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Show HN: Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform

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827 points surgomat | 2 comments | 18 Jun 25 12:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

I was the main contributor to workout.lol, an open-source fitness app to easily build a workout routine. The project had traction (1.4k GitHub stars, 95 forks, ~20K visits/month), but was eventually sold due to video licensing hurdles. The new owner stopped maintaining it, and the repo went abandoned.

Over the next 9 months, I sent 15 emails to try to save it : no replies. Feature requests & issues were ignored. The community was left with a "broken" tool let's say.

I couldn't just let it die So I built the new version from scratch with the same open-source spirit, but a better architecture long-term vision, more features and no license problems.

It's called : Workout.cool (https://workout.cool). What it offers: 100% open-source, MIT-licensed - 1200+ exercises (with videos, attributes, translations) - Progress tracking - Multilingual-ready - Self-hostable

I'm not doing this for money. I'm doing it because I believe in open fitness tools, and I’ve been passionate about strength training for 15+ years.

If this resonates with you, feel free to: - Star the repo - Share with fitness/tech friends - Suggest features - Contribute code/design/docs

Together, we can build the open-source fitness platform we all wanted to easily build a workout routine and get in shape

Website: https://workout.cool GitHub: https://github.com/Snouzy/workout-cool

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Vincenius ◴[18 Jun 25 15:21 UTC] No.44310697[source]▶
Oh funny to see it here. I'm the original author of workout.lol.

I sold the app to a guy who seemed to just abandoned it. I also texted him multiple times if he needs support, but he didn't answer anymore. It makes me really happy to see it being maintained again!

Great work on the UI improvements.

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surgomat ◴[18 Jun 25 15:54 UTC] No.44310981[source]▶
Ohoh ! Vincenius !!

You have no idea how happy I was when I saw your name pop up ahahha

Yeah, no luck either. It really broke my heart to see the project stall like that.

That's what pushed me to rebuild everything, keeping the same open spirit you had from day one.

Thanks a lot for the kind words about the UI it means a lot coming from you.

And if you ever feel like jumping back in (I totally get that it might be tricky, especially since you sold the original project and this one is so close) but you’d always be welcome.

Your input, ideas, or even just your presence would mean a lot !

Cheers !

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higgins ◴[19 Jun 25 02:37 UTC] No.44314949[source]▶
yo @dang, a section on HN for missed-tech-connections would be RAAAAAAAAAD
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dang ◴[19 Jun 25 03:42 UTC] No.44315243[source]▶
What do you have in mind?
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iKlsR ◴[19 Jun 25 04:12 UTC] No.44315362[source]▶
Could be a new tab "collab" or something to do with joint work maybe, one could post a site, repo or detail a past work experience and anyone who was around or passed thru could reconnect, discuss stuff and share anecdotes. Thinking long dead internal faang tools, stuff like op's post, abandoned repos, old shareware etc. Could also be a place to find cofounders or people interested in starting or working on stuff together.
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1. withinboredom ◴[19 Jun 25 09:55 UTC] No.44317048[source]▶
That would be interesting to see. Kinda like a tell-hn, but for old/abandoned projects? I've worked on a few of those internal projects (such as time-traveling vector db for ML tools back in '19), and stuff like that.

Dunno how useful it would actually be, but an interesting thought.

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2. benchly ◴[19 Jun 25 10:41 UTC] No.44317300[source]▶
I would be into this. I'm basically trying to teach myself development by doing things with abandoned projects I find interesting. While nothing I do is even remotely production-ready, it would be cool to pair with someone more experienced to gain better understanding and perspective since it seems remarkably hard to find a mentor.