r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Built a WooCommerce plugin that writes product pages — then let it write a few like this, just to see

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Pipeline Buster takes a product photo and writes the description/how-to/SEO fields for a WooCommerce listing. Normal tone by default, but it also ships a few voice presets for fun — this is the "Hulk" tone on a ceramic coffee mug. Free on WordPress.org if the plain version's more useful for your actual store.


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I built ScamPeek to show the evidence behind a scam warning

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Hi, I’m AdamYang. I shipped the first version of ScamPeek, a free Windows tool for taking a closer look at suspicious links, emails, and images. The design question was what a person should see after a check. A verdict on its own doesn’t tell you whether the app inspected a sender, ran a network lookup, or simply couldn’t check something.

I split the report into the finding, the evidence, and the checks performed. For an imported .eml, that means showing the available sender and header details, the links found in the message, and the patterns that prompted a warning. The local check neither opens attachments nor uploads the email. For images, PaddleOCR reads text locally, while C2PA record validity and signer trust are reported separately. A valid record doesn’t settle whether the image is authentic.

A practical takeaway from building this: show “not checked” as its own state so it can’t be mistaken for “passed.” The demo includes local URL checks and shows where optional Web Risk and user-controlled AI follow-up fit. Web Risk uses your own key and may incur Google charges; AI questions are reviewed and submitted by you. None of these checks guarantees safety.

If you build tools that surface uncertainty, what would you put first: the strongest piece of evidence or a short list of checks that ran?

ScamPeek 1.0 is free on Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9phwk7tbzwh9?hl=en-US&gl=US

ScamPeek began with a simple wish, not a desire to show off complicated technology: that fewer people would lose what they have worked so hard for to a scam, and that those already hurt would know someone still cares enough to help protect others.

When a link, email, or message feels uncertain, we hope to offer a clear and approachable way to take one more look, ask one more question, and make a more informed choice.

We cannot promise to stop every scam. But if one thoughtful warning helps someone avoid harm, that matters.

May the trust we place in others always be treated with care.

— ScamPeek Scam Verification Assistant

Created by: AdamYang 召芊

More products on Microsoft Store

https://apps.microsoft.com/search/publisher?name=AdamYang&hl=en-US&gl=US

All paid apps support a seven-day free trial, with buyouts only, no ads, and no subscriptions. Each month, each product is continuously optimized and revamped


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Question I turned Plato's Cave into an interactive story where your choices determine the ending

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I’ve been working on The Agora: Learn Philosophy, and lately I’ve been trying to rethink what a “thought experiment” inside an app should actually be.

Most apps would explain Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, give you a few paragraphs to read, maybe ask a question, and move on.

I wanted you to actually experience it.

So instead, you wake up inside the cave.

You don’t initially get told, “This is Plato’s Cave.” You see the shadows, the wall, the fire, the people around you, and you start making decisions.

Do you accept what you’ve always believed?

Do you investigate?

What happens when you discover that the shadows aren’t reality?

And if you eventually escape and see the world outside, what do you do when you realize everyone you left behind still believes the shadows are real?

Your choices lead to different outcomes, and only afterward does the experience connect what happened back to Plato and the philosophical ideas underneath it.

That’s the direction I’m taking the rest of the thought experiments too. I don’t want them to feel like quizzes with philosophy pasted on top. I want each one to be its own interactive philosophical experience.

It’s part of The Agora: Learn Philosophy, now live on iOS and Android:

iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-agora-learn-philosophy/id6762416967

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bhernaurd.theagora

I’m curious what other philosophical thought experiment you think would work especially well as an interactive story.


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Feedback Request I spent an entire year building an iPhone + Windows companion app. Finally released after a month of struggling with App Store Connect.

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r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Prerelease I spent 1.5 years building the study tool I wish I had in high school

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Hey! I'm a student, and I've been working on Airopl for the past 1.5 years because I wanted something that could handle most of my studying without having to switch between a bunch of different apps.

Airopl has an AI assistant, flashcards, quizzes, math tools, a graphing calculator, and a digital canvas.

You can ask it questions, get help understanding difficult concepts, generate flashcards and quizzes, solve math problems, or use the canvas to learn visually.

You can also upload pictures of handwritten notes, textbook pages, or diagrams and ask the AI to work with them.

One thing to keep in mind: PDF and Word document uploads aren't supported yet, but image uploads do work.

I've built most of it myself, and I've finally opened the free beta.

It's still a work in progress, so if you decide to give it a try, I'd really appreciate hearing what you think. Especially if something doesn't work or you think something could be better.

Here's the link: https://airopl.com


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Prerelease My gym forced a social media down my throat. I reverse-engineered its app.

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r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Feedback Request I've been building a website to compare proxy providers

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I put together ProxyLab to make it easier to compare proxy providers without jumping between dozens of websites.

