This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Alex Cloudstar
I spend a lot of time writing. Articles, ideas, updates. But every time I wanted to share something I ran into the same problem.
I’d finish a draft, polish it up, then open dev.to. Copy and paste. Fix the formatting. Publish. Then I’d do the same on Medium. Then on Hashnode. Then on Beehiiv.
Four tabs. Four logins. Four different formatting tweaks. Four times the work for a single article.
After a while, it felt broken. Writing should be about the words, not about fighting platforms.
That’s what led me to start building Cross Write.
The Idea
What if there was one place where you could write your article, polish it if needed, and then publish it everywhere?
So I started hacking on a tool with a simple flow:
- Start with a blank page or just an idea
- Use GPT to help expand, rewrite, or clean up your draft (with your own key)
- Save it as a draft, or schedule it for later
- When it’s ready, publish directly to dev.to, Medium, Hashnode, and Beehiiv in one click
Instead of repeating the same process across four platforms, you write once and publish everywhere.
Why Open Source
- I decided to make Cross Write free and open source. Two reasons:
- I know a lot of indie hackers and newsletter writers who deal with the same pain. If the tool helps them, great.
I don’t want this locked behind another paid wall. Writers already have enough to worry about with reach, engagement, and growing an audience.
The goal is to make writing and publishing simpler, not more complicated.
What’s Next
Cross Write is still early, but it works. You can draft, polish, schedule, and push out content to multiple platforms. I’m polishing the UI and testing the integrations now.
I’ll be launching it on Product Hunt soon, but I’d love to get early feedback. If this sounds like something you’d use, you can join the waitlist here:
https://crosswrite.validatemy.app
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Alex Cloudstar