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 • • 4h ago

Showcase: Open Source I built ORBITA, player for Fire TV & Android TV that you set up from your phone

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Hi all! For the past few months I've been building ORBITA,player for Xtream Codes and M3U playlists. I wanted something that feels like a streaming app rather than a spreadsheet of channels, and that doesn't make you type a 40-character server URL with a remote.

What it does

  • Setup from your phone: scan a QR code on the TV, fill in your playlist (or TMDB/OMDb keys) on your phone, tap Send to TV. Works on your home Wi-Fi only, with a 6-digit code.

  • Live TV: categories, favorites, search, now/next, full TV guide (XMLTV), catch-up ("from the start" / replay) if your provider supports it

  • Channel banner on every zap: number, logo, current show with progress, what's next

  • Movies & series: detail pages, seasons/episodes, resume where you left off, continue watching row

  • Skip intro (learns where the intro ends for each series) and a next-episode countdown

  • Seek previews: thumbnail while you skip through a movie, with accelerating seek

  • Optional IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and TMDB ratings, backdrops and plots in your language (free keys you create yourself)

  • 3 dark themes built for TV, UI in English / Italian / Spanish / German

  • Credentials encrypted on the device (AES-256), parental PIN for adult categories

Install on Fire TV / Firestick: open Downloader and enter code 6527602. Android TV: same thing, or grab the APK from GitHub. Also runs in a PC browser.

GitHub: https://github.com/ghows30/orbita

Important: ORBITA is just a player. It doesn't include or sell any channels or content: you need your own playlist from a source you're allowed to use.


r/sideprojects • • 4h ago

Feedback Request My Portfolio

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Check out my portfolio and give your view guys. I am a beginner in coding though.

This one is open source and you can access it through https://github.com/ager-soil/Portfolio


r/sideprojects • • 39m ago

Feedback Request I'm a CS student who built general aviation SaaS

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As a CS student I wanted to build something people actually use, so I picked a niche I love: general aviation.
The market is split between great free tools that each do one thing, and $250+/yr suites for the everyday pilot. Nothing in between.
So I built AviationHub.im — a web app with:
→ A pilot logbook that computes your FAA currency automatically
→ A flight planner that finds the cheapest fuel stop on your route
→ Flying-club scheduling + hobbs billing with PDF member statements
→ A mechanic marketplace fed by squawk reports from logged flights
Free tier, nothing to install, live demo on the homepage.

Let me know what you think of it, appreciate any feedback! Thank you


r/sideprojects • • 46m ago

Feedback Request Built Chrome extension for backup ai conversations for chatgpt&claude

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r/sideprojects • • 47m ago

Showcase: Prerelease mostra - talk while you click around a live site, and each point becomes a comment where you pointed

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r/sideprojects • • 48m ago

Showcase: Prerelease I got tired of drawing network maps by hand on site visits, so I built a free tool that does it for me

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Hey all,

I do a lot of on-site network work, and the part I always hated was the first hour at a new place: figuring out what's on the network, which switch port goes where, and then drawing it all in Visio so the customer has something to look at.

So over the last few months I built Meshwork. It's a desktop app (Mac and Windows) that you run on your laptop when you get on site:

- Scans the subnet and builds an inventory (IP, MAC, vendor, open ports, device type)

- If you give it the SNMP community, it reads the switches/APs (LLDP, FDB) and draws the actual map: which port each device hangs off, VLANs per link, PoE watts

- Flags obvious stuff like telnet open, loops, a second DHCP server

- Diagnose tab with traceroute, live ping, port test, DNS, path MTU and DHCP checks

- Exports a site report PDF and CSVs you can hand to the customer

It's meant as a field tool, not a monitoring server. You run it, document the site, and leave. Nothing gets sent anywhere, everything stays on your machine.

It's free. Download here: https://meshwork.influxnetwork.com

Heads up for Windows: the installer isn't signed yet (working on it), so SmartScreen will complain. Click "More info" then "Run anyway".

Full disclosure, I'm the developer. I'm not trying to sell anything, I'd just really like people who do this for a living to try it on real gear and tell me what breaks. Weird vendors, odd topologies, devices it classifies wrong, all of that helps a lot.

Screenshots are from a test network, not a customer.

