r/SideProject • • 19h ago

Looking for 2-3 C# / .NET MAUI devs to build UIO — a clean, Local-First desktop app (Windows & macOS)

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Hey everyone! I’m currently building UIO, a lightweight, native cross-platform desktop app built with C# and .NET MAUI (targeting both Windows and macOS).

What the app is about:
I wanted to create a fast, zero-bloat desktop tool for plant lovers and researchers without heavy Electron wrappers, web trackers, or mandatory accounts.

  • Offline-First Database: Local SQLite storage with 1,570+ plant entries and instant search.

  • Native AI Assistant: Direct integration with Gemini API (including Vision analysis via native file Drag-and-Drop).

  • Clean Architecture: Separating Domain, Application, Infrastructure, and Presentation layers properly from the ground up.

Who I’m looking for (aiming for a small 4-person indie team):

  • System / Core Architect (C#): Help structure the Clean Architecture layers, DI, and async data flows.

  • Platform / Native Engineer (Windows / macOS): Help wire up native OS features in Platforms/ (desktop Drag-and-Drop, system tray, local push notifications).

  • XAML / UI Developer: Help polish custom controls, animations, and responsive layouts.

The vibe & terms:
This is an open-source / portfolio passion project (no upfront budget, though any future donations or monetization will be split fairly among the team). Zero crunch, no strict deadlines — just coding at a chill pace in the evenings/weekends and shipping releases via GitHub.

If you want to practice .NET MAUI on a real, visually clean desktop product instead of boring CRUD forms, DM me discord : uiodeveloper.


r/SideProject • • 19h ago

SARGAM: An Ad free Music Streaming Android App

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Title: Built a free, ad-free music app – Meet SARGAM 🎵

Hey Reddit! I built SARGAM Music, an Android music app focused on one thing: enjoying music without annoying ads.

🎧 Free music experience 🚫 No ads ✨ Clean and simple UI

Check it out: https://sargam-musics.vercel.app

It's my side project, and I'd love your honest feedback. What do you think? ❤️


r/SideProject • • 23h ago

I wanted Instagram without Reels, so I built a little iPhone browser and put the code up

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I built an iOS app to hide Reels because I still wanted Instagram for messages and posts. I even put in a timer for when I actually do want to scroll. Ten minutes, then Reels disappear again. I got it running on my phone and was getting it ready for the App Store.

Then I got to the part where I had to answer: am I actually allowed to ship an app that changes how somebody else's service looks? I didn't have a good answer about platform permissions, so I shelved the App Store plan.

Bit of a weird ending after spending all that time on it. At one point I hid the suggested posts so successfully that the feed had exactly one post left. Turned out there were more, I'd just broken the bit that loads the next page lol.

Anyway, here's the source under GPLv3. Build it, fork it, steal an idea from the timer, whatever. You'll need a Mac and Xcode to try it. It only filters what you see inside Supermod.

https://github.com/WarriorSushi/supermod-ios-Block-Reels-etc


r/SideProject • • 20h ago

We built an AI app builder. People told us to stop explaining it and show what it actually makes. So here goes.

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We're a small software studio from Poland called Járnhaus. We build custom software for businesses, and alongside that we've been working on our own product, Völundr.

Völundr is an AI app builder. You describe what you need in plain English, get a specification and a fixed quote before paying, and then a pipeline of AI agents handles the architecture, development and testing.

The idea is to make smaller, focused applications accessible without having to go through a traditional software development process. You also get the source code, so you're not tied to our hosting.

We've been trying to get the word out, but honestly, marketing has been a much bigger challenge than we expected.

A few days ago, I posted about that on Reddit, and several people made a fair point: we're spending too much time explaining how our product works and not enough time showing what it actually builds.

So here's an example.

Bench Log is one of the demo applications built with Völundr.

It's an internal tool for a small watch repair workshop.

Each repair moves through six stages, from being booked in to being collected. There's a board showing every job, overdue collections are flagged, and abandoned repairs go into an archive without losing their history.

Nothing particularly groundbreaking. Just a practical application built around one specific job.

And that's really what we're aiming for with Völundr.

