Open startup

Building in public with full transparency

Every metric, salary band, and funding milestone is open. We believe sharing the journey helps other teams build smarter and keeps us accountable to our community.

See the numbersAnnouncing open metrics
Why open up?
A transparent operating cadence keeps our team focused on impact and invites feedback from builders who rely on Social Forge.

We publish KPIs each month, share raises in real time, and log what’s working (and what isn’t) for partners to learn from our decisions.

These reports go out in our investor briefings and community newsletter. Subscribe to stay updated on new releases and revenue milestones.

Product traction

GitHub signals updated weekly straight from our main repo.

Stargazers
11,753
Forks
2,050
Open Issues
145
Merged PRs
1,011

Team snapshots

Hiring pauses, promotions, and compensation are logged the day they happen.

Christer Hagen
Full-time
Founder, CEO

Start dateOkt 19, 2025

LocationNorway

Annual salary$0

Stian Walgermo
Full-time
Co-founder, CTO

Start dateOkt 19, 2025

LocationNorway

Annual salary$0

Global salary bands

Transparent compensation mapped to level and role—updated each quarter.

RoleLevelSalary (USD)
Software EngineerIntern$30,000
Software EngineerI (Junior)$60,000
Software EngineerII (Mid)$80,000
Software EngineerIII (Senior)$100,000
Software EngineerIV (Principal)$120,000
DesignerIII (Senior)$100,000
DesignerIV (Principal)$120,000
MarketerI (Junior)$50,000
MarketerII (Mid)$65,000
MarketerIII (Senior)$80,000
Salaries reflect base compensation; performance and profit share are layered on top.

Finances

Funding history and cap table breakdown to keep ownership clear.

Total funding raised
$0Bootstrapped

We reinvest revenue and haven’t raised outside capital yet. Should we?

Cap table
Founders100%

GitHub highlights

A taste of what the team shipped over the last quarter.

AI content generator

Bringing prompt-driven automation into workspace flows.

Affiliate dashboards v2

Rebuilt payouts, analytics, and insights for partners.

Realtime builder

Collaborative editing with conflict-free change history.