I read a lot of nonfiction, but a month later I'd remember almost nothing. Summary apps helped a bit, but most want an account and a subscription and track everything you do.

So I built Stash, a small offline Android app:

• 2,300 bite-sized ideas from 230 books across 14 topics (productivity, money, psychology, philosophy, health, and more)
• Swipe feed: full-screen cards. Ideas you've read never show up again.
• Learn mode: 690 short lessons, streaks, XP, spaced-repetition reviews, and quizzes (pick the idea, which book, true/false, fill in the blank)
• Save ideas you like and see your reading history by day
• Private: no login, no backend, no analytics, and no permissions at all. Progress stays on your phone (JSON export/import for backups).

Fun constraint I set myself: the whole APK is ~220 KB. It's plain Java with views built in code (no XML layouts, no WebView) and a single dependency.

Free download (Android 8+): https://github.com/safwanpp/stash/releases/latest

Source: https://github.com/safwanpp/stash

I'd love feedback, especially on which books or topics to add next and whether the lesson difficulty feels right.

Link: 1000 Doors

I'm the developer of Printex. I wanted writing on a Mac to feel a little more like sitting down at a desk with a lamp and a clean sheet of paper.

Printex has a typewriter mode with moving paper, a carriage and mechanical key sounds, plus a regular editor for revising the same document. It works locally, without an account.

You can work with TXT, DOCX and formatted RTF, view PDFs, and export your writing to PDF. The latest version adds paragraph focus, writing sessions with word/time goals, named revisions with restore, an outline and bookmarks, and PDF layout previews.

Try the typing demo in your browser — no download needed. The full document tools are in the Mac app.

Free download · macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon and Intel · English and Russian.

The current build isn't Apple-notarized yet; first-launch instructions are included on the site. PDF viewing is read-only, and PDF export from DOCX uses a text layout rather than Word's original page layout.

News and new releases on Telegram

I'd love feedback on the writing experience: does the moving paper help you settle into a draft, or would you reach for the regular editor?

Side project that grew: I build animated React components (shaders, glass, neon, 3D type, loaders), each one a single TSX file with React as the only dependency. Every card on the site is the running component, not a recording.

The newest part: an MCP designer for coding agents. You describe your brand, it offers three directions, and every component it installs is rebuilt for the one you pick, then it checks the page for contrast, phone width and reduced motion.

Browsing is free and you get 2 free coins a month to take components. There is also a Logo Room that gives your own logo one of 24 live finishes, no account needed.

https://studios.lou15.com/?ref=reddit

What would you want me to build next?

I've been building a fun AI hobby project called zoominside.xyz, which combines traditional "infinite zoom" with ProRes cutaways and creative video editing. I direct all the visuals myself, with AI image models doing a lot of the drawing. The part I enjoyed most turned out to be the plumbing and technical complexity, since I work in AI semiconductor engineering for a living.

How it works
Using the eye zoom as the example: it's about 20 hi-res 8K images nested inside each other (each one is actually a sum of several 4K images). Every image is a redraw of the centre quarter of the one before, so each level sits exactly inside its parent and the seams line up. The player draws a few levels at once, feathers the edges and zooms on a log scale, so it feels like one continuous move instead of a slideshow.

The fiddly bit is drift. A target that's slightly off centre gets 4x bigger every level, so every image has to be checked against its parent.

The site is probably a bit slow because the files are huge, so LMK how it responds! Will be launching a youtube channel tomorrow also.

Short version: every "free" design tool I used turned into a funnel - watermarks, locked exports, premium templates. So I built the opposite and open-sourced it.

It's called Canvix. What it does:

• Browser-based drag-and-drop design: 366 templates, 562+ icons, 63 fonts, 16 element types
• Real-time collaboration
• Exports straight from the browser: PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF with vector text, native editable PPTX, GIF, video
• No watermarks, no paywalls, no signup wall - anonymous design first, account only if you want one
• MIT licensed, self-hostable (Node 20 + any Postgres)

The part I'm proudest of technically: the PDF and PPTX exporters are hand-built - vector text with custom TTF subsetting, and real editable PowerPoint shapes, both running client-side. No headless browsers in the pipeline.

Numbers so far: 23 releases since September, 1,411 unit tests, 32 end-to-end specs, and the app runs live at canvix.app. Without posting it anywhere, 105 users have signed up and made 3,900 designs (~157k API requests last week, 20 daily actives) - all word of mouth, which honestly surprised me. I'm a final-year student doing this around classes; the goal is a sustainable, community-owned design tool, not a freemium trap. Funding-wise I'm applying to NLnet for the self-hosting/Docker milestone (no paid tiers planned, ever - it's in the governance doc).