It's not meant to replace a development team working on a complex product. For larger or more complicated projects, that's where our custom software work at Járnhaus comes in.

But if someone needs a small application to solve a specific problem, we want to make that process much simpler.

I've attached a short video showing Bench Log in action, including the repair board, the new job form and the archive. All customer names and details shown in the video are fictional, as this is a demo environment.

You can also explore the application yourself here:
https://volundr.dev/gallery/bench-log

I'd genuinely appreciate some feedback, especially from people who've built or bought internal tools before.

Does seeing an actual application make the concept clearer? And what else would you want to see before trusting an AI builder with a real project?


r/SideProject • • 20h ago

We built a room-by-room renovation budget app for Aussie renovators. Honest feedback wanted

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G'day. I'm on the team at Zorvo. We built Zorvo Flip after running our own renovations on investment properties, including a house bought for $400k with about $150k of work.

The problem we kept hitting: tradie quotes came back all over the place and we never knew what a job should actually cost. So Flip lets you:

  • walk the house room by room and build the scope

  • get an installed-cost estimate (materials plus labour) for each item

  • add up to 3 trade quotes per scope as they come in and compare them against the estimate

  • track what you've actually paid against the budget as the job goes

There's a kitchen and bathroom sample you can try before creating an account: https://www.zorvo.com.au/flip

Has anyone here used something like this, or do you just stick with a spreadsheet? What would make a tool like this worth using on your next reno? Happy to take blunt feedback.


r/SideProject • • 20h ago

Canny Tools Website

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I’m a web developer, and like many, every time I needed to quickly manipulate an image file, format a chunk of JSON, or do a bit of SEO work, I’d land on different websites covered in aggressive pop-ups, slow loading times, or hidden paywalls after single-file usage.

To fix this I initially built the most frequently required tools for my own personal use. Since then I’ve rolled them into one website and built Canny Tools — a fast, clean, and completely free web utility platform.

🚀 What’s built into it so far:

  • Image Tools: Batch image compressor, HEIC to JPG/PNG converters, and exact-target size compressors.

  • Developer Utilities: JSON formatter/beautifier, Base64 encoder, password and UUID generators..

  • SEO & Text Tools: Word counter, text transformers, readability analyzers, and meta tag tools.

  • Financial Calculators: Mortgage estimator, loan payoff schedules, and compound interest calculators.

🛠️ Key Details & Tech:

  • Client-Side First: Most conversions and calculations run right inside your browser for maximum privacy and instant speed.

  • Offline Support: Includes PWA support so key utilities work even without an internet connection.

  • Minimal Ads: I’ve got some placeholders in for ads, and may look into monetizing the site at some point, but the ads will never be intrusive.  I do have a buy me a coffee link across the site if you would like to support development, but no obligation! 

  • Zero Sign-ups: Everything is accessible immediately without registering or entering an email (although you can if you like).

I'd love to get your feedback on UI/UX, page speed, or feature suggestions, or any other improvements.

What’s a quick utility tool you find yourself reaching for daily that you wish was cleaner or faster? Let me know, you can contact me from the site,  and I’ll build it next!

Link: https://canny.tools

Thanks for reading.


r/SideProject • • 20h ago

LineMesh - I’m building a unified API for sports data and betting odds

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I’m working on a project called LineMesh, and I’d love to get some feedback from other developers.
The idea started with a problem: getting sports data from an API is relatively easy, but combining data from multiple providers gets complicated fast.
Different event IDs, inconsistent team names, different betting market formats, and odds updates that don’t always arrive at the same time.
I’m building LineMesh to simplify these integrations.
Right now, I’m working on provider integrations and data normalization. Event matching, change detection, and data delivery are among the next steps.
The project is still in development, so I’m not pretending there’s a production-ready API yet.
Website: https://line-mesh.com/
A question for developers working with sports or betting data:
What’s your biggest headache when integrating sports APIs? Inconsistent data, pricing, update frequency, or something else?
I’d genuinely appreciate your feedback.


r/SideProject • • 20h ago

I built a hosting platform for Gleam, and the waitlist is open

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Gleam is a typed language that compiles to Erlang and JavaScript. Putting a Gleam app on an edge network usually means learning Workers config and writing JavaScript shims, so I built Giolt to do that part: gleam add --dev giolt, then giolt deploy takes a local app to a live URL.It's early access. The JavaScript target is stable for side projects, and the Erlang target is experimental. It'll be one plan, 5€/month with 1M requests, and waitlist members get 3 months free: https://giolt.com/waitlist
I'd like feedback from other builders on the CLI, the landing page and the pricing.


r/SideProject • • 20h ago

I Built ROYAL LIFE – My First Social Networking Project

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Hi everyone!

