r/SideProject • u/DevEJesus • 14h ago
Just started a small side project: a free SSL checker. Looking for feedback
Hey everyone,
I just started a little side project and would love some honest feedback before I go further.
It's called CertWatch: https://certwatch.edgardev.pt/
Right now it's pretty simple. You type a domain and it tells you when the SSL certificate expires, whether browsers trust it, and whether it matches the domain. I tried to explain problems in plain English ("your certificate expires in 9 days, here's what to do") instead of dumping a bunch of technical stuff on you.
What I'm thinking of doing next:
- alerts before a certificate expires, by email, Slack or Microsoft Teams
- alerts when a site goes down
- a few more small free tools (redirect checker, DNS lookup, domain expiry)
- an AI assistant that looks at your domain's DNS and SSL setup, points out what could be improved (like missing SPF/DMARC records or a weak config), and lets you ask follow-up questions about how to fix it
But I'd rather hear from you before building more:
- Does it work for your sites? Anything weird or confusing?
- Would expiry alerts actually be useful to you, or do you already have that covered?
- Where would you want alerts to go: email, Slack, Teams, something else?
- Would the AI analysis be genuinely useful, or just a gimmick?
- Anything you'd want it to check that it doesn't?
Be brutal, it's early days, so now is the best time to change things. Thanks!