How ViBo got here

ViBo started on 28 December 2025 with a single commit: an empty Next.js app.

By the end of that day it had cards you could drag around a page and a way to import pictures from Pinterest.

This page tells what happened next, one milestone at a time, in order: what shipped, when it shipped, and what it changed for the people using it.

The full release log is public at vibomaker.com/changelog

Version 0.01 shipped on 30 December 2025, two days after the first commit.

The main idea was already there: every card on the board has two sides. The front holds the picture of what you want. Flip it over and the back has a coaching template to fill in, built on one of four frameworks: Identity, Environment, Community and Habit.

That release also pulled images and videos in from Pinterest links and accepted drag-and-drop uploads.

Cards still flip in the current version.

Version 0.02 shipped on 31 December 2025.

It added the two things a board needs before anyone can trust it with real work: it saves itself every 30 seconds, and it keeps earlier versions you can restore from a list.

Restore points are still part of ViBo, and since version 0.9.61 they move into your account with your board when you sign in.

Version 0.03 shipped on 1 January 2026: sign in with Google.

It laid the groundwork for having one board across several devices. Signed-in users saw their name and picture in the top bar, and the board started checking whether your work was only saved on this device, with a gentle prompt to sign in if it was.

The cloud sync that used it shipped the following day.

Version 0.04 shipped on 2 January 2026: boards moved into a cloud database.

Signed-in boards now followed you between devices. Offline, the board kept working from local storage and synced when the connection came back.

The "Saved" label also started showing the time your board actually reached the server, so it was clear when work was safe.

Version 0.05 shipped on 3 January 2026.

It was a small release about menus. Right-clicking the back of a card now opened the back-side templates directly, flipping a card with the menu open switched the menu to match, and clicking elsewhere on the board closed open menus instead of leaving them stacked up.

None of it is visible in a screenshot. All of it is noticeable when it's missing.

Version 0.06 shipped on 8 January 2026 and turned the board into an infinite canvas.

You could zoom with Ctrl and scroll, pan by dragging, and new cards appeared in the centre of your current view rather than in a fixed corner. First-time visitors also got a short visual guide, since none of those controls are obvious on your own.

Version 0.8.0 shipped on 18 January 2026, and the app got its name: ViBo, short for Vision Board.

The same release moved board history out of the browser and into the cloud. Browsers cap how much a site can store, and large boards with long histories were reaching that cap. Keeping the last 20 versions on the server removed the limit and made undo work across devices.

Version 0.9.0 shipped on 20 January 2026 and was the largest release of ViBo's first few months.

It added multiple boards (up to ten each), a friends sidebar for viewing other people's boards in read-only mode, YouTube videos that play on the board, shapes, and a choice of backgrounds for each board.

Version 0.9.1 shipped on 2 February 2026. It fixed restore points for people using ViBo without an account and added clear success and error messages to saving and loading.

It was also the last release for five months. The next post on this page explains what happened in between.

ViBo's first run ended because of a data-loss bug.

Boards made without an account were stored only in the browser. Clearing browser data deleted them, and there was no server copy to restore from. Some users lost boards this way.

The fix landed on 11 July 2026. Every board is now backed up to the server whether or not you're signed in, and boards that existed only on a device were backed up automatically the next time they were opened. That fix is what made it possible to start releasing again.

Version 0.9.7 shipped on 30 July 2026: undo and redo.

It also added resize and rotate handles to every card, multi-select, and grouping, so several cards can be moved and edited together.

Version 0.9.8 shipped on 4 August 2026.

You can paste a picture, a link or plain text directly onto the board, including Pinterest pins. Importing images from links became much more reliable, and when an import still fails, ViBo explains why instead of giving up silently.

Version 0.9.9 shipped on 5 August 2026 with six templates built from real boards, including a guided board that walks new users through making their first one.

It also added a hand tool for panning around large boards without accidentally moving cards.

Version 0.9.11 shipped on 6 August 2026 with two layout controls: locking a card in place, and moving cards forward or back in the stack directly.

Both matter most on larger boards, where a background image or frame should stay put while everything else moves.

Version 0.9.13 shipped on 16 August 2026 and focused on phones.

Three controls that were out of reach on small screens became reachable, and panels started scrolling independently instead of moving the board behind them. The release also added mirroring for selected cards.

Version 0.9.14 shipped on 18 August 2026.

Shared board links now preview as an image of the board itself in chat apps and social feeds. The release log also moved to its own public page, vibomaker.com/changelog, which is the source for this series of posts.

Version 0.9.15 shipped on 20 August 2026 with connectors: link two cards and ViBo draws the relationship. It was the foundation for the mind maps, org charts and trees that came later.

The release also cut image upload sizes substantially and stopped guest boards from re-downloading on every view.

Version 0.9.16 shipped on 22 August 2026 with the first live cards: a countdown to a chosen date, current weather for a chosen place, and a wishlist that totals itself with tax.

Live cards update on their own, so a board can show how far away a goal is, not just what it looks like.

Version 0.9.17 shipped on 23 August 2026 with nine more live card types: goals to tick off, world clocks, upcoming public holidays, sunrise times, air quality, moon phase, currency rates, a coin price and a code repository.

Users can now create live cards themselves, and pasting a map link turns the card into an interactive map.

Version 0.9.18 shipped on 24 August 2026 and added 3D objects to the board, including one format you can rotate by touch.

It also laid the groundwork for running third-party components safely inside a board, and moved eight finished template boards from a settings panel onto the public templates page.

Version 0.9.20 shipped on 26 August 2026. ViBo's photo search, which previously covered 120 bundled pictures, now searches the full free-to-use library behind them.

The picture card's settings panel was also cleaned up, removing two buttons that appeared twice.

Version 0.9.21 shipped on 27 August 2026 with stickers: pins, washi tape, writable sticky notes, scribbles and a highlighter.

Until then every item on a board was a rectangular card. Stickers sit on top of cards and give boards the look of a physical corkboard.

Version 0.9.40 shipped on 11 September 2026 with a privacy policy that explains, on one page and in plain language, what ViBo stores about its users.

It also added self-service deletion: users can remove all of their data themselves, without contacting anyone. vibomaker.com/privacy

Version 0.9.62 shipped on 29 September 2026 with trackers: habit trackers, chore charts, star charts, mood and money trackers.

Marking a cell updates each row's total, streak and progress automatically.