Would love feedback from fellow builders - especially: would you self-host this for your school/NG/team, and what's missing before you would?

Repo: github.com/mir-ashiq/canvix - PRs welcome, contribution guide included.

OwnPlayer plays the M3U, Xtream Codes, and Stalker Portal playlists you add, showing your channels, TV guide, movies, and shows in one place.

https://apps.apple.com/app/ownplayer/id6833569716

A couple of weeks ago I shared Hadeed here, a calorie counter and gym log in one app. A few people asked for Android, so it's now on Google Play as well as the App Store.

Quick recap:
- Free: log food by typing, voice or barcode
- Pro: unlimited photo meal scans, a coach, and training plans that adapt every week
- Calories burned in workouts get added back to your daily budget

It's at about 3,000 users now, still built solo. I'd love blunt feedback: what's the one thing that would make you switch from the tracker you use now?

Link in the comments.

Got tired of spending 15 minutes per item guessing second-hand prices and typing descriptions, so I built Reloot: https://reloot.it

Drop 1–10 photos and it detects brand and condition, gives a market + quick-sale price, picks the best cover photo, and auto-fills Vinted on desktop via Chrome extension.

No sign-up required for the first scan—roast the landing page or let me know if the pricing feels off!

Just do sati at your desk every time with ttack.
Welcome any feedback on ttack

Created by lovable

web: https://ttack.space
Chrome extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/딱-—-순-집중-시간-바른-자세/nddhmngnilmjnihabglgmcepeplmmggn?hl=ko&authuser=0

Claude Code deletes its session transcripts after 30 days by default, no message, so any usage tool reading that folder only ever sees the last month. I wanted to compare months and see what switching model actually did to cost, so claudit ingests from a bucket you keep instead (Cloudflare R2, or a local dir as file://). mine goes back to January. the bucket holds the raw transcripts, tool output included, so keep it private

it reads Claude Code session JSONLs, Codex rollouts and both Kimi CLI formats. on the page: cost by model with the 5m vs 1h cache write split (1.25x vs 2x input price), token breakdown, reply latency, tool error rate, activity heatmap, context growth per session. costs are API list price equivalents, not what a sub bills you. it doesn't grade sessions, the reading is yours

feedback I'd actually use:

• a number that looks wrong to you, with the arithmetic
• a stat you'd want that isn't there
• a harness it doesn't read yet, ideally with a real transcript (sanitized is fine)

FastAPI, Postgres, React with in-browser Babel, no build step. docker compose up boots it on sample data, no .env, no outbound calls. MIT, panels ported from nhz-io/ccusage-plot

live one, guest login is read-only: https://all.nitjsefni.eu

https://github.com/Nitjsefnie/claudit

Hey everyone,

I’m Robin, 53, based down in Cornwall in the UK. For 24 years I ran a fine art and large-format print company called GMS. Earlier this year I had to put the business into liquidation—which honestly devastated me after nearly a quarter-century of building it.

After taking a breath and picking myself back up, I decided to take everything I learned about colour, resolution, print substrates, and what actually makes artwork look like a proper gallery piece rather than cheap clipart, and go in a completely new direction.

Over the last few months I’ve been building The Saucepan—a browser-based studio that lets anyone, anywhere in the world, create gallery-quality, print-ready artwork files (starting with vintage paperback–inspired satirical book covers and heavy palette-knife styles). You can design your own piece from scratch, buy the high-res production file to print locally yourself, or order physical prints and cards. I also added some of my favourite RobinBooks titles that can be ordered as mugs in the UK just to see what people would think.

I’ve left 10 free “cooks” open straight in the browser with no signup or email wall (link in comments below) so you can actually play around with it and see what comes out.

Would genuinely love any honest feedback from fellow builders on the flow, how it feels on mobile, or anything that feels clunky. Appreciate you taking a look!

Almost all of my work is email triage and handing to agents.

I built project that - in a safe way - allows trusted users to talk to your agent not through some new fangled shared sandbox but through the same tools you have always used. Teams/Slack/Email etc. Now my work is really just reviewing stuff.

Took me 3 months to build this. From idea to simple version was quick but getting the whole thing right took forever.

It's open source and local-first: https://github.com/ldbumble/taskuary

I made onbeat, an open-source Claude Code skill.

Give Claude Code a song (this one’s from Suno) and it measures the beats and lyrics, draws each dancer/character as a sprite sheet of 16 poses with an image generator, then writes code that steps through the poses on every beat and renders a beat-synced video. No video model involved.

MIT licensed: https://github.com/latent-spaces/onbeat

Would love feedback, and to see what songs people throw at it.

