Project Overview
Gorby is a comprehensive text analysis application that offers a wide range of features to help you refine your writing and understand your text better. Whether you’re polishing an essay, optimizing content for SEO, or analyzing complex documents, Gorby has you covered.
Key Features
Gorby offers a comprehensive set of features to analyze and improve text:
- Text Statistics: Get detailed insights into your writing, including word count, sentence length, and more.
- Keyword Density Analysis: Understand which words and phrases appear most frequently in your text.
- Text Tagging: Intuitively categorize and organize your content.
- Readability Metrics: Ensure your writing is accessible to your target audience.
- Sentence Highlighting: Identify long or hard-to-read sentences for improvement.
- Writing Goal Notifications: Stay on track with your writing objectives.
Technical Implementation
Tech Stack
- Frontend: React, TailwindCSS
- State Management: Jotai
- Build Tool: Vite
- NLP Libraries: unified.js, compromise
- Backend: Pocketbase, Node.js
- Landing Page: Astro
Development Approach
One of the core technical decisions was to focus on client-side processing. This approach ensures maximum data privacy for users, as text never leaves the device during analysis.
Privacy and Performance
Gorby is built with a strong emphasis on user privacy. No user data or text is stored on servers, and all processing occurs locally in the browser. Additionally, the application is completely ad-free, providing a clean and focused user interface.
Conclusion
Gorby represents my commitment to creating user-friendly, privacy-focused solutions. As one of the first bigger projects I worked on, it showcases my abilities in full-stack development, from conception to delivery of a complete software product.
As the founder and sole developer, I handled everything from the initial concept to final implementation. Key responsibilities included defining the product roadmap, designing the UI/UX, and establishing the architectural foundations.
The project is ongoing, and I continue to gather user feedback to refine and expand its capabilities. If you’re interested in trying out Gorby or learning more about its implementation, visit Gorby.app.