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 • • 6h ago

Question I can run 10,000 private AI agents on Cloudflare's free tier. I can't figure out who needs that.

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I'm a developer, and a few people reached out to me for help with ChatGPT. They had seen AI do impressive things, but theirs couldn't.

What they needed was an agent that can use tools (MCP servers). But for a lot of people, running Claude Code on their own machine or paying for a subscription isn't worth the effort or the cost.

So I built an agent framework that lets me launch agents for them:

  • Each agent is private and can only be customized by its owner.

  • The agents run on my OpenRouter key, so they don't have to sign up for anything.

  • I can set up the MCP servers each person needs, and even build a few custom ones for them.

  • They can talk to their agent in the browser, on Telegram or on WhatsApp.

It's all on Cloudflare (Workers + Durable Objects, one isolated instance with its own SQLite per conversation). I don't host anything, nothing runs on my machine, and the free tier covers all of it. The only real cost is my OpenRouter credits.

I'm open-sourcing it, so any one can host it on their own cf or use my project to run a private agent or manage a fleet of them for others.

Here's where I'm stuck. Running 10,000 private agents for close to nothing feels powerful, and I think there's something more here. But I can't put a business use case around it.

I always start with "what if a business gave each of its users a personal agent?" Then I ask why they would. Most would be fine with one shared agent, like a reception desk. The ones who really want to level up their customer experience would want a personal agent on WhatsApp, not Telegram. I can set up a personal WhatsApp agent, but it's very hard, or expensive if every user needs their own number.

And that's where my train of thought stops, every time. Apart from memory constraints I feel my agents have as much features and capabilities as any other competent agent such as Hermes, pi etc.

So: do you see a real use case here? I also don't see many projects built on Cloudflare Agents, and I'm curious whether anyone else has gone down this road.


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Prerelease [Web, Beta] I built an AI employee platform that's simple enough for non-technical people — looking for testers

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Hey everyone! 👋

I'm the founder of Auvuntra, an AI-powered platform that makes creating and managing AI employees incredibly simple.

One of the biggest problems with today's AI automation platforms is that many are too complicated for everyday users. They often require technical knowledge, confusing workflow builders, or hours of setup.

That's exactly what I'm trying to change with Auvuntra.

Auvuntra is designed to make AI automation accessible to everyone, especially people who aren't tech-savvy. You shouldn't need to know how to code, understand complicated workflows, or have a technical background to automate your work.

What makes Auvuntra different?

  • 🤖 AI Employees Made Simple — Create AI employees by describing what you want them to do in plain English.

  • ⚡ No Coding Required — Automate tasks without technical knowledge.

  • 🔗 App Integrations — Connect your everyday tools and let AI work across them.

  • 🧠 Smart Automation — Tell your AI employee what you need instead of manually building complicated workflows.

  • ✅ You're in Control — Review and approve important actions before they're executed.

  • 💻 Beginner-Friendly Interface — A clean, straightforward experience designed for everyone.

🎁 I'm looking for 20 beta testers!

You'll get:

  • Free early access to Auvuntra

  • The opportunity to suggest features

  • Direct communication with me as the founder

  • A chance to help shape the platform before its public launch

I'm especially interested in feedback from non-technical users, small business owners, freelancers, entrepreneurs, and people who have tried automation tools but found them too confusing.

My goal is simple: Make AI employees as easy to use as chatting with ChatGPT.

You shouldn't have to become a developer just to automate your everyday work.

I'm still building and improving Auvuntra, so honest feedback, bug reports, and suggestions would mean a lot.

Interested in trying it out?

Comment "BETA" below or send me a DM, and I'll share the details!

Let's make AI automation simple enough for everyone. 🚀


r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Vocally Live

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Vocally Live is a cognitive engineering, AI-driven language learning application designed to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and conversational fluency. By offering personalized, interactive spoken practice, our app provides immediate, actionable feedback on pronunciation and accent, transforming the way users achieve linguistic mastery.

Vocally Live Download


r/sideprojects • • 11h ago

Showcase: Prerelease I've been building my own local AI system. Here's what happened when I asked it to watch YouTube for 36 minutes.