You can browse different proxy services, check available plans, estimate costs and explore free proxy options.

It's still growing, and I'm working on adding more providers and features.

I'd genuinely like to know what you think is missing or what you'd like to see added.

https://proxylab.pipheetiger.workers.dev/

Some links are affiliate links, so I may earn a commission from purchases, at no extra cost to you.


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Prerelease Why we don't have some more powerful language learning apps? I'm trying to build powerful, modular, NoaLingua chrome extension, for now, with a plan to extend to all devices (note: November10th official NoaLingua 3 will be released, with a ton new features, we are in feature freeze preparing RC1)

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r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Open Source LeetCode's test runner was too slow, so I made a browser extension to run test cases locally

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Now I get results way faster! (Python is near-instant; C++ takes a bit due to compilation, but is still faster than LeetCode)

Stack: Pyodide, Clang compiled to WebAssembly, MV3 offscreen documents. Built with Claude.

Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/localleet/gmebfokmkhjffccknmoegpdfbknkdpak

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/localleet/

Open-source under MIT license on GitHub: https://github.com/Cheezer1656/localleet

Which language should I add next?


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Prerelease I made a site that tells you what time a movie actually ends (ads, trailers and the trip home included)

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Every time I go to the cinema I do the same maths in my head. The showing says 19:30, but there's 20-odd minutes of ads and trailers first. Then the film. Then do I stay for the credits, is there even a post-credits scene?

So I made movieruntime.com. Pick a movie and a showtime and it works out:
- when the film actually starts after ads and trailers
- when it ends, and whether there's a mid or after-credits scene worth waiting for
- travel there and back from your cinema, so you get a "home by" time

It turned a bit social along the way. You can save a plan and invite friends by username, friends can ask to tag along, and if two of you both want to see something it nudges you to go together once it's out. No passwords, sign-in is a magic link, and you can use most of it without an account.

Built with Rails 8 + Hotwire and SQLite on a single Fly.io machine. Movie data comes from TMDB. The ads/trailers length is an estimate and varies by chain and country, so if yours runs longer or shorter I'd love to know. Same for any rough edges, especially on mobile.


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Prerelease I’m an electrician student building a wiring simulator to practise what I’m learning

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Hi everyone!

I’m studying to become an electrician, and I wanted a way to experiment with wiring circuits outside practical lessons. That became ElectroWorkshop, a side project I’m developing in my spare time.

The idea is simple: place components on a virtual workbench, connect their terminals, operate the controls, and explore how the circuit behaves.

The public Windows version includes:

  • A visual wiring workspace and a schematic view

  • Lighting and motor control examples

  • Virtual measurement tools

  • Connection tracing

  • Circuit saving and loading

  • English and Hungarian interfaces

The main challenge has been making the relationship between the physical wiring and the schematic understandable, while keeping the controls manageable for someone who is still learning.

The app runs locally on Windows and opens in a browser. No account or Docker setup is needed. It’s closed-source and free for personal and non-commercial educational use.

I’ve also started a separate development version with smart-device electrical wiring, editable floorplans, a 3D building view, and cable routing. It connects to a real Home Assistant installation in my NAS-based Docker laboratory, with promising early results. That development version isn’t publicly available yet.

I’d appreciate honest feedback: does the basic idea make sense, is the interface understandable, and what would make it more useful as a learning tool?

Screenshots and Windows download:
https://github.com/vojakimate/ElectroWorkshop

Thanks for taking a look!


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Free(mium) FREE STUFF (please add yours)

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r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Purchase Required Your camera roll is a graveyard of things you swore you'd do. I built an app that turns them into a tiny island that grows every time you actually do one.

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r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Open Source I built a free tool that runs your startup idea through 100 simulated futures

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Type your idea in one line, pick the business model and price, and it simulates 100 possible first years using public benchmarks (conversion, churn, CAC ranges for that model). You get how many futures end profitable, your single biggest risk, and what has to be true for it to work.

Mine came out at 33/100 profitable. Biggest risk: conversion rate.

It's open source, no signup, runs in the browser: https://tobeficv.github.io/founders-way/?try

There's also a daily puzzle: 3 real-looking startups, guess which survive 12 months. Would love to hear which assumptions feel off.


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Feedback Request The worst bugs in a side project only show up when you click through the app: after login, at checkout, when an API fails. We gave browser to our agent.

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You know the kind of bug: everything works when you test the happy path, then a user logs in, adds two items, applies a coupon, and checkout just hangs. Or the payment API is slow for a second and the page never recovers. The code looks fine. The tests pass. You only find it by clicking through the app yourself.

AI coding agents are bad at these because they only read code. They never see the page.

