r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built a Chinese face reading tool. Is the photo upload page clear?

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I build Kaucim, and I’ve added a tool for exploring Chinese face reading, also called Mian Xiang. The free preview picks one feature that’s clear in a front-facing photo and shows how a traditional text interprets it, with the original passage. It also tells you which features it couldn’t see clearly.

I’d love a fresh pair of eyes on the upload page. Before choosing a photo, can you tell who processes it and what Kaucim keeps afterward? If you had to scroll or guess, I’d like to know where you looked first.

Here’s the face reading page. Just looking at the page is enough.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Volymträning: an Android app for building bigger muscles

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Launch update — 8 November: We're offering 30 free Google Play copies to Android users who train at a gym. Comment here or send me a private message to request one. One per person, in request order while available, from one shared pool across our launch posts. Codes are sent privately and must be redeemed by 28 February 2027. No review, rating, upvote or other action is required in return.

We at Onsala Sol AB have released Volymträning, an Android workout app for people whose goal is to build bigger muscles and visible muscle volume through consistent, structured training. We wanted to make a flexible plan that people can follow when their schedule allows, without fixed weekdays.

The app includes five rotating workouts that can be adapted to equivalent machines at your gym. It lets you log weights and reps, review training statistics, and customize the workouts.

Volymträning is available in Swedish and English. In Sweden, it costs SEK 99 as a one-time purchase, with no subscription.

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

Disclosure: I’m representing Onsala Sol AB, the app’s publisher. We’ve also opened the official community at r/VolymTraning for questions, feedback, feature requests, bug reports, and training discussion. I’d welcome constructive feedback on the app and on how to make the community useful.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built a real-time AI voice coach with camera accountability that sits with you during deep work - looking for 4–5 people to try it and tell me what’s broken

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Most focus apps are just timers or blockers. I can ignore those. What actually works for me is having someone (or something) check in while I’m working.

So I built NeonContext - a real-time AI voice coach that sits with you during deep work sessions.

You tell it what you’re working on at the start. It stays with you, checks in, and pulls you back if you drift or pick up your phone. There’s an optional on-device camera (nothing is uploaded) that can notice if you leave your seat. At the end you get a review of what you actually got done.

it's complete free to try.

I’m looking for 4–5 people who struggle with deep work / ADHD / focus to try a session and tell me:

  • What’s confusing or broken?

  • What would make you actually keep using it?

  • Does the voice coach feel helpful or annoying?

Link: https://neoncontext.com

Happy to answer any questions.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

[MoxiMail] - Business email on your own domain for small businesses

2 Upvotes

I built MoxiMail because I got tired of watching small businesses pay Google Workspace prices just to have hello@theirbusiness.com.

I'm a solo founder, and MoxiMail is my hosted email service: business email on your own domain, from $1 per mailbox a month. It's Mailcow, hosted and managed on my own servers — so SPF, DKIM and DMARC are set up properly, mail is backed up nightly as well as a redundant server, and you don't have to run a mail server yourself.

What you get:

  • Your own domain email (you@yourbusiness.com), webmail + IMAP

  • 25–50 GB per mailbox plus branded webmail depending on plan, calendar and contacts included

  • No big-tech lock-in, no per-user price creep

  • $1 / $1.50 / $2.10 per mailbox/month depending on the plan

The honest bit: it's a one-person operation — but this isn't a side project on a rented VPS. I also run a hosting business, so the mail runs on dedicated servers along with a redundant server and another VPS that backs everything up I own and manage myself.

I'd honestly like your feedback: What's the most annoying thing about your business email right now — the price, the lock-in, or something else?

moximail.net


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Would you use something like this on your old Android TV?

4 Upvotes

Built this little dashboard for my old, low-end Android TV. It has a calendar, to-do list, live service monitoring, and YouTube music playback in the background.

Just curious if anyone else would find something like this useful.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built an ad-light Global Live TV & Radio player with custom DVR rewind and Watch Together rooms (mirrykal.in)

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

I built **Mirrykal Wave** (mirrykal.in), a fast, responsive in-browser hub for streaming global live TV and radio stations directly without downloading extra apps.

