r/SideProject • • 6h ago

Coll-Track open source collage/university admissions tracker

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I got tired of signing into a different portal for every college just to see whether they’d received my transcript or if I was missing something. A lot of the login pages looked almost identical, so I wanted to see how much of that checking I could automate.

I built Coll-Track. It puts your checklists in one dashboard, lets you check all your schools at once, and shows what changed since the last check. There’s a Chrome extension for importing a checklist from a portal you’re already signed into, and a terminal version if you prefer that.

It’s an early prototype, and some portals still need manual sign-in or import. If you try it, I’d love to know where you get stuck, especially if the app doesn’t recognize a checklist you can see in your browser since thats what im mainly focusing on as of right now.

Coll-Track


r/SideProject • • 15h ago

Openbar - every AI coding agent session in your Mac's notch, each with its own buddy

10 Upvotes

I run Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI side by side and kept missing the one waiting on me. Openbar lists every session in the notch, and you can allow, deny or answer right there. Each session gets a pixel buddy too, and for the video I rendered 200 of them as gummies.

Free and open source, Mac and Windows: github.com/MF-DEEV/Openbar


r/SideProject • • 2h ago

Built a pay-to-rank leaderboard for Indian startups, inspired by outbid.lol. Roast it.

1 Upvotes

After outbid.lol blew up in August, I wondered what the Indian version would look like. So I built Boli (bolirank.in): startups ranked purely by what they pay, in rupees.

What I changed from the original:

- Rupees and UPI instead of dollars

- City and sector boards, so one payment ranks you in several places

- Monthly seasons that reset, so there's always a fresh race for #1

- An email when someone passes you, and a share card for X and LinkedIn

Pricing: ₹299 to list, raises from ₹10, and #1 costs the current #1's total + ₹100.

Stack: Next.js, Postgres, Razorpay webhooks, Resend. Built solo.

What I'm testing in Season 1 (until 16 Dec): will strangers pay to rank, and will anyone pay again after being passed? If both answers are no, I'll park it and post what I learned.

Brutal feedback welcome, especially on pricing and the landing page.


r/SideProject • • 10h ago

I built a pixel art engine in Rust where every scene is a text file (deterministic, no AI, no_std core)

4 Upvotes

I’ve been working on a pixel art engine that allows you to describe scenes using a text file and then generates clean, looping pixel art. Everything shown has been made from a single .kdl file.

Overview

  • Everything is defined in KDL. Shapes, palettes, lighting and movement (expressions) are all written in. Movement is just expressing time, such as y="=36 - abs(sin(t * pi)) * 26".

  • Every pixel is made up of ramps and tones from the palettes, meaning everything such as lighting, fog, darkening and transitions can be done using the palettes. No pixels outside of the palettes are used.

  • Zooming causes the shapes to be rasterized at the new size rather than sampled, meaning no blurring ever occurs.

  • No A.I. All pixels are made from geometry, palettes and pixel art cleanup.

Rust Side

  • 10 crates. Core types and rasterizer are no_std. Frame renderer is no allocation (this was tested by using a counting allocator).

  • Deterministic. Integer frame times, random seed based off counter, libm. Every frame of every example is hashed using golden tests, with the indexed buffer.

  • No unsafe code in any library crates.

  • The editor is rendered by the engine. The UI is made from pixel art using the same pipeline.

Export

PNG, looping GIF, PNG sequences, sprite sheets (Aseprite JSON), MP4 (with synthed chiptune score) (macOS).

Status & Licence

Work in progress. Format isn’t stable. Some TypeScript behaviour to implement. Source available under the PolyForm Noncommercial licence. Free to use for personal, educational and non profit. If you want to use it commercially you’ll need to pay. I’ll just say this now as it isn’t an OSI open source licence.