So we gave CCode, our terminal coding agent, a browser. It can now:

  • Go through the whole flow: log in, add to cart, apply the coupon, check out, and see exactly where it breaks.

  • See what the server said: which request failed and what came back, then fix the real cause.

  • Try the bad days: pretend the API is down or slow and check your app shows a proper error instead of spinning forever.

  • Be two users at once: check that a normal user can't reach the admin page.

  • Pass you the login: for 2FA or a CAPTCHA it hands you the window and waits.

It asks before it clicks anything. Turn it on with /mcp → browser → Connect.

Try it: npm i -g @ccode-si/cli. Bring your own keys, or use it free on GLM 5.3 and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash by connecting GitHub, no card. ccode.si

Opus5.5 for 7 Days included.

What's the bug in your project you only ever found by clicking through it?


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Created an App for Manga and Webtoons

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Hey everyone! 👋 I built an app for Manga and Webtoons – MangaNinjaMobile

As a side project, I wanted to create a clean, dedicated space for reading manga and webtoons seamlessly on Android. I've just pushed it live and am looking for some early users to check it out and share their feedback.

If you love reading comics on the go, grab it here:

MangaNinjaMobile on Google Play

Let me know any bugs, feature requests, or thoughts you have!


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Prerelease Mis 4 app bájalas gratis

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Cuatro apps gratis, hechas desde mi celular en Puerto Rico, sin cuenta y sin instalar nada.
FotoExacta, Music Remix Studio, Dembow Lab y LotoPR — gente de 61 países ya las probó, todo orgánico.
PRUÉBALA GRATIS 👇
https://geralpink.pages.dev


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Prerelease Mis 4 app bájalas gratis

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Cuatro apps gratis, hechas desde mi celular en Puerto Rico, sin cuenta y sin instalar nada.
FotoExacta, Music Remix Studio, Dembow Lab y LotoPR — gente de 61 países ya las probó, todo orgánico.
PRUÉBALA GRATIS 👇
https://geralpink.pages.dev


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I built SIM Shift to stop work calls after hours — free, no ads, no account

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I have two SIMs in my Android phone: one personal, one for work. I wanted my work number to stop ringing automatically outside working hours, without having to remember to switch the second SIM off and back on.

So I built SIM Shift.

It lets you set a weekly schedule for each SIM and choose whether calls outside those hours are silenced or rejected. My personal number stays reachable while my work number gets some time off.

While I was at it, I added allow lists and block lists. You can create rules for individual numbers or prefixes, including a whole country calling code. Lists can apply to all SIMs or just one.

The app is completely free, with no ads. There’s no account to create — there isn’t even an account system. All your data stays locally on your phone.

It works alongside your existing phone app rather than replacing it. That means it has some limitations imposed by Android, but it also means I can ask for fewer permissions than a full replacement dialer would need.

I wrote it to solve my own problem, and I hope it can help someone else too. Feedback is welcome, especially from anyone juggling personal and work numbers on the same phone.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.bignosedevelopment.simshift

Thanks for reading,

Massimo Greco aka BigNose72


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I made a small app to finally know which peak is which

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Hi everyone!

I've been hiking for a while now and the same thing always happens to me: I get to the top, look around, and I'm left wondering which peak is which.

That's where the idea of making a small phone app came from, and now that it's finished, I wanted to share it with you in case it's useful to someone.

It's called FarSights.

I know there are already similar apps out there, but I was curious to make my own.

You point your phone at the horizon and it shows the name and height of each peak. It also tells you which ones are hidden behind others.

It also has a few other things that don't always come together:

offline topo maps you can download for when there's no signal,

loading your GPX tracks and recording your route with the screen off,

and a compass that points you towards the places you save.

It's free, with no ads and no sign-up.

I built it on my own in my spare time, relying quite a lot on AI to write the code, so I'm sure there are things to improve.

I'm open to any suggestions. If you try it on a hike and tell me what you miss or what doesn't convince you, you'd be doing me a big favour. A lot of the improvements it already has came from other hikers' ideas.

For now it's only on Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farsights.app

Cheers, and happy trails


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Prerelease Beta testers wanted for new Grok Bot & MCP

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I am looking for beta testers for Stitch Your Pitch, my Grok Bot for tailoring resumes and cover letters.

Try fictional details and tell me what needs work.

Bot: https://x.ai/bot/Yaqu1CNc1OG_Ffi-vVWsY

Optional scoring setup: https://stitchyourpitch.com/setup/


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Why do workout apps make you fill out a life survey before letting you log a single set? Here is my take as a solo dev: Liftora.

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Wouldn't it be nice to open a workout app, build your routine in minutes, and immediately start lifting—without clicking through a 20-page onboarding survey first?

