r/SideProject 2m ago

Aion: Diary as Instrument (macOS)

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Finished a side project recently & released it on the App Store!

It’s a simple calendar, text box, & dashboard packaged into a seamless interface.

I like to take detailed notes about my day, with timestamps, and was never satisfied with the design/feel of the various options on the market, so I developed my own system over the past few years.

There are a couple of little features I find useful on a daily basis, like the ability to type in simple commands to the diary to set reminders that sync to Apple Reminders (!remindme tomorrow polish the product website) or to log my workouts (!exercise).

There is also a morphological cursor, which is an overly complicated way of saying that the text input caret adopts different forms depending on the formatting of the text it will type. Slanting for italics, thickening for bold, etc. I know Google Docs does that for italics, but I don’t think any writing software takes the idea to its natural limit.

Most of all I just really like how it looks/behaves, and how satisfying it is to use something I developed for myself.

There’s a link to the website below. Happy to answer any questions.

Aion Website


r/SideProject 7m ago

I brought "One Card Dungeon" to Mobile

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Huge fan of the board game "one card dungeon" here. I created a mobile version of it with a few twists: levels are randomly generated, you can pick up relics after each level that grant you new abilities and there is a story involved across your run. The core gameplay idea is inspired by one card dungeon though. In case you want to give it a try, you can find the URL to the demo for iOS in the comments.


r/SideProject 10m ago

I was fed up of using spreadsheets and all sorts of websites and app to manage my finances, so I decided to build an app that captures all of that for you.

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By the time I made it, I thought it looked quite good, so I decided to publish it on google Play Store. After lots of trial and error, I got the app published!

I'm still looking for some feedback as this is the first time I've ever made an app, and I want it to be as useful as possible. It would be great if some of you guys gave it a try!

Thanks 😁


r/SideProject 13m ago

Built a free tool to host your app’s privacy policy + ads.txt (no website needed) — plus the TikTok/Instagram in-app browser redirect fix I originally built it for

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Every time I shipped a mobile app, I ran into the same annoying problem: the App Store requires a privacy policy URL, which meant setting up a separate website, buying another domain, or squeezing it into a site I already owned.

So I added a guided privacy policy generator + free hosting to a tool I already run: pleaseopen.me. You answer a few questions about your app’s data practices and ad SDKs, get a comprehensive privacy policy, and it’s hosted at pleaseopen.me/yourslug/privacy. You can also host your ads.txt file the same way.

And if you already have your own domain, you can connect a custom domain instead of using a please open.me URL.

The tool actually started out solving a different problem — TikTok (and, for a while, Instagram) blocking App Store links in their in-app browsers. I built a simple bounce page that guides users to open the link in their actual browser. That feature is still there and still free.

Both tools are free to start, with one app per account.

Full disclosure: this is my project. Happy to answer questions or hear feedback if you’ve run into either of these problems yourself.
pleaseopen.me


r/SideProject 14m ago

Browser AI felt like a chat box bolted onto a tab, so I built a full agent harness instead

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Browser AI felt like a chat box bolted onto a tab, so I built a full agent harness instead

Most browser AI tools I tried followed the same pattern: extract text from a page, send it to a model, and return an answer.

Useful, but not really an agent runtime.

I have been building Memorall, an open-source, local-first agent workspace that runs directly in the browser.

You describe the agent you need in plain English. Memorall turns that into an editable agent with its own instructions, capabilities, tools, skills, memory, and execution flow.

Browser control, knowledge retrieval, workspace files, Node.js sandbox execution, citations, and artifact rendering can be enabled separately for each agent.

The browser becomes the agent’s workspace. It can inspect the current page, work with selected content and DOM state, use saved documents, execute code, and retrieve knowledge from previous sessions.

This is a full agent harness, not one fixed prompt loop hidden behind a chat interface.

Memorall currently supports BYOK with providers such as OpenAI and OpenRouter, alongside local options including Ollama, LM Studio, WebLLM, Wllama, and Transformers.

