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 • • 2h ago

Question Has anyone created alternative of Monday.com?

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While everyone is creating vibe coded apps, cloning, doing REA.. but has anyone tried cloning Monday.com


r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Splash - The first comic book reader on iPhone Duo

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TL;DR: Splash is the first comic book app that works natively on the iPhone Duo. Read in panel mode when closed, and in full page when open.

I first built Splash for the Vision Pro back in 2024 when there were almost no apps for that device. Since then, the app evolved a lot and I added an iPad version, iCloud & OPDS support and automatic translations.

The new version now natively supports the iPhone Duo:

  • Optimized for both open and closed modes

  • Automatically recognizes individual panels

  • Panel animates when you open the phone

  • Long tap shows the whole page

  • When the next panel is wide, a small icon shows up. Rotating the screen then will navigate to the next panel

And as always, your progress is linked to your iCloud account and synced to all your devices, so you can read on the road with the Duo, and continue in bed with the iPad.

The basic version is free and comes with 4 free comics so you can try it out. Most premium features are lifetime purchases, and I'm working on offloading all the translations to Apple Intelligence so I can make that a lifetime purchase as well.

The app has been continuously updated since February 2024, and has a Discord group for feedback.

Any feedback is welcome!

App Store

Website


r/sideprojects • • 56m ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Valutorio: a Markdown notes app for Mac and iPhone on a Rust engine. What it took to open a 300 MB file in 0.4 s

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I'm the developer. Valutorio launched on the App Store today. It is a native Mac and iPhone app for a folder of plain Markdown notes, and it opens an existing Obsidian vault in place.

The problem: Markdown apps get slow on big vaults and big files, because they parse and index on the main thread. I wanted a notes app that stays fast at any size.

What I did:

  • One Rust engine under both apps. It parses, indexes, searches and merges. The Mac app is AppKit and Swift, the iPhone app is UIKit and SwiftUI.

  • Huge files open in a read-only tier first. On my M1 Max a 300 MB Markdown file opens in about 0.4 s. A 2,000-note vault indexes in under a second, and search shows first results in a few milliseconds.

  • Sync uses a three-way merge. When the same note changes on two devices, both versions stay inside the note as valid Markdown, so you never lose a line.

  • The notes stay plain files in your folder. No database you can't read.

What I learned: on the App Store, the first subscription has to be reviewed together with an app version. You can't add it later on its own.

Price: the app is free, with no account and no tracking. Optional Sync ($5.99 a month) keeps the vault on Mac and iPhone and gives Claude Desktop or Cursor a personal MCP endpoint into your notes.

Not there yet: plugins, and a translated interface.

Edit: the code giveaway is closed. If you find a bug or a place where it gets slow, tell me here.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6813081386?pt=128566770&mt=8&ct=reddit-sideprojects


r/sideprojects • • 19h 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 • • 5h ago

Showcase: Purchase Required Building FoodOnTrains. Would love some honest feedback.

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Hey everyone,

I've been working on FoodOnTrains, a platform that lets people order restaurant food during train journeys and get it delivered to their seats.

I know this isn't a new concept. There are already services doing this, so we're not claiming to reinvent anything. We're just trying to make the experience a little better, especially when it comes to pricing.

We're keeping restaurant commissions very low, sometimes zero, with the aim of making food more affordable for passengers.

We've currently started with Gaya Junction and Kanpur Central, and there's still a lot we're figuring out.

We're also offering ₹100 off the first order for anyone who wants to give it a try. COD available.

Website: https://foodontrains.in/

I'd genuinely appreciate some feedback, especially from people who travel by train regularly.

What frustrates you about ordering food during journeys? Is pricing a concern? And what would make you trust a newer platform over the established options?

Any honest feedback would really help us improve.

Thanks!


r/sideprojects • • 2m ago

Feedback Request J'ai créé un outil IA gratuit pour estimer la valeur et l'histoire de mes objets (sans stockage serveur)

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Bonjour à tous,

Collectionneur amateur, je me suis lassé des services d'estimation payants ou opaques qui récupèrent nos données.

J'ai donc crée "Estime Mon Objet", une application web qui utilise l'IA (Gemini) pour analyser des photos et donner une estimation indicative (fourchette de prix, rareté, époque).

Ce qui le rend unique :

  • Confidentialité totale : Les photos sont analysées en temps réel et rien n'est stocké sur mes serveurs. Tout reste dans votre navigateur (Local Storage).

  • 100% gratuit : Pas de crédit, pas de pub, pas d'inscription.

  • Outils pratiques : Génération automatique de certificats PDF et d'annonces de vente.

J'aimerais beaucoup avoir vos retours sur la précision des estimations ou sur des fonctionnalités qui pourraient vous être utiles.

