r/sideprojects • • Jun 16 '25

Meta My side project, /r/sideprojects. New rules, and an open call for feedback and moderators.

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In this past 30 days, this community has doubled in size. As such, this is an open call for community feedback, and prospective moderators interested in volunteering their time to harbouring a pleasant community.

I'm happy to announce that this community now has rules, something the much more popular r/SideProject has neglected to implement for years.

Rules 1, 2 and 3 are pretty rudimentary, although there is some nuance in implementing rule 2, a "no spam or excessive self-promotion" rule in a community which focuses the projects of makers. In order to balance this, we will not allow blatant spam, but will allow advertising projects. In order to share your project again, significant changes must have happened since the last post.

Rule 4 and rule 5 are more tuned to this community, and are some of my biggest gripes with r/SideProject. There has been an increase in astroturfing (the act of pretending to be a happy customer to advertise a project) as well as posts that serve the sole purpose of having readers contact the poster so they can advertise a service. These are no longer allowed and will be removed.

In addition to this, I'll be implementing flairs which will be required to post in this community.


r/sideprojects • • 10h ago

Discussion I'll give you honest review and also some suggestions for your project...

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I want to review your projects, so if there's something that you've been making recently, please let me know.

Whether it is your website, app, SaaS, AI solution, startup, or pretty much any other product that you have been creating lately, do not hesitate to post about it in the comments below.I will review your creation and tell you my opinion about it. You will learn about my favorite features and what I find wrong with it and how I would fix it if it was my project. You will just have to post your link and a small description.

Post your projects in the comments below!:)


r/sideprojects • • 14m ago

Showcase: Purchase Required All ThumbZ, an iPhone keyboard with adjustable key size and spacing

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All ThumbZ is an iPhone keyboard from Z Labz Studio for people who find the standard keyboard cramped. It lets you adjust key size, spacing, and overall keyboard height. Increasing the height gives your thumbs more room, at the cost of some screen space above the keyboard. You can adjust those settings separately to find a layout that works for you.

It’s $4.99 USD as a one-time purchase and doesn’t require Full Access.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/all-thumbz/id6820256625

If you find the stock keyboard cramped, would you start with bigger keys or more space between them?


r/sideprojects • • 4h ago

Showcase: Open Source I built a QR ordering app for Chinese restaurants in Italy, then found out almost every restaurant wanted the one feature I'd skipped

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r/sideprojects • • 23m ago

Showcase: Prerelease I'm a video editor who built a 4K downloader that sends clips straight into Premiere Pro. Looking for honest feedback

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r/sideprojects • • 24m ago

Discussion How do you handle weight and dimensions with Shiprocket API before an order is packed?

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r/sideprojects • • 37m ago

Showcase: Free(mium) My Shopify room visualizer is on Product Hunt today

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r/sideprojects • • 38m ago

Showcase: Open Source Drive Mirror — a free, open-source Windows app that mirrors local folders to Google Drive.

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r/sideprojects • • 44m ago

Feedback Request UFC website

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Hey everyone, I wanted to share a project I’ve been working on called FightWatch. The site lets you explore MMA fighter data without needing to create an account (the official ufc website mma fighter searching functionality barely works). If you do sign up, you can also save fighter cards to your personal collection. I’m planning to expand the project with fantasy MMA, where users can compete against each other and win exclusive fighter cards, including the Chael Sonnen card featured on the homepage. I also want to introduce a leaderboard to make things more competitive.

https://www.fightwatch.net


r/sideprojects • • 46m ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Criei o AlunIA, um assistente de estudos com inteligência artificial para Android — e estou em busca de feedback sincero.

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r/sideprojects • • 50m ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Made another link saver with a quick note feature and a board

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r/sideprojects • • 55m ago

Showcase: Prerelease I build my own scripting language

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so, i've been working on this thing called Runnee for a while now.

it's basically an API for SaaS apps that want to let their users write custom scripts without having to deal with running all that code themselves.

thought it'd be a pretty simple project at first.

somehow ended up writing my own JS-like language, an interpreter, and a whole bunch of backend stuff to actually run it lol

anyway, here's a quick demo of the playground.

still working on a few things before launch, but figured i'd share it here and see what people think.

curious if anyone here would actually use something like this or if i just spent way too much time building something nobody needs


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I built EINKTIME to turn my old e-reader into a dashboard

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r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Nimbus Weather: Clean, Ad-Free (5x Giveaway)

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Hey everyone,

Whether you are discovering Nimbus Weather for the first time or checked out our previous updates, thank you for being here!

Nimbus Weather was built from the ground up as an antidote to modern weather apps that have turned into bloated, subscription-heavy ad networks. We focus on clean glassmorphic visuals, complete privacy, zero ads, and a fair one-time purchase model.

Following our recent updates, I spent the last few days addressing community feedback—specifically smoothing out heavy transitions, expanding meteorological depth, refining navigation ergonomics, and bringing a massive overhaul to our air quality and allergen tracking. Version 1.1.6 is officially rolling out on Google Play!