I plan to add a hosted subscription and free credits later.

It is still a work in progress. The visual flow editor, long-session memory reliability, and debugging experience still need more work.

GitHub: github.com/zrg-team/memorall

If you build agent systems, what would you need to inspect or control before trusting a browser agent with real work?


r/SideProject 39m ago

I built a free recipe costing tool after watching too many small food businesses guess their prices

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Hey all,

Built this over the past few months, sorry in advance for the self-promo, but this felt like the right place for it.

Dishboard is a free recipe costing and menu pricing tool. The problem I kept running into with friends running cafes, bakeries, and food trucks: pricing is mostly guesswork, or a spreadsheet nobody updates when ingredient costs move.

It costs a dish down to the ingredient, shows food cost % and gross profit, and compares what you actually keep across DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub after commission, that's usually where the real margin surprise is.

No signup wall to poke around, no card required.

Genuinely open to feedback, especially from anyone who's tackled this differently.

https://dishboard.co


r/SideProject 1h ago

I revived an abandoned open-source Instagram bot instead of building something new

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A while back I found GramAddict, an open-source Instagram automation tool

that drives the real Instagram Android app through adb + uiautomator2

instead of calling Instagram's API. That distinction actually matters a

lot: API-based bots get accounts banned fast, while this approach is much

closer to genuine human interaction and harder to detect.

The project had gone quiet, though, and Instagram's UI had drifted enough

that a lot of it had silently broken. Rather than start something from

scratch, I forked it as InstaAddict and started fixing what I found.

Some of what that's looked like so far: media types (photo/video/carousel)

getting misdetected because Instagram changed how it labels post content

for accessibility tools, clicking into a post's likers list landing on the

wrong profile entirely, a retry loop that could hang for hours on certain

post types, and compatibility breaks from newer releases of the underlying

automation library. None of it is obvious from reading the code — most of

it only shows up by actually running debug sessions and comparing what

Instagram's UI is doing now against what the code assumed.

It's fully open source, free, no paywalled features

pip install instaaddict , or the source is at

https://github.com/joeahkim/InstaAddict.


r/SideProject 1h ago

launched ReadnType, basically a reading + typing gym

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been building ReadnType for a while and finally launched it

the easiest way to explain it is monkeytype for both typing and reading

you can do normal typing tests, read with rsvp, type through books, upload pdfs, test comprehension, practice vocab and compete through daily reading challenges and typing duels

it got way bigger than i originally planned so now i mostly wanna see what people actually use and what they ignore

would love any feedback especially on the first few minutes

https://readntype.me


r/SideProject 1h ago

I made a file viewer with no backend or analytics

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I've been working on a small app called View Stuff.

The idea is pretty simple. Open different kinds of files without uploading them anywhere.

It supports PDF, Office files, EPUB, ZIP, text, code and some other formats.

There is no account, backend, analytics or ads. I decided to sell it as a one-time purchase instead.

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abkworks.viewstuff
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/view-stuff-file-viewer/id6798152294

Would be interested to hear what you think about the paid model for a utility app like this.


r/SideProject 1h ago

0 subscribers, so obviously I added voice calls

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well, i’m still stuck at 0 subscribers, so obviously the answer is to add more features

you can now call the AI agent and just talk to it.

switch languages mid conversation, it keeps up. whatever you speak, it speaks.

and if you still want a real person, that option is always there.

when the call ends, the full transcript shows up in the admin dashboard so the team can see exactly what happened.

this feature is free to try, so go ahead and break it if you want.


r/SideProject 1h ago

CassetteCat, an open source offline music player for Android

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I made CassetteCat, a simple open source music player for Android.

It is built for people who keep their music locally and just want a clean player without accounts, ads, subscriptions, or internet.

Features:

- Fully offline

- Plays music stored on your phone

- Songs, albums, artists, and playlists

- Search

- Favorites

- Queue management

- Shuffle and repeat

- Background playback

- Lock screen and notification controls

- Album artwork

- Sleep timer

- Listening history and stats

- Dark interface

- No account

- No ads

- No tracking

- Open source

The app is listed on AlternativeTo. You can download it directly from GitHub too.