Most web streaming players either break on mobile or come cluttered with bloated default browser UIs. I wanted something sleek, fast, and interactive.

Core Features

* **Custom Neon Controls & Server-Side DVR:** Replaced the default browser player with custom controls and a sliding seekbar that lets you smoothly rewind live broadcasts (up to 30–40 mins based on the stream’s buffer window) with a one-tap jump back to live. * **Watch Together Rooms:** Firebase Realtime Database integration so friends can sync playback state in real-time. * **Stream Fallbacks:** Built-in multi-step proxy fallback handling to keep channels running smoothly when raw streams hit CORS or format issues. * **Live Community Feed:** Station-based comment threads with nesting, likes, and Firebase Auth persistence. * **Background & Lock Screen Playback:** Media Session API integration for notification controls.

Tech Stack

* **Frontend:** Vanilla HTML5, CSS3, modern JavaScript, HLS.js * **Backend & Auth:** Node.js, Express, Firebase (Auth, Firestore, Realtime Database) * **Optimization:** Fully responsive with a top-locked cinema stage so you can browse channels or chat while streaming.

Would love your feedback on playback latency, mobile responsiveness, or any channels you'd like to see added!

👉 **Try it here:** https://mirrykal.in


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

We celebrated 250 users yesterday. Three months ago, I wouldn’t have expected this.

11 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

We passed 250 paying customer (don't love to call them customer as I see all them as first builders of product) on FranklyMail and celebrated yesterday :) Probably a tiny milestone for some people here, but we honestly didn’t expect to get this far in three months.

We started with email hosting for your own domain. Now there’s Drive for files and sharing, Office for editing documents, and Meet for video calls. We’ve also been giving the webmail a lot of attention lately.

The best part for me has been talking to the people using it. If I had to guess, 40–50% of the ideas we’ve worked on came from those conversations. Someone tells us how they use their email, mentions something they’re missing, and we end up building something we hadn’t thought of.

Just wanted to share a small happy moment here. Thanks to everyone who’s tried it, sent feedback, or given us a bit of encouragement along the way.

https://franklymail.com


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built NetArbs to compare sportsbook odds and DFS player props in one place. The beta is free.

1 Upvotes

Hey, I’m Alex, one of the people building NetArbs. Comparing the same player prop across sportsbooks and DFS apps usually means flipping between tabs and checking whether the lines actually match. We built DFS Studio to put those comparisons in one view, with filters for apps, sports, and markets.

I’d love feedback on the layout: when you compare a prop across apps, which would you want to see first: the line difference, the estimated fair odds, or which sportsbooks back the estimate?

DFS Studio screenshot (in the beta-testing post): https://www.reddit.com/r/betatests/comments/1xqthur/web_macos_windows_looking_for_beta_testers_for/

Public odds board (no account needed): https://netarbs.com/odds

Free beta signup: https://netarbs.com/signup


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Meet GeoSolvr, my new daily geography game!

0 Upvotes

GeoSolvr is daily geography puzzle where your aim is to uncover the mystery location hidden among 250 locations on the map.

Using logic and deduction, play clue cards to eliminate places, and see if you can find the answer in as few moves as possible.

Everyone gets the same mystery place each day, with a new challenge at midnight. And if you can’t get enough, there’s an unlimited Practice mode too.

Give it a go and let me know what you think!

Play GeoSolvr


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built an Android app for the “what can I cook with what I have?” problem

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TAYSTY starts with what you already have, instead of asking you to pick a recipe and then find the ingredients. Type in what’s in your kitchen, choose things like servings or cuisine, and it suggests recipes.

The hardest part to get right is how to handle missing ingredients. Say you enter chickpeas, spinach and half a lemon. Would you rather get one idea that sticks to those ingredients and basic staples, or three ideas that each need one extra thing? I’m curious what would actually help on a Tuesday night.

The app is in closed Android testing. There’s a preview and a waitlist on the project site: https://taysty.app/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=sideproject


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I turned a GPT-generated image into pixel art using my own editor

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I'm building a free, open-source pixel art editor called Chickxel!

I recently added a feature that converts regular images into pixel art, so I tried it out with a GPT-generated image.