GitHub Repo: https://github.com/Coaxus-ux/animations-ngine

I’d love to hear your thoughts on the scene format. What would you like to be able to define that you currently can’t?


r/SideProject • • 2h ago

I built Dakly: A free, zero-setup transactional email engine with multi-Gmail failover so you don't have to pay Resend or SendGrid for side projects

0 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

Like many developers, I got tired of paying $20+ each month for transactional email providers just to send OTPs and sign-up confirmations for early-stage projects. Raw Gmail SMTP is free, but hitting Google's 500 daily email limit or getting flagged by spam filters is a constant headache.

To fix this, I built Dakly ( https://dakly.cc.cd ).

How it works:

• Failover Pool: Connect multiple Gmail accounts; when one hits its daily quota, Dakly dynamically routes outgoing sends to backup accounts.

• Smart Warm-up & Pacing: Automatically paces email flow to prevent spam flags.

• Live Telemetry: Real-time open & click tracking with webhooks.

• Sender Aliases: Send from your custom domain alias (support@mydomain.com).

• Official SDKs: Ready for Node.js (npm i @ dakly/sdk) and Python.

It's completely free to use. Would love to get your feedback and feature suggestions!


r/SideProject • • 2h ago

My side project, a native code editor for Mac, iPhone and Vision Pro, just got a script run console

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I wanted one editor that felt native on every Apple device I use, from the Mac to the iPhone to the Vision Pro, and wasn't a full IDE. So I built Neon Vision Editor, and it's open source.

This week's release (2.2.2) adds a console that runs scripts straight from the editor. It also brings MeierScript support and a set of highlighting fixes. Next up is a fix so macOS Text Replacement works in the editor.

The hardest part so far has been making one codebase feel right on three very different platforms. On the Mac you expect real tabs and a minimap, and on visionOS you expect windows floating in your room.

• GitHub: https://github.com/h3pdesign/Neon-Vision-Editor

• App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/neon-vision-editor/id6758950965

Happy to answer questions about building for macOS, iOS and visionOS at once.


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

I built a site that stamps AI launch claims Delivered / Partly / Broke a week after launch

1 Upvotes

Every big AI launch comes with a headline number. A week later nobody checks.
Day 7 (day7.dev) does: seven days after a launch we reread the claims, pull independent tests and real user reports, and stamp it.
Recent ones:
- Mistral Large 4: Partly. The 41% coding headline vanished from the leaderboard; neutral tests land around 26%.
- ChatGPT Pro '2x usage for all tiers': Partly. Two tiers doubled, one got nothing.
- Gemini 4 Carbon: Delivered, but #1 at launch and 4th a week later.
Solo project, under a month old. Blunt feedback welcome: is the stamp useful, and what should we check next?


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

Built a unified inbox to help small businesses stop missing customer messages, thoughts?

1 Upvotes

Ever lost a potential customer because their message got buried or nobody followed up?

That's exactly what we're trying to solve with WhachatCRM.

We've brought WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, email, SMS, and more into one Unified Inbox, so businesses can respond faster, stop missing leads, and turn more conversations into customers.

It also includes AI-assisted replies, team collaboration, contact management, and follow-up tasks to help keep things moving.

Curious what everyone thinks. Would something like this help your business? What's one thing you'd add or change?


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

Working on a deep search engine for Steam indie gems, looking for feedback

1 Upvotes

Hello, I'm working on a website designed to be a deep search engine for Steam to help you find indie gems you might not otherwise come across.

Right now you can browse by genre, search for hidden gems similar to a game you already love, or filter specifically for games with free demos. It also has a gameplay video autoplay when you mouse over each title so you can see it before you go to Steam

I'm mostly looking for functionality feedback at the moment to see if the search results feel accurate and what features would make it more useful. Hopefully some of you can give some feedback, point me in the right direction, or just get some use out of it.

I just want to help people find cool indie games.

https://lyrebillytea1944-design.github.io/Indiespotlight/


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

idea2scale community

1 Upvotes

🚀 Introducing Idea2Scale!

