Show HN: ShowTrust – Testimonials Collection Tool and Widget Embed

ShowTrust, a testimonials collection tool and widget embed, launched with a free tier and a $4.99/mo Pro plan, allowing users to collect unlimited testimonials and embed a lightweight (~5kb) widget via a single snippet or an AI agent in about 30 seconds. The tool, built by an unnamed founder, targets indie hackers and SaaS founders, offering features like layout presets, video testimonials (coming soon), and no lock-in.

Do it yourself. Sign up, configure the widget in the dashboard, then paste a single snippet into your site. Pick a layout — masonry, grid, or carousel Filter testimonials and tweak the look Paste one snippet into your site ShowTrust collects testimonials and shows a wall of love that turns visitors into customers — shipped by your AI agent in 30 seconds. No code, no $25/mo. Loved by indie hackers & SaaS founders Same wall of love. Same widget. Pick the path that fits how you work. Sign up, configure the widget in the dashboard, then paste a single snippet into your site. Pick a layout — masonry, grid, or carousel Filter testimonials and tweak the look Paste one snippet into your site Paste this prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any coding agent — it follows the skill end-to-end. Signs you up from your email Picks the layout and configures the widget Edits the right file and ships Sign up, name your product, pick a layout. You get a hosted collection page at showtrust.to/your-name and an embed snippet — no backend, no config. showtrust.to/your-name ✓ availablePaste one line of HTML wherever testimonials should appear. The widget inherits your fonts and theme. Empty until your first reply arrives. Drop your collection link in a post-purchase email, Slack DM, or onboarding flow. Customers leave text or video in under a minute. showtrust.to/your-name Whether you're scaling a SaaS, launching a side project, or building inside an AI coding agent — ShowTrust slots into your stack in minutes. Lift conversion on landing & pricing Authentic social proof on the pages where prospects decide. Embed a wall of love and raise conversion without raising spend. Learn more → Ship social proof before your launch Hosted submission form + one-line embed. Beta testers become a wall of love in time for your Product Hunt day. Free in early access. Learn more → Install in one sentence from your agent Claude Code, Cursor, or whatever you build with. Load the skill, describe what you want, the agent ships the widget. 30 seconds. Learn more → The wall of love is a lightweight ~5kb script — not a boxed-in iframe. It's styled to match your fonts and colors and leaves no lock-in behind. Add it by hand, call the REST API, or just ask your AI agent. The Claude skill ships a configured wall in about 30 seconds — most tools can't do this at all. No 10- or 15-testimonial ceiling like most tools. Collect as many as you want on the free tier — no credit card, no watermark. Pro is a flat $4.99/mo — not the $25–$80 the incumbents charge. You're not paying a platform tax on your own customers' words. See how that stacks up — compare ShowTrust to the alternatives → /compare Five minutes from sign-up to embed. Create a project, copy your collection link, paste the widget snippet on your site. That's it. No. The script is under 5kb gzipped, lazy-loads, and renders server-cached HTML. Lighthouse won't notice. Inherits your font and color tokens by default. Five layout presets grid, masonry, marquee, single, list and a CSS escape hatch for full control. You share one short link. Customers land on a clean page branded to you, leave a written or video testimonial, optionally connect their X or LinkedIn. You approve or pin from your dashboard. Coming soon. The plan: record in-browser, 90 seconds max, auto-transcoded, plays inline in your wall like any other card. Not shipped yet — text and rating testimonials work today. Manual entry works today — just type them in and they go through the same approval queue. Tweet URL and CSV imports are coming soon. Yes. Anything available for free today stays free for you, forever. When paid plans launch they'll add new things on top — they won't take anything away from what you already have. I built ShowTrust because other founders like me need an easy way to embed testimonials on their site — it’s an essential trust-building piece, especially for small and solo founders like us. The goal was to make it as simple and as accessible as possible to everyone — that’s why it has such a generous free tier. Looking at other testimonial tools, I was honestly disappointed that something this simple costs so much and ships with such tight limits 10 testimonials on free? no video testimonials? really? . So I decided to build one that’s accessible to everyone. I have a 9-to-5, but I build small projects like this on the side — basically, infrastructure for founders. ShowTrust is one piece. Skribra, a blog writer, is another. Enjoy the app, and if you need anything, reach out on X or by email. Thanks everyone.