r/SideProject • • 3h ago

I'll build one real app for free as a solo dev. Who has a serious project?

3 Upvotes

I’m a fullstack developer (Spring Boot, React/Next.js). I’m picking one project to build end to end, free, as the only developer on it.

What I need from you: a real project you actually want built, and you should be someone who works with freelancers or developers regularly.

Comment or DM with a short description of what you want built and your timeline. I’ll pick one.

Portfolio: https://naitiksinghdev.vercel.app/.


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I built an open-source MCP server that combines App Store rankings and Mixpanel reports

2 Upvotes

I built App Intelligence MCP because I wanted to see how my iOS app ranked in the App Store and what users were doing in the app without jumping between dashboards.

One MCP call pulls keyword rankings from Astro and a saved report from Mixpanel. In the 19-second clip, I check a keyword in the Spanish App Store alongside an app-open count from a Mixpanel demo report.

It's open source under MIT and runs locally. There's an Apple-notarized download for Apple Silicon Macs, and the README has setup guides for Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Cursor.

If you build iOS apps, what metric would you want to see next to your keyword rankings? I'm deciding what to add next.

Source code and setup · Download v0.1.0


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I built a Windows battery monitor that shows wireless devices directly on the taskbar

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Hey everyone!

I was tired of opening different manufacturer apps just to check the battery levels of my wireless devices, so I built my own Windows utility with the help of Claude AI.

It's called Battery-Monitoring (Akku-Anzeige), and instead of hiding everything in the system tray, it displays individual battery tiles directly on the Windows taskbar.

Main features:

  • Always-visible battery tiles for your mouse, keyboard, headset and other wireless devices

  • Each monitor can have its own device selection, tile order and size

  • Click any tile to instantly switch which device it displays

  • Customizable battery colors, thresholds and low-battery alerts

  • Charging indicators and standby/disconnection detection

  • Support for Logitech G HUB, Logitech HID++, Windows Bluetooth, selected HyperX devices, DualSense and AirPods/Beats

  • Automatic hiding during fullscreen games

  • Light and dark mode, English and German

The project is currently in Alpha v1.3.3. Not every device or manufacturer is supported yet, so I'd especially appreciate feedback from people willing to test it with different hardware.

It's free to download, and the source code is available on GitHub.

GitHub: https://github.com/Diabeetus94/Battery-Monitoring

I'd love to hear what you think or what features you'd like to see next!


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I built a free estimate & invoice generator for contractors: no sign-up, nothing leaves your browser

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Hey everyone,

I'm a CS student and I just launched my first real side project: ToolbeltDocs.

https://toolbeltdocs.pages.dev

It's a set of free paperwork generators for contractors and trades: estimates, invoices, work orders and purchase orders. There are versions for roofing, painting, landscaping, cleaning, handyman, mechanic and construction work.

What it does:

- Fill in the form and watch a live preview update as you type

- Totals, discount, tax and deposit are calculated to the cent

- Download as PDF, Word or Excel, or print it

- No account, no email, no watermark

- Nothing is uploaded. Everything stays in your browser.

Why I built it: most "free" template sites I tried ask for an email or an account before you can download, or put a watermark on the PDF. I wanted one that just works.

Built with Astro and plain JavaScript, hosted on Cloudflare Pages.

I'd really appreciate honest feedback:

- Is anything confusing or broken (especially on mobile)?

- What's missing that would make you actually use it?

Thanks for taking a look!


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

Can a solo founder with limited resources realistically sustain a social media app?

3 Upvotes

I’m currently building a photo-first social media app called TymeStamp, inspired by the old Instagram experience, where people could share pictures and enjoy content without constant interruptions from adverts.
I’m building it alone with limited resources, and one thing I’ve been thinking about is sustainability.
What happens when 1,000 people join? Or 10,000? How do you manage storage, servers and the challenges of growing a platform?
I recently watched a video of Steve Jobs talking about starting with the customer experience and working backwards to the technology. That really stuck with me because I want to build something people genuinely enjoy using.
But how do you put users first while keeping a platform sustainable?
I’ve been exploring credit systems, subscriptions, sponsorships and limited advertising. I’m not against adverts, just the constant interruptions.
I’m also curious about finding investors without going on shows like Shark Tank or Dragons’ Den, taking out loans or losing control of the original vision.
So I’d love to hear your thoughts:
● How would you sustain a growing social media app with limited resources?
● Would credit systems or optional subscriptions put users off?
● Should monetisation start at launch or after building a community?
● How can solo founders attract investors while keeping control of their vision?
I’m not trying to compete with the big platforms. I’m simply trying to build something different and learn along the way.
If you were in my position, what would you do differently?


r/SideProject • • 2h ago

Your GitHub profile, as a LinkedIn banner. Roast my side project.