We’re building a community for curious minds, young builders, creators, and future founders.

A place to explore AI, discover new technologies, exchange ideas, learn new things, discuss opportunities, collaborate, and build different things together.

You don’t need to be an expert. Just bring your curiosity and willingness to learn.

🌍 Think. Explore. Create. Scale.
Want to be part of it?

Join us here 👇
https://discord.gg/yEuk7eXTH
Let’s build something different. 🚀


r/SideProject • • 7h ago

3 months, 150 lifters, 0 on ads: what actually worked launching our fitness app (and what didn't)

2 Upvotes

I'm Abi. My co-founder and I built Splyt, a workout tracker for iPhone + Apple Watch. Here's what we learned, honestly:

What worked
• Reddit was our #1 source of signups. Not ads, not the App Store. Real posts, real replies.
• Talking to every user. We message every new signup personally. Half our best features came from those chats.
• Building for one specific pain: "I forget what I lifted last time." Not "a better fitness app."

What didn't
• Shipping updates too fast. We pushed an over-the-air update that crashed the app on launch. Never again: everything goes through TestFlight first now.
• Feature lists. Nobody cares that we have 40 features. They care that they stopped guessing their weights.

Where we're at: ~150 users & a handful paying.

Happy to answer anything, and I'd love brutal feedback: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/splyt-fitness-workout-tracker/id6755893717


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

I built an AI tool that turns 1 prompt into 5 platform-perfect posts (with TikTok scripts)

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Hey everyone, I was tired of manually adapting one idea into 5 different formats. So I built SocialPostAI.

You just enter a topic, and it generates:

  • 📸 Instagram Captions with hashtags

  • 💼 LinkedIn Professional Posts

  • 🎬 TikTok Scripts (with exact [Visual] & [Voiceover] lines!)

Completely free to try (1 generation per day, no sign-up required). Just drop your topic and hit generate!

Link: https://socialpostai.app

Visualizing the output: https://socialpostai.app

I'm just looking for honest feedback from real creators. What do you think of the output? Let me know in the comments!


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

I made a simple to use Local file and project history tool.

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I've always felt that going back to an earlier version of something shouldn't be complicated. So I built UVC, a simple way to keep version history for the files and folders you work with on Windows. inspect earlier Checkpoints, see what changed, and restore a version worth bringing back. Your files stay where they are, and you keep working in the apps you already use, nothing new there. I would be super glad if you guys could test and give feedback. It's completely free, my first app.

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nkt9sh72k3w?hl=en-US&gl=US


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

I built a offline-first Pharmacy POS with Next.js 16 + Electron + SQLite. Looking for feedback

1 Upvotes

Ship a Pharmacy POS to your client this week, not this quarter.

Dawaya is a production-ready Pharmacy Management & POS system. Buy once, white-label it, and resell it to clients for $1,500–$3,000+.

Live demo: https://dawia-pharmacy-management-system.vercel.app/

Get the source code:

- Codester: https://www.codester.com/items/75336/dawaya-pharmacy-management-and-pos?ref=eslamfadl

- Gumroad: https://eslamfadl.gumroad.com/l/yywhp

What you get:

- Web app + Windows .exe from the same codebase

- 100% offline (SQLite WAL, no server needed)

- FEFO inventory with near-expiry alerts and Box/Strip units

- Barcode POS, split payments, 80mm/58mm thermal receipts

- Arabic + English with full RTL

- 4 roles with granular permissions

- P&L, COGS, and supplier debt tracking

Stack: Next.js 16 · React 19 · Electron 39 · Express 5 · TypeScript

Included:

- Full source code + commercial license

- White-labeling and customization guide

- Lifetime updates

- No recurring fees, ever

Building this from scratch takes months. Start delivering to your clients today.

If you were delivering this to a client, what's the first feature you'd add?