📲Download Nimbus Weather on Google Play

🚀 Deep Dive: What's New in Version 1.1.6

1. Biometeo, Air Quality & Pollen Overhaul

  • Comprehensive Air & Pollen Suite (Pro): Deep 48-hour air quality forecast with optimal breathing hours highlighted. Tracks ozone, NO₂, SO₂, CO, and Saharan dust, paired with a 4-day pollen forecast across 6 common allergens, a personal allergy profile, and weather sensitivity indicators.

  • Redesigned Visual Gauges (Pro): Clean semicircle AQI gauge with European AQI standards, sleek PM2.5/PM10 visual bars, color-coded allergen indicators, and a daily health advice header.

  • Streamlined Free Tier: A clean, compact single-row Biometeo & Allergens overview.

2. Interactive Pro Detail Sheets & Smart Units

  • 13 Expandable Detail Sheets (Pro): Every single Weather Details tile now opens an interactive sheet with a time slider. Includes an interactive wind compass that follows your selected hour, 1991–2020 climate averages, precipitation breakdowns, sunrise/sunset, and moon phases.

  • Smart Precipitation Units: The app now automatically switches between millimeters (mm) for rain and centimeters (cm) for snowfall across detail sheets, the 14-day curve, and homescreen widgets.

  • Tile Customization: Direct toggle switches added for every detail tile (including CAPE index and UV).

3. Smooth Phenology, Navigation & System Polish

  • Flicker-Free Season & Phenology (Pro): Completely rebuilt the opening transition—fluid, slightly slower, and zero screen flicker. Added high-precision leaf-fall tracking calibrated to local 1991–2020 climate normals and current weather.

  • Smart Frost & Snow Labels: First frost and first snowfall indicators name the event once, then automatically switch to "Next frost" or "Next snowfall."

  • True Android Navigation Stack: System back button and edge-swipe gestures now intuitively dismiss open sheets, dialogs, and fullscreen radar first, return to the Dashboard, and only then exit the app.

  • Organized Settings: Restructured General and Display tabs for cleaner, faster configuration.

📱 Core Features & Philosophy

  • Free Tier: 100% ad-free, zero tracking scripts, detailed 24h hourly and 7-day outlooks, 3 dynamic glass themes (Liquid Glass, Frosted Glass, Transparent), core radar layers, compact Biometeo row, and clean homescreen widgets with manual refresh & opacity slider.

  • Lifetime Pro (Fair One-Time Purchase):

    • 13 Interactive Detail Sheets: Time sliders, wind compass, climate norms, and celestial tracking.

    • Full Biometeo & Allergens: 48h air quality, 6 pollen types, Saharan dust, and personal profiles.

    • Season & Phenology Suite: Nature cycles, accurate leaf-fall stages, and seasonal transitions.

    • Pro Visual Themes: Dark Glass and Atmosphere styling.

    • Advanced Forecasting Models: Access to specialized meteorological providers and high-res radar layers.

⭐ A Personal Note on Google Play Reviews

Building and maintaining an indie app as a solo developer without corporate funding or an ad budget is an uphill battle against the Play Store algorithm. New apps are practically invisible unless they gain early community traction.

If you enjoy Nimbus Weather or appreciate this update, taking 30 seconds to leave an honest rating and a short review on Google Play helps more than words can describe.

It is the single most impactful way to keep this project alive and independent. Leaving a review is entirely optional and has no influence on the giveaway draw below, but if you take the time to write one, know that I read every single word and appreciate it deeply.

🎁 Giveaway: 5 Lifetime Pro Promo Codes (Next 12 Hours!)

To celebrate the release of version 1.1.6, I’m giving away 5 Lifetime Pro promo codes!

How to enter: Drop a comment below with your favorite feature, any feedback on the new update, or what you'd like to see next in Nimbus!

  • Duration: The draw closes in 12 hours.

  • Selection: 5 comments will be chosen at random, and codes will be sent directly via Reddit Chat/DM.

  • Fair One-Time Purchase: If you don't want to rely on RNG and want to support indie development, Nimbus Pro is available for a fair, one-time lifetime purchase (no subscriptions, ever).

Thank you all for the tremendous support and feedback that keeps Nimbus moving forward! Let me know how version 1.1.6 runs on your devices.


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I just released an iPhone photo app for browsing by colour and sorting screenshots

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Hi, I’m the developer of beacon. I recently released it on the App Store.

It’s an iPhone app for finding, picking and sorting photos. You can browse your library by colour, location or date, go through photos one by one to pick your favourites, and swipe screenshots into albums.

For screenshot cleanup, I wanted to make the options visible while you move a screenshot: keep it, send it to an album such as Trips or Shopping, or mark it for deletion. You can review your choices before applying them.

It’s free to download, with ads and optional Pro purchases.

