EcoVersion

Git-like versioning for sustainability modeling workflows

Score: 7.5/10ETMedium BuildReady to Spawn
Brand Colors

The Opportunity

Problem

Distributed climatetech teams lose weeks on MVP delivery because collaboration tools can't manage complex sustainability modeling workflows.

Solution

EcoVersion offers branch/merge/diff tools tailored for climatetech model files, preventing overwrite disasters in distributed teams. Data scientists commit changes to models with visual diffs on emissions curves and params. Merge conflicts auto-resolve common sustainability patterns, accelerating MVP delivery.

Target Audience

Distributed engineering and data science teams in climatetech startups building sustainability modeling MVPs

Differentiator

Sustainability-aware diffing and auto-merges for model params, not just code

Brand Voice

professional

Features

Model Versioning

must-have35h

Commit, branch, and merge model files

Visual Diff Viewer

must-have30h

Side-by-side diffs for graphs and params

Repository Sharing

must-have25h

Team repos with pull request approvals

Conflict Resolver

must-have20h

Auto-merge common sustainability vars

History Timeline

must-have20h

Browse and revert model versions

PR Comments

nice-to-have15h

Review and discuss changes

Model Runner

nice-to-have20h

Test versions in-browser

GitHub Sync

nice-to-have15h

Push/pull from GitHub

Total Build Time: 180 hours

Database Schema

users

ColumnTypeNullable
iduuidNo
emailtextNo
nametextYes

repos

ColumnTypeNullable
iduuidNo
nametextNo
owner_iduuidNo

Relationships:

  • owner_id references users(id)

commits

ColumnTypeNullable
iduuidNo
repo_iduuidNo
branchtextNo
model_datatextNo
parent_iduuidYes
timestamptimestampNo

Relationships:

  • repo_id references repos(id)
  • parent_id references commits(id)

repo_members

ColumnTypeNullable
iduuidNo
repo_iduuidNo
user_iduuidNo

Relationships:

  • repo_id references repos(id)
  • user_id references users(id)

API Endpoints

POST
/api/repos

Create repo

🔒 Auth Required
POST
/api/commits

Create commit

🔒 Auth Required
GET
/api/commits/:id/diff

Get diff between commits

🔒 Auth Required
POST
/api/pull-requests

Create PR

🔒 Auth Required
POST
/api/merge/:prId

Merge PR

🔒 Auth Required

Tech Stack

Frontend
Next.js 14 + React + Tailwind + D3.js
Backend
Next.js API + Supabase
Database
Supabase Postgres
Auth
Supabase Auth
Payments
Stripe
Hosting
Vercel
Additional Tools
D3 for diffs

Build Timeline

Week 1: Auth and repo basics

35h
  • Repos CRUD
  • Members

Week 2: Commit system

40h
  • Branching
  • Commits

Week 3: Diff viewer

40h
  • Visual diffs

Week 4: PR and merge

35h
  • Pull requests
  • Auto-merge

Week 5: Runner and payments

30h
  • Model runner
  • Stripe

Week 6: Polish

25h
  • Comments
  • Testing

Week 7: Integrations

20h
  • GitHub sync
Total Timeline: 7 weeks • 280 hours

Pricing Tiers

Free

$0/mo

No PRs

  • 1 repo
  • 10 commits/mo

Pro

$25/mo
  • Unlimited repos
  • Unlimited commits/PRs
  • Diff viewer

Enterprise

$99/mo
  • All Pro + Audit logs
  • API access

Revenue Projections

MonthUsersConversionMRRARR
Month 1402%$20$240
Month 62504%$250$3,000

Unit Economics

$35
CAC
$500
LTV
6%
Churn
88%
Margin
LTV:CAC Ratio: 14.3xExcellent!

Landing Page Copy

Version Control Built for Climatetech Models

Branch, merge, and diff sustainability workflows without the chaos

Feature Highlights

Visual model diffs
Auto-resolve conflicts
Team PR reviews
Unlimited history

Social Proof (Placeholders)

"'GitHub but for our models – game changer' - Data Scientist"
"'Cut merge hell by 80%' - Eng Lead"

First Three Customers

Target climatetech startups on AngelList; offer free Pro to first 10 signups from Twitter searches for 'climatetech MVP'; email data teams from recent funding news.

Launch Channels

Product Huntr/MachineLearningr/climateHacker NewsLinkedIn Climatetech

SEO Keywords

sustainability model versioningclimatetech git alternativemodel workflow diff tooldistributed data science collab

Competitive Analysis

Free to $4/user/mo
Strength

Code versioning

Weakness

Poor for non-code models/visual diffs

Our Advantage

Model-specific diffs and merges

Weights & Biases

wandb.ai
$50/user/mo
Strength

ML experiment tracking

Weakness

Not for full workflow collab

Our Advantage

Full versioning for sustainability files

🏰 Moat Strategy

Network effects from shared public model templates

⏰ Why Now?

Explosion of climatetech data models needing pro versioning as teams scale remotely

Risks & Mitigation

technicalmedium severity

Complex merge logic errors

Mitigation

Limit to common patterns initially

executionlow severity

Slow adoption by git users

Mitigation

GitHub import feature

Validation Roadmap

pre-build5 days

Survey 15 data scientists on versioning pains

Success: 80% cite model conflicts

launch30 days

Get 50 signups

Success: 10% convert to Pro

Pivot Options

  • General ML model versioning
  • Focus on notebooks only
  • Integrate as GitHub app

Quick Stats

Build Time
280h
Target MRR (6 mo)
$800
Market Size
$400.0M
Features
8
Database Tables
4
API Endpoints
5