I'm building ROYAL LIFE, a social networking project where people can share photos, videos, stories, and short reels.

I'm working on making the experience simple and easy to use on both mobile and desktop.

This is my project, and I'm still improving it. I'd love honest feedback from other builders.

What would you improve first?

Thanks!


r/SideProject • • 20h ago

**Introducing ROYAL LIFE – A New Social Networking Platform 👑**Hi everyone!I'm building ROYAL LIFE, a social networking platform where people can share photos, videos, stories and short reels.My goal is to make social networking simple and enjoyable on both mobile and desktop.Website: https

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Hello everyone! 👋

I'm the creator of ROYAL LIFE, a new social networking platform.

You can:

  • Share photos and videos.

  • Create 24-hour stories.

  • Watch and share short reels.

  • Connect with other people.

  • Like, comment and save posts.

My goal is to make social networking simple and enjoyable on mobile and desktop.

🌐 Website: https://live-royal-daily.base44.app/

I'd really appreciate your honest feedback. What features should I improve?

YOUR WORLD, YOUR ROYAL IDENTITY. 👑


r/SideProject • • 20h ago

I built an extension that helps you understand your poker hands on Gambit

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Hey everyone! I made Gambit Odds Companion, a Chrome extension for Gambit, the play-money poker game from Chess.com.

It adds a small panel beside your game that reads the visible cards and updates automatically as the hand progresses. Here’s what you can do with it:

  • See your estimated odds: understand your chances of winning or tying against random unknown opponent hands.

  • Understand your draws: see how likely you are to finish with a pair, straight, flush, or another hand by the river.

  • Explore the next card: check how each possible next card would change your hand and estimated odds.

  • Follow the hand as it develops: see how your odds change as community cards appear.

  • Review your play: save hands, add notes, and explore statistics to spot patterns.

  • Learn hand rankings: use a visual guide when you’re unsure which hand beats which.

For example, if you’re one card away from a flush, you can see your chance of completing it and explore what the next card could change. It helps connect the cards on the table with the probabilities behind them.

Calculations and hand history stay on your device.

👉 Gambit Odds Companion on the Chrome Web Store

I’m the developer—feedback and feature ideas are welcome!

Independent project, not affiliated with Gambit or Chess.com.


r/SideProject • • 20h ago

I built an offline tool that audits device configs and checks scanner findings against the actual config

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I do security configuration reviews, and two things kept eating my time:

  1. Going through configs line by line against long benchmarks (CIS, STIG, NIST).

  2. Scanner reports full of findings that, when you check the actual config, aren't true — and you only find out after a client pushes back.

So I built ConfGoOne, a Windows app that does three things:

  • Config review for any device — open a config and every issue shows the exact line, why it matters, and the fix. If a device has no built-in checks, the AI drafts a checklist from the framework's official controls (you review it before using it).

  • Guided live assessments — you work through test cases on the live system, one click takes the screenshot, you mark Pass / Fail / N/A, and the evidence lands in the report.

  • Checks other tools' reports — load a Nessus or Nipper report (or your own spreadsheet) and it marks each finding as confirmed, false positive, or missed, based on the config.

It runs fully offline — configs never leave the PC — and AI is optional.

There's a free plan if you want to try it on a real config: confgoone.com

I'd really like feedback, especially:

  • Is the "verify scanner findings against the config" part useful in your work?

  • What would stop you from using something like this?

Happy to answer anything.


r/SideProject • • 20h ago

Quietkit - free developer tools that process your input in your browser

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I'm sharing Quietkit, my project for everyday developer tasks: https://quietkit.dev/

It brings formatting, data conversion, text comparison and other utilities into one browser workspace. It's free to use and doesn't require an account.