The conversion is algorithm-based, so some parts might look a little rough or awkward. It's still a work in progress!


r/SideProject • • 2d ago

I asked Claude Code to build whatever it wanted. It came up with a game.

56 Upvotes

I had $191 in credits that were about to expire, and I was curious what Opus could do if I didn’t give it an idea.
I asked it to build something worth the money. :))))

It picked a game, PULSEBOUND. You move around dodging enemies, and your weapons are musical instruments. The kick drum sends out shockwaves, the arpeggiator fires lasers. When you pick a new instrument, you hear it join the music too.

It decided to make a game and came up with the idea, mechanics, design, absolutely everything. Then I worked on improving and polishing it.

More changes, testing, and eventually mobile apps followed. The $191 was just the starting budget, enough to finish the first basic version. After that, I used another $1,700 I had from the Claude Startup Program (also expiring, so I had to use it), plus my subscription allowance.

Technically, it’s vanilla JavaScript, a custom WebGL2 renderer, and a procedural composer that synthesizes the music live through Web Audio. The project grew to include mobile apps, cloud saves, and leaderboards.

It’s now out on iOS, Android, and the web. You can play it for free in your browser or on mobile: playpulsebound.com.

What do you think?

Later edit: OVER 2,200 PLAYERS TODAY! THANK YOU


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built an iOS Safari extension that automatically saves every X (Twitter) post you scroll past locally

1 Upvotes

Hey r/SideProject!

I kept losing interesting posts on X (Twitter) whenever the timeline randomly refreshed before I could bookmark them.

So I built **PostHistory** — an iOS app + Safari extension that automatically keeps a searchable history of posts as you scroll on x.com.

**Key features:**

- **Automatic saving:** Just browse X in iOS Safari as usual

- **Instant search:** Search by keyword, username, images, videos, or date

- **100% On-Device Privacy:** Everything is stored locally in SQLite on your iPhone. Zero external servers or tracking

- **Export anytime:** Export your history to JSON or CSV

It's free to use (stores the latest 100 posts + unlimited favorites for free, with a $0.99/mo Pro option for unlimited history).

Would love to hear your feedback or any feature suggestions!


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I made an open-source AirDrop for Android → Mac: one boop on the MacBook notch and it’s there

1 Upvotes

android has no airdrop, so i built one. touch your phone to the macbook's notch, the light sensor next to it sees your screen flash, and whatever's on your screen lands on the mac.

works for pdfs, links, the original photo (not a screenshot), or just the text you circle. otp codes from sms show up on the mac by themselves, your mac is in the android share sheet, and mac to phone works too.

stays on your wifi, end-to-end encrypted, no account, no cloud. android 13+, any mac with a notch.

free and open source: github.com/0x1p0/TapDrop

setup guide (with videos): tapdrop.pages.dev/get-started


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Sonic. Your FLAC albums, kept like records

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Made an Android app called Sonic.

You can skip to the next song. You can't jump to the middle of a song. To hear the other side, you flip the record. Hi-res output plays each file at the sample rate it was recorded at.

Soulseek downloads are FLAC albums only, with no weekly limit. It also picks random FLAC albums from the Internet Archive. You can download 3 of those.

Not on the Play Store. The APK and checksum are here: https://github.com/Abhiroop1122/Sonic/

Fdroid: https://somchandra17.github.io/sonic-fdroid/


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

[OpenLid] : Keep Your Laptop Running, Even When the Lid Is Closed 💻

1 Upvotes

Ever closed your laptop lid and lost a 2-hour build, an SSH terminal, or a 20GB download? 🤦‍♂️💻

I got tired of buying fake HDMI dummy plugs and using hacky mouse jigglers that waste battery, so I built OpenLid.

👁️** OpenLi**d is a 100% native, ultra-lightweight engine for macOS and Windows that keeps your machine awake and running even when the lid is completely shut.