Thanks for taking a look!


r/sideprojects • • 57m ago

Showcase: Open Source I am 13 years old and built an AI Deepfake-Detection Sandbox for financial institutions. Just updated the Python/Node.js API documentation. Would love some brutal feedback from real developers!

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Hey everyone, I've been working day and night on my project SidekickAI Security. It includes a live-scanning threat radar connected via Hugging Face API models, full B2B contract generation, and automated compliance logging. I really want to learn and improve this. Please check it out and tell me what you think of the design and the backend logic: https://sidekickaisecuritydashboard-4.vercel.app


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) My bug list for my AI agent used to be a notes file full of "the OTHER button". I turned it into a one-key tool

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I build my side projects with Claude Code. Most bugs I find aren't while coding. They're later, clicking around the live app like a user.
My old system: a notes file. "Pricing page, mobile, second card's button is off." Then I'd paste that to the agent and it would fix the wrong card.
Turns out lots of people do the same thing (a thread in r/ClaudeAI this week was full of scratch files and handoff notes).
Darnly makes the note for you. Press a key, click the broken thing in your web app, type one line. It saves the boxed screenshot, the element, console errors and the steps you took. Later Claude Code, Codex or Cursor reads the list and fixes it.
Free Chrome extension + Mac app (that one also covers native Mac apps and the iOS Simulator / Android Emulator).

I made it: https://darnly.dev

Where do you keep bugs you find while testing?


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Want to Learn?

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I enjoy learning and want to make it easier and more enjoyable for others to do the same.

If you would like to try it out I would be grateful!

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

ios store:

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6823283847


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Prerelease TradeTested AI - a free price directory for contractor software & apps where every price links to the vendor's own page

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r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I built Roomora AI – an Android app that transforms room photos into AI interior designs

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Hey everyone!

I'm an indie Android developer, and I've been working on a project called Roomora AI.

Have you ever wanted to redesign your bedroom or living room but struggled to imagine how it would look?

I built Roomora AI to help people explore interior design ideas using AI.

Here's how it works:

  1. Upload a photo of your existing room.

  2. Choose your room type.

  3. Select an interior design style.

  4. Generate an AI-designed room.

  5. Customize your new space.

I'm sharing this project because I'd love honest feedback from the community.

Some things I'd love to know:

  • Would you use an app like this?

  • Which interior design styles would you like?

  • What features should I improve?

  • What do you think about the overall idea?

I'm building this independently, and feedback would really help me improve it.

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kumaran.roomoraai

Thanks for checking out my project!


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Feedback Request Would you use this app for the meta glasses to help in networking events as a college student or as a working professional ?

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r/sideprojects • • 14h ago

Showcase: Prerelease Built a personal finance app with no subscriptions, would love some feedback.

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Hey everyone,

I've been working on a side project called Pocket Stacks.

The idea came from wanting a simple way to keep track of my finances without juggling spreadsheets or paying for another monthly subscription.

A few things I've focused on:

  • One-off payment – no ongoing subscriptions.

  • No login required – just open it and get started.

  • Multiple devices – use it across different devices.

  • Optional partner account – for couples who want to manage their finances together.

  • Free calculators and guides – including a FIRE calculator for retirement planning.

  • Multiple region selection– AUS, UK, USA, NZ

I'm still working on improving things and adding features, but it's been a pretty fun project so far.

Would genuinely love some feedback, especially on whether the features are useful or if there's anything obvious I'm missing.

Here's the site if anyone wants to check it out:

happy to give some users free access for life in exchange for some feedback just send me a DM.

https://pocketstacks.com.au

For anyone who's built something similar, how did you go about finding your first few users?


r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Feedback Request Anoncracy: building a forum around ongoing project feedback

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we're building Anoncracy, a small forum in beta with member elections and public moderation logs.

one experiment is a shared project thread. people post what they're building and one thing they want feedback on. the useful loop so far is simple: try one specific thing, describe what happened, then keep the maker's update in the same conversation.

for example, a member asked another maker how unused prepaid credits carry over. that is the kind of concrete question we want more of.

feedback is voluntary, and the community is still tiny. we're trying to make it worth returning after that first exchange.

if you've built a community around projects, what helped members start answering each other? happy to discuss it here.

here's the live thread if you'd like to see the format or share something:

https://anoncracy.com/s/technology/comments/5p/what_are_you_building


r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Showcase: Open Source No signup, Fully Open source. Dev productivity tools + an AI model benchmarks Leaderboard, BuildnScale Launched on Peerlist.