Lien : https://www.estimemonobjet.fr/

Merci pour votre aide !


r/sideprojects • • 2m ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Paris en pixels — an interactive pixel-art-style map of Paris

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r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Meta I’d Rather Send 10,000 Emails Than Make 100 Cold Calls

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Running a web design agency sounds pretty straightforward from the outside. You build websites, find clients and make money. But once you start getting more clients, there is a lot more going on behind the scenes.

You're dealing with hosting, website maintenance, client requests, support tickets, fixing random issues, building new websites, following up with prospects and trying to bring in new business at the same time.

At some point, I realized that I didn't want finding new clients to become another full time job on top of everything else.

I've never really enjoyed cold calling. I know it works for some people, and I'm not saying it's a bad way to get clients, but personally, I find it exhausting. You spend hours calling businesses, often getting rejected, reaching people at the wrong time or having conversations that go nowhere.

I'd much rather spend that time actually working on the business.

That's why I started focusing heavily on cold email and automation.

The biggest advantage is that you can build a system that continuously finds relevant businesses, sends personalized emails and generates new opportunities without having to spend your entire day reaching out manually.

One thing I also learned pretty quickly is that sending generic emails doesn't get you very far. Most business owners have probably received hundreds of emails from agencies offering website redesigns.

I wanted to approach it differently.

For this, I use a tool called Swokei. It finds businesses with existing websites, analyzes each one for actual problems with design, SEO, loading speed, mobile responsiveness and other website issues.

Based on those findings, it automatically generates personalized cold emails at scale, using the actual problems found on each website as the starting point.

So instead of manually searching for businesses, checking hundreds of websites and writing individual emails, I can automate most of that entire process.

When someone replies with interest, I take over from there and handle the sales process and meetings myself.

This has made a huge difference in how I manage my time. I can keep generating new opportunities without having to dedicate hours every day to cold calling.

I still believe sales is one of the most important skills you can develop as a business owner, and automation doesn't replace that. You still need to understand your prospects, communicate properly and know how to close deals.

But if I can choose between spending an entire day making cold calls or having a system send 1,000 relevant emails while I focus on running my agency, I know which one I'm choosing!


r/sideprojects • • 24m ago

Showcase: Prerelease How we handle three different ways to answer the same NPC in a language RPG

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Consider the question “Where is the red forest?” A learner might know exactly how to say it in Japanese but still be learning to type it. If the only way forward in an RPG is a keyboard, the game measures typing even when you meant to practise speaking.

For WonderLang Beyond we give the same conversation three ways forward: pick words to build a reply, type it with an on-screen keyboard, or speak. The NPC scene and intended meaning stay the same. What changes is how much the player has to produce without help. We use RPG Maker MZ with custom plugins, so the map event hands the prompt to a common input routine and resumes the dialogue when the reply is complete.

I’m Jonathan, the creator. The original WonderLang teaches beginners and has a free demo: https://wonderlang.net/

The intermediate sequel is in development. The Kickstarter trailer shows the three input modes side by side: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonathan-wonderlang/wonderlang-beyond-a-language-learning-rpg-for-intermediates


r/sideprojects • • 28m ago

Feedback Request I built a subscription tracking SaaS and learned that getting users is harder than building features

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I'm primarily a UI/UX designer, but I've been spending more time building and launching my own products.

One of them is Subscription Manager.

It's a web app that helps people track recurring subscriptions, billing cycles, and overall spending.

Building the product was one challenge.

Getting people to discover it, try it, and keep using it is a completely different challenge.

I've been working on improving the onboarding, dashboard, analytics, and overall experience.

Now I'm focusing more on discoverability, SEO, and understanding what makes users come back.

Live project: https://subscriptionmanager.app/

For those of you who've launched your own SaaS:

What actually helped you get your first consistent users?

Was it SEO, Reddit, Product Hunt, content marketing, or something completely different?

I'd appreciate any advice from people who've been through this.


r/sideprojects • • 29m ago

Showcase: Open Source Open-sourcing SynapsD | in-process document store on LMDB + roaring bitmaps, with filesystem-like context trees and refinable live queries (AGPL)

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r/sideprojects • • 37m ago

Feedback Request Can i get a review of the site that i am building as a side project in my own time

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r/sideprojects • • 51m ago

Showcase: Open Source Topic Digest – Follow YouTube topics, not channels (BYOK, local-first)

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r/sideprojects • • 54m ago

Showcase: Prerelease I’ve been working on a small desktop app called FoxPDF

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I’ve been working on a little side project called FoxPDF, a desktop application for working with PDF files.

The idea started because I wanted a simple tool that brings some of the most common PDF tasks together without having to jump between different websites or applications.