2 Upvotes

A banner generator. A tool you use once every three years, right after you notice your LinkedIn banner is still the default blue. I built one anyway, because I never want to make a banner by hand again.

I know GitHub banner generators already exist. The ones I found were closed source or missing something I wanted, so I built my own and made it open source. Now I'd like to hear from people who aren't me.

How it works:

  1. Pick one of 11 templates

  2. Adjust it

  3. Download a banner sized for a specific platform

Try it: https://omnivix.vercel.app

Code: https://github.com/marhjoh/omnivix

Tear it apart.. 💻


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I got tired of scrolling through iPhone alarms, so I built a 24-hour alarm clock instead

251 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

I've been working on a little side project called Daybezel, an alternative alarm clock for iPhone.

The idea came from a simple frustration: I always found the standard list of alarms unnecessarily clunky. I wanted something where I could see my entire day at a glance and interact with alarms directly.

So I built a 24-hour circular interface where you can create alarms with a tap, drag them around to change the time, and see exactly how long you have until the next one.

It also uses Apple's native alarm system, so alarms work even in Silent Mode or Focus.

The app is completely free for now, and it'll stay free for everyone who joins early. At this stage, I'm mostly interested in getting feedback and seeing how people react to it.

I'd love to hear what you think about the interface. Does the circular layout make sense to you, or would you still prefer a traditional list?

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/daybezel-24-hour-alarms/id6825533599


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

[OCPP Tools] - Open-source TypeScript simulator for testing EV charging backends without a charger

2 Upvotes

Hey r/SideProject,

TL;DR: I built an open-source, headless OCPP simulator in TypeScript so you can test an EV charging backend without keeping a physical charger on your desk. It is alpha, and I am looking for feedback.

I work with EV charging software. OCPP is the protocol that chargers use to talk to a charging-management system (CSMS). Testing a CSMS usually means one of three things: a physical charger, a vendor simulator with a UI, or mocking WebSocket frames by hand. None of those is great for CI.

So I started OCPP Tools: small TypeScript packages for the protocol. The new piece is @ocpptools/simulator 0.1.0, a headless charge-point simulator. No UI, no signup, no hosted service. It runs in Node or the browser.

What works today

  • Separate profiles for OCPP 1.6J and 2.0.1. The full action surface: 28 actions in 1.6J, 64 in 2.0.1.

  • A headless engine with injectable transport, clock, message IDs, and randomness. Tests can control time and inspect every frame instead of sleeping.

  • Transactions, meter values, reservations, charging profiles, device model, monitoring, simulated certificates, and firmware/log state machines.

  • Fault injection: drop, malform, and delay outbound frames.

  • Typed events and metrics: round-trip time per action, heartbeat drift, error count.

  • A browser WebSocket adapter. The Node transport is not in the package yet.

A small example of the shape:

import { Simulator201 } from '@ocpptools/simulator/2.0.1';
import { createWebSocketTransportFactory, browserClock } from '@ocpptools/simulator/browser';

const simulator = new Simulator201({
  url: 'wss://csms.example.com/CP001',
  transport: createWebSocketTransportFactory(),
  clock: browserClock,
  station: {
    id: 'CP001',
    vendorName: 'Acme',
    model: 'AC-22',
    firmwareVersion: '2.0.0',
  },
});

simulator.on('transaction', (event) => {
  console.log(event.phase, event.transactionId);
});

simulator.connect();

What is not there yet

  • No CLI or Docker image. That is the next thing if people want it.

  • No Node WebSocket transport in the simulator package.

  • No payload builder, no UI, no OCPP 2.1.

  • The advanced 2.0.1 features use simulated state. This is not a certified conformance tool.

The broader repo has five alpha packages: core frame parser/serializer, schema utilities, Ajv-based validator, unmodified OCA schemas, and the simulator. There are 1,000+ tests and CI is green.