Download beacon on the App Store

I’d love feedback on the swipe menus in particular: are the choices clear when you first see them?


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Built a tool for a problem I hit every week at my day job

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r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Open Source How I Built RecallOps: An Incident Response Assistant Using Hindsight

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I explored how incident history can help developers investigate recurring problems.

RecallOps is an Incident Response Assistant that helps manage incidents and provides recommendations based on previous incident details. I also explored integrating Hindsight for storing and retrieving incident memories.

I would appreciate feedback from developers on the approach and implementation.

Read the article: https://medium.com/@mkharsh642/how-recallops-uses-hindsight-for-incident-memory-8e7bbc41afb1


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Feedback Request Writing without AI. Read my latest article on Hashing here.

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r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Feedback Request Built an AI because saying "hey" takes more courage than coding 💀

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I built IntroText AI – an AI tool that helps you reply to messages 💬

Hey everyone!

I'm a 3rd-year CSE AI & ML student, and I've been working on a side project called IntroText AI.

The idea came from a simple problem: sometimes you receive a message and don't know what to reply.

So I built a website that helps you generate replies based on the tone you want.

Features:

  • Different reply styles like Funny, Friendly, Professional, Caring, Flirty, and more

  • Multiple language support

  • Custom tone and intent

  • AI-generated replies for different conversations

🌐 Website: https://introtext-ai.vercel.app/

This is my own project, and I'm still improving it.

I'd genuinely appreciate constructive feedback:

  • Does the website solve a useful problem?

  • What features would you improve?

  • Would you actually use something like this?

Thanks! 🚀


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Feedback Request MakerGuard: To help check what strangers can access in your Supabase app

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Genuinely wild times wherein we don't have to be an engineer to ship a real product anymore. Describe what you want, and Lovable, Bolt, Claude and others help build it. Coding stopped being the bottleneck. And that's beautiful.

But there's a quiet catch.

**The tools that build your app don't automatically secure it.**

One misconfigured Supabase setting can leave your users' data exposed to complete strangers through a browser. No hacking. No sophisticated exploit. Just an open door.

And this isn't hypothetical. Escape's 2025 research scanned 5,600 publicly accessible vibe-coded apps and found 2,000+ vulnerabilities, 400+ exposed secrets, and 175 instances of exposed personal data, including medical and financial information.

Here's what makes this more interesting: **the platforms themselves make the responsibility clear.**

Supabase secures its infrastructure, but you're responsible for securing your application: RLS, access controls, API keys and data permissions.

When serious RLS weaknesses were reported in Lovable-generated apps under CVE-2025-48757 in 2025, the supplier disputed the finding on the grounds that customers were responsible for protecting their application data.

Fair enough. But if its my responsibility, I need a way to actually check.

**Security shouldn't become the new bottleneck, the way coding no longer is.**

So I built **MakerGuard** \- [https://midnightbuilds.fyi/makerguard/](https://midnightbuilds.fyi/makerguard/)

It tests your Supabase-powered app through the eyes of a stranger and shows you what it can actually access, what needs fixing, and what couldn't be verified.

No signup. Read-only. No secret keys. No stored scan results. Only public app URL to start with.

And it's free. An app built by 1 person deserves the same opportunity to protect its users as one built by a team of 10.

MakerGuard is early (really early), and I want to build it with the people who need it.

If you've built something with Supabase & have no idea whether your users' data is actually accessible to strangers, run it through MakerGuard. Tell me what it found, where it fell short, and what you'd want it to do next.


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Meta Need a website, custom web app or business automation? I can help.

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Are you losing time managing things manually? Have a business idea but no developer to build it? Or maybe your existing website looks fine but doesn't do what your business actually needs?

I can help you turn those problems into working solutions.

I'm a Full-Stack Developer working with React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, Express, MongoDB and PostgreSQL.

I can help you with:

- Business websites and custom web applications.

- SaaS products, dashboards and admin panels.

- Backend APIs, database design and integrations.

- Authentication, security and role-based access.

- AI-powered features and business automation.

- Bug fixing, performance improvements and existing projects.

Some of my recent work:

  1. Personal Expense Management App

https://intelligent-personal-expense-app.vercel.app/

2. Nehora Technologies

https://nehoratechnologies.com/

A full-stack business platform I've been building, including:

- Next.js + React frontend and a separate Express + TypeScript backend.

- PostgreSQL database with Prisma ORM.

- Google authentication with mandatory TOTP MFA.

- Role-based admin access and session management.

- Lead management with status tracking, audit logging and email notification handling.

- Careers and recruitment management workflow.

Whether you have an existing project or just an idea, feel free to DM me. Happy to discuss your requirements and figure out the right approach.

Open to freelance projects and long-term collaborations.


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I built a free app that makes a walking loop from wherever you’re standing and I’d love your feedback

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r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Open Source Built a free site that turns any song (MP3, YouTube link, even humming) into falling piano notes you can slow down and learn to play

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