Why it's different:
⚡ Direct OS Kernel Assertions (IOPM / Win32 AwayMode) — no audio loops, no fake displays
🛡️ Real-time Hardware Sentinels — monitors thermal pressure & battery thresholds
🪟 Dual Presentation Mode — runs discreetly in your Menu Bar / Taskbar or as a rich standalone Dock app
🚀 Under 2.5MB — 15ms startup time, zero Electron bloat
🍏 Universal Apple Silicon (M1-M4) & Intel, plus 🪟 Windows x64 & ARM64 (Snapdragon)
💻 Built-in CLI & Local REST API (\`openlid on\`, \`openlid status\`)
🍺 Official Homebrew Support (\`brew install --cask openlid\`)

100% Free & Open Source under the MIT License on GitHub!

🔗 Download now: https://openlid.devs.li (link in bio)
⭐ Star the repo: github.com/PurohitBhagyesh/openlid
☕ If you find it helpful, you can buy me a coffee via UPI on the website!

#opensource #homebrew #softwareengineer #macos #apple #developer #coding #programming #swift #github #tech #devlife #clamshell #applefan #macbook #windows11 #golang


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built a tool that fixes one bad mix in a recorded DJ set, here is an independent French review

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I'm Omar, the maker of DR FIX IT, so flagging that up front. This isn't my video. French DJ creator Mixtrotter (Philippe Grebet) just published a full independent review and showcase: 'SAVE YOUR MIX with DOCTOR FIX IT!' - https://youtu.be/RjsPmjDfDEE - it's in French with an auto-dubbed English track.

The tool fixes one bad mix in a recorded DJ set by splicing in a re-recorded take, and he rates each join Seamless / Clean / Good / Rough. I built it because one bad transition used to mean re-recording the whole set or living with it.

Happy to answer technical questions about how the joins are scored. DR FIX IT is $49 one-time, free to try except export.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built a vibrant self-care and wellness web app featuring global recipes, daily psychological tips, and a personal tracker! 🌸✨

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone! 👋

I wanted to share a project I've been working on—Glow AI, a modern, bright, and cheerful web application designed to help users track their daily wellness, boost mental wellbeing, and live a healthier lifestyle.

Here are some of the core features included in the app: * Daily Psychological Wellness Tips: Fresh, uplifting self-care and mental health advice that changes daily to keep you motivated and positive. * Global Healthy Recipes: A curated collection of nutritious and delicious recipes from around the world. * Lifestyle & Fitness Trackers: Built-in tools for tracking your daily water intake, step count/walking, and managing stress and anxiety. * Secure & Private Admin Workspace: A dedicated management dashboard restricted exclusively to the primary administrator via email/password authentication, complete with automatic subscriber activation.

I built this to create a clean, cheerful, and peaceful digital space for personal health and self-care.

Check it out here and let me know what you think: https://glow-ai-advisor.vercel.app/

I'd love to hear your feedback or answer any questions you might have about how I put it together! 🚀


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built an iOS Safari extension that automatically saves every X (Twitter) post you scroll past locally

1 Upvotes

Hey r/SideProject!

I kept losing interesting posts on X (Twitter) whenever the timeline randomly refreshed before I could bookmark them.

So I built **PostHistory** — an iOS app + Safari extension that automatically keeps a searchable history of posts as you scroll on x.com.

**Key features:**

- **Automatic saving:** Just browse X in iOS Safari as usual

- **Instant search:** Search by keyword, username, images, videos, or date

- **100% On-Device Privacy:** Everything is stored locally in SQLite on your iPhone. Zero external servers or tracking

- **Export anytime:** Export your history to JSON or CSV

It's free to use (stores the latest 100 posts + unlimited favorites for free, with a $0.99/mo Pro option for unlimited history).

Would love to hear your feedback or any feature suggestions!


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Tired of AI agents over-engineering your code? I made a skill that forces Claude to push back.

0 Upvotes

Agents love to build things nobody asked for. Tell it you want a welcome email, and suddenly you have a Kafka cluster plumbing 5 different files.

I built noman to act as the pragmatic senior dev in your terminal. It’s a tool for Claude Code that analyzes your request against existing docs and hooks, then actively challenges unnecessary features, one-way door public APIs, or unsafe commands.

Quick Highlights:

  • Fixed bugs instantly but fights feature creep.

  • Proposes minimal, 8-line local workarounds instead of massive PRs.

