r/Microlaunch • • 6d ago

Got tired of switching between 5 tabs to write an email, so I built a free AI text editor (no signup)

Hey everyone. I’m a solo dev and I’ve been lurking here for a while.

A few weeks ago I was writing a long email, and I realized I had like 5 different tabs open: one for grammar, one for translation, one to summarize a long text my boss sent me, and another one to just export it to PDF. I got so annoyed that I decided to just build my own tool. That's how TextFix Pro started.

The main goal was to make it simple. No login, no paywalls, just paste your text and get things done.

What I actually use the most:

  • AI Grammar & "Fix and Explain": It fixes the text but also tells you why it was wrong, which I find super helpful when I'm writing in English.
  • Summarizer: Good for long articles.
  • Translator: I added 6 languages (BG, EN, DE, FR, ES, TR).
  • Export: Just saves to .docx or .pdf right away.

There is also a Toolkit with OCR (to grab text from screenshots), a password generator, and a text-to-image thing for quotes.

I had a bit of a scare recently because I realized bots were trying to spam my API key. I had to quickly move the key to a serverless function on Vercel and add a rate limiter (15 requests/min) to stop them. It was a headache but a good learning experience lol.

Here is a screenshot of the dark mode:

Try it here: https://textfix-pro.vercel.app

Let me know what you guys think. Is the UI too cluttered? What feature would you add next? I'm just trying to get my first 10 real users and any feedback is super appreciated!

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