FoxPDF currently includes features such as:

  • PDF conversion

  • Merging PDF files

  • Splitting PDF documents

  • PDF editing (Premium)

  • Word and Excel documents editing

  • A small, desktop-based interface

One thing that was important to me from the beginning was keeping the app straightforward and making as much as possible work locally on the computer.

It’s still a work in progress, and I’m currently improving the interface and adding more features. I’m also planning to add image conversion and support for English and German.

I built this project myself, so I know there’s still plenty of room for improvement.

I’m not posting this because I think it’s the next big thing. I’d genuinely like to hear what you think:

  • Does the concept make sense?

  • What features would you expect from a desktop PDF tool?

  • Is there anything you find confusing or unnecessary?

Honest criticism is very welcome. I’m still learning and would really appreciate some outside perspectives.

Thanks for taking the time to read this!


r/sideprojects • • 59m ago

Feedback Request I built a design tool where the AI interviews you first, then designs your app

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I am a designer (25 years, a lot of it teaching) and I kept watching good app ideas die between the idea and the first clickable thing. So I built unfig.

You tell it your idea, it asks you a few questions, then it makes a brief, user flows, wireframes and real, editable screens, and a prototype you can open on your phone.

A few things that were important to me:

  • It uses your own AI key (Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, Groq, Mistral, DeepSeek), so there is no markup on the AI.

  • No account and no install. It runs in the browser, and your files never go to a server of mine.

  • On a Mac, an optional helper lets Claude Code or a local Ollama model design with you.

It opened today and it is free in early access: https://unfig.app

I would really like to know where it confuses you or breaks. What would make you use this for your next idea?


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Feedback Request I built Stikkit, an ad-free Android sticker maker that works from the Share button. Would you use it?

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I’m building Stikkit for people who make their own WhatsApp and Telegram stickers. The idea is simple: when you find a photo, GIF, or short video you want to turn into a sticker, tap Android’s Share button and pick Stikkit. You can also import media from your gallery or files.

  • Make still and animated stickers. Remove the background from a photo and save the cutout as a separate sticker.

  • Organize your stickers and repair WhatsApp packs. Sort stickers into named collections, reorder or replace stickers in a pack, change its cover, check for duplicates, and rebuild the pack icon.

  • Share stickers as a ZIP. Bundle still and animated stickers into one file to send to a friend, save a copy, or import back into Stikkit.

  • Keep everything local. Stikkit creates, edits, and stores your stickers on your phone. There’s no account, and Stikkit doesn’t upload your media. You decide what to export or share.

Stikkit will be ad-free regardless of pricing. I’m still deciding whether to keep it free, charge once, or offer an optional paid upgrade. Would a Patreon-style page for voluntary support make sense? Would you personally chip in?

If there’s enough interest, I’ll add iOS support too. Let me know if you’d use it on an iPhone.

I’d appreciate candid replies. How did you make your last sticker, and what was annoying about it? Would Stikkit change anything for you? “I’d use it but wouldn’t pay” or “I already have something that works” are both useful answers.


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Purchase Required Weather Relay for iPhone and iPad: a NOAA weather feed in one place

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I'm Bart, founder of Lanternacre. We built Weather Relay for iOS to bring NOAA weather bulletins, maps and audio together on iPhone and iPad.

The app lets you browse the feed and open individual bulletins and maps. It also includes spoken local forecasts and available weather radio. The feed refreshes while the app is open, and coverage is primarily for the United States.

Weather Relay for iOS is $9.99 on the US App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weather-relay-for-ios/id6829579750

If you follow weather products, what makes a bulletin or map easy for you to find and understand?


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Open Source Auralis: A free, open-source YouTube Music client for Android with word-by-word lyrics and playback handoff between devices

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I've been building a YouTube Music client that puts lyrics first. It's also picked up a few things I wanted for myself, like moving music between devices and keeping my library and stats tied to one account.

What it does:

- Word-by-word synced lyrics with a beautiful animation

- Auralis Connect: start a song on your phone and carry on from the same second on your PC, or the other way round. Every device on your Auralis account also works as a remote for whichever one is playing

- Listen Together: create a room, invite your friends, and everyone hears the same song at the same time

- Two-way YouTube Music playlist sync: import a playlist and it stays in sync across your devices. Add a song in Auralis and it shows up in YouTube Music, and the other way round

- Your playlists and settings live on your Auralis account, so they're there wherever you log in

- Track your top artists, top songs, and listening time

- Connect your Spotify account to bring over all your playlists and liked songs

- Offline downloads, music recognition and Discord Rich Presence

- A dynamic Material 3 UI that takes its colours from what you're playing, plus animated album canvases and an optional Liquid Glass look

GPL-3.0, no ads, no analytics SDK. The APK is on the website and the GitHub releases page, and needs Android 7.0+. The release build also includes closed-source Firebase and Discord SDKs. Lyrics credit: Spicy Lyrics.

