles a native module, so build tools must be installed.
SMTP credentialsLogin links and notifications go out by email; a free tier is plenty.
A subdomain with HTTPSVoters have to reach the board, so it needs a public address.

Before you buildNolt has no free plan, but its 10-day Pro trial needs no card. If your users already have GitHub accounts, GitHub Discussions costs nothing.

1. Install one agent: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor.
2. Make an empty folder and open it in the agent.
3. Paste the prompt below, press enter, and answer its questions as it builds.

The prompt

Build me a feedback board to replace Nolt. Requirements:

- Node.js 22 + TypeScript: a Fastify server with server-rendered pages (Eta) and a little vanilla JS.
  `npm start` serves http://localhost:4600: the board at /, an idea at /ideas/<id>, /roadmap,
  /changelog and the admin at /admin.
- Storage: better-sqlite3 in ./data/board.db: users (email, display name), ideas (title, body,
  status, created_at), votes with a unique index on (idea, user), comments, editable statuses
  (name, colour, position) and changelog entries.
- Sign-in by emailed magic link (nodemailer, SMTP settings in .env) and a signed session cookie.
  One vote per user per idea; at most 10 new ideas per user per day.
- Statuses default to Under review, Planned, In progress and Done. The public roadmap shows
  them as columns; moving an idea to Done offers a pre-filled changelog draft.
- Notifications: email everyone who voted or commented when an idea changes status or ships in a
  changelog entry, with one unsubscribe link per user.
- Admin behind one password in .env: change status, merge duplicates (move votes and comments,
  keep one vote per user), hide ideas, private notes, and export ideas, votes and comments as
  CSV and JSON.
- Moderation: a first idea from a new user waits for approval; escape all user text on output
  and sanitise the Markdown subset (bold, links, lists).
- Single board, single admin. No accounts beyond voters' email links, no telemetry, local-first.
  Outbound calls: SMTP only.
- Out of scope: SSO, Jira, Linear or GitHub sync, multiple boards, an embeddable widget, AI.
- README: setup, the .env keys, a reverse proxy with HTTPS on a feedback subdomain, and how to
  back up the SQLite file.

Opens your agent with the prompt filled in, you press enter. Or copy it and paste it into an empty folder.

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Then keep going

Next prompts, same folder.

The first prompt builds the core. Run these one at a time in the same folder to grow it into your own Nolt.

Add a Nolt importer to the feedback board in this folder. Requirements:

- A command `board import-nolt <file>` that reads the JSON or CSV export from Nolt's export
  API (the CSV can carry votes and comments as extra rows under each post).
- Print the columns or keys it found, then a summary of ideas, votes and comments, before
  writing anything. A --dry-run flag stops after the summary.
- Map statuses by name, create missing statuses, match voters and commenters by email and
  keep the original dates.
- Safe to run twice: skip ideas already imported, tracked by the Nolt post id.
- Update the README with the export steps.

Add single sign-on to the feedback board in this folder. Requirements:

- Accept /sso?token=<jwt> signed with HS256 using SSO_SECRET in .env (`jose`); required
  claims are email and name, and exp must be under 5 minutes away.
- Create or update the user by email, start a normal session and redirect to the page the
  visitor came from.
- Reject unsigned, expired or replayed tokens (remember each jti until it expires).
- Add a short README section with a code sample that mints the token on your server.

Add GitHub sync to the feedback board in this folder. Requirements:

- When I move an idea to Planned, open an issue in GITHUB_REPO (Octokit, a token in .env)
  with the idea's text and a link back, and store the issue number.
- A webhook at /webhooks/github verifies the HMAC signature; closing the issue moves the
  idea to Done and offers the changelog draft.
- Retry failed calls three times and show failures in the admin.
- Update the README with the webhook setup.

Add an embeddable widget to the feedback board in this folder. Requirements:

- A script tag at /widget.js that adds a feedback button and opens the board in a modal
  iframe at /embed, with a postMessage handshake to close it.
- Send frame-ancestors from an ALLOWED_ORIGINS list in .env; nothing else may embed it.
- Inside the modal, show the top ten ideas and a search box before the new-idea form.
- Update the README with the snippet to paste.

