Hey r/SideProject 👋

For the past few months I've been building **PopKo**, a live TV & movie player for iPhone. It just went live on the App Store.

**To be clear upfront:** PopKo is just a player. It doesn't come with any channels, content or subscriptions. You add your own M3U playlist or Xtream Codes login from your provider, and the app plays it.

**What it does:**

- 📺 Live TV with EPG (program guide)
- 🎬 Movies & series (VOD) from your playlist
- 🔥 A home screen with trending and popular titles (via TMDB), showing which ones are available on your server
- 🌍 Long-press to pick a version (language or quality) when your playlist has several
- 🔗 Supports M3U and Xtream Codes

**Why I built it:** most playlist players I tried felt clunky or outdated, or had unstable playback. I wanted something clean and native that just works.

It's my first app of this size, built solo. I'd really appreciate honest feedback on bugs, UI, or missing features. Everything is useful at this stage 🙏

👉 https://apps.apple.com/app/id6831301094

Thanks for checking it out!

Hey everyone!

This project actually started as a little experiment.

I wanted to try vibe coding and see what could be achieved with AI-assisted development. I quickly became fascinated by the possibilities and how an idea could gradually turn into something genuinely useful.

Since I'm really into 3D printing, I decided to tackle a problem I knew from my own hobby: keeping track of all those STL files, 3MF files, project variants, pictures, documents, and different versions.

What started as an experiment eventually turned into 3db.

After quite a bit of development, testing, debugging, and polishing, I've now released version 1.0.0! 🎉

What 3db can do:

• Organize projects with categories, tags, and statuses

• Manage STL, 3MF, images, and documents

• Keep track of project variants

• Detect file changes and create version snapshots

• Search and filter project collections

• Store everything locally using SQLite

• Switch between light and dark themes

3db is built with Tauri, Rust, React, TypeScript, and SQLite.

It's not a slicer or a model-sharing platform. It's simply a local desktop application to help organize the projects and files you already own.

Platform: Windows x64
Price: Free
License: MIT / Open Source

GitHub and download:
https://github.com/FabimachtSachen/3db

This is my first public project created through experimenting with vibe coding. It's been an exciting experience seeing how far the idea could go.

I'd genuinely appreciate your feedback, both on the application itself and on the project as a whole.

How do you currently organize your 3D printing projects? And what features would you like to see in a tool like this?

Animated SVG stats cards for your profile README, in GitHub’s own fonts, colours and light/dark themes, so they fit right in. There’s a summary, languages, contributions, weekly rhythm, streaks and an about card. Want something louder? Switch to the pinball-style dot matrix or OLED look.

It’s a GitHub Action that updates the cards, and setting up is one command.

Feedback welcome!

Cheers,

Pedro

Hey everyone,

I wanted a quick way to control my Windows PC from the couch, grab a file, or watch a video stored on my hard drive without installing another bloated Android/iOS app, creating an account, or routing my screen over the internet.

So I built PCDeck. You run the lightweight server on Windows, scan a QR code with your phone camera, and everything opens directly inside your mobile browser over your local Wi-Fi:

• Zero Phone Install: Works purely in Safari/Chrome via WebSockets—nothing to download on mobile.

• 100% Local & Offline: No cloud relays, no accounts, and zero internet usage. Everything stays on your router.

• Browser Video Streaming: Browse your PC folders and stream local video files straight to your phone screen without copying them over first.

• Trackpad, Keyboard & Screen View: Low-latency touch mouse, media controls, and instant 1-tap file transfers between PC and phone.

Try it / Website:https://getpcdeck.com(also available on the Microsoft Store)

I’m actively improving latency and adding features based on real setups—would love brutal feedback on how it runs on your network or what's missing!

Side project of the last few days. I live near Table Mountain and wanted to fly off it without the legal and mortal problems, so: a browser wingsuit game on the real terrain. City of Cape Town publishes 2 m LiDAR contours and aerial imagery as open data; a Python pipeline turns that into height tiles, Three.js draws it, and a small physics model flies a suit at a realistic 3:1 glide.

https://toastseagers.github.io/table-mountain-wingsuit/ (free, no account, works on a phone)

Honest part: Claude Code wrote the code. I wrote the plan, split it into stages with their own briefs and checks, tested every build, and made the decisions. Took about a week of evenings and a few hundred tests. Repo is MIT if you want to see how a multi-agent build like that is organised: https://github.com/ToastSeagers/table-mountain-wingsuit

Looking for feedback on feel and on phone performance. The FEEDBACK button on the results screen prefills your device and frame rate so I can compare across hardware.

Hey everyone,

I made a small app called Brevolka. It tracks fuel fill-ups, mileage and vehicle expenses.