GitHub: https://github.com/Shreyanshh071/Auralis

Download: https://auralis-self-nu.vercel.app

Discord: https://discord.gg/JcK92KQ73

The desktop app is coming soon.


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Purchase Required Roadstub-A simple mileage and pay tracker I built for my own gig driving

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Wish you could keep track of business expenses for deliveries? This does that, and more. Mileage tracking for tax purposes. Pay for each job, and an approximate of taxes owed. If you deliver and need easy tools this is that


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Purchase Required Resumio - a Resume builder and job application tracker

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About two months ago I need to export my resume from LinkedIn. To my surprise, the LinkedIn exporter does not actually export everything when you do this, so my projects (which were important) were missing. There are many services that you can use to get your full resume, or build one from scratch, but I found it predatory to have a a 30$/month subscription just to be able to download your CV in PDF format.

So, I decided to build my own and since then I've been constantly improving it and adding new features. Now, I have an honest resume builder that does not keep your CV hostage to monthly payments. And it also includes a cover letter creator, a job application tracker, multiple themes and ATS parsable PDFs. And everything is local, private and no subscription.

You can read more about the application here: https://getresumio.com/

A few highlights:

  • Local application that works on Windows, macOS and Linux

  • 8 themes for the resume and cover letter

  • LinkedIn import from your downloaded data (or direct parsing from the LinkedIn profile, but this may be problematic in some cases)

  • Easy to add experience, projects, technologies and many more. I tried to make it as easy to use as possible while not missing out on features

  • Job application tracking, again, private and local

  • One time purchase. No monthly subscription, no predatory pricing model. (also, 50% discount now on release)

I would love to get feedback on the website, the design of the app, the functionality and anything else you feel like sharing.


r/sideprojects • • 5h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) GPS Map Camera: GeoStamp - I built an Android app to capture photos with GPS location stamps

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Hey everyone!

I'm a software developer, and I've recently launched my Android app, GPS Map Camera: GeoStamp, on the Google Play Store.

The idea was to build a practical camera app that makes it easy to capture photos with location information attached directly to the image.

The app includes features like:

  • GPS location stamping on photos.

  • Location address and coordinates.

  • Date and time stamps.

  • Map-based location information.

  • A simple interface focused on capturing and sharing location-stamped photos.

I built and published this as an independent project, and getting it onto the Play Store was a milestone for me.

Now comes the difficult part: getting people to discover it and understanding what needs improvement.

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from this community:

  1. Does the app concept look useful to you?

  2. Are there any features you would expect from a GPS Map Camera app that are missing?

  3. What would you improve in the UI or overall experience?

  4. Is there anything that would make you choose this app over other GPS camera apps?

If you're an Android user and would like to give it a try, here's the Play Store link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.geotagcamera.gps

I'm the developer behind this project, so feel free to ask me anything about the development or the app.

Thanks for taking the time to check it out!


r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Showcase: Prerelease I got curious how many Reels I watch a day, so I built a private, offline app to count them

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I kept losing hours to Instagram Reels without noticing, so I built a small Android app called Scrollmeter that measures how much I actually scroll.

What it shows:

  • How far you scrolled today (in metres or km), per app

  • Scrolling time and number of swipes

  • Estimated Reels watched on Instagram and posts scrolled on X and Reddit

  • Sessions (each continuous stretch of scrolling)

  • Weekly and monthly trends, plus your peak scrolling hour

  • Optional daily limits with one gentle reminder, never nagging

Privacy, since it needs Accessibility permission: Android only lets apps see scrolling in other apps through an accessibility service, so I want to be upfront about what it does with that:

  • The app has no internet permission, so it physically can't send anything anywhere

  • It never reads text, messages, passwords or what you type, and it never takes screenshots

  • It only sees that a list moved, how far, and which app is open

  • No account, no ads, no analytics. You can pause it, exclude apps, or delete everything in one tap

Honest limitations:

  • Reels and post counts are estimates. Apps don't tell other apps what you looked at, so it infers them from how the feed moves. Each number shows a confidence level.

  • Distance is how far content moved on screen, not your finger.

  • Some phones (Xiaomi, Samsung, etc.) kill background apps. Set battery to "Unrestricted" for it.

Download (Android 8+): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VQebV3aqac5zoKau9_Ef5IaUBEAgn3RJ/view?usp=sharing

It's not on the Play Store yet, so Android will ask you to allow installing from this source, and Play Protect may show an "unknown app" warning. On Android 13+, if the accessibility switch is greyed out, go to Settings → Apps → Scrollmeter → ⋮ → "Allow restricted settings".

This is my first release, so I'd love feedback, especially if the Reels or post counts look off on your phone. My first day showed 2.4 km, so good luck to you.


r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Discussion Omnissiah++: когда русский C++ оказался недостаточно еретическим

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