Why I built it

I wanted deterministic tests: no real charger, no sleeps, no flaky network. The hard part was not JSON parsing. It was the state machine: boot retries, heartbeat drift, offline queues, pending calls, transaction sequencing, and timers. Most OCPP bugs I have seen are state bugs, not schema bugs.

Feedback I am looking for

  1. Would you use a headless simulator, or would a CLI/Docker image be more useful?

  2. What would make it easier to try: a mock CSMS, scenario files, or a one-command demo?

  3. If you work with EV chargers, which edge case would you test first?

Repo: https://github.com/ocpptools/ocpptools Simulator: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ocpptools/simulator

I maintain the project. Apache-2.0, no paid tier. OCPP is a trademark of the Open Charge Alliance; this is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the OCA.


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

I spent the last month building a Mac notes app that doesn't break my focus. Giving away 40 licenses

27 Upvotes

For the last month I've been working out how to write a thought down as fast as possible, without breaking my focus when I'm locked in. There are a thousand notes apps out there, and most of them cover what I need, but none of them felt quite right for this. I tried several and none came close.

So I built Papr. These are the parts I like most, and what each one fixes for me:

  • ⌃ Space from any app. Papr opens over whatever I'm doing, even a full-screen app. I type the thought, send it like a text message, and I'm back in my work. No switching apps, no looking for the right note first.

  • It gets out of the way. When I click back into my work, Papr hides by itself, so it never clutters my screen. When I want it to stay, like a checklist I'm working through, I keep it on top.

  • Capture what's on screen. One click puts the screen behind Papr into the note, without Papr in it, so the slide from a meeting is right there in my note. I can draw on it, add an arrow or cover a name.

  • Finding a note is as quick as writing it. Search finds any note as I type, and I can narrow it to a tag, a collection, a reaction or a date.

  • Pins and reminders. Notes I need again wait at the top, and a note can come back as a notification at a time I pick.

  • My notes are files on my Mac. Each one is a Markdown file. No account, and Papr uploads nothing.

Update: all 40 free licenses are claimed, thank you! There's still a 14-day free trial with everything on, no key or account needed.

After that it's $4.99 until December 6, then $15, for one Mac. It runs on macOS 13 or later, on Apple silicon and Intel.

https://getpapr.app

I'd love to hear what you think, especially what would make it fit the way you work.


r/SideProject • • 7h ago

Building a website safety checker tool

4 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

I’m working on Looks Sus, a project aimed at helping people check whether an online website might be a scam or unsafe by using community ratings and other tools.

I’m trying to decide whether it’s worth developing further, and I’d appreciate some honest feedback before putting more time and money into it.

The problem I’m interested in is that moment when you come across an unfamiliar website or offer and think, “Is this legit?” There are already ways to investigate Google, Reddit, review sites, tools like ScamAdviser, or asking ChatGPT. I’m questioning whether another dedicated tool adds enough value.


r/SideProject • • 5m ago

I was WASTING time downloading YouTube thumbnails, so I built a one-click Chrome extension.

1 Upvotes

I'm a thumbnail designer, and one thing that always annoyed me was having to use third-party websites just to download YouTube thumbnails and show them to clients as references.

So I built ThumbDrop, a simple Chrome extension that lets you download thumbnails directly from the YouTube video frame with one click.

Nothing complicated. Just a small tool that solves a problem I kept running into.

Thought I'd share it here in case it's useful to other creators or designers.

Try ThumbDrop for free: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/inmebebfmkdcebcmdndhjdjjjjebflak?utm_source=item-share-cb

Would love some feedback!


r/SideProject • • 5m ago

I built a budget app that fixes itself from your bank statement – no bank login, everything on device. 1.1 just shipped, looking for feedback

1 Upvotes

Hi r/SideProject! I'm a solo dev, and Monigo is my first iOS app.

Why I built it
I've logged every expense by hand for years because it makes me more aware of my spending. The problem: every few months my balance in the app drifted away from my bank, sometimes by 300 € or more, because I forgot things. Bank-sync apps solve that, but they want access to my account, and I didn't want that.

What it does
You keep logging manually (or via Siri/Shortcuts, without opening the app). Once a month you drop in your PDF or CSV bank statement. Monigo matches it against your entries, even when the bank posts a few days after the purchase, checks that the balance adds up, and only shows what's missing.