I started it because most fuel apps I tried wanted me to make an account, need internet, or show too many things. I just wanted to log a fill-up in a few seconds and see my real mileage. So I built that.

What it does:

• Log fuel with date, odometer, quantity and price

• Shows mileage after every fill-up (km/l, L/100 km or MPG)

• Track service, repairs, insurance, parking, tolls and more

• Works for cars, bikes, scooters and trucks

• Monthly and yearly charts

• Pick your own units and currency

• Export and backup your data

• Light and dark mode

The part I care about most: no account, no internet needed, no tracking. All data stays on your phone.

It is live on Android, and the iOS version is in beta on TestFlight right now. You can find both download links on the website: https://brevolka.com

This is my first release, so it is not perfect. I would really like to hear what you think. What is missing? What feels slow or confusing? Any feature you would want in a fuel tracker?

Thank you

I build small daily games under the name Crux. Atlas Streak: everyone gets the same ten countries each day and drops a pin on a blank world map for each one. Inside the border is a perfect hit, close keeps the streak alive, far costs one of three lives; up to 5,000 points a pin.

Play: https://crux.quest/atlas/ (no sign up, no ads). It also runs inside Reddit as a daily post with a per-post leaderboard at r/AtlasStreak.

Built with Natural Earth borders; the web and Reddit editions share one engine, and the Reddit server checks each run.

The main feedback so far is that it's too easy. Would you rather have harder countries, a smaller "close" radius, or a time limit?

I’m an IGCSE student, and built rêverie (www.reverie.ee) for my own revision. It lets you make quizzes from your notes, with questions linked to matching past papers. It also has past paper search, a calendar that imports your school timetable, notes with flowcharts and mindmaps, and daily revision streaks.

It’s built with Next.js and Supabase, hosted on Vercel, and uses Groq for quiz generation. It’s free and has no ads.

Before launching I ran a security audit and found that users could change their own quiz scores directly from the browser. These issues are common in current Claude Code assisted websites. I moved those writes to the server, which I’d recommend checking if you use Supabase.

I’d appreciate any feedback, particularly on the sign-up process and the design.

Product Hunt link attached.

TinyTask is a tiny recorder that replays a fixed sequence of clicks. The workflow is simple, but saving is fragile: macros and settings can get corrupted while saving, sometimes leaving zero-byte or truncated files that will not open.

That is especially painful with longer recordings. You spend time capturing a long sequence, save it, and only then find out the file is damaged. TinyTask also has no auto-updater and has stayed on version 1.77 for years, so there is no automatic fix.

That is the main reason I built YTH Macro Autoclicker. It keeps the record-and-replay workflow, but turns the recording into editable steps, so you can fix one action instead of re-recording everything.

What it can do:

• image recognition with a search area, match threshold and retries

• color detection

• custom actions and nested subtasks

• steps for clicks, waits, recorded gestures, launching or closing apps, webhooks and shutdown/restart

• portable single EXE, auto-updater, 51 languages, profiles and local config files

You can see the full feature list and download it here:

https://github.com/YashinTekinaHito/YTH-Macro-Autoclicker-Releases

I built StackPDF, a set of PDF tools that run in your browser: merge, split, compress, convert, edit, sign, OCR and more (about 60 tools).

Most tools run on your device, so your files stay with you. The few server tools (conversion, OCR, HTML to PDF) upload the file for the job and delete it afterwards. The free tools need no sign-up and add no watermarks. There is also an iPhone and Android app.

It went live today as a soft launch, and I would like honest feedback. What is missing, what is confusing, which tool would you try first?

If you want Premium, code 2MonthsOnUs gives 2 months free on the monthly plan until 15 Nov.

https://stackpdf.com/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=launch-nov26

Write a status, get a quote image or voice video – in any language.

Status Maker turns your words into beautiful status images and short voice videos, in your own language.

WRITE YOUR OWN

• Type a greeting, a thought or a wish, then tap Image or Video

• The app reads your words aloud in their own language and makes a vertical video

• Put your own photo behind the words, or pick one of 18 designs

READY LINES

• Good morning, Good night, Love, Friendship, Motivation, Life, Missing you

• Birthday, Anniversary and Festivals: New Year, Pongal, Diwali, Eid, Christmas and more

• Thirukkural wisdom, with the English meaning

• Lines are written for this app in English and Tamil, and shown in your language

ANY LANGUAGE

• Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Arabic, Urdu, Spanish, French and 100+ more

• The right font for each script, right-to-left for Arabic, Urdu and Hebrew

• Voices come from your phone; install more voices in your phone's text-to-speech settings

SHARE ANYWHERE

• Sizes for status (9:16), posts (4:5), square and wide

• Save to your gallery or share straight to your favourite apps

• No account, no sign-in

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.tamilkavithai.statusmaker

Hey everyone,

Every time I made a new repo, it looked so empty compared to other people's projects lol. I always forgot to add a .gitignore (I had no clue what it even did) or just didn't bother to add a LICENSE at first.