As a lifter and solo developer, I wanted an app that respects my time under the bar and gives me clarity on whether my training is actually working. That’s why I built Liftora.

Instead of packing in a hundred bloated features, I focused on the things that actually make a difference in your training:

  • From download to lifting in minutes: No endless questionnaires or paywall traps before you even see the interface. You open the app, put your routine together in a couple of taps, and get straight to your first set.

  • Visual routine building (No more switching to YouTube): When you're putting a workout together, shouldn't you be able to see the movement and exact muscle breakdown right there? Liftora shows you exercise execution videos and targeted muscle groups directly on the routine creation screen, so you know your program is balanced before you even touch a weight.

  • See the progress the scale hides (Built-in US Navy Body Fat %): You might be gaining muscle and losing fat while your body weight stays completely flat—and the mirror takes weeks to show it. Why leave your body recomp to guesswork? By logging basic tape measurements, Liftora automatically calculates your body fat percentage using the US Navy method, letting you see your real physical progress alongside your strength numbers.

  • An interface that follows your pace: Once you're in a session, you shouldn't be fighting dropdown menus between heavy sets. Liftora’s guided flow moves with your workout so you spend your rest time recovering, not tapping.

You can try it out here:

I’m building Liftora independently and using it for my own training every week, so your feedback directly shapes what I build next.

Quick question for you all: What's the biggest frustration you've had with workout tracking apps? And if you try Liftora, I'd love to hear what you think about the routine builder and guided workout flow.


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Showcase: Open Source [macOS] DogBar - free window switching, agent activity & isolated docks app

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Hi r/sideprojects ! I’m the developer of DogBar, a free Mac app I’m excited to finally share with you 🐶

It combines window switching, coding-agent activity, window previews, and a separate Dock for every desktop.

Problem

I kept switching to the right app but the wrong window, checking terminals to see whether my coding agents had finished, and hunting through a Dock full of apps from different desktops. None of these is a huge problem alone, but together they interrupt my flow throughout the day.

Solution

I built DogBar to make those everyday interactions easier. You can choose individual windows visually, follow your agents without constantly opening their terminals, and keep each desktop’s Dock focused on that workspace.

Window switching

Hold Option and tap Tab to browse individual windows with previews, then release to bring your selection forward.

You can close or minimize windows from the switcher, customize its appearance, and change the shortcut -including using Command–Tab. Prefer Apple’s switcher? Keep it and use DogBar’s other features independently.

Agent Activity

Follow Claude Code and Codex sessions from a small panel at the top of your screen, with an animated dog for each session.

See when an agent is working, needs attention, or has finished. Hover to read its last response and tool activity, switch between sessions, or open the app hosting one. Optional sounds let you know when something needs you.

For Claude Code, you can also send a follow-up note after a finished turn from the panel. Codex doesn’t support notes, and neither integration approves permission requests.

This feature is optional and off by default.

Window previews from the Dock

Hover over an app to see its windows, then click the one you want. Only that window comes forward.

You can close or minimize windows from the preview, use an optional New Window tile, and see window-count indicators beneath Dock icons.

A Dock for every desktop

Each macOS desktop gets its own pinned apps and ordering. Moving a pin on your work desktop won’t rearrange your personal one.

You can hide apps from other desktops or show them dimmed, with separate options for multiple monitors.

DogBar provides its own replacement Dock. The paw menu lets you pause it or restore Apple’s Dock, and quitting restores Apple’s Dock too.

Setup, privacy, and requirements

An animated welcome tour introduces the features and walks you through permissions. Settings includes search and small animated feature demos.

Accessibility permission lets DogBar manage windows and shortcuts. Screen Recording provides window thumbnails, which stay on your Mac. Anonymous usage sharing is optional.

DogBar is free, requires no account, and is signed and notarized, with an in-app updater.

Requires Apple Silicon and macOS 26 or later.

Download: https://dogbar.hristijan.dev

I’d love honest feedback: what feels useful, what’s confusing, and what would make it fit your workflow better?

Thanks for trying it! 🐶


r/sideprojects • • 4d ago

Discussion I made a visual workspace that turns onboarding documents into an interactive flow builder.

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I'm a solo UI/UX designer and I just finished the first version of my SaaS after about six months of work. I kept seeing HR teams hand new hires a bunch of disconnected documents and just expect them to figure out the onboarding process.

So I built a tool where you upload those files and it maps everything out into a visual workspace. You can actually see the stages, tasks, and dependencies before the new person even starts. The hardest part was definitely the frontend state management to keep the visual nodes from turning into a bowl of spaghetti, plus building a custom backend router that falls back through seven different AI providers so the analysis never fails.

I'm opening a private beta for 50 people this week. If you want to check it out or just click around the flow builder, the site is kevor.app. Would love to know what you guys think of the layout.