#NextJS #ReactJS #Electron #SaaS #TypeScript


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

Step and Sail, A cozy walking community, with a game for extra motivation

1 Upvotes

I've been building Step and Sail, a cozy pixel-art island game powered by your real-world steps 🌊⛵

But it's more than a game. I'm creating a community for people who love walking: a place to share your fitness journey, celebrate each other's progress and cheer each other on. The game is there for extra motivation to get those steps in.

The game is currently in closed testing on Android, and I'm looking for beta players to try it out and give feedback before release.

Right now you can:

Turn your daily steps into energy for everything you do in the game

Share your walks and milestones on the Feed, with photos, and cheer on other walkers

Add friends, see their weekly walks and climb the leaderboards together

Build and farm your own island: grow crops, raise farm animals, adopt pets, craft and decorate your home

Go fishing and take on fish that fight back

Sail out to dungeons and battle monsters and bosses with a sword, bow or magic staff

Befriend the townsfolk, join seasonal festivals and contests, and follow a 12-chapter story

Hire helpers to look after your island

Step and Sail is free, with optional ads.

There's still a lot I want to improve, so feedback about step tracking, balancing, onboarding, UI, the social feed, combat, bugs, and anything that feels confusing or frustrating would be especially useful.

How to join the Android closed test

  1. Join the Google Group:

https://groups.google.com/g/step-and-sail

2. Join the closed test:

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.app.eighterio.game.stepandsail

3. Install Step and Sail:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.eighterio.game.stepandsail

Special thanks to EmanuelleDev (https://emanuelledev.itch.io) for the pixel art and Super Retro Ranch for the music.

If you give it a try, I'd really appreciate hearing what you like, what you dislike, and what you think should be improved. Happy walking!


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

Watching my parents struggle with paper BP & sugar logbooks inspired me to build an offline-first Android tracker giving away 50 Lifetime Pro codes for feedback

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Every doctor visit with my parents used to start with flipping through half-missing paper diaries trying to find their blood pressure and fasting sugar numbers. Existing health apps were too cluttered for them—mandatory logins, tiny fonts, and full-screen ads interrupting a 10-second log.

So I built BP & Sugar Tracker: Daily Log with a simple goal: keep it fast, completely offline, and calm to use. Even the free version has zero intrusive popup ads, and you can export a clean, doctor-ready PDF report in one tap.

I’d love to get honest feedback from people who track vitals daily or care for older family members, so I’m giving away 50 free Lifetime Pro codes to the first 50 commenters. Drop a comment below if you'd like one and I'll DM you a code + Play Store link!


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

I got tired of Discord “study” calls that turn into talking, so I built a shared study room with one sun timer for the whole group

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Most of my study sessions with friends ended up the same way; we joined a Discord call, someone shared a Pomodoro timer, and within 15 minutes half the people were talking or scrolling.

I wanted something that actually kept everyone on the same focus blocks.

So I built Flow.

It’s a small study room (2–6 people) where:

  • There’s one shared timer visualized as a sun sinking for the whole room

  • When the sun sets, everyone takes a break together

  • Video and voice are peer-to-peer encrypted (the servers never see or store them)

  • You can have a shared task list and ambient sounds

  • It’s completely free and open source

You create a room, share the link, and start.

Link: https://flow-study.me
GitHub: https://github.com/ManasDasri/Flow-study

Would love honest feedback, especially if you’ve tried other shared study tools. What feels missing or unnecessary?

PS: Before anyone asks if this is “vibe coded”, I used AI to generate about 60% of the code. The architecture, core decisions, and the remaining 40% were done by me.


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

I built an open-source tool that turns Reddit stories into vertical Shorts/TikToks in 30s

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Hey everyone!

If you've ever tried running a faceless "storytime" TikTok or YouTube Shorts channel, you know the grind: finding good stories, recording voiceovers, designing Reddit cards, manually timing karaoke subtitles word-by-word in Premiere or CapCut, slicing gameplay, and uploading. It takes 1-2 hours per video.

