Floma
Automate anything with plain English.
Hey IH,
After a few months of building, I finally launched Floma - a simple tool that lets you automate stuff from your computer using plain English.
You can type things like:
• “Organize my Desktop every Friday at 5pm”
• “Extract totals from receipts in ~/Invoices and email me a spreadsheet”
To celebrate launch week, I’m giving $100 to two random paid users.
The cheapest plan is just $4.99/month, so it’s not even that expensive to enter. Winners will be chosen on November 12th. Early entries count as 2 entries instead of 1.
This project’s been a solo grind for a while, and it feels surreal to see it live. If you want to check it out (or support early), here’s the link:
getfloma.com
Appreciate all the support so far, means a lot.
Hey IndieHackers! 👋
A few hours ago I shared https://getfloma.com, a CLI that lets you automate file tasks with plain English.
The response has been incredible - thank you all for the feedback and support!
🚀 Big Update: Paid Tiers Are Now Live
Based on your feedback, I just launched paid tiers with early bird pricing for the first 100 signups:
Personal Plan: $4.99/mo (normally $9.99)
- 50 AI-powered workflows/month
- 50 emails/month
- Scheduled automations (set and forget)
- Auto-process new files
- Priority support
Pro Plan: $16.99/mo (normally $29.99)
- 250 AI-powered workflows/month
- 150 emails/month
- Everything in Personal
- Slack integration (most requested!)
- Telegram alerts
- Webhooks & API access
📊 What I learned in the first few hours:
1. "Scheduling" is the killer feature - people want to automate and forget
2. Slack integration was mentioned in almost every comment
3. Privacy matters - "100% local, no cloud" resonates strongly
4. Pricing anxiety is real - hence the early bird discount
🎯 Why the discount?
I want to reward early supporters and get feedback from real users before finalizing pricing. The first 100 people who sign up get to lock in this rate forever.
Link: https://getfloma.com/#pricing
💭 Questions for you:
1. Is $4.99/mo the right price for a CLI automation tool?
2. What's the one feature that would make you upgrade?
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Cool idea, but I see it currently supports only Mac. I use an Ubuntu machine - so will wait to try it out. Just a quick tip, generally Mac apps can easily be packaged for linux as well. I totally get the Privacy part, in fact Privacy is the USP for my own product called Clear Mail for Gmail as well.
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Thanks! It actually works on Ubuntu too since it runs through Homebrew. I just haven’t highlighted that yet.
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I am student.Can i free?
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There’s already a free version for everyone, including students.
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Hey IndieHackers! 👋
A few hours ago I shared https://getfloma.com, a CLI that lets you automate file tasks with plain English.
The response has been incredible - thank you all for the feedback and support!
🚀 Big Update: Paid Tiers Are Now Live
Based on your feedback, I just launched paid tiers with early bird pricing for the first 100 signups:
Personal Plan: $4.99/mo (normally $9.99)
- 50 AI-powered workflows/month
- 50 emails/month
- Scheduled automations (set and forget)
- Auto-process new files
- Priority support
Pro Plan: $16.99/mo (normally $29.99)
- 250 AI-powered workflows/month
- 150 emails/month
- Everything in Personal
- Slack integration (most requested!)
- Telegram alerts
- Webhooks & API access
📊 What I learned in the first few hours:
1. "Scheduling" is the killer feature - people want to automate and forget
2. Slack integration was mentioned in almost every comment
3. Privacy matters - "100% local, no cloud" resonates strongly
4. Pricing anxiety is real - hence the early bird discount
🎯 Why the discount?
I want to reward early supporters and get feedback from real users before finalizing pricing. The first 100 people who sign up get to lock in this rate forever.
Link: https://getfloma.com/#pricing
💭 Questions for you:
1. Is $4.99/mo the right price for a CLI automation tool?
2. What's the one feature that would make you upgrade?
### How it works
Instead of googling bash commands, just tell it what you want:
```bash
floma new "compress PDFs in Downloads older than 30 days"
```
It uses AI to figure out the steps and runs them. You can schedule it to run automatically or just run it once.
### Why local-first?
Everything runs on your machine. Your files never leave your computer, no API keys needed, works offline. I just really didn't want another cloud service.
### What can it do?
- File stuff (find, move, copy, compress, remove duplicates)
- PDF work (merge, split, extract text)
- Image processing (resize, compress, convert formats)
- Send notifications (email, Slack)
- Schedule anything to run daily/weekly/monthly
### Real examples I use
```bash
# Clean up my downloads automatically
floma new "move files older than 7 days from Downloads to Archive"
# Daily backup
floma new "zip my Documents folder every day at 6pm"
# Batch resize screenshots
floma new "resize all PNGs in this folder to 800px width"
```
### Try it
It's free to start:
```bash
brew tap getfloma/floma && brew install floma
floma new "your task here"
```
Link: https://getfloma.com
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What repetitive file tasks do you wish you could automate? I'm actively building this and would love to hear what would actually be useful.
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This is great — love the local-first + natural language approach. Feels like Hazel + cron, but simple.
Tasks I’d use right away
```bash
# Clean Xcode junk
floma new "delete Xcode DerivedData older than 14 days"
# Tame Downloads
floma new "move .dmg and .pkg older than 30 days to Installers_Archive"
# Compress big screen recordings
floma new "compress .mov files > 200MB in ~/Movies to H.264"
# HEIC → JPG for sharing
floma new "convert HEICs in Downloads to JPG"
# Daily Dev backup
floma new "rsync ~/Dev to /Volumes/Backup/Dev at 23:00"
```
Nice-to-haves
*
--dry-run+ clear preview (“what will change”)* Easy undo/quarantine for deletes/renames
* Shareable “recipes” (export/import)
Questions
Can I see the *exact commands** before execution?
Any *undo/journal** for destructive tasks?
Plans for a *community recipes** hub?
Installing now via Brew — looks awesome!
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Super cool idea! ⚡ I love that it’s fully local — most automation tools today rely on cloud APIs, so this feels lightweight and privacy-friendly. The natural language interface makes it approachable even for non-devs. I can totally see myself using this to clean up media folders or automate backups. Great work, Aditya 👏
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Floma’s a neat project. It feels practical and well thought out, just type what you want, and it handles the rest. The local-first idea is refreshing too; no cloud, no setup, just automation that actually respects your system.
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Congrats on shipping this. The performance consistency you get from being fully local is fantastic for repetitive file tasks. You skip all the network latency and API dependency issues, which makes the process reliable every time.
For me, that consistency is just as important as the privacy aspect. Did you run into any major hurdles handling resource allocation on the client side? That's always the tricky part when you cut out the server entirely.
6 Comments
Went pro a few days ago. Honestly worth it on its own, even if there wasn’t a giveaway. Floma’s made a bunch of boring stuff disappear.
Just upgraded from the personal to the pro plan - Floma’s been super helpful. Been using it to organize downloads, clean up old files, and generate quick CSV reports. Makes annoying tasks way easier.
Great idea!
Signed up for the paid plan, excited to see where this goes
This is so cool, congrats on the launch! Excited to see more updates in the future.
I got the personal plan. The giveaway’s nice, but it’s already paid for itself in time saved.