Most side projects
don't fail.
They just quietly stop.
You didn't lose interest. Life just got busy. KeepGoing helps you return to unfinished projects without the mental friction.
A lightweight dev companion that remembers what you were doing and shows one small next step when you return.
When you reopen your project:
Runs locally. Lives with your repo. Works with your tools.
Senior Full Stack Engineer with 10+ years experience building SaaS platforms. Creating KeepGoing to solve the context-switching friction I face every day.
You know this cycle
You start excited.
You build every night.
Then work gets busy.
A few days pass. Then weeks.
Reopening feels heavy.
So the project quietly freezes.
It's not about motivation. It's about lost context: forgetting where you were, what you were thinking, what comes next.
How it works
Step 1: Code normally.
Just work on your project like you always do. No setup, no config, no extra steps.
Step 2: KeepGoing captures your intent.
It quietly watches what you're working on and saves lightweight context: files, tasks, and where you left off.
Step 3: Resume anywhere.
Come back after days or weeks. Resume in your editor sidebar, or let your AI assistant brief you on where you left off.
9 days ago
Last checkpoint saved
Today
Welcome back, resuming…
Never lose your place again.
KeepGoing tracks your trail of thought across days and weeks, making re-entry seamless.
Yesterday
Add refresh token endpoint
3 days ago
Setup database schema
Last Tuesday
Wire up user registration flow
2 weeks ago
Initialize project and CI pipeline
Maintained Momentum · 4 checkpoints
Works with your favorite tools
AI tools write great code. KeepGoing gives them the context of why you were writing it.
VS Code
Capture context automatically while you code. Auto-checkpoints on commits, branch switches, and inactivity.
Learn moreClaude Code
AI assistant that knows your momentum. Session hooks and MCP tools give Claude full project context.
Learn moreGitHub Copilot
Context-aware coding companion. Copilot queries your session data to understand your project history.
Learn more
Think of KeepGoing as the black box flight recorder for your developer brain. Not in the cloud. In your .keepgoing/ folder, right next to your code.
Why I'm building this
I kept abandoning side projects I cared about. Not because I lost interest, but because life got busy and returning felt heavy.
So I started building a small tool to help me continue slowly without losing context.
If you build side projects the same way, this might help you too.
Get started
Start with the VS Code extension to capture context. Then connect your AI tools.
Claude Code
AI with project memory
claude mcp add keepgoing -- npx -y @keepgoingdev/mcp-server Free and open source. All data stays local.