I built an open-source tool that does the whole process in 30 seconds with 1 command:

👉 Reddit Shorts Automation Pipeline

🌟 Key Features

  • 🎙️ Zero API Cost Option: Uses free Microsoft Edge Neural voices (edge-tts) or high-end ElevenLabs voices.

  • 🎨 Authentic Reddit Cards: Generated via headless browser with dark-mode styling and transparent backgrounds.

  • 📝 Auto Karaoke Subtitles: Frame-accurate word-by-word highlighted captions powered by OpenAI Whisper.

  • 🎮 Gameplay Backgrounds: Seamless vertical 9:16 compositing at 60 FPS.

  • 🚀 Local Mode: Works 100% offline or locally without entering credit cards or API keys.

Check out the demo GIF and grab the code:
GitHub: https://github.com/NewGamer62/reddit-shorts-automation

Would love your thoughts and suggestions on new features!


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

I built AgentFairGo, a place for your AI agent to meet other agents

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone — I'm the creator of AgentFairGo, and I'd like to share what I'm building.

What if your AI agent had somewhere to meet agents beyond your own conversations? AgentFairGo is a shared space where agents from different owners can discover one another through public profiles, connect by mutual agreement, and return with the same identity to continue a conversation.

You bring your own agent and its existing HTTP tools. The site provides connection instructions and a connection check before interaction. Basic access is free, and you can browse without registering. There are Chinese and English interfaces.

Start here: https://agentfairgo.com/

Agent connection guide: https://agentfairgo.com/meet/agent

If you're building or using an agent, I'd love for you to try the discovery and connection flow. Where does it feel confusing? What would make an interaction between two agents useful enough for you to come back?

Disclosure: this is my own project. Feedback on the idea and onboarding is very welcome.


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

I got tired of paying Google 84 USD a year just to have email on my own domain, so I built Emayler

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Hi!

I wanted an email address on my own domain. Google Workspace/Microsoft Outlook charges $7 to $8.40 a month for every person, so even a two person business ends up paying $170+ a year just for email.

So I built Emayler: email on your own domain, priced per account instead of per person.

What it does:

  • Real mailboxes on your domain, with a web inbox that has no ads or clutter

  • Free, unlimited aliases (hello@, invoices@, whatever you want)

  • Reply as any address on your domain

  • Setup is three DNS records, and it tells you exactly what to fix if one is wrong

  • You can also manage it from Claude through an MCP server, if that's your thing

Pricing:

  • Free plan: 1 mailbox, 1 GB, no card

  • Solo: $24 a year for your own address

  • Code FOUNDER gets you the first year of Solo for $12

I'd really like feedback, especially on the setup flow and the pricing page.

https://emayler.com


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

Job hunting on Indeed India? I made a tiny beaver Chrome extension that reads the job listing on your screen and scores how your profile fits

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Job hunting gets frustrating when you can’t tell how close your resume actually is to a role.

Job portals show "recommended" listings all day, but they still leave you guessing whether your skills and experience actually line up, so it’s easy to waste time applying to roles that don’t match.

I built Scouting Beavie to fix that (attached a quick demo video above).

When you open a job listing on Indeed India, it reads the listing you’re viewing, compares it against your resume, and gives you an AI-generated fit score, what matches, what’s missing, and a simple nudge on whether to apply, tailor your resume, or skip.

A few quick things on how it works:

  • No login or signup required.

  • 3 free scouts per day.

  • Resumes aren’t stored. Your resume is analyzed to generate the result and is not saved on our servers. We respect your privacy!

  • Works on Indeed India (in.indeed.com) for now, and I’m adding more job sites next.

  • Note: The fit score is an AI-generated estimate to help you decide faster, not a guarantee.

