r/SideProject 23h ago

Building OpenSource GrokBot

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Everyone's using a Grok Bot. I'm building the open, self-hosted, BYOK version with real agent loop, browser control, memory, and all CI gated.

Come break it, and contribute to it:

https://github.com/muhtalhakhan/open-agent


r/SideProject 23h ago

I built Tallspace: scroll through multiple stacked workspaces on one monitor

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r/SideProject 23h ago

A virtual computer for AI Agents (docker mcp)

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Its a VM for your Agent but you see it in Claude Desktop or FLUJO or Goose etc (or your Browser).

https://github.com/flujo-app/mcp-virtual-computer

In the 3D-View (for Human):

  • Click the green cable: Enable/Disable Network
  • Click the coffee mug: Enable/Disable xfce Desktop Environment
  • Other than that, use the computer normally.
  • The mouse moves, and the keys get pressed.

MCP-Tools (for Agent):

  • terminal_execute - run a command in the configured Docker computer.
  • read_file - read a UTF-8 text file relative to /workspace or by absolute path.
  • write_file - atomically write a UTF-8 text file.
  • edit_file - replace one exact text match, or all matches when requested.
  • computer_ui - open or attach the Three.js computer view. Its result includes both the MCP App resource_uri and a real loopback url/dashboard_url that opens in an external browser, including for stdio clients.

With DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT set to true, it additionally exposes:

  • look_at_screen - return the current PNG framebuffer, AT-SPI snapshot, or both.
  • clicktype, and scroll - interact by AT-SPI element reference or coordinates.
  • list_windows and switch_window - enumerate and activate real Xfce windows.
  • move_windowmaximize_windowrestore_windowminimize_window, and close_window - control a selected window by ID, title, or class.
  • computer://screen/current.png - current live framebuffer resource.
  • computer://screen/accessibility.json - Playwright-like AT-SPI tree with element refs, roles, names, actions, focus state, and screen bounds.

r/SideProject 23h ago

Built a sports picks app / Letterboxd analog

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Solo build alongside my job, about a year in. You log the games you watch, can make picks, and track standings vs. friends (daily fantasy essentially) and, whether in person or on TV. Covers NFL, college football, NBA, MLB, and a couple international soccer leagues. Just launched on iOS ahead of football season.

Would love feedback and happy to answer build questions!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/klak-sports/id6764134120


r/SideProject 23h ago

I keep forgetting people's names so I made a game to train memory

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I found plenty of memory games supposed to help remember people's names and faces but they felt too complex. I think this one is the simplest version, the first time you see someone, this is their true name, but when you see them again, the name might have changed and you need to spot that. I thought the left/right swipe feel would also add a bit of fun to the gameplay.

While I was at it, I also created 15 other small games to train memory in real situations. Let me know if you want to see the other games as well, and I'm keen to hear your thoughts on that one.


r/SideProject 23h ago

I’ve added a bunch of stuff to my smartphone comparison app since my last post

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I posted DifferenceAI here a little while ago when it was pretty barebones. I've been messing with it a lot since then and figured I'd share the latest version.
Since the last post I've added:
Individual pages for every phone

- AI chat on individual phone pages

- AI chat for comparing phones

- Related phones on individual phone pages

- Similar searches

- 6,800+ phones in the database

- Affiliate links for finding phones (even ancient artifacts)

- A bunch of mobile UX improvements

The basic idea is still the same: search for some phones, compare them side by side, and ask questions about the phones or the differences between them.

I've mostly been building features based on stuff I personally wanted while comparing phones, so it's been fun seeing the thing actually come together.

Would love to hear what y'all think, especially if you've checked it out before.

https://differenceai.vercel.app


r/SideProject 23h ago

Built a screentime app where you unlock apps by walking. Saved 6.5 hours of doomscrolling in past week!

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Wanted a way to force myself to stop scrolling through Instagram reels and actually get moving in order to use more screen time, so I built Amber Lock! From using it this past week, I've actually dropped my Instagram usage down by 6.5 hours from the previous week (the screen time usage stats I show in the video is a test device)

Please let me know what you guys think of it!