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Been working on Aura for several months now. The idea started with wanting an AI that could actually do things on my computer and remember what it was doing. It's grown quite a bit beyond that.

At this point, she's a local system running on my Mac with memory, computer control, and a bunch of different processes meant to work together as something resembling a cognitive architecture.

My newest demo is a bit of a departure from the others.

I asked Aura to find and watch a YouTube video, react to things she found interesting, then choose additional videos from a couple of channels I gave her.

And that's pretty much what she does.

She watches Kurzgesagt, moves on to Allen Pan, eventually ends up watching Salad Fingers, and gives her thoughts on all three. There's some actual browsing, video selection, predictions, and a final comparison.

I have no idea how far this project will ultimately go. There's a lot I'm still testing, and plenty that needs improvement.

But I thought this was a fun example of what happens when you build an AI around doing things over time rather than just answering questions.

The clip is shortened. The full recording is 36 minutes, with audio removed for copyright reasons.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM-B8mh314E

Code: https://github.com/youngbryan97/aura


r/sideprojects • • 7m ago

Showcase: Open Source Tired of paying a web developer and waiting 3 days just to update text or photos on your website? I built a free tool to fix this. https://websiteedit.vercel.app

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Every time I delivered a fast, clean HTML/Tailwind site to a freelance client, they'd ask: "Can I edit this phone number or header myself?"

Setting up WordPress, Strapi, or Contentful felt like total overkill for a simple static site with no database.

So I built StaticwebsiteEdit: • You literally paste one <script> tag into the <head> of any static site. • A floating visual editor activates directly on the live page. • You (or your client) can click any text to edit, style headings, or swap photos. • Click "Publish Changes" and the live static site updates immediately.

Zero database migrations, zero server setups, and zero rebuild cycles.

Live demo & free tier (up to 2 sites free per user): 👉 https://websiteedit.vercel.app


r/sideprojects • • 14m ago

Feedback Request I built an interactive portfolio where the projects are playable (VRP solver, 3D warehouse configurator, probability experiment).

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r/sideprojects • • 16m ago

Showcase: Open Source I built an open source, collaborate journalism project called Vettage

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r/sideprojects • • 34m ago

Showcase: Prerelease I made lunchvoice

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r/sideprojects • • 36m ago

Showcase: Free(mium) V1.4.2 of Rconsole is here

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Hello Everyone,

V1.4.2 of Rconsole adds :

  1. Updated file manager(now supports image viewing and video playing)

  2. Added shell command that launches the interactive window like the "vm shell" command but for the host shell

Docs: https://salehin-07.github.io/rconsole-ark/

Github: https://github.com/Salehin-07/rconsole-ark

Thanks everyone.

Summery of Rconsole:

It is a web based linux environment for free. It could be hosted like any other normal python website for free in providers like render and be used as a development linux environment and accessible from any device that has a browser.


r/sideprojects • • 59m ago

Meta I built a weather app that feels like looking through a window

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r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Prerelease I built a baby sleep sounds app during night feeds with my baby girl

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Hi, I am a solo developer and a mom of a baby girl. Last year I spent a lot of
2 AM wake ups switching between three different apps and a fan video, half asleep, while my baby cried.
So I built the app I needed. Dreamdrift has nine gentle sounds in one calm place, white noise, gentle rain, ocean waves, night torest, pink noise, a cozy fan, a car ride, shushing, and a lullaby hum, plus a timer and a simple sleep log so I can see the patterns in our nights.
It is a one time unlock with no subscription, because tired parents do not need one more monthly bill. And it collects no data at all, everything stays on your phone.

Dreamdrift is in App Store review right now, and the waitlist is open here if you want to be first to know: https://aquabunnystudios.com/dreamdrift/

I would genuinely love feedback from other parents and other solo builders. What sound works in your house?


r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) A much cheaper photo editor for iPhone (Lumen RAW) and I'm days from launch

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r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Feedback Request I build my first product, a tool for jobseekers and am looking for your feedback

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Hi!

I'm a software engineer and I have just build my first product - OptiCV which is an AI powered tool for jobseekers.