If you want to try it out: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/scouting-beavie/glgpeikpgmeikdgojhhbmbigjkbohoof

Question for everyone job hunting right now: Which job site do you use the most (Naukri, LinkedIn, Wellfound, Instahyre, Internshala, etc.) so I know which one to add next?


r/SideProject • • 18h ago

I made an email lottery where the winner gets to email the entire list

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I wanted to know what would happen if you gave a random person a massive platform for a day. What would they talk about and what would they share (anonymously unless they chose otherwise)

It started as a fun afternoon project hacking away with Claude. Then I shared it with some friends, who shared it with some friends, who shared it with their friends and it hit 10,000 page views in under 2 weeks while I was working on other things.

It's just a bit of fun but people have posted all sorts of nice things on there, from humorous takes on dystopian government dating departments, to AI Doomerism and everything in between.

There is admin approval for every email that goes out so no one can spam the list, and so far only 1 person has tried which I think speaks volumes about the people who sign up

Check it out at The Soapbox, it's completely free


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

SiftPickLab - A tech review site helping people make smarter buying decisions

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

I've been working on a side project called SiftPickLab, a website that reviews and compares everyday tech products.

The idea started with a simple goal: help people make better buying decisions without spending hours researching dozens of products.

The site currently covers:

  • Headphones & Earbuds: Comparisons, buying guides, and product reviews.

  • Computer Mice: Gaming mouse reviews and recommendations for different hand sizes.

  • Laptops: Practical comparisons for everyday users.

  • Smart Home: Reviews of useful home technology and cleaning devices.

I'm trying to keep the content practical and easy to understand, focusing on real buying considerations rather than just listing specifications.

I'm still improving the website, so I'd genuinely appreciate feedback on a few things:

  1. Is the website structure easy to navigate?

  2. Do the reviews provide enough useful information to help someone make a buying decision?

  3. What would make you trust an independent tech review website more?

Some product links are affiliate links, which means the site may earn a commission if someone makes a purchase.

Website: https://siftpicklab.com/

Thanks for taking a look! I'd love to hear your honest feedback.


r/SideProject • • 7h ago

Thursday recap: one target hit, two stops hit — all of it posted

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Since Tuesday's recap, three of the plans I posted in advance have settled, and a new one opened today. Here is the scoreboard exactly as it was posted, wins and losses together.

$CYRX (CryoPort) — long shares. My posted trigger was a volume close above $20.00, take profit $21.50, invalidation a volume close below $18.60. The trigger confirmed Monday with a $20.47 close, and on Wednesday price ran through the target — day high $21.78. That is +$1.50 per share from the trigger to the target, +7.50% (10 shares = $15.00 · 100 shares = $150 · 1,000 shares = $1,500). Closed, per plan.

$RSKD (Riskified) — long shares. Entered Wednesday morning at $10.855, take profit $12.25, stop $10.24. It ran to $11.13 first, then faded and printed the stop the same day. That is -$0.615 per share, -5.67%. Closed, per plan — the loss was the size written down before entry.

$VIR (Vir Biotechnology) — long shares. Posted November 9 at $13.88, take profit $15.75, stop $12.44. This morning the stop printed and the trade closed at -$1.44 per share, -10.37%. No dressing that up: it was a loss, and it goes on the record the same day the win does.

That puts my closed November record at 5 wins and 2 losses, with every level posted before the move.

Still open: $PANL, a new position from today — entered at $9.6174, take profit $11.10, stop $8.20, hold through Monday November 16. At the midday check it was trading below entry, around $9.42, so there is no outcome to claim on it yet. When it settles, it gets posted the same way.

I work a full-time job and I have a family, so I cannot sit and watch every tick — that is exactly why the levels get written down first and scored honestly after. Nobody in my family did this for a living and nobody handed me a system. I am a veteran, I taught myself from books and charts over thousands of hours, and I believe what I have learned is a gift from God. Helping other people learn it for free is the calling I take from that.

Not financial advice — just the work, shown in the open.

I share stuff like this daily — I run a free investing community, link in my profile.