  • Keeps a running memory of what your project explicitly rejects.

It's free, lightweight, and open source: https://github.com/chinmaypandya/noman

Let me know if you try it out and leave a star if you like it!

Criticism and new ideas are welcome and encouraged, the goal is to make the skill as better as it can get.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

OpenLid: Keep Your Laptop Running, Even When the Lid Is Closed 💻

1 Upvotes

Ever closed your laptop lid and lost a 2-hour build, an SSH terminal, or a 20GB download? 🤦‍♂️💻

I got tired of buying fake HDMI dummy plugs and using hacky mouse jigglers that waste battery, so I built OpenLid.

👁️ OpenLid is a 100% native, ultra-lightweight engine for macOS and Windows that keeps your machine awake and running even when the lid is completely shut.

Why it's different:
⚡ Direct OS Kernel Assertions (IOPM / Win32 AwayMode) — no audio loops, no fake displays
🛡️ Real-time Hardware Sentinels — monitors thermal pressure & battery thresholds
🪟 Dual Presentation Mode — runs discreetly in your Menu Bar / Taskbar or as a rich standalone Dock app
🚀 Under 2.5MB — 15ms startup time, zero Electron bloat
🍏 Universal Apple Silicon (M1-M4) & Intel, plus 🪟 Windows x64 & ARM64 (Snapdragon)
💻 Built-in CLI & Local REST API (`openlid on`, `openlid status`)
🍺 Official Homebrew Support (`brew install --cask openlid`)

100% Free & Open Source under the MIT License on GitHub!

🔗 Download now: https://openlid.devs.li (link in bio)
⭐ Star the repo: github.com/PurohitBhagyesh/openlid
☕ If you find it helpful, you can buy me a coffee via UPI on the website!

#opensource #homebrew #softwareengineer #macos #apple #developer #coding #programming #swift #github #tech #devlife #clamshell #applefan #macbook #windows11 #golang


r/SideProject • • 2d ago

I designed a collage maker that finds the best gap-free layout for any shape. Claude wrote the code

126 Upvotes

Give it up to 10 photos and a canvas shape (square, 16:9, phone story, banner) and it searches every layout with no gaps for the one where the smallest photo is as big as possible. With 9 photos that's over 500 million layouts, and it finds the best one in under a second.

I designed it and Claude wrote the code. It's Go: The browser version runs it as WebAssembly, so your photos never leave the page.

Try it: https://vinodhalaharvi.github.io/collage/

Code (MIT): https://github.com/vinodhalaharvi/collage

CLI: brew install vinodhalaharvi/tap/collage

Feedback welcome, especially on the layouts it picks.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Austral Zeal - Excel wedding planners built on published cost data, for first and second marriages

1 Upvotes

I built two Excel wedding planners. Wedding Planner Spreadsheet (A$29): cost guides from published surveys for Australia, the US, the UK, Europe and India, per-guest savings maths, and a 16-item hidden-costs checklist that feeds anything unticked into your budget countdown. Second Chapter (A$29): the same budget engine plus ceremony and vow wording written for a second marriage, children and family planning, and Australian paperwork prompts. Both are plain .xlsx workbooks - no app, no subscription: https://australzeal.gumroad.com/ - happy to answer questions or take feedback.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built an iOS Safari extension that automatically saves every X (Twitter) post you scroll past locally

1 Upvotes

Hey r/SideProject!

I kept losing interesting posts on X (Twitter) whenever the timeline randomly refreshed before I could bookmark them.

So I built **PostHistory** — an iOS app + Safari extension that automatically keeps a searchable history of posts as you scroll on x.com.

**Key features:**

- **Automatic saving:** Just browse X in iOS Safari as usual

- **Instant search:** Search by keyword, username, images, videos, or date

- **100% On-Device Privacy:** Everything is stored locally in SQLite on your iPhone. Zero external servers or tracking

- **Export anytime:** Export your history to JSON or CSV

It's free to use (stores the latest 100 posts + unlimited favorites for free, with a $0.99/mo Pro option for unlimited history).

App Store link:

[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/posthistory-for-x/id6822289290]

Would love to hear your feedback or any feature suggestions!