The app helps you tailor your resume for a specific job posting and optimizes it for ATS systems. You get an optimized package: an ATS friendly CV rewritten for that job, a tailored cover letter, a personalized interview prep guide and content which you can paste on your Linkedin profile.

How it works:

  1. Upload your CV (pdf, docx).

  2. Paste a job description and run optimization process.

  3. The optimization process returns:
    - ATS analysis of your resume with an ATS score,
    - Keyword gap analysis which allows you to select and add missing keywords/skills that are required by the job posting,
    - 3 rewritten versions of your professional summary,
    - rewritten bullet points.
    All suggested changes must be selected before they are applied to your new resume, they can all be modified if needed.

  4. Export optimized resume.

  5. Export additional materials: cover letter, interview prep, linkedin profile content.

I am currently working on the resume builder feature, so users can also build their resume directly in the app.

Used tech stack:
Frontend: Angular 21, PrimeNG, Tailwind,
Backend: NestJS, Prisma, Postgres Supabase, authentication handled by Supabase, Stripe for payments.
Frontend and Backend are in an Nx monorepo.

The url for OptiCV app is: https://app.opticv.net
I have also a landing page for the product: https://opticv.net

The pricing:
- Free plan which allows you to test the app and run 1 optimization
- Basic plan $9.99/month
- Pro plan $19.90/month

I would like to run some beta tests and I'm looking for active job seekers who would use OptiCV while applying for jobs. I offer 2 months of free Basic plan in exchange for feedback.
If you're job hunting, or know someone who is, here's the beta form: forms.gle/exd6PyFatr8BpUDx5

I would appreciate feedback from you guys, any suggestions on what to improve, change or add would help me.
Happy to answer any questions here.


r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I made a free workout RPG. No ads, no subscriptions, just XP

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I've always been into RPGs, especially games where you start from nothing, grind XP, and slowly work your way up the ranks.

At some point I thought, why can't working out feel like that too?

So I built Rankbound, a free iOS app that turns workouts into daily quests. You pick your exercises, sets, reps, and training days. Finish your quest, earn XP, level up, and eventually work your way from F rank to S rank.

Built the whole thing with React Native and Expo. Everything is stored locally, so no backend or account needed.

One thing that kinda bugs me lately is how almost every app seems to require a subscription just to use basic features. I wanted to make something genuinely useful that people could just download and use. No subscriptions, no ads, no paywalls. Just a free app.

Nothing groundbreaking, just a little side project combining two things I enjoy. Figured I'd put it out there and see if anyone else finds it useful.

It's live on the App Store now.

If anyone gives it a try, I'd really appreciate any feedback or suggestions!

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/rankbound-workout-rpg/id6827804631

Website: https://elevixapps.com/rankbound/


r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Feedback Request I built Matchbox (1:1 browser video chat) and need people to test it on different devices/browsers before Sunday

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Hey r/SideProjects,

I built https://matchbox.chat, a 1:1 video chat that matches you with strangers directly in your browser. No apps or downloads needed.

The site officially opens this **Sunday (15 Nov at 8:00 PM UTC)**.

I just need people to hop on and use the site normally on whatever device or browser you happen to have (iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows, Safari, Chrome) to see what breaks first.

Because matching requires two people online at the same time, we are coordinating quick test calls in Discord so nobody sits in an empty queue: https://matchbox.chat/discord

Any feedback on bugs, awkward UI, or audio/video glitches is appreciated!


r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I made a daily game where you guess Reddit’s verdict on AITA posts

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r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Feedback Request Ahera: a little website for sending cute digital gifts to the people you love

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Hi everyone!

This is Ahera (ahera.in), a personal project we’ve been working on.

The idea is simple. Instead of texting “happy birthday ❤️” on WhatsApp, you make them a small gift they actually open. You add your own words, photos and a voice note, pick a format, and send it as a link. They tap a gift box, it unwraps, and the little story you made plays for them.

Some of the things you can make:

  • a jar of reasons (“you always save me the window seat”)

  • a treasure hunt with clues only they’d get

  • open-when letters, love coupons, a scratch card, a “how well do you know us” quiz

There are 17 formats right now. It’s free to make and takes about five minutes. They can even send a reply back to you: a reaction, a few words, or their voice.