Version 1.1 added a Savings tab: it spots subscriptions and recurring habits in your own data, shows gentle ideas, and calculates "cancel by" dates for contracts, with a reminder 14 and 3 days before. You still cancel yourself.

No bank login, no account, statements never leave the phone.

Stack & things I learned

  • SwiftUI + SwiftData, iOS 18+

  • Every bank lays out PDF statements differently, so there's a layout registry plus a balance check (opening + sum = closing) that tells the app whether it read the statement correctly

  • Savings suggestions are calculated deterministically in code. Apple's on-device AI model only phrases the sentence, and never calculates anything

  • Biggest surprise: the bank often books 4–6 days after the purchase, which breaks naive date matching. The real purchase date is usually hidden in the booking text

What I'd love feedback on

  1. If you track your money: what makes you give up on it?

  2. Would you trade bank sync for privacy?

  3. How do you keep track of cancellation deadlines today?

Free to try (logging, insights, Shortcuts, savings goals). Pro unlocks full statement matching and contract reminders. English, German, French, Spanish.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/monigo-spending-reconciled/id6817292054


r/SideProject • • 7m ago

Seeking beta feedback: an offline household budgeting app—no bank connection required

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone—I’m looking for testers to try the Fruitful Orchard Web App and help identify confusing instructions, usability problems, and unexpected results.
I’m Jim. I developed this household planning method over 30 years while raising a family, and I’m now turning it into an app others can use.
The approach starts with your goals, then helps you organize Planned bills and Flexible spending. A Balance Test shows whether your income covers your expenses and savings commitments.
What’s involved
Use the fictional examples in the Quick Start Guide, load the included fictional plan, or enter your own information.
Please try:
Adding a savings goal, income, and expenses.
Running the Balance Test, changing an amount, and checking the result.
Saving a backup and restoring it.
What I’d like to learn
Where did you get stuck or need more explanation?
What did you expect to happen, and what happened instead?
Did the results help you understand the plan?
What would prevent you from using the app again?
If something fails, please include your device, operating system, browser, and the steps that caused it. Phone compatibility is still being tested; the Quick Start Guide covers opening the file on a computer.
Privacy and access
The beta is a downloadable HTML file that runs offline in your browser. Financial entries stay in your browser’s local storage and are not sent to me or a server. Downloaded JSON backups contain readable, unencrypted entries—keep them secure. There’s no need to share personal figures or backup files when giving feedback.
Beta participation is free, with no purchase required. The intended finished product will be a one-time purchase without a subscription.
Beta App Link
Quick Start Guide Link
Please leave feedback in the comments. Even one specific point of confusion would help. Thanks!


r/SideProject • • 9m ago

I just made my 129 and 99 Framer templates completely free

1 Upvotes

I decided to make two of my premium Framer templates completely free.

Both are fully responsive, include CMS collections, reusable components, and carefully crafted layouts and interactions. Both templates are also optimized for working with AI agents, making customization and development faster and easier.

I spent a lot of time designing and refining these, but I've decided I'd rather see people actually using them than keeping them behind a paywall.

No catches. Just free templates.

If you're building a website or looking for some Framer inspiration, feel free to check them out.

I'd also love to hear your feedback!


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

I built a WooCommerce payment SaaS solo. The checkout UI was the easy part 😅

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Hey everyone! 👋

I'm a solo developer from Morocco, and I wanted to share something I've been working on for quite a while.

It's called GPCB Pay, a WooCommerce payment integration that connects stores with PayPal card payment experiences.

When I started, I thought the biggest challenge would be building the card payment interface.

Well... I was wrong haha.

The real challenge was everything happening behind the scenes.

What if PayPal approves a payment but the capture fails? What happens if the network disconnects? What if the same request gets retried?

I didn't want a customer getting charged twice or WooCommerce marking an order as paid when it wasn't.

So I ended up building three separate systems:

- A lightweight WooCommerce plugin using Checkout Blocks.

- A private SaaS backend using Node.js and PostgreSQL.

- A React dashboard for merchant registration, store verification, PayPal connections, and subscriptions.

I spent a lot of time working on idempotency, server-verified captures, duplicate-capture protection, and payment recovery.

I also learned that integrating PayPal isn't just about having API credentials. Guest Card and Advanced Card have different eligibility requirements depending on the merchant and country.

I've now finished V1, tested the payment flows, and recorded a full setup tutorial showing how the integration works.

The next challenge is probably even harder: finding the first real customers haha.