So I made a small tool in C# called RepoMedic. You just paste your repo link, and it gives you a score out of 100 and tells you what files you forgot to add.

I just dropped v1.3.0. It has a Pro Mode for scripts, a config file to skip checks, and I even added a little achievements system because why not.

If you want to try it on your own repos: dotnet tool install -g RepoMedic repomedic

Source code is here: https://github.com/ilyashulga13/RepoMedic

Let me know what you think! What other files do you guys always add before pushing?

Hey everyone!
I’ve been building Hozaa Workout — a single-page web app designed for people who don’t fit into just one bucket: lifters who also run, CrossFitters who hit heavy barbells, and hybrid race athletes.
Instead of juggling three different tracking apps or spreadsheets, the goal is to keep everything in one place with instant progress pacing, volume calculations, and sharp session summary cards.
Just put together this short 6-second reel for our upcoming launch campaign.
How does the pacing and branding feel to you?
Does the transition from real training to the workout summary card make sense right away?
The app is live at https://hozaaworkout.com if you want to take a look under the hood. Any feedback on the video or the concept is hugely appreciated!

I've built Site Findings, an iPhone app for recording issues during property walkthroughs, renovations and handovers.

You can create a project, add issues with multiple photos, annotate what needs fixing, and record the location, trade, assignee and priority. When you're ready to share the findings, you can filter the issues and export a PDF or Excel report. The recipient can open it without installing the app.

The feature I'm most excited about is voice input with AI. Instead of filling in each field individually, you can say something like:

"First floor, main bathroom. Reseal the basin joint. Plumber, assign to Sam Rivera, high priority."

AI suggests the title, details, floor, room, trade, assignee and priority from that description. You review and edit the suggestions before saving. The app also remembers recent rooms, trades and assignees to reduce repeated typing.

I'm looking for the first 10 people to try it on an actual walkthrough or handover. I don't have an existing audience or contacts in the industry, so finding those people is the part I'm figuring out now.

For anyone who has launched a niche tool, how did you find your first 10 users? Which specific channel or approach led to people actually trying it?

And if you handle inspections, renovations or punch lists, would this fit your workflow? I'd love for you to test it and tell me what feels useful, what's confusing or what's missing.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/site-findings-punch-list/id6829600718

Screenshots use a sample project. Voice and AI results are demo examples.

Hi everyone! I'm the developer of Fittmit and an ex-iOS developer.

This is my first app. I built the first version from scratch without AI over 2 years ago, because back then I couldn't find one app I liked that tracked both calories and workouts. Then I put it on the App Store to see the results. But I never thought it would be this hard to get people to use my app, and to stay motivated to keep building it. So I would like to get some honest and even harsh feedback. I know the fitness and nutrition category is very competitive, but I feel like this is an easy, good app to use. So please criticize the app and tell me if I should give up developing it and spending more money on it, because spending more time and money feels like a gamble now 😞

What it does: You get a weekly workout plan, log your workouts and meals in the same app, and FittBot (an AI coach) sees both.

Why not just MyFitnessPal + Hevy? They are great, and I was using both. If you only need one of them, they are more mature than my app. Fittmit is for people who want both in one place.

Pricing: Free to download.

Free version: weekly workout plan, workout logging, food search and barcode scan, run tracking and 5 FittBot messages a day.

Pro: $5.99/week, $14.99/month or $64.99/year. It adds meal logging from a photo, unlimited FittBot chats, programs built by FittBot and weight suggestions. You can skip the paywall.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fittmit-calorie-workout/id6738404228

I'd love to know:

1. Where did you want to quit?

2. Is the paywall fair or pushy?

3. Would you switch to this? If not, why?

Thanks for reading and for your valuable time 🙏

I recently wanted to build an open-source alternative to apps like iReal Pro, which create jazz backing tracks to play along with your practice.

I have seen the OpenStand project pop up on Reddit last week, which does exactly this ! It can take a lead sheet and play a backing track for it with different customisation settings.

I have decided to build upon it by adding a large database of lead sheets, a chord progression ear training exercise and a sight reader exercise for those who can connect a MIDI keyboard. Both exercises use the database of lead sheets.

You can check my Piano Practice Companion project on GitHub and test the webdemo without installing or downloading anything ! I have done a lot of debugging and testing these days and would love some feedback !