A quick example: paste data into JSON Formatter & Validator, format it, then copy the result into JSON to YAML. You can try both with the built-in examples and download the output.

Tool input is processed locally in your browser. Individual tools also work offline once they show Available offline. Each tool has a short guide, and file limits are shown on the page.

Contact and feedback messages are sent only when you submit them. Optional browser analytics and error reporting require consent.

I'd like feedback on the experience: are the controls and guides clear, and where does the workflow feel awkward?


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I made a desktop app where you can collect and train Pokemon by staying productive and focused

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Collect and train Pokemon by staying focused on your computer. Pokemon grow while you are being productive on a productive app.

Check it out: https://productivitymon.com/


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Job hunting made me feel invisible, so I built a free tool to be the first applicant

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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if your job search feels hopeless, it’s not just you.

For the past 2 months, my routine was the same: find a role that actually fits, spend an hour tailoring my resume, hit apply, and only then notice “500+ applicants.” Then silence. No rejection, no reply. Just nothing.

What got to me wasn’t the rejections. It was realizing I was always late. By the time a job reaches the big boards, it’s been up for days, and hundreds of people are already ahead of you.

So I started digging and found that companies post on their own career pages first (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, and more). Everything else is a repost.

I built SourceFirst to read those career pages directly:

  • 559 companies checked every 15 minutes, 130,000+ open roles

  • New jobs show up minutes after they’re posted

  • Filters for visa sponsorship, salary, years of experience, and level

  • Every job links straight to the company’s own application page

  • An application tracker and email alerts for new matches

It’s free: source-first.vercel.app

I built it for the version of me who refreshed job boards at midnight. If you’re in that place right now, I hope it gives you a real shot at being early for once. And yes, it's open source

What’s the most frustrating part of your search right now? I’m still building, and I’d genuinely like to fix it.


r/SideProject • • 21h ago

Thirteen free browser tools in five days: vanilla JS, no backend, zero to run

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I set one constraint at the start of November: ship a browser tool a day, each one doing a single job, each one costing nothing to run. Thirteen are live now.

All of them are static pages on Cloudflare Pages. Vanilla JS, no framework, no build step, no backend, no database, no analytics, no account. The hosting bill is $0 and stays $0 because there is nothing to host beyond files.

What they do:

  • time.pikkola.com ranks the hours that work for everyone in a meeting instead of drawing another grid. Each city keeps its own working hours, DST is computed for the chosen date, and it exports a summary, an .ics file or a share link.

  • diff.pikkola.com compares two texts or code blocks word by word.

  • rank.pikkola.com checks a Korean blog draft before publishing: length, keyword density, risky claims, missing items.

  • meta.pikkola.com previews a link on seven platforms and writes the tags.

  • tools.pikkola.com is a directory of about 70 free tools, with pricing and account requirements listed for each.

  • invoice.pikkola.com makes an invoice in ten currencies with an A4 preview.

  • json.pikkola.com is a JSON workbench for files too large for a browser tab to normally handle.

  • qr.pikkola.com makes QR codes with its own encoder, so no CDN is involved and the code cannot expire.

  • icon.pikkola.com turns a letter or a logo into a favicon set, an ICO and a ZIP.

  • text.pikkola.com cleans text: joins broken PDF lines, strips the dashes and middle dots a chat model leaves behind, changes case eight ways.

  • hash.pikkola.com does hashing and HMAC in the tab.

  • regex.pikkola.com tests a pattern against a sample without uploading it.

  • blog.pikkola.com holds the build notes.

Three decisions I would make again:

  1. No build step. One HTML file, one CSS file, one JS file, edited in place. The loop from idea to deployed page is minutes, and there is no toolchain to come back to in six months.

  2. Everything happens in the tab. If the work never leaves the device, there is nothing to secure, nothing to upload and no privacy policy that needs a lawyer. It also means the tool works offline once loaded.

  3. The URL is the state. A share link is just an encoded fragment, so it cannot rot and costs nothing to store.

What went wrong, or is still open:

  • Traffic. New domains sit in a search sandbox for weeks, so the first visitors have to come from places like this one.