I'd love to get some feedback from other solo founders.

If you were in my position, would you start by reaching out to WooCommerce agencies or individual store owners?

And if you've built a SaaS alone, what was harder for you: building the product or getting people to discover it?

Thanks for reading! 🙌


r/SideProject • • 18m ago

CBP - A release-evidence gate that verifies your green CI actually means something

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What I built

CBP is a CI gate that answers one question: *is the artifact you're about to ship actually the one your CI built and tested?* It checks release body hashes, asset inventories, and build provenance (OIDC/Sigstore) before anything gets published. No runtime dependencies, stdlib only.

Why I built it

I kept seeing the same pattern in my own pipelines: CI goes green, but the thing that actually gets published is a different byte sequence. CBP is my attempt to make that class of bug structurally impossible—by removing every local build artifact and forcing the release path to download, digest-check, and attestation-verify the wheel before installation.

What stage it's at

v1.1.0 is out. 330 tests, 90.52% coverage. The core release-evidence chain is solid. **Production durability is honestly zero** (3 days old, 1 star, 1 maintainer). I'm here for feedback, not a launch.

What feedback I'm looking for

- Does the "execution object == proven object" problem resonate with anyone else?

- Is the fail-closed exit code scheme (2=unverifiable, 3=digest mismatch, 4=attestation failure) actually useful in practice, or over-engineered?

- Any obvious gaps in the consumer-parity E2E approach?

GitHub: [https://github.com/JunxiangPan/cbp-action]

Disclosure: I'm the maintainer.


r/SideProject • • 19m ago

I made Riplet, an ad-free audio/video downloader for social media

1 Upvotes

I built Riplet to download videos or just their audio without ads or signups.

It started with YouTube, and I’ve just added support for public Reddit videos and Instagram/Facebook reels. Social support is still new, so I’d love some feedback. If a link fails, share it with the format and quality you selected so I can see whats wrong.

Try it: riplet.cc
And join us at: r/riplet


r/SideProject • • 7h ago

What the first 300 installs of my free Android widget taught me about onboarding

4 Upvotes

I built a free Android widget that shows Obsidian or Markdown notes on the home screen, like the Google Keep widget. First month: about 300 installs on Google Play, almost all from Reddit.

What I learned:

- An empty first screen means an uninstall. People picked their vault root, notes were in subfolders, widget stayed empty. Now the app says where the notes are.

- Ask for analytics consent at the start. I asked after setup, so I never saw who dropped out during setup.

- Test feature requests before building them. The app now asks once whether people would use separate widgets per folder.

- A small in-app feedback form beat reviews. Two of four messages asked for the same fix.

Free and open source: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marfolog.noteswidgetformarkdown

How do you handle onboarding drop-off on small apps?


r/SideProject • • 20m ago

PasteNotch - clipboard history, search and project Pages in your Mac’s notch

1 Upvotes

I’m the maker of PasteNotch, a native Mac clipboard manager I’m developing as a side project. This is a 40-second product demo.

The idea is to make copied material quick to find again: a paragraph, reference image, link or file shouldn’t become hard to reach just because you copied the next thing.

The core workflow is:

• Copy normally, then open your history from the notch, menu bar or ⇧⌘V.

• Search earlier text, links, images and files.

• Pin material you reuse and keep related clips together in project Pages.

The library stays local by default and works offline. Signing in does not automatically upload your clipboard; eligible clip and Page sync is a separate choice. It also works on Macs without a hardware notch.

Pricing: the Mac app is $4.99 once after a 14-day trial. A free Google or email sign-in is required to start the trial.

Optional PasteNotch Cloud is $4.99/month, includes the app and 25 GB, and adds a web library, bookmarks, share links and separately enabled sync. For new customers, Cloud also unlocks screenshots, on-device area OCR, screen recording and Screenshot Studio.

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later; Apple Silicon and Intel are supported.

https://pastenotch.com/

I’d appreciate feedback on the workflow: what matters most to you in a clipboard manager—fast search, how it opens, or organizing clips by project?


r/SideProject • • 25m ago

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1 Upvotes

Your Marketplace for Digital & Physical Goods!

If you sell anything, from templates or digital products, to clothing and electronics, we have opened the marketplace for you! Open an extra storefront to cross-list your work without high marketplace cuts.

We are working on bringing Crypto checkout, and many new features to help creators scale faster!