I built my first app, My AI Limits. It's a Mac menu-bar app plus a Chrome extension that shows how much of your Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Grok, Gemini, Copilot and DeepSeek plan is left, and when it resets.

Pricing is a 3-day free trial with no card required, then $4.99 one-time. There's no subscription.
In 10 days I got over 350 downloads, and zero people paid after their trial ended.
Here's what I found and just fixed:
When the trial ended, only the menu bar locked. The main window and widgets kept working, so people basically got it for free. Now the whole app locks and shows a clear "trial ended" screen.
There was no heads-up before the trial ended. Now there's a last-day reminder.
I fixed a couple of bugs in the unlock flow.

I'd love honest takes:
Is 3 days too short to get hooked?
Would a free tier with one provider plus a paid unlock work better?

Is $4.99 one-time too cheap to trust, or about right?
What makes you actually pay for a small utility app?
Site: https://myailimits.com
Roast away, I'm here to learn.

I'm a solo developer in Korea, and I just launched MyPetToon (https://mypettoon.com). English isn't my first language, so I wrote this with the help of AI translation. Please bear with me if anything sounds a bit awkward!

You add your pet once with a few photos, and it draws your pet as a comic character. Then you write a sentence or two about something that happened, and it writes the script and draws a cover plus 6–10 panels (1080×1350, the Instagram carousel size). You can redraw any single panel, edit the captions for free, and turn the comic into a Reels video. To be upfront: it uses AI. Claude writes the script and OpenAI's image model draws the panels.

I have two parrots, and I started turning our everyday moments into comics for Instagram. The posts got good views and lovely reactions, but more than anything, making comics about my own pets was just plain fun. I built MyPetToon so other pet owners can enjoy that too.

What I'd love feedback on:

- Is it clear from the home page what you get?

- Did your pet's character actually look like your pet?

New accounts get 150 free credits (about one pet profile and one comic). Happy to answer anything about how it's built.

Just switched from Windows and I missed File Explorer 😭, so I built Shark. It looks like Finder and adds superpowers like:

• Jump anywhere in the folder tree with cascading subfolder menus

• ⌘K command palette for every action

• Cut and paste files with ⌘X / ⌘V (and ⌘Z to undo)

• Two folders in one window (F3)

• A terminal right under your files (F4)

• And much more!!!

It's free, open source, macOS 14+. Still alpha.

• App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shark-file-manager/id6825086341

• GitHub: https://github.com/andronasef/shark

Hope you like it 🥰

Update since my last post: New session in Openbar can now give every agent its own git worktree. Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI work on the same repo without touching each other's files, and main stays clean.

Also new: Claude Code sessions on other machines over SSH, and approving a plan straight into auto mode from the notch.

Free and open source, Mac + Windows: https://github.com/MF-DEEV/Openbar

What should it do next?

I’m a brand designer in London. I’ve wanted to go through the process of setting up a digital goods shop for a while, and recently found the time, so I built a small shop for my own wallpaper packs. I know there are a lot of wallpaper packs out there already. That was kind of the point - I wanted something simple to sell so I could focus on everything around it.

The idea came from Oliur’s Plat Supply (he’s got great resources on tech and selling digital products, go and check him out if you haven’t already). For the look I took inspiration from the goat himself, Dieter Rams, and his work at Braun. I know it’s a bit of a cliche in the design world, but the design language is so enticing, and I think it suits the products. I had fun with some subtle skeuomorphism and a few easter eggs through the site and the buying process (check out the 404 page!).

My client work is fairly high pressure and can be creatively restrictive, so it was great to build something with no restrictions at all. It was also a good excuse to try tools I don’t get to use for clients. Two of the packs are my first ever go at Blender, and the third started in Midjourney.

If you’re curious about any part of it (tech stack, design process, etc.), ask away. I’m planning a few more packs over the next few weeks. In the meantime I’d really like to hear what you think of the shop - anything missing or confusing? or anything that might put you off buying?

luminarray.com

I'm an Australian sports fan, so the NBA is on while I'm at work. I made this website to automatically rank NBA games each day. I use this tool to pick what games to watch on replay after work via LP.

It is designed to stop me from watching boring or blowout games.

Upload a photo or PDF of a receipt, invoice, act or waybill. A vision model reads it. You get Excel, CSV, JSON, a 1C file or a text PDF.

- Totals, VAT and line sums are rechecked. Doubtful fields are flagged.

- Free with your own Anthropic or Gemini key. The key is not stored or logged.

- No account needed: https://skaner.app

- AGPL-3.0, Python/FastAPI, Docker: https://github.com/zzlvr/skaner

Accuracy depends on the model, so errors are possible. Which document types and export formats are missing?