What you lose

Sign-in with your app's own login through JWT, SAML or OpenID Connect
Two-way sync with Jira, Linear, GitHub and Asana
AI-assisted moderation and profanity filters
An embeddable widget and in-app modal for collecting feedback
A kanban view with assignees and deadlines for the ideas you accept

Why people still pay

A founder wants a feedback page that looks finished next to the product from the first day, with sign-in and integrations that tie a vote to a customer and a ticket. At $39 a month it replaces answering the same feature request by email.

Moatintegrations execution polish

Do the math

Nolt or your own copy?

Over

Your usage

Count my time3h ×$/h

Nolt, 1 yr$468

Your own copy, 1 yr$41running + build session

You keep$427pays for itself in the first month

Estimate · Runs on a $5 VPS or any small Node host; email at this volume fits free SMTP tiers. The build is token usage on your agent plan.

Leaving Nolt

Take your data, then cancel.

1 · Take your data out of Nolt

1Every plan: ask Nolt for an asynchronous CSV export of your board; the pricing help says these are free, and the feedback board points to hello@nolt.io.
2Pro and above: use the real-time CSV API at https://YOUR_BOARD.nolt.io/api/csv?apikey=KEY, with an API key from your board settings. Add &votes=true and &comments=true to include them.
3For votes and comments, prefer the JSON API at /api/json: the CSV puts each vote and comment on an extra row under its post.
4Google Sheets, Excel for Windows and Zoho Sheet can pull the same data live (Settings > Integrations > Google Sheets has the formula).

2 · Cancel Nolt

1Open your board's dashboard and go to the Upgrades section; the Terms say upgrades can be cancelled there at any time.
2Cancel before the renewal date: subscriptions renew automatically, and a period already paid for isn't refunded.
3Switching between Essential and Pro is done in board settings and is pro-rated, which can be cheaper than cancelling.

Export before you cancel and check that the file holds your votes and comments; a CSV without the extra flags leaves them out.
Point your feedback subdomain or custom domain at the new board before you downgrade, and tell voters where it moved.
The export API and the Zapier and Jira connections are Pro features, so a downgrade to Essential switches them off.
We could not open the logged-in dashboard, so the exact button names inside Upgrades may differ.

Checked 2026-10-19 against Nolt's docs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

The escape hatch

Don't feel like building it? These are already free.

FiderOpen sourceAGPL-3.0 board with ideas, votes, statuses and email notifications, built on Postgres.★ 4.6k · active Oct 2026 · docker to self-host
WebVisit ↗LogChimpOpen sourceFeedback boards with voting and a roadmap; the core is open source and a few folders carry a separate enterprise licence.★ 1.1k · active Oct 2026 · docker to self-host
WebVisit ↗QuackbackOpen sourceAGPL-3.0 boards, roadmap and changelog in one app; a young project.★ 321 · active Oct 2026 · docker to self-host
WebVisit ↗

All 5 free alternatives to Nolt ›

The numbers

Nolt pricing

Plan	Monthly	Annual, per month	What you get
Essential	$39	$29	1 board, unlimited users and admins, custom fields and statuses, private boards, roadmap, JWT single sign-on, Slack, Discord, GitHub and Trello integrations.
Pro	$89	$69	5 boards, password-protected boards, access limited by email domain, advanced moderation, Zapier, Make, Intercom, Jira, Linear and Asana integrations, real-time export APIs.
Enterprise	custom	—	Unlimited boards, AI-assisted moderation, SAML and OpenID Connect SSO, SCIM provisioning, payment by invoice, 99.9% uptime SLA, priority support.

Billing: Flat price per board with unlimited users, monthly or annual (the page says annual saves over 20%). Cards and PayPal; Enterprise pays by invoice. You can cancel any time, but a period you already paid for isn't refunded.
Hidden costs: The real-time CSV and JSON export APIs and the Zapier, Jira and Linear connections need Pro, which is $89 a month billed monthly. Essential gets asynchronous CSV exports only. Each extra board beyond the first needs Pro or Enterprise.
Source: nolt.io

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Questions

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No free plan: new boards get a 10-day trial of Pro with no card.

Yes. An AI coding agent such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor can build a usable personal version in one session with the prompt on this page, running on your own machine.

About $39 a month on the Essential plan, $468 a year (checked 2026-10-19).

Sign-in with your app's own login through JWT, SAML or OpenID Connect; Two-way sync with Jira, Linear, GitHub and Asana; AI-assisted moderation and profanity filters; An embeddable widget and in-app modal for collecting feedback; A kanban view with assignees and deadlines for the ideas you accept. If any of those matter to you, keep paying.