Layers — A home for designers

I'm super excited to finally be launching Layers on Product Hunt! 🚀 Layers started out as a passion project of mine after seeing so many designers dissatisfied with existing design platforms. Realising that I too had given up on these platforms I decided to build my own. It's a dream working on Layers and I've already made so many meaningful relationships that I already consider it a success. But if I was to have a goal for Layers, it would be for the members to own it and the code to be open-source (or at least open to the members). A community platform truly owned by the community I feel has much higher chance of thriving than one that isn't. We've been in private beta for a while and since then we've: 🌎 Grown the community to over 20k members. ⛴️ Shipped a tonne of features like: attachments, scheduling, analytics, teams, messaging and more. 🚀 Launched a premium subscription called Layers Plus! 🎧 Started a podcast called Overlay! 💬 Grown an active Discord server. To celebrate our PH launch, you can grab 30% off the Layers Plus annual plan, using the code PHLAUNCH30. This deal will be available for a limited time only so make the most of it 😄 A huge thanks to the whole Layers community ❤️ Liam

Congrats on the launch @liampmccabe 🙌 It's been fascinating watching you build and iterate on this in public. Q: Growing to 20k users is impressive. How did getting your first 1,000 differ from your last 1,000?

I love the overall design of this product! It looks like another Dribbble? What are the advantages of Layers?

Congratulations on the launch, @liampmccabe 🥳 It's been amazing to see the journey of Layers over the past couple of months, and the progress made. It's a beautifully simple UI, with contributions from amazing designers, developers and more. I am looking forward to continuing to be part of the community 💪

Love the design. Is this the new Dribbble, then? Just got my account up. Will post some designs soon.

Hi Liam, congratulations on the launch of Layers! It's impressive to see how much the platform has evolved during the private beta, and the focus on community ownership is truly inspiring. The integration of features like messaging and analytics must be a game-changer for designers. I'm curious, how has the feedback from the early community shaped the development of Layers? Looking forward to seeing how it grows and evolves with the community's input! Cheers to a successful launch!

Super excited for this launch! Liam gave the design community a new place they can call home. It's definitely the one of the next place people will look up during the next years. Exciting time to be aboard 🎉

I've been lucky to use Layers since it's inception and @liampmccabe has built a fantastic platform. Since Dribbble and the rebranding of our favourite bird site, there's been a real need for a great social design platform – and Liam's built it ❤️ His passion and talent for design is remarkable! Layers is a beautiful place to share your portfolio, gain feedback and motivate others as well as getting inspiration for new ideas. And that's just the start with Teams, Job board and a new Color palette feature. Congratulations on the launch Liam, so well deserved 🥳🎊

Congratulations @liampmccabe! Awesome to see layers on ProductHunt. Amazing to see the success of Layers so far, I know it's only going to continue growing. 🙌

Congrats on the launch, Liam! 🎉 You've been working hard on this, and I witnessed how many wonderful features you implemented inside the app without causing clutter. A new home for designers, indeed!

Great timing for a product like this. Dribbble has fallen off imo and many designers are looking for better community platform!

So happy that Layers exists. Such a refreshing and HQ place to find design inspo. Congrats on the awesome progress so far @liampmccabe!

congrats Liam! been a member of Layers for a while, keep up the great work! I may need to update my Layers portfolio soon! 🤔

How is this not a clone of @dribbb ? Someone could also make a clone of @figma and why would that be any more useful than the original?

Looks cool, this could be a useful addition to Dribble, Behance and similar platforms. Congratulations on your launch

Congrats on the PH launch @liampmccabe ! I've been browsing Layers for a few months now and it's quickly become one of my go-to places for inspiration. You've built something special here 🙌

Using layers for a while now, It's now my default website to get inspiration and to share my work. Good job @liampmccabe 👏

Hell yeah layers is the future platform for designers. Rooting for Liam and team to make it heueeeege and its a must for everyone

goated product, the next dribbble in my eyes - really loving the community that is growing at the moment.

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