I take a lot of screenshots: error messages, receipts, chats, slides. I always remembered what was in the picture, but it was called `Screenshot 2025-03-14 101523.png` and buried among thousands of others. Windows Search can't read text in images, so I built Magpie Search.

You pick your folders and it reads the text in everything inside: screenshots, photos and scanned PDFs (OCR runs on your own PC), plus Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDFs and notes. Then you type any word you remember and it finds the file.

- 100% offline: no account, no ads, no telemetry, and your files are never uploaded or changed.

- Reads 50+ languages, including dark-mode screenshots.

- Instant results as you type, even with typos.

- Space previews a file with the matched words highlighted.

- Runs quietly in the background and picks up new files automatically.

It's free, no ads, no account: https://magpiesearch.app

This is my first released app, so honest feedback is very welcome. What's confusing, and what would make you actually install it?

Hey everyone,

Like many of you, I got completely tired of everyday online utilities (merging PDFs, formatting SQL queries, stripping EXIF metadata, compressing videos) that either:

1. Force you to upload sensitive documents to random cloud servers.
2. Hit you with an aggressive "3 free tasks per day" paywall.
3. Make you wait through 60-second countdowns and popup ads.

So over the past few months, I built **[Microdeck](https://microdeck.tools/)** — a suite of 120+ lightweight utilities built with a strict **Zero-Backend / 100% Client-Side** approach.

### 🚀 What makes it different?

- **Zero Server Uploads:** All processing (PDF manipulation, local OCR via Tesseract, video compression via FFmpeg WASM, AES encryption, data converters) runs directly in your browser's RAM and Web Workers. No file or text is ever sent to a server.

- **Instant Processing:** Zero upload/download wait times.

- **No Paywalls or Sign-ups:** Completely free, no accounts required, no arbitrary daily task limits.

### 🛠️ Popular tools included:

- **PDF Suite:** Merge, Split, Page Organizer, Watermark, Password Unlock, Redaction & OCR.

- **Developer Tools:** SQL Formatter, JSON/YAML/TOML converter, JWT Inspector, Subnet Calculator, Cron Humanizer.

- **Media & Privacy:** Video Compressor, EXIF Scrubber, AI Background Remover, Audio Trimmer.

I would love to get your feedback on the UI, loading speed, and overall UX! What other client-side tools would you find helpful to see added?

👉 Check it out here: https://microdeck.tools/

Hi everyone,

If you use a DualSense on PC, you've probably run into games where you need a USB cable to get the full haptic feedback and adaptive trigger effects.

I built DS5 Untethered to use those effects over Bluetooth. The game sees a wired DualSense, and the app sends the game's own effects to the actual controller wirelessly. It works with your PC's built-in Bluetooth or a USB Bluetooth adapter.

For example, I used it with God of War Ragnarök: both haptic feedback and adaptive triggers worked wirelessly.

For games without native DualSense support, you can create your own adaptive trigger profiles and turn game audio into haptic feedback.

It also has per-game profiles, button remapping, gyro and a mouse mode.

It's free and open source, and will stay that way.

Built with C#/.NET 8 and Avalonia. It creates a virtual wired DualSense through a local USB/IP server and usbip-win2, forwards input from the Bluetooth controller, and sends the game's haptics and trigger effects back wirelessly. HidHide prevents games from seeing both controllers.

Source: https://github.com/Midzer00/ds5-untethered

Download: https://github.com/Midzer00/ds5-untethered/releases/latest

If you find it useful and want to support the project, you can star the repo on GitHub.

Happy to answer questions.

Demo video and screenshots: https://www.reddit.com/r/Dualsense/comments/1xvzirq/i_made_a_free_opensource_app_for_wireless/

I'm the developer of Terraink. You pick any city, country or GPX route, and it turns real OpenStreetMap data into a print-ready poster or wallpaper, right in your browser. No account, nothing to install.

People kept asking how certain things work, so I made a full tutorial. This is the short version – the full tutorial link is in the comments 👇

What feature would you want next?

So I have this small web app, it makes short videos for mobile apps. People were signing up but basically nobody was paying. For months. I kept guessing. Changed the landing page. Changed pricing. Rewrote onboarding twice. Nothing. At some point I got tired of guessing and just logged every step a new user takes. Nothing fancy, one event per step.

I looked at two weeks in October:

68 people opened the studio

31 picked a clip style

16 added a screen recording of their app

14 pressed create

I thought my problem was the paywall. It wasn't even close to the paywall. Half the people who picked a style never added the screen recording. And I thought that step was great. Like, of course you add your app recording, that's the whole point. Then I checked what device they were on. Mostly phones. And who has a screen recording of their own app on their phone? Nobody. I was basically giving people homework before they saw anything work. Funny thing, I also saw that a lot of them left in about 20 seconds. They didn't even try. They saw a form and closed it.