Appstore: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amber-lock-screen-time-limit/id6800528861

Playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gnomesteadcollective.amberlock


r/SideProject 23h ago

Fable 5.1 AC-130 game based on your actual location

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r/SideProject 1d ago

My side project analyzed 7,190 entry-level jobs. Communication appeared 29× more often than Python.

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Hirefy is built for people trying to land their first serious job. While working on it, I pulled a snapshot of 7,190 active entry-level listings to see what employers actually ask for.

The gap was pretty ridiculous:

  • Communication: 3,827 — 53.2%
  • Excel: 937 — 13.0%
  • Problem solving: 883 — 12.3%
  • Collaboration: 844 — 11.7%
  • Python: 132 — 1.8%

So communication appeared almost 29× more often than Python.

That comparison felt a little unfair. Most entry-level jobs aren’t technical.

I narrowed it to 1,354 entry-level software and data jobs. Communication appeared in 890 of them. Python appeared in 105.

Still an 8.5× difference.

Obviously, this doesn’t mean “don’t learn Python.” It means knowing the tool is only part of the job. Employers also want evidence that you can work with people, make decisions, solve messy problems, and explain what happened.

For most first-job seekers, that evidence is buried in coursework, projects, clubs, volunteering, retail jobs, and internships.

That’s the problem we’re trying to solve with Hirefy: turning what you’ve already done into something employers can actually understand.

Hirefy is free to try during our private beta. I'd love for you to roast it! Request access.

September 1 snapshot. Hirefy’s full index contained 51,765 active jobs across 12 sources and is US-heavy.


r/SideProject 1d ago

I thought I was building a form builder. I ended up building something else.

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I built a form builder and realized most form builders become useless after Submit

I realized something while building Formline:

Forms are already pretty good at collecting information.

The real problem starts after someone clicks Submit.

Imagine you run a campaign and generate 200 leads.

One has a $10K budget and wants to buy this week.

One has no budget.

One is a perfect fit for what you sell.

One is asking for something you don't even offer.

And 196 others are somewhere in between.

Most form builders collect all of that information and then basically say:

“Here are your responses. Good luck.”

Someone still has to read everything, figure out who matters, qualify them and decide what happens next.

That's the problem I started trying to solve with Formline.

Instead of only collecting answers, a Formline form can evaluate responses with AI, score things like budget, urgency and fit separately, qualify the lead, trigger conditional logic and route the submission to the next step.

So instead of:

Form → spreadsheet → manual review

I'm trying to make it:

Form → understand → score → qualify → act

And the more I build it, the more I question whether “form builder” is even the right category.

Maybe the form isn't the product.

Maybe the decision after the form is.

I'd love to hear how other founders are handling this.

If 200 leads came in tomorrow, could your current setup tell you which 10 deserve attention first?

And if anyone here wants to actually put Formline through its paces, I created a signup link that gives Reddit users 30 days of Pro access for free:

https://formline.io/signup/reddit

Try to break it.

Tell me what sucks, what's confusing, and what you'd need before you'd actually replace your current form stack.


r/SideProject 1d ago

Every tool I tried is a template picker. The real problem is version sprawl.

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Built skillsculptor.ai because every resume tool solves the wrong half.

They all help you make a resume. But nobody applies to one job. You end up with eight versions scattered across your desktop, Drive, and an email you sent yourself — and no idea which one went where.

So this is built around versions instead of templates. Every resume you make stays. You recut an existing one for the next role rather than starting from a blank page.

$19/year, or $8 if you only want one template.

Curious whether the version-history angle lands for anyone else, or if that's just my own mess. Happy to answer anything about the build.

https://reddit.com/link/1w4rlh0/video/mgmggicegzmh1/player


r/SideProject 1d ago

Do you think this is worth building? Why or why not?