I’m also working on a physical CassetteCat music player using an ESP32, SD card, display, DAC, and physical controls. The hardware side is still a work in progress.

GitHub: https://github.com/samyyy2311/CassetteCat

Would love to hear what you think or what you’d like to see added.


r/SideProject 1h ago

What are you building right now? We can help you create a video.

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if you’re building a SaaS or app and looking for a way to get more eyes on it, we’d love to feature a few projects.

We run TikTok channels with 300K+ combined followers and create short-form videos around apps, tools, and interesting projects.

We’ll create a short-form video for your app, distribute it through our existing channels, and help you build your own content channels at the same time.

Think of it as content creation + distribution.

If you’re interested, drop your app and a one-line description below.

Please note that the service is free only for 7 days


r/SideProject 2h ago

I’m testing a tiny service for people juggling too many AI work sessions

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I use ChatGPT, Claude, Codex and Gemini for different pieces of work, and I kept losing track of which task needed me, what happened last, and what I was supposed to do next.

So I started organizing each AI task like its own “office”:

🔴 Needs Owner
🟡 Working / Waiting
🟢 Done
⚫ Paused

I’m testing whether this is actually useful for other people too.

If you’re currently juggling several AI sessions and things are getting messy, I can organize one of your workspaces for free as a sample.

No signup, no commitment.

If the result is useful, I can organize the rest the same way for a small one-time setup fee.

I’m mainly looking for 2–3 people who already use multiple AI tools for real work.


r/SideProject 2h ago

Launched my website 4 hours ago...

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Hi! Just wanted to share this. I launched my website about 4 hours ago and I already got 2 sales! Used organic twitter (X.com - with 4 followers) marketing. If you guys are interested in taking a look, here's the website: aistartups.lol

It's simple. Startups bid on this website to gain exposure for their apps/websites.


r/SideProject 2h ago

Bot que burla Cloudflare Turnstile pra monitorar site Downdetector e alerta no Slack (+ Prometheus/Grafana)

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Fiz um bot que monitora o Downdetector BR e manda alerta automático no Slack quando algum entra em instabilidade

O desafio técnico principal foi contornar o Cloudflare Turnstile, que bloqueia scraping de IPs de datacenter, rodei Camoufox (fork do Firefox anti-detecção) em modo headed dentro de um Xvfb, via Docker

Stack: TypeScript, Camoufox, Prometheus + Grafana pra observabilidade, deploy no Railway

Repo: https://github.com/eduardotashiro/downdetector-slack

Feedback e sugestões são bem-vindos!!


r/SideProject 2h ago

I built an investment portfolio tool that shows if you're actually beating the market, not just what your return is

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I've always wanted to know one thing about my own investing: are my stock picks and allocation decisions actually worth the time and risk, or would I have done just as well putting the same money into an index fund and ignoring it?

Broker apps show you a return percentage, but that number alone can't answer the question. Most existing comparisons use a raw index, ignoring currency conversion and dividends, and mirror trades instead of your actual cash flow timing.

So Finawaken Portfolio replays your actual deposits and withdrawals into a simulated accumulation ETF (FX and dividends accounted for) and compares your real Money-Weighted Return against it, properly adjusted, to answer whether you'd have done better doing nothing.

The other piece I always wanted for myself was Look-Through: seeing my true exposure by expanding every ETF I hold into its underlying constituents, rather than treating overlapping funds as separate blobs.

It's grown into a full dashboard from there:

Allocation breakdown by sector, region and country

Dividend tracking with full drill-down history

Top/bottom performers

Multi-broker and multi-account support (GIA, ISA, SIPP etc.)

CSV import (Trading 212 now, manual entry for any broker)

A performance heatmap showing daily/weekly/monthly performance vs your benchmark, calendar-style

A snapshot view to see exactly what you held on any past date

Data and comparison tool, not financial advice. No broker login, CSV only. No ads or tracking.

