LinkNest

A modern creator workspace for writing, optimizing, scheduling, and publishing content across social platforms from one unified dashboard.

Write once. Adapt everywhere. Publish intelligently.

Overview

LinkNest is a lightweight multi-platform publishing platform designed for creators, developers, founders, marketers, and personal brands who want a cleaner workflow for managing social content.

Instead of switching between multiple social apps and dashboards, LinkNest provides a centralized workspace where users can:

Draft content
Preview platform-specific posts
Connect social accounts
Publish or schedule content
Optimize posting times
Generate AI-assisted posts tailored for each platform

The platform focuses on simplicity, speed, creator productivity, and future AI-powered automation workflows.

Core Features

Multi-Platform Publishing

Publish content from one dashboard to connected social platforms.

Current Supported Integrations

X (Twitter)
LinkedIn

AI-Powered Content Assistant

LinkNest includes an upcoming AI-assisted writing workflow designed to help creators generate better content faster.

Planned AI Features

Platform-specific post rewriting
Tone adaptation
Hook generation
Thread creation
CTA suggestions
Short-form and long-form variants
Technical-to-marketing content conversion
Audience-aware post optimization

Example Workflow

A technical developer post can automatically be rewritten into:

A professional LinkedIn post
An engaging X thread
A concise founder update

Smart Scheduling System

Future scheduling support will allow creators to:

Schedule posts across multiple platforms
Queue content in advance
Manage publishing calendars
Automate publishing workflows

Intelligent Timing Recommendations

LinkNest plans to introduce timing optimization powered by account engagement analytics.

The system will analyze:

Engagement patterns
Reach history
Audience activity windows
Platform-specific performance
Historical interaction data

This helps users publish content during higher-performing engagement windows instead of relying on generic posting advice.

Live Platform Previews

Preview how content will appear before publishing.

Current Preview Support

X post preview
LinkedIn post preview

Media Attachments

Current Support

Text posts
Single image attachments

Future Support

Multi-image posts
Video uploads
Media libraries

Current X Publishing Flow

LinkNest currently uses X Web Intent for X publishing.

Current Behavior

The post text is automatically prefilled
X opens in a new browser tab
The user manually confirms publishing

Why This Approach Exists

Browsers do not allow websites to automatically upload local files into another website’s file input.

Fully automated media publishing requires X API media upload access and additional API usage costs.

Planned Future Improvements

Full X API publishing
Automatic media uploads
Background publishing workflows

Tech Stack

Frontend

React
Vite
Tailwind CSS

Backend

Go (net/http)

Database

PostgreSQL

Authentication

Google OAuth
Session-based authentication

Social Integrations

X OAuth
LinkedIn OAuth

Project Structure

LinkNest/
  backend/
    cmd/server/              # Go server entrypoint
    internal/db/             # PostgreSQL helpers and migrations
    internal/handlers/       # Auth, publish, integrations
    utils/jwt/               # JWT utilities

  frontend/
    src/
      Components/            # UI components and dashboard modules
      pages/                 # Main pages and channel views
      assets/                # Static assets and branding

  README.md

Local Development

Clone Repository

mkdir <project-directory>
cd <project-directory>

git clone <your-forked-repository-url>

Setup .env variables

Add this variable in .env file under

cd backend 
touch .env

.env file

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=5432
DB_USER=postgres
DB_PASS=123456789
DB_NAME=linknest
DB_SSLMODE=disable

JWT_KEY = Rahul@1181

GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID = your_google_client_id
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET = your_google_client_secret
GOOGLE_REDIRECT_URL = http://localhost:8080/api/auth/google/callback

X_CLIENT_ID = your_X_client_id
X_CLIENT_SECRET = your_X_client_secret
X_REDIRECT_URL = http://localhost:8080/api/auth/x/callback

LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID = your_Linkedin_client_id
LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET = your_Linkedin_client_secret
LINKEDIN_REDIRECT_URL = http://localhost:8080/api/linkedin/callback

Frontend Setup

Install frontend dependencies:

cd frontend
npm install

Run frontend development server:

npm run dev

Frontend runs on:

http://localhost:8000

Backend Setup

Run backend server:

cd backend
go run ./cmd/server

Backend runs on:

http://localhost:8080

Verification

Frontend Checks

cd frontend

npm run lint
npm run build

Backend Checks

cd backend

go test ./...

Product Workflow

Sign in to LinkNest
Connect X and/or LinkedIn accounts
Write or generate content using AI assistance
Preview platform-specific formatting
Attach media
Choose publishing channels
Publish immediately or schedule for later
Monitor engagement and optimize future publishing timing

Future Roadmap

Publishing & Automation

Scheduled publishing
Content queues
Recurring posts
Cross-platform automation

AI Features

AI post generation
AI thread creation
AI engagement optimization
Audience-aware content adaptation
AI hashtag and CTA suggestions

Analytics

Engagement dashboards
Reach analytics
Platform engagement comparisons
Best-time posting recommendations

Collaboration

Team workspaces
Shared content calendars
Approval workflows

Media

Multi-image support
Video publishing
Asset library management

Platform Expansion

Instagram
Threads
Facebook
YouTube Community
Bluesky
Mastodon

Vision

LinkNest is being built as a creator-focused publishing workspace that combines:

Content creation
AI assistance
Scheduling
Analytics
Publishing automation

into a single streamlined platform for modern creators, developers, founders, and technical professionals.

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