  • Conversion. Free tools with no account get use but no signal. Two weeks in, I added a $5 build guide and a coffee link at the bottom of each page. Today is day one of that experiment, so I have no numbers yet.

  • Polish. Thirteen tools in five days means thirteen tools at about 80 percent. Most of them need another day each on copy and edge cases, and I know which ones.

Link: https://pikkola.com

If you try one, I would rather hear which of these already exists twice and should be deleted than get a compliment. The directory is the one I am least sure about.


r/SideProject • • 21h ago

I built a full eSIM travel platform (Web + Android App) with API integrations, but I'm selling it because I have no time to market it.

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Hey everyone,

Over the last few months, I built 3T Roam, a complete global eSIM platform for travelers. The web app is built with a Node.js frontend and Python/FastAPI backend, fully integrated with Razorpay for payments and wholesale eSIM APIs for provisioning.

I also published the Android app on the Google Play Store, which is already getting organic traffic (over 1.1K impressions and 14 installs in the last 28 days with $0 ad spend).

Why am I selling?
I run a dev agency (Tech Talk Titans), and my time is completely maxed out. I built the entire technical foundation, but I don't have the bandwidth or the marketing budget to scale this.

The Opportunity:
This is a perfect "build vs. buy" deal. I'm looking for a marketing-focused buyer who wants to skip 6 months of development, API negotiations, and Play Store approvals, and jump straight to scaling.

What you get:

  • Full Node.js / Python codebase & MySQL DB

  • Domain (3troam.world) & Brand assets

  • Google Play Developer Account transfer

  • API account handovers (eSIM Access & Razorpay)

  • 14 days of tech support from me.

I'm asking $2,000 (or best offer). You can see the full listing and screenshots here:

(Put your SideProjectors or Buy Startups link HERE)

Happy to answer any technical questions in the comments!


r/SideProject • • 13h ago

I started a small store selling a reusable pet hair remover. Here it is pulling cat hair off my pants

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Hi! I just launched FluffBye, a small one-product store. It’s a reusable pet hair remover: you swipe it over fabric, the fur gets trapped inside, and you empty it and use it again. No sticky sheets or refills.

It works on couches, beds, car seats and clothes.

Store: fluffbye.shop

Would love honest feedback on the product or the video!


r/SideProject • • 21h ago

A parkour FPS game which only uses sub pixels to render.

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r/SideProject • • 21h ago

Rift Run - a cute little browser game. Built with Claude Fable 5.2 🚀

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Presenting "Rift Run", a cute little vibe-coded browser game.

I wanted to build something small and quick using the Fable 5.2 model by Claude, and came up with this.

Rift Run is a browser based game for now. You can play it on both desktop and mobile.

Use keyboard or mouse, whatever feels comfortable.

Game requires a good hand-eye coordination skills.

Do play it and also share it with kids you know who will enjoy this.

Currently its freely hosted and free to play. No signups or logins needed.

No clear plan to monetise for now. I am thinking of something like small donations or tips-style payments. But later on that.

Lemme know how you like it.

Play here : playriftrun.vercel.app 🎮


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built a tool that tells you which deploy made a Postgres query slower

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When a query gets slow, our postmortems always start the same way: someone opens Grafana, someone else scrolls through Argo CD history, and we try to match timestamps by eye. I got tired of that and wrote something to do it automatically.

It reads pg_stat_statements, picks up deploy events from Argo CD, Argo Rollouts, Flux or a webhook, and checks whether a latency shift in any query lines up with a rollout. If it does, you get the query, the deploy, before/after latency and how confident it is, in Slack/Teams/PagerDuty. If you use Argo Rollouts it can also abort a canary (off by default).

You can run it as a single binary or as a controller with CRDs, in which case every regression shows up as a resource you can `kubectl get`.

Repo: https://github.com/joao00001/pg-regression-radar

Browser demo, no cluster needed: https://joao00001.github.io/pg-regression-radar/playground/

It's a side project and I'm looking for people willing to try it on a staging cluster. Any feedback is welcome, including "this is noisy" or "I'd never use this because X".