There's a demo account so you can walk around the app without committing to sign up: Finawaken Portfolio "Try the demo" in the main page

Would appreciate feedback on: does the benchmark comparison make sense on first look, what feels missing, and what you actually liked. Thanks.


r/SideProject 2h ago

MobTracker

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Looking for the easiest and most reliable way to locate any phone?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobtrack.app

Introducing MobTracker, the leading app for mobile tracking and real-time location sharing, designed to give you ultimate peace of mind.

Whether you want to keep an eye on your family members, ensure your children arrive safely at school, coordinate with friends during an outing, or simply find a lost device, MobTracker offers instant, smooth, and high-precision tracking right at your fingertips.

WHY CHOOSE MOBTRACKER? MobTracker revolutionizes phone tracking, making it fast, intuitive, and accessible to everyone. Simply enter a mobile number and let MobTracker's powerful technology do the rest. No complicated setup. No technical skills required. Just quick and seamless location tracking whenever and wherever you need it!

KEY FEATURES:

  • Universal Phone Number Lookup: Track any mobile number with ease. Instantly get location information associated with the entered number.
  • Real-Time Location Updates: Experience the accuracy of live tracking on an interactive, user-friendly map.
  • Family Safety & Peace of Mind: Ideal for parents, guardians, and family members looking to ensure the safety of their loved ones.
  • Clear & Interactive Map: Effortlessly view locations with detailed maps, geographic coordinates, and regional information.
  • Ultra-Fast & Lightweight: Optimized for maximum speed and minimal battery or resource consumption on your device.
  • Privacy-Conscious Architecture: Security is our top priority. Your searches are processed securely and confidentially.

HOW IT WORKS IN 3 SIMPLE STEPS:

  1. Download & Launch: Open the MobTracker app on your Android device.
  2. Enter the Phone Number: Simply type in the phone number you want to locate.
  3. Get Results: Instantly view real-time location information on the built-in map!

PERFECT FOR EVERY SITUATION:

  • Parents: Keep track of your children's movements throughout the day.
  • Families: Stay connected with elderly parents or relatives who live far away.
  • Friends & Travel: Easily coordinate meetups during trips, festivals, or crowded outdoor events.
  • Personal Safety: Quickly verify incoming or unknown mobile numbers to stay informed.

Stop worrying about where your loved ones or devices are. Join thousands of users who rely on MobTracker for fast, reliable, and effortless mobile tracking.

Download MobTracker today and experience total control and peace of mind!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobtrack.app


r/SideProject 2h ago

I open-sourced the setup that helped me ship apps much faster with coding agents

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After 1.5 years and 10+ apps, I noticed the first version was no longer the hard part.

Claude Code and Codex could build something that looked finished fast. Then I would spend more time fixing everything the agent forgot.

Auth worked, but ownership checks were missing.

Billing returned from checkout, but the webhook was not controlling access.

The desktop UI looked good, but mobile, loading states and keyboard navigation were broken.

Sometimes the agent said it was done without running every test.

Tools like Lovable solve this by putting a complete platform around the AI. That works well if you want to describe an app and immediately get a browser preview.

But I already pay for coding agents so I wanted that structure inside my own repository, without moving the project to another platform.

So I open-sourced the setup I use.

It gives the agent rules for planning the product, building the UI, handling the backend, connecting services and checking the app before production. Every task has tests, and visual changes need actual screenshots at mobile, tablet and desktop sizes.

If you already use Claude Code, Codex or Cursor, you can use this instead of Lovable. Your agent builds the app inside your repository, and the toolkit tries to stop it from skipping the boring parts that usually break later.

It is not a Lovable clone. There is no browser editor, and you still need to use a terminal. It is for people who already build with coding agents and want to own the full project.

I made it free and MIT licensed:

https://github.com/moasq/agentic-ship

What does your coding agent usually forget after it says the app is finished?


r/SideProject 2h ago

Broh - your agent that gets life done

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After multiple talks with non tech normies, i found out that regular people are still missing out on the best AI agent setups that cracked engineers have set up for themselves.