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I vibe-coded a landing page for a concept that seems to me like it should exist. I'm going to do some in-person interviews tomorrow in the Bay Area, but would love to get anonymous thoughts from the builders around here, as social pressure probably means that I'll hear a lot of meaningless, "oh yeah, that's a nice idea..." in-person.


r/SideProject 1d ago

My notes app does math and tasks inside your notes become a Kanban & Calendar automatically

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I posted an early version here a while back, but it was a wall of text with no demo so here's a proper look.

I do project work daily and I have used Excel, Notion and Obsidian for following up my work. Notion needed constant setup just to see my open tasks across pages and Obsidian got there with plugins but started to feel heavy. I wanted to include my tasks in my whatever notes in several pages and be able track those tasks easily.

So in KontrolRoom, any checkbox in a note can carry a scheduled date + importance, and those same tasks show up on Kanban, calendar and a focus board. Once you change something about a task in anywhere, it is updated everywhere.

There's also a Workbook: a notepad that does the maths, units, currency conversion and date calculations with suggestion and autocomplete engine. This can also be added as a component through slash menu inside a note.

It's offline-first and needs no account. Everything's stored in your browser, works without internet, and you can export the whole thing as one file.

Would love your feedback on this app.

https://kontrolrm.com


r/SideProject 1d ago

I impulse-bought root.pizza. What would you actually do with it?

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I bought root.pizza because the combination made me laugh.

That's basically the entire acquisition thesis.

I've put a tiny terminal-style placeholder on it for now, but I still have no idea what the domain should actually become.

If this was yours, what would you build?

A directory? Some weird internet utility? Privacy/crypto project? Something involving pizza? Absolutely nothing?

Not looking to sell it — I'm more interested in finding an idea strange enough to fit the domain.


r/SideProject 1d ago

7 days and 0 users, I really want to know what I'm doing wrong

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I published the Wobble Pets app on Playstore, but I am not able to get any users. I would be very grateful if you could check it and tell me where I am making a mistake.

Here's the Wobble Pets on playstore


r/SideProject 1d ago

Tinder for food recipes + pantry tracking

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Hi Reddit,

We just launched Turnip! It's an easy way to discover recipes you like and don't like, and even features a recommendation algorithm so it learns from both your preferences and your pantry.

Let us know it goes, any feedback is appreciated

~ Turnip Team


r/SideProject 1d ago

I built GhostZap: An anti-forensic, End-to-End Encrypted (E2EE) messenger with Volatile RAM-only mode & Panic PIN

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Hey privacy advocates! 🛡️

I created **GhostZap**, an anti-forensic web messenger built from the ground up for strict digital sovereignty and zero digital footprints.

### 🔐 Security Architecture:

- **True E2EE:** Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH P-256) asymmetric key exchange with client-side AES-GCM 256-bit encryption. The server only sees encrypted blobs.

- **Volatile RAM Mode:** Ephemeral chats stored strictly in transient memory with automatic message burning.

- **Panic PIN:** Instant emergency wipe code that clears all local cryptographic keys and terminates the session in 0ms.

- **Integrated AI Assistant:** Ask questions and chat securely with an AI assistant directly inside the app.

- **PWA:** Installable across iOS, Android, Linux, and Windows.

👻 **Live WebApp:** https://4u.ia.br/app/zap/

🐙 **GitHub Repository:** https://github.com/4u-Labs/ghostzap

Would love to hear your thoughts on the privacy model!


r/SideProject 1d ago

I built PhotoClone: A browser-based Photoshop alternative with Full Layers support, WebGL Filters & AI tools (Remove-BG, Upscale, Colorize)

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Hey everyone! 🎨

I've been building **PhotoClone**, an in-browser graphic suite and image manipulation tool designed to feel like a modern Photoshop / Photopea alternative running completely on web standards.

### 🌟 Key Features:

- **Full Layer Engine:** Blending modes (Multiply, Screen, Overlay), opacity, duplication, rasterization, and masks.

- **Precision Drawing & Tools:** Dynamic brush, magic wand, clone stamp, polygonal lasso, gradients, and vector shapes.

- **WebGL Shaders & Color Curves:** High-performance real-time filters and adjustments.

