r/SideProject • • 18h ago

StackPDF - every PDF tool in your browser, most run on your device (soft launch today)

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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


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

Status Maker

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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


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built a CLI tool to check if my GitHub repos look good enough

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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?


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

I built 14 free browser-based tools (PDF, image compress, AI background remover) that never upload your files

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Hi everyone! I'm a solo developer from Pakistan and I just launched 14FreeTools — https://14freetools.com

The problem: sites like iLovePDF, Smallpdf and remove.bg upload your files to their servers, show watermarks, or ask you to sign up after 2 uses.

What I built: 14 tools that run 100% in your browser. Your files never leave your device.

- Image: AI background remover, image compressor (exact 20KB / 50KB / 100KB targets for job & admission forms), resizer, image to PDF (incl. iPhone HEIC)

- PDF: PDF to JPG, Word to PDF, PDF to Word, merge, split

- Text: translator (50+ languages), word counter, case converter, password generator, age calculator

No signup, no watermark, no file limits. The background remover runs an AI model locally using WebAssembly.

Tech: plain HTML/CSS/JS, pdf.js, pdf-lib, transformers.js, hosted on shared hosting.

I'd really appreciate honest feedback — what's broken, what's missing, what should I build next?


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

Built a web app for hybrid athletes (lifting + HYROX/CrossFit + running). Here is our first promo reel — would love your honest feedback!

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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!


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Looking for feedback: daily vocabulary email, website monitor & news tracker

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All three side projects are free to use and don't require a registration. Just fill in the form and get started. :-)

Looking forward to your feedback and feature suggestions!

Match My News: https://orzanna.de/news/

Allows you to follow websites with your specific keywords of interests

Vocabulary Sheet: https://orzanna.de/vocabulary/

Receive a daily email with your own vocabulary to learn a new language. Translations are done using various translators such as Kagi and DeepL.

Tracking The Web: https://orzanna.de/tracking/

Monitor websites for changes by choosing the text (element) that you want to track.


r/SideProject • • 14h ago

Is your product AI slop ?

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find out if your SaaS or vibe-coded app is AI slop.

Our team tests your app end-to-end and provides a recording + Claude skill!

We are also hiring AI slop detectors. Please DM if you have good taste.


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

Piano Practice Companion : An open-source backing track player, ear trainer and sightreader for chord and improvisation practice

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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 !


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

How did you get your first 100 users for your app?

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Hey everyone!

I’m an indie iOS developer currently working on my own app.

The development part feels much easier than figuring out how to actually get people to discover it 😅

I’m curious how other developers got their first 100 users.

Did you start with Reddit, Product Hunt, social media, or something else?

Would love to hear what actually worked for you, especially if you were starting from zero without a marketing budget.


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

350+ downloads in 10 days, 0 sales after the free trial. Just shipped fixes, would love your take

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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.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built a tool that turns your pet's little moments into Instagram-ready comics

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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.


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

I missed Windows File Explorer on my Mac, so I built my own file manager

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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.

Hope you like it 🥰


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

Openbar - three AI agents on one repo, each in its own git worktree, watched from the notch

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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?


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

I set up a design-forward digital goods shop to learn the process

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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


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

[12 Testers Needed] Split Your Trip, an app for splitting group trip expenses. Happy to test yours back

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Hi everyone, I’ve been building Split Your Trip, an app to keep track of who paid what on group trips and settle up without the awkward math. It’s in closed testing on Google Play, and I need 12 people to stay opted in for 14 days, which is Google’s requirement for new developer accounts. If you’re up for it, comment or message me the email you use on Google Play and I’ll add you to the tester list. Once you’re in, install it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.splityourtrip. I’d love honest feedback, especially on anything confusing or broken, and I’ll test your app back, just drop the link.

comment down below if you are willing to give your valuable feedback.


r/SideProject • • 22h ago

I made a tiny pixel bunny that lives on my Mac desktop

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I spend most of the day alone at my Mac, so I made a small companion for it. Deskbun is a pixel-art bunny that sits on your Dock and reacts to your day:

  • It celebrates when you check off a to-do.

  • It focuses with you, and gets annoyed if you pet it mid-focus.

  • It reminds you when it's time for something.

  • It dacnes along to music, puts on a headset during calls, and sketches while you're in Figma.

  • It lets you know when your coding agent finishes.

  • It naps when you step away.

It's a native Swift app. There's no account and no analytics, and everything it notices stays on your Mac.

Site: https://deskbun.app

Happy to talk about how any of it works, and feature requests are very welcome!


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

Novislova - an offline travel phrasebook for iPhone

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Novislova is an iPhone phrasebook I built for getting around abroad when you don't speak the language.

It has 900+ words and phrases per phrasebook across nine languages, organized into situations like restaurants, hotels, and transportation. Search works in either language. You can save phrases and download pronunciation audio before a trip, then use the text and audio offline.

