why pronto exists.

hi. i'm francisco.

i built pronto because i was tired of the way plans actually happen in 2026.

here's what i mean: someone in the group chat says “we should do something this weekend.” 12 messages later, no one has committed to a time. someone proposes saturday. someone else can only do sunday. half the people stop reading. by friday, the chat is dead. saturday comes. nothing happens.

multiply that by every group chat you're in.

the apps that exist for this don't help. partiful is for parties. the cal makes plans feel like meetings. group chats die from politeness. nothing handles the most common case: a small number of people, deciding in real time, today, whether they want to grab a drink or play padel or take a walk.

so i made pronto.

it works like this: you post a beacon — a thing you're doing, in the next few hours or the next day. your friends get a notification. they tap, they're in. you get a ping. nobody has to “reply all.”

the rules are minimal. plans have to start within 24 hours. friends are people you've added, not people who follow you. there's no algorithm. no engagement metrics. no “people you may know.” nothing recommends who to hang out with. you already know who you want to hang out with.

if you're the friend who plans everything — the connector, the group-chat starter, the one who keeps track of who's actually showing up — pronto is built for you. you've been doing the hard work of making your friends' social lives happen for years. this just makes that work take 90 seconds instead of 90 messages.

— francisco

ps. pronto used to be called inpromptu. same idea, easier to say at a bar. that's the whole story.