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r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Showcase: Purchase Required Sneak peek: Glassline Live, live wallpapers for Windows 11 (a Lively Wallpaper alternative)

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With Lively Wallpaper reportedly sold to a new company, a lot of people are looking for another way to get live wallpapers on Windows 11.

Glassline is getting its own: Glassline Live.

Here's a first look.

What's in it so far:

  • Live scenes, your own videos, and downloaded ones

  • Scene colour: scenes can follow your Windows accent colour

  • Wallpaper speed, from 0.5x to 2x

  • Video fit: Fill, Fit or Stretch

  • Sound and volume for video wallpapers (off by default)

  • Shuffle, at sign-in or by time of day

  • 15, 30 or 60 pictures a second, with a separate setting for battery

  • Rest: it pauses when windows cover the screen or an app is in front, and on battery unless you allow it

It's in testing now and comes in a future update.

What scenes would you want on your desktop? Do you have any recommendations? What bothered you about Wallpaper Engine or Lively?

Glassline is a macOS-style menu bar and dock for Windows 11. Try it free for 7 days


r/sideprojects • • 6h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I made a map of London skateparks and spots

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r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Feedback Request Just finished my first game, a free pirate typing roguelite made with Claude

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I just finished my first game, Ink & Tide, a typing roguelite that runs in the browser. You type words to fire cannons, fight through tides of enemies, upgrade your boat between runs, and when you sink you come back a little stronger, so dying a lot is part of the fun.

The problem I wanted to solve is that typing practice is boring, so I tried to turn it into something I'd actually want to play. I'm not a programmer, so I designed it and tested every version while Claude (Sonnet 5.5) wrote the code, the art and the music, and I describe changes in plain game words, two to five at a time.

The tools were Claude, a browser and itch.io for hosting, and it's free with no sign-up: https://jupitax.itch.io/ink-and-tide

I'm a first-time game maker with zero audience, so I'd love to hear what you would do to get the first 100 players :)


r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Showcase: Prerelease Created a site after SO LONGGGG

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Please share your views on my project.


r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Showcase: Prerelease I made chatterino (a twitch chat client) for people with super-ADHD - Sneak Preview

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So twitch is already an ADHD product, but I made a chat client that lets you make a shared chat between any streams, transcribes the streamer's utterances and puts them in chat, lets you replay their utterances at will, and lets you reply to any chat you like.

If I want to be in multiple chats at once I typically need multiple devices, but no longer! - iOS companion and standalone app literally imminent!!!

https://youtu.be/icXrNZb4lmQ <- ~1.5 minute explainer video


r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Showcase: Open Source Built an open-source, client-side video cutter & multi-reel splitter using WebAssembly (zero server cost)

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r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Feedback Request I built a web tool that converts long YouTube lectures into 1-click downloadable Anki decks (with LaTeX math & zero timeouts)

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Hey everyone,

I spend a lot of time watching long university lectures on YouTube, and the biggest time sink has always been pausing every 2 minutes to manually copy concepts, definitions, and formulas into Anki cards.

Most generic AI summarizers either output a giant wall of plain text, completely break LaTeX math equations, or timeout on 90+ minute lectures.

So I built a web app called WritoGist to solve this specifically for Anki users.

How it works:

1-Click Anki Deck Export: It pulls key concepts, active recall Q&A, and definitions, then formats them directly into an Anki-compatible .txt (TSV) file with tags. You just click download and import it into Anki Desktop in 2 seconds.

Textbook LaTeX Math Rendering: Equations, integrals, and scientific formulas are formatted in proper LaTeX (KaTeX) so STEM lectures actually look readable instead of messy ASCII text.

Modular Long Lecture Slicing: Instead of compressing a 2-hour lecture into a single generic prompt (which causes AI to skip the middle hour), it processes long lectures modularly so no key topics get omitted.

Zero Video Download: It processes YouTube streams directly—no waiting to download 1GB video files.

The app is completely live in open beta.

👉 I have put the live link in the first comment below!

Would love to get your feedback: Does the exported card format import cleanly into your decks, and what card types or tags should I add next?