OwnFormatter
Free Developer Toolkit for JSON, XML, YAML, JWT, Base64 etc
Hi Indie Hackers 👋
I'm a full-stack developer and recently launched OwnFormatter.
The idea came from a problem I faced almost every day. While working on projects, I constantly found myself opening different websites for simple tasks:
JSON formatting
XML validation
YAML formatting
JWT decoding
Base64 encoding/decoding
UUID generation
Regex testing
Timestamp conversion
None of these tasks are difficult, but switching between multiple websites repeatedly became frustrating.
So I started building OwnFormatter, a free browser-based developer toolkit that brings these utilities together in one place.
Current features include:
✅ JSON Formatter & Validator
✅ XML Formatter
✅ YAML Formatter
✅ JWT Decoder
✅ Base64 Tools
✅ UUID Generator
✅ Hash Generator
✅ Regex Tester
✅ Timestamp Converter
✅ URL Encode/Decode
✅ Text Utilities
My current goals are:
Improve SEO and search engine visibility
Get feedback from real developers
Add more useful tools based on user demand
Grow organic traffic over time
This is currently a side project that I'm building and improving in my spare time.
I'd love feedback from the Indie Hackers community:
Which developer tools do you use most often?
What features would you like to see added?
Any suggestions for improving the user experience?
Website:
http://www.ownfarmatter.com
https://of.owncircles.com
Thanks for reading, and I appreciate any feedback!
6 Comments
The part I'd probably spend more time on isn't which tools get added next.
It's what conclusion deserves confidence when people ask for more tools.
Feature requests can be surprisingly persuasive because they feel like validation, even when they're pointing in different directions.
That's what makes the next decision difficult.
Not because the feedback is wrong.
Because it's easy to become confident in an interpretation before it has actually earned that confidence.
That's a great point. It's easy to treat feature requests as validation and immediately start building, but the harder part is understanding the underlying problem users are actually trying to solve.
Right now I'm focusing on collecting feedback and usage data, and I hope to identify patterns before deciding what direction to expand in. A few requests can tell me what individual users want, but repeated patterns are what should drive confidence in the roadmap.
Thanks for sharing that perspective—it's a useful reminder at this stage.
What's tricky is that patterns can be just as misleading as individual requests if the wrong thing is being grouped together.
That's the part I'd want confidence in before using the patterns to drive expansion.
If you're curious, drop your email and I'll send over the tighter version.
Ok, my email is mail [dot] me [dot] 2006 [at] gmail [dot] com
Sent you a note by email.
I think the decision matters more than the patterns themselves right now.
Thanks for checking out OwnFormatter. I'm currently working on SEO improvements, adding more tools, and improving mobile usability. Happy to answer any questions about the project or implementation details.