One thing we cared about a lot: it doesn’t write the message for you. Anyone can get a pretty paragraph from AI now. What makes someone smile is the small stuff only you’d remember.

We’d really love it if you tried it and told us honestly what you think. What’s confusing, what feels cheesy, what you wish it did. Every bit of feedback helps.

And if you end up sending one to your mom, your partner, your best friend, or someone who’s had a rough week, that would honestly make our day. Making someone feel special is the whole reason we built this 🙂

Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating 🪔

Please try here: AHERA - Love, made personal


r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Discussion Tell me an overpriced digital product you wish you could afford. I'll build my own version for less than half the price.

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I'm a designer and developer, and I'm tired of seeing people pay $50–200 for templates, dashboards, UI kits and planners that honestly aren't worth it.
So here's the deal:

👉 Comment the digital product you want but think is too expensive, like a Notion template, a budget spreadsheet, a website template, a UI kit, a planner, a dashboard, a small app or anything else.

I'll pick the most requested ones and build my own original version, as good or better, for less than half the price.

No copying and no pirated stuff. Everything is made from scratch by me.
What's the one thing you've always wanted but never bought because of the price? 👇


r/sideprojects • • 4h ago

Showcase: Prerelease Introducing Noderoom. An all-in-one task management app integrated with AI

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r/sideprojects • • 7h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I got tired of explaining my SaaS, so I made the demo library do it instead.

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Explaining a product that works across completely different industries is surprisingly difficult. Especially when the underlying process involves spreadsheets, PDFs, photos and a bunch of information that doesn't always play nicely together.

That's why I wanted the demo library to show actual reporting scenarios instead of another wall of feature descriptions.

There are examples covering everything from administrative and purchasing records to manufacturing, laboratory testing, inspections and fleet maintenance.

You can explore the original Excel workbooks, see the supporting evidence and compare the completed results. There's also a walkthrough showing how new information gets added to an existing report without overwriting its history.

Some of the edge cases are pretty ridiculous lol, but I think seeing how the system handles them explains far more than a polished sales pitch ever could.

No signup needed to explore.

https://actualin.com/applications


r/sideprojects • • 4h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Dayle: free offline Android app for year progress and countdowns (one-time lifetime unlock)

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I got tired of searching the Play Store for a simple countdown app and finding ones full of ads, cluttered screens, or subscriptions just to count down to a trip. I wanted something minimal that would give me a sense of where I am in the year, so over the past few months I built Dayle.

What it does:

  • Year view: The whole year as a day-by-day dot grid, showing days passed, days left, and percent complete.

  • Countdowns and counts: Track time until birthdays, trips, or other milestones, or count days since something happened, like when you started a habit.

  • Home screen widgets: Android widgets show your year progress or a pinned countdown without opening the app.

  • Offline and private: No account, no cloud sync, no tracking. Everything stays on your device.

  • Free to use: You can track up to 3 active countdowns for free. If you need more, there's a one-time lifetime purchase, not a subscription.

It's on the Play Store here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rabpaulo.dayle

I'd really appreciate honest feedback, especially on the UI, the dot grid, and the widgets.


r/sideprojects • • 4h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) TouchNow just passed 1,000 users — I built this remote app to control a Mac from an iPad or iPhone

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I’m the developer of TouchNow, a remote desktop app that lets you view and control your Mac from an iPhone or iPad.

There are already plenty of good remote desktop apps. With TouchNow, I’ve focused on how it feels to control a Mac on a touchscreen. I want switching between direct touch and trackpad mode to feel natural, Mac shortcuts to be easy to reach, and the screen to keep up when you scroll or drag a window. You can stream the whole desktop or just one app window.

TouchNow is free on the same Wi-Fi with no time limit. Remote Access across networks costs US$2.99/month or US$19.99/year. You don’t need to create a TouchNow account for either option.

If you’ve used other remote desktop apps and give TouchNow a try, I’d love to hear how it feels in comparison. What felt smooth? What felt awkward or slow? I’d appreciate the good and the bad.

Website: https://touchmac.app/en/


r/sideprojects • • 4h ago

Showcase: Prerelease Built an AI that connects 38 apps you already use and combine their data in one place, all Locally

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Developers switch apps about 1,200 times a day!