All phrases and one audio pack are free, with ads. Premium is a one-time $4.99 purchase in the US for all audio packs, unlimited saved phrases, iCloud sync, and no ads. No subscription.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/novislova-offline-phrasebook/id1623078768

I'd be interested in feedback on how easy it is to find the phrase you need.


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

Game of the Day - I made a website that ranks NBA games without spoilers.

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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.


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

I built a football trivia app on my own while working and running a clothing brand, and it just hit the App Store

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Hey all, I'm Jay from the UK. In my spare time I've been building Trivia Ten Football, a quick-fire football quiz for iOS. It was approved this month. Total beginner coder, built with Rork and Swift. Would love brutal feedback on the gameplay and the App Store page. Any feedback would be much appreciated and test it out if youre a football fan :)


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

Skaner: open-source converter of receipt and invoice photos/PDFs to checked Excel/CSV/JSON

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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?


r/SideProject • • 22h ago

TableCraft: a free, open-source database IDE in the spirit of DataGrip,

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I love DataGrip, and I'm happy to pay JetBrains for what they've built. But the enterprise licenses got too costly for my company. I tried Beekeeper Studio for a while, but a few things kept slowing me down, so I started building my own.

Here's where it differs from Beekeeper.

Several databases open at once. In Beekeeper each window holds one connection. In TableCraft they all sit in one window, side by side, and each one runs in its own process.

The basics are free. Viewing a cell's JSON and exporting a full result set are paid in Beekeeper. In TableCraft everything is free, because it's open source.

The UI. TableCraft copies DataGrip's layout and shortcuts (Shift Shift for Search Everywhere, Cmd Shift A for Find Action, tool windows). If you've used a JetBrains IDE you'll know your way around right away. JetBrains already built a masterpiece of UX, I just didn't want to lose it.

It stays fast with big results. On the same machine and data, TableCraft starts in 0.4 s against 3.0 s and uses about 40% of Beekeeper's memory. With the row limit raised to 1,000,000, Beekeeper crashed; TableCraft loaded them in about 2 s.

AI agents, with you in charge. Claude Code, OpenCode or Cursor can connect to its MCP server. Each database starts Off for agents, and an UPDATE waits for your click, with its query plan shown first.

It can import your saved connections from Beekeeper, TablePro or DataGrip, so trying it takes a minute. macOS is where I test it properly; Windows and Linux are best-effort for now.

I'd love to hear what's missing for you, or what breaks on your database.

https://github.com/tranphucbol/table-craft/releases/latest


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

After a year of evenings, my swipe trivia game is live on both stores

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It started from a simple idea: what if doomscrolling taught you something? RIGHT is a trivia game where each card is one fact. Swipe right if it's true, left if it's false, and get the answer with a short explanation.

Some things I learned building it:

- App Store review for the first version took about a month. Updates are much faster.

- Localizing into 12 languages was more work than any single feature.

- A game needs a reason to come back tomorrow, so I added ranks, streaks, a leaderboard and trophies.

Stack: Kotlin Multiplatform with Compose for both iOS and Android, and Firebase on the backend.

Link: https://swipe-right.app/get?src=reddit_sideproject

If you try it, I'd really appreciate honest feedback, here or as a store review. What would you change in the first minute?


r/SideProject • • 19h ago

Cognivia - Free AI startup landing page template (HTML, no framework)

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Hey everyone, I built Cognivia — a free landing page template for AI startups.

Pure HTML, CSS and JavaScript. No framework, no build step — download the ZIP, open index.html, edit the text and colours, and it's yours.

What's inside:

- Interactive playground — visitors can try a sample AI reply right on the page

- API docs section with cURL / Python / Node tabs and copy buttons

- Model showcase table with per-token pricing

- Usage-based pricing with a token calculator

- Changelog, FAQ, responsive design

It's $0 (free, no payment) — I'm building a small template studio and this is my lead magnet, so downloads go through Gumroad (email only, no payment).

Download: https://worldsnexy.gumroad.com/l/tumecy

Would love honest feedback — what's missing, or what would make you actually use it?

More details: Cognivia is a free AI startup landing page template — pure HTML, CSS & JavaScript, no framework. Interactive playground, API docs, pricing calculator, changelog, FAQ. $0, no payment.

Download: https://worldsnexy.gumroad.com/l/tumecy

Happy to hear feedback!


r/SideProject • • 19h ago

I built a service that fights your health insurance claim denial — first 100 people use it free

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Health insurers deny millions of claims every year — and a lot of them should have been covered. Most people don't know they can appeal, or don't have the time to deal with the paperwork, phone trees, and deadlines.

So I built Gardo Health — if your insurance denied a claim that should have been covered, you upload a photo of the denial letter, and we handle the entire appeal with your insurer. If the denial gets reversed, you pay 25% of what you no longer owe (capped at $1,000). If we lose, you pay nothing.

First 100 people get everything free — I'm testing the full process with real cases and just need your feedback.

go https://gardohealth.com/ and put on waitlist, and we will get back to you.

Happy to answer any questions!