Full-stack Dev (React/Bun/Hono) & Freelance. Passionné d'Open-Core et de Clean Architecture. Créateur de Reviewskits. 🇧

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Most review platforms are "black boxes." They give you a heavy, pre-styled widget that kills your Lighthouse score, creates layout shifts (CLS), and hides your valuable customer content inside an iFrame where Google’s crawlers can barely find it.Reviewskits changes the game. We are building the open-source, developer-first alternative to Trustpilot and G2, designed specifically for those who value performance, design freedom, and data ownership.<h3>🚀 The SEO Powerhouse: Why Reviewskits is a Ranking Machine</h3>In the modern web, speed and structure are everything. Reviewskits is engineered to turn social proof into organic traffic:<ul><li>Native DOM Indexing: Unlike traditional widgets, Reviewskits delivers reviews as raw data via a Headless SDK. This means the text is rendered on your server or at build time. Google sees your reviews as native content, boosting your keyword density and page authority instantly.</li><li>Perfect Core Web Vitals: No external iFrames. No heavy third-party JS. By integrating reviews directly into your code, you maintain a 100/100 Lighthouse score and eliminate Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS).</li><li>Automated JSON-LD &amp; Rich Snippets: We make it effortless to inject <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="break-all link-break text-gray-500 hover:underline" href="http://Schema.org">Schema.org</a> markup. Get those golden stars in Google Search results to skyrocket your Click-Through Rate (CTR).</li></ul><h3>🛠 Built for Developers, Controlled by You</h3><ul><li>Headless SDK (React, Next.js, Vue, Svelte, Angular): Don't fight with CSS ever again. Use our SDK to fetch your data and build components that match your brand perfectly.</li><li>Self-Hosting via Docker: Deploy on your own VPS or cloud in minutes. Keep your data in your PostgreSQL database—where it belongs.</li><li>No-Code Form Builder: Even if the display is headless, the collection isn't a headache. Create beautiful, multi-step review forms with NPS, star ratings, and photo uploads in our intuitive dashboard.</li><li>Privacy &amp; GDPR by Design: No trackers, no third-party cookies, and full sovereignty over your users' information.</li></ul><h3>📈 Beyond Reviews: Your Feedback Loop for Growth</h3>For founders launching new products, getting early feedback is as vital as getting public reviews. Reviewskits is evolving into a full-cycle Customer Intelligence Tool:<ol><li>Public Testimonials: To build trust and close sales.</li><li>Private Feedbacks: To catch bugs and improve your UX before they become public complaints.</li><li>Continuous Collection: Automate your feedback loops so you never miss a chance to hear from your users.</li></ol><h3>🗺 The Roadmap: What’s Coming Next?</h3>We aren't just building another review tool; we are building the infrastructure for digital trust. Here is what we are currently developing to make your life even easier:<ul><li>AI-Powered Sentiment Analysis: Automatically flag negative feedback and highlight your most impactful positive testimonials using local or API-based AI models.</li><li>Automated Collection Workflows: Integration with Stripe, Lemonsqueezy, and Shopify to automatically trigger review requests via email or Discord/Slack hooks after a successful purchase or milestone.</li><li>Advanced Analytics Suite: Track how your reviews impact conversion rates and identify which features your users love the most through automated tag extraction.</li><li>Headless Video Testimonials: A native way to collect and stream video reviews without the overhead of external hosting platforms.</li><li>The "Feedback-to-Public" Pipeline: A one-click feature to ask a user who gave private positive feedback if they’d like to turn it into a public testimonial, maximizing your social proof with zero friction.</li></ul><h3>🤝 Why we are building this</h3>We know the frustration of being "locked-in" by expensive SaaS platforms that hold your customer data hostage. We know the pain of watching your site speed drop because of a marketing script.Reviewskits is made for you. Whether you are a freelancer building a high-performance site for a client, or a startup founder needing a robust feedback loop for your MVP, we provide the tools to collect, manage, and display trust—without the compromises.Join the movement. Own your data. Rank higher. Build faster.