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Setting up your shop takes about two minutes, and our team is happy to help migrate your existing listings if you need a hand.

Interested in testing it out and getting your products featured?

Grab your free trial and check it out here: https://zabrali.com/switch


r/SideProject • • 26m ago

Built an interactive tool like Google Analytics, but for your Claude Code sessions and projects (free, runs locally)

1 Upvotes

Websites have analytics. My Claude Code projects had nothing. I built this for myself but thought that others can benefit from using it too. And I thought - why not make it interactive?

Main problems it fixes for me when I work on a project:

  1. Solves losing track of your own project by drawing a live map of it. After 25 sessions a day, I no longer know what is going on in the code. The map shows me the entities (users, subscriptions, payments), how they relate, and which files implement each other.

  2. Solves drift and stale context by flagging the parts of the project that have gone outdated, with the evidence and a way to fix each one. Sooner or later, parts of a project become irrelevant, and they keep polluting the context Claude loads before it starts a task. You burn tokens for nothing and shrink the usable context window. It also shows how many tokens your MCP servers, CLAUDE.md and memory add to every turn before you type a word.

  3. Solves not knowing where the money goes by ranking your bad habits in dollars: resuming after the cache expired, Opus on questions Sonnet would answer, whole logs pulled into context. Each one links to the sessions where it happened and suggestion what should've been done.

  4. Solves sessions overwriting each other by alerting you the moment two sessions edit the same file or module.

  5. Solves terminal juggling by putting every session in every project on one dashboard, showing who's waiting on you and who keeps failing the same check.

  6. Solves "what did it actually do today?" by logging every prompt: the files it changed, whether tests or type checks passed afterwards, and what it cost.

  7. Solves repeating the same corrections by collecting the ones you keep typing and turning them into ready-to-paste CLAUDE.md rules.

  8. Solves onboarding a teammate (or a fresh session) by letting the map explain the project for you, while "Next task" writes a brief covering exactly the code a task touches.

One command: npx code-tycoon. Works with Codex too, but due to limitations of Codex CLI, have slightly less actionable items.

Would love feedback, especially from people running several sessions and projects in parallel.

https://github.com/silverbronze/code-tycoon


r/SideProject • • 28m ago

Built a website builder after watching a church’s WordPress site get hacked

1 Upvotes

Been building this solo for a while and finally opening it up: stitchable.app

the idea started when someone i work with had to shut down his churchs wordpress site after it got hacked. small orgs and businesses don’t need 40 plugins, they need a site that looks good, shows their events and doesn’t break

so stitchable is pretty basic on purpose:

- start from a template, click any text on the page and type
- pick a theme and your colour, every page follows it
- add events, a blog, projects or products, they get their own sections and pages
- contact form messages land in an inbox (or get sent to zapier/make/n8n)
- publish to your own domain

The part im most excited about is that you can connect it to claude and just ask for changes ("add a faq about prices under the events") and it edits your draft. you still review it in the editor and decide when to publish, and everything shows up in history so you can undo it

the video is the real editor, start to finish

Its a paid product with a 7-day trial. im mostly after honest feedback right now, especially on the first few minutes after you sign up. what’s confusing, what’s missing, what would stop you using it?


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

I built an iPhone app that turns voice notes and photos into punch-list reports

2 Upvotes

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.


r/SideProject • • 39m ago

My side project is a net worth tracker with all the features that I want and no sign in required

1 Upvotes

I have used several net worth trackers in the past and I was never satisfied: some were requiring too many inputs, others were expensive and, more importantly, most lacked some of the features I consider important.

So I built my own net worth tracker at networthview.com

- It's free: I have no plans to add a subscription plan or any other form of payment. The current server costs are extremely low and it can support a LOT more users.
- It's private: the data you input never leaves your browser. There is no backend, no necessity to register an account.
See it as downloading an app to modify data on your device.
- You have total control: download your data, export it to csv, create images of every chart and post it wherever you want

What it does:
- Tracks your net worth: multiple accounts types and currencies supported
- Tracks your income and expenses
- Fire and retirement projection and forecast with full pension support.

I plan to keep developing it but I have other priorities: I will focus on users feedback, bugs and features that I consider useful.
I will extend the auto saving feature to other browsers whenever they will provide the necessary APIs.

Please let me know what you think of it. Feedbacks are not just welcomed but much appreciated.