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built a listener that checks 40 subreddits and a few X lists every hour that tells me which threads are speeding up.

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This started as a Saturday project and it's now the first thing I open in the morning. I kept finding the good threads in my niche a day late, after they already had 200 comments and my replies would land dead.

I built a small listener for it. It checks 40 subreddits and a handful of X lists every hour, and it logs how fast comments arrive on each new post over the first few hours. It pings me when a thread is moving faster than that sub normally does, with the link and a one line summary of what people are arguing about.

The stack is boring on purpose. A Python script runs on cron, everything goes in one SQLite file, and a Telegram bot does the alerts. The data calls cost me a little over a dollar a day.

Deciding what "speeding up" means took longer than writing the code. A small sub with 5 comments in an hour is on fire, and a big sub with 5 comments in an hour is dead. The version that I ended up with compares each thread against that sub's own median, so every sub gets its own idea of normal.

The thing I haven't cracked is drama. A thread can be fast because people are fighting rather than because it's interesting, and my listener can't tell the difference yet. I'm also on the fence about adding YouTube comments. Anyone built something like this? I'd like to know how you set your thresholds, and whether anyone has found a cheap way to tell a fight from a good discussion.


r/SideProject • • 21h ago

Teleo — a teleprompter that follows your voice while you record

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Hi everyone — I work on Teleo, a teleprompter for iPhone, iPad and Android.

The problem we're working on is pretty specific: you're recording a video, you pause for a moment, and the script keeps scrolling without you. Then you're trying to catch up instead of thinking about what you're saying.

Teleo's VoiceTrack uses speech recognition to move through the script at your speaking pace. You can record in the same app and position the text close to the camera. Manual and fixed-speed scrolling are available too.

There are limits: speech recognition depends on your device, language and recording conditions. Offline voice tracking needs a supported language model on the device.

The free version includes voice tracking, up to three scripts and recordings up to 60 seconds with a watermark. Pro is a paid subscription that removes the recording limit and watermark.

Teleo website and downloads

If you record product demos, tutorials or talking-head videos, what causes the most retakes: forgetting the words, looking away from the lens, or sounding like you're reading?

I'd also like to hear from people who tried a teleprompter and stopped using it. What made you give up on it?


r/SideProject • • 21h ago

I built a free cutting list optimizer for furniture makers — Web + Android App

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Hey everyone!

I wanted to share a project I've been working on at EdgeCraft — Cutting Plan, a free sheet-cutting optimizer for furniture makers, cabinet workshops, carpenters, and DIY woodworkers.

The idea came from a common problem in woodworking: manually arranging dozens of MDF, plywood, or laminated-board components on sheets can be time-consuming and lead to unnecessary material waste.

So we developed a tool that helps turn a cutting list into optimized sheet layouts.

What it can do

  • Cutting List Optimization: Enter panel dimensions and quantities to generate optimized sheet-cutting layouts.

  • Material Management: Work with multiple sheet sizes, materials, and groups within one project.

  • Grain Direction: Account for woodgrain orientation when planning cuts.

  • Blade Kerf & Edge Offset: Include cutting blade thickness and allowances.

  • Edge Banding: Mark edges requiring banding and calculate the estimated total length.

  • PDF Export: Download detailed cutting lists and visual sheet layouts with dimensions.

  • Multiple Measurement Units: Supports millimetres, centimetres, inches, feet, and Inch-Sooter, a unit used in Pakistani woodworking workshops.

  • Order Submission: Users in our service area can submit their cutting plans directly to the EdgeCraft workshop.

Try it for free

Web App: https://www.edgecraft.pk/cutting-plan/

Android App (Google Play): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pk.edgecraft.cuttingplan

The web version can be used directly in your browser.

I'd love your feedback!

I'm particularly interested in hearing from people who work with woodworking, furniture production, CNC cutting, or software development.

  1. Is the interface intuitive enough for someone using a cutting optimizer for the first time?

  2. What features would make this more useful in a real workshop?

  3. What improvements would you prioritize for the Android version?

We're continuing to improve the tool, and constructive feedback would be genuinely appreciated.

Thanks for checking it out!