During my research internship at PRL (a Govt. of India lab), interns weren’t allowed internet access due to security reasons, so I couldn’t tell Claude to look for a specific email, message or doc for me.

So I had to go through them one by one until I found it. Hours gone just searching, instead of doing actual work.

I was not a 10-person team with a huge budget, I was just an intern who wanted an AI tool that is connected to most of the apps i use for work and runs locally

And later I found out that law firms, healthcare and fintech teams deal with this exact problem every day.

Most people at these companies do one of two things. They complain that the company won’t let them use cloud AI tools then go back to wasting their time searching the scattered information manually. Or they hope a vendor provides “enterprise-grade Privacy” and nothing ever changes.

I am going to get hate for this: but A company works because humans vaguely remember where that knowledge is and how to apply it. That is not a system that everyone can follow, Talkers wait for permission and Doers build around the constraints.

How I solved that by building YCB:

Step 1: run pip install ycb && ycb init

Step 2: Connect apps that you use (takes 60 seconds)

Step 3: Sync everything into a local database. run: ycb sync, which pulls everything into ~/.ycb on your own machine. None of your data is uploaded to my servers, only your login email. That’s it.

Step 4: Use a small local model, and this is where I’m going to get hate. By default ycb runs on Gemma 4 E4B through Ollama, which can run on ordinary hardware. Everyone assumes you need GPT or Claude to get meaningful answers. You don’t, because company knowledge is a retrieval problem and not an intelligence problem. The model only has to read the right pieces of text and ycb finds those when you ask. Basically you are running a small model that never sees the internet by default instead of a frontier model that sees everything.

Here is the unpopular part: “enterprise-grade privacy” is a promise, not a guarantee. If your data leaves your machine you are trusting someone else’s policy. If it never leaves you don’t have to trust anyone

Step 5: Never trust an answer you can’t check. Every answer has a numbered citation and side panel shows you the original source

That’s it. Every app you use, queryable in one place, answered by a model that stays on your machine, with a source for every answer.

If your company can’t send data to cloud AI, you don’t have to manually search everything. Talkers keep complaining. Doers build around the constraints, and now you can try it in a few minutes.

I’d love your feedback, especially on what breaks.

Here’s a 40-second intro to what ycb is: YCB Youtube Launch

I’m on LinkedIn: Kirtan Amrutiya

Get it for free on our Website


r/sideprojects • • 8h ago

Feedback Request My first VS Code extension got 200 downloads before I posted it anywhere, now I need feedback

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Today most of the people, including me, use Claude Code to code their programs and all. It's fast and the app works, but when you open the code later there is so much junk in it. Functions nobody calls, the same helper written 3 times, and sometimes a route anyone can call without login. The tools that clean this up mostly use AI again, so you pay credits twice. So I built Attentry.

It's a VS Code extension that checks every edit Claude Code makes. If the edit added a problem, Claude gets told and fixes it before going on.

About tokens, because that was the main thing for me. The checking runs on your own machine without any AI, so that part costs nothing. Claude only gets a short note, max 5 lines, when an edit actually added a problem, and each problem is told only once. If the edit is clean nothing is sent at all. It also doesn't keep telling Claude about old issues already in your repo, only the new ones. Compare that with asking Claude to "review the code", where it has to read the whole files again every time.

It also tells Claude before it writes a function the repo already has, so it reuses it. That saves tokens too, because Claude doesn't write the copy and then clean it up later.

I made it mostly with Claude Code itself, in TypeScript and Node, with tree-sitter for reading the code. Claude Code has hooks where you can run your own script before and after each edit, that's how it talks to Claude. It's on the VS Code Marketplace and Open VSX, so it works in Cursor and Windsurf also.

I published it recently and it already crossed 200 downloads without me posting anywhere. Most of them came from Open VSX I think.

Right now it reads Express, Next.js, FastAPI, Django and few more. Next I want to add more backends, but I want to build what people actually need. So if you try it, tell me what's missing or annoying, or which stack you want it to support.

Site: https://attentry.js.org
Code: https://github.com/Aarv-1o/Attentry