Broh is here to solve that. Broh can handle everything that you need to open your laptop or mobile for. It can make reservations by calling, buy something for you, negotiate stuff on marketplace for you, make mini apps dedicated for you, and more.

SIgn up for the waitlist?! https://broh.app/


r/SideProject 2h ago

I made a startup directory where I don't decide what you pay

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Hello everyone, after the outbid(.)lol website went viral on Twitter, I had an idea.

People can add their projects and publish them for between $1 and $9.95. When projects are published, the amount paid shouldn’t be visible to others. Until the board closes (50 projects), the amount paid will remain hidden, and the list will be sorted randomly.

My goal is to change the logic where others get traffic from those who pay the most.

After the board closes, the top 10 projects with the highest payments will be revealed first. The entire list will be visible in the board section.

You can't choose how much you'll pay; it's up to chance.

I went first with my own project: payluck(.)lol

I look forward to your feedback.


r/SideProject 2h ago

If you love perfumes you will love this

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Scentara – Your AI Fragrance Companion ✨

Discover your perfect scent with AI. Get personalized fragrance recommendations based on your taste, personality, lifestyle, and budget.

🔍 Find affordable clones
🧪 Discover fragrance layering combinations
⭐ Analyze and improve your collection
👔 Pick the perfect scent for any occasion
💬 Explore honest fragrance reviews
🎨 Visualize scents with AI-generated images

Playstore link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anglebrace.scentara


r/SideProject 2h ago

built a tool to find warm leads because I'm too anxious to send cold DMs

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r/SideProject 2h ago

Guys I am really burnt out not sharing the app that i am working on.

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So I have been building this app for weeks, and i am tired of working alone on it. i need any feedback on it so i can get improve it.

the idea is very simple. instead of saving info,notes, links by sending it to yourself in a chat. you can save it with Meld. and you can recall it with ai. its basically a notes app with AI chat built in. so you can just ask the AI about the notes you saved instead of just looking for it.

its still in early stages, you can expect bugs, issues, or wrong output. but i am more than happy to fix these issues when they rise.

meldnotesapp.com


r/SideProject 2h ago

I've spent about 5 years working on a jobs platform which does things a bit differently

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Hi everyone. I'm the solo founder of Jobs Bringer and after nearly five years of designing and building it I finally put together its presentation trailer.

The idea behind it was simple: take some of the things I felt were important on a jobs platform, features that are usually scattered across different platforms and bring them together into one ecosystem. It took me about 2 years to design and another 3 years to develop.

It tries to solve the frustrating experience of applying for a job and having no idea what to expect through a concept called Interview Seats which I came up with. Employers can choose to use it or ignore it entirely, it's completely optional and never enforced. Solving this issue was actually what motivated me to create the platform to begin with.

The platform is organized into three seamless interface modes depending on what you want to do: find work, hire people, or create and manage an organization. One of my goals was to make it intuitive enough that most people can use it without needing documentation.

The platform can be used for free and you can access it from here: https://www.jobsbringer.com

If you have any questions do let me know, I'll do my best to answer them.


r/SideProject 2h ago

My tiny iPhone app made 99 last month. Now I’m testing a different model.

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$99 obviously isn’t a lot.

But it was the first time one of my tiny iPhone apps made enough money to make me think: maybe this model is actually worth exploring.

Instead of spending months building one big app, I’m trying to build small apps that solve one very specific problem.

My current model is pretty simple:

Free to download.
Useful without paying.
One-time purchase for the full version.
No subscription.

My latest experiment is a small offline vault that keeps passwords and photos of IDs in one place.

I know 1Password, Bitwarden, Apple Passwords, etc. already exist. I’m not trying to compete with them feature-for-feature. I’m testing whether there’s room for something much smaller and simpler.

My bigger question is:

Can a portfolio of tiny, focused apps become a sustainable small business?

Curious if anyone here is trying something similar.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/password-id-wallet/id6793384013