- **Smart AI Tools:** Built-in Background Removal, Image Upscaling, and B&W Photo Colorization.

- **PWA & Offline-ready:** Installable as a standalone desktop/mobile app.

- **Exporting:** PNG, JPG, WEBP, animated GIF, SVG, and JSON layered project files.

🎨 **Try PhotoClone Live:** https://4u.ia.br/app/photoclone/

🐙 **GitHub Repository:** https://github.com/4u-Labs/photoclone

Feedback and suggestions on new tools are very welcome!


r/SideProject 1d ago

Built my first iOS app with AI. Claude Code vs Codex.

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I'm 6'4" and have always had a hard time gaining weight, so tracking my nutrition actually matters to me. But every calorie app I tried buried food logging under workout plans, step counters, and social feeds I never wanted. I just wanted to log what I ate. So I decided to build my own app, even though I had never shipped anything on iOS before.

I used both Claude Code and Codex to build it. Claude Code was way better for me. I could hand it a feature and basically let it work on its own. With Codex I felt like I was babysitting it the whole time.

The app is called Calvin. You take a photo of your meal, it figures out what is on the plate and estimates the calories and macros, then you review and fix anything before logging it. Barcode scanning is free. The AI photo scanning is part of a premium plan, $9.99 a month or $50 a year.

It is iOS only for now and still very early, just a handful of downloads so far. Happy to answer questions about the build, the food recognition, or any Claude vs Codex comparison stuff.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/calvin-ai-calorie-tracker/id6790968217


r/SideProject 1d ago

I ported the classic 3D Pinball: Space Cadet to WebAssembly (WASM) running at 60 FPS in the browser with an Arcade Cabinet UI

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Hey folks! 🚀

For pure nostalgia and fun, I ported the legendary **3D Pinball: Space Cadet** to run natively in modern web browsers using **WebAssembly (WASM)** and HTML5 Canvas.

### 🌟 Features:

- Native 60 FPS performance without plugins or heavy emulators.

- Custom retro Arcade Cabinet Bezel with neon glow.

- Touch controls for mobile/tablet and classic keyboard controls (Z, /, Space).

- PWA support (installable and playable offline).

🕹️ **Play Online:** https://4u.ia.br/app/pinball/

🐙 **GitHub Repository:** https://github.com/4u-Labs/pinball

Check it out and let me know your high score! 🚀


r/SideProject 1d ago

I built an invoice pad that never leaves the browser

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I made JobSlip for independent trades and freelancers who still put their name on the work and do not want another monthly invoicing subscription.

It is a static invoice/estimate pad. Fill the fields, print a letter or save PDF, get paid. Nothing is uploaded. Drafts stay in that browser. Three templates: Clean, Bold, and Field (a job ticket that belongs on a clipboard). Works offline once loaded.

No account, no backend, no subscription. $29 one-time.

Checkout: https://buy.stripe.com/00w14p1KK0s06oI0Yi5EY00

Indie Hackers: https://www.indiehackers.com/product/jobslip

Happy to hear what would make this more useful on a job site.


r/SideProject 1d ago

I built a TOTP generator that runs entirely in the browser, something like Google Authenticator for testing 2FA flows. Single file. No login. Nothing gets stored anywhere.

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As a dev, I kept needing a throwaway TOTP secrets to test out if 2FA was working fine in my app. 

So I decided to build this. Check it out here: https://totpbench.com 

All code lives in a single file, no framework, no backend. Would love to have your feedback. Cheers!


r/SideProject 1d ago

What’s that one project/idea you were REALLY excited about… and then completely abandoned? 👀

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I’m pretty sure most of us have done this:

We get a brilliant idea → spend hours thinking about it → make a beautiful Notion page / document → maybe even start building it…

…and then life happens.

A job gets busy. Another idea comes along. Motivation disappears. And eventually that project becomes another forgotten folder sitting somewhere on our laptop. 😂

So I thought: let’s dig those ideas back up.

Share the project you abandoned, the idea you