A solo founder launched a recurring YouTube live scheduler
The author says they launched their first SaaS, a tool for scheduling recurring YouTube live broadcasts. They say users can set a recurrence rule once, and the tool creates up to 100 broadcasts through the YouTube API that appear in YouTube Studio. The product does not handle streaming or encoding, and is meant to work alongside tools like OBS or StreamYard. The author also says YouTube could add this feature itself in the future.
Key points
- The idea came from a friend who had to recreate the same YouTube live broadcasts by hand.
- The tool creates up to 100 scheduled broadcasts from one recurrence rule.
- It is only a scheduling layer, not a streaming studio or encoder.
- It is designed to sit on top of existing tools like OBS or StreamYard.
- The author openly notes that YouTube could ship the same feature natively.
Quick term guide
- YouTube API
- An official way for other software to connect with YouTube features.
- YouTube Studio
- The dashboard where YouTube creators manage videos, live streams, and channel settings.
- streaming
- Here it means text is generated continuously as you speak, rather than waiting until you finish talking.
- business
- An activity where you provide value to others in exchange for money.
- feedback
- A response that tells a user what they did well or should fix.
- encoder
- The part of a system that turns input into an internal form the AI can work with.
- natively
- Running directly on a device's hardware without needing extra software to translate it.
- native
- Built using the operating system's own built-in tools, so the app feels at home on that platform and runs efficiently