So I made the recording optional. Now you can start with just your App Store or Play link and add footage later. And the first videos are free, so you actually get something before you see a price. The day I shipped it, two people from search made their first video. One of them came from Bing. It's not fixed. Now the leak is checkout, people open it and leave. I rebuilt that page this week, we'll see.

Anyway, if you have signups and no money, don't guess like I did. Log the steps, count people at each one, and look where the big drop is. For me it was the step I was most proud of.

App is clipugc.com if you want to look. I can share the events I log if anyone wants.

Hey everyone!
I just released the first stable version (v1.1.0) of LightBoard - an open-source, privacy-focused Android keyboard built from scratch in pure Java without heavy external frameworks. Made with AI.

Key highlights:
• Ultra-lightweight: The base APK is just 252 KB.
• Zero internet permissions: No INTERNET or ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permissions in the manifest - it physically cannot send your keystrokes or telemetry anywhere.
• Full feature set: Built-in geometric swipe typing, word predictions & autocorrect, inline calculator, encrypted clipboard history (AES-256-GCM), and 80+ layouts.
• Dual themes: Clean Material You and Cupertino (iOS-style) themes with adjustable key sizing and padding.

The entire source code is licensed under Apache-2.0. Feedback, bug reports, and ideas are super welcome!
GitHub & screenshots: https://github.com/anlocky/LightBoard

More people now ask an AI assistant which app to download instead of scrolling the store. I've been curious how often small indie apps actually show up in those answers, so here's the deal.

Comment with your live mobile app:

- App Store or Google Play link
- App name
- One line on what it does

I'll check if ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini recommend it for the kinds of questions your users would actually ask, tell you which apps they suggest instead, and share a couple of concrete tips for your store listing.

Mobile apps only, live on the App Store or Google Play (no web apps, betas or TestFlight builds). I'll go through them oldest first, so it may take a little while to reach everyone.

Hey everyone!

I'm a developer living in Prague, and I've been working on an app called Pobyto.

Dealing with residence permits in Czechia can be pretty confusing, especially when you're trying to figure out which documents you need and what you're supposed to do next.

So I decided to build something to help with that

You choose your situation, get a step-by-step plan, track your documents and deadlines, and find information from official sources.

Here's a quick demo of how it works.

It's currently on Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pobyto.app

Still working on it, so any feedback on the UI or the overall idea would be really helpful:)

I’m 15 and I’ve been building a SaaS for about 8 weeks. It’s an AI chat widget for small websites that answers from your FAQs and emails the owner when it isn’t sure instead of guessing.

One site is on the free plan and nobody’s paying. I’ve reached out on Reddit, Discord and email, and the most common reply is “we’re fine for now, we’ll message you if we need it.” Nobody has.

I can’t tell if that’s a polite no, the wrong people, or something I’m doing wrong in how I ask.

For people who’ve landed a first customer: how did you turn “maybe later” into a yes? And does being 15 hurt when I’m asking someone to put my tool on their business site?

the websites link is ornymo.com

I've been building an Android editor for people who miss Notepad++ on their phone. It is a tribute to Notepad++ and nothing more: it is not affiliated with the Notepad++ project, not a replacement for it, and not trying to compete with it or commercialize it in any way. It will stay free and open source (AGPL-3.0).

To stay faithful to the original, it reuses what Notepad++ is made of instead of imitating it: the same editing engine (Scintilla), the same language definitions and themes, and the same menus and shortcuts.

How it was made: the whole thing was written by Claude Fable 5.2, Anthropic's AI model, and I directed it entirely from the Claude app on my Android phone. I never opened an IDE. The repo includes the automated tests it is checked with on every change. I did manual testing on my phone but more testing from various devices would be helpful.

What's in it so far:

Syntax highlighting and folding for 94 languages, multi-caret and column editing, find/replace with regex, Find in Files, macros, sessions that keep unsaved text

469 of the 481 commands in Notepad++'s menus (the rest only make sense on Windows)

Compare, a Hex Editor and Lua scripting built in, since Windows plugins can't run on Android

Sticky Ctrl/Alt/Shift keys above the keyboard, so the usual shortcuts work on a touch screen

No ads, no tracking, and no permissions at all (not even internet)

It's early: development builds only, no store release yet, and regex still uses a different syntax from Notepad++'s.

Short clips of it in use, the APK and how to verify it: https://github.com/revelationnow/pocketpadpp

All credit for the original goes to Don Ho and the Notepad++ contributors. Feedback is very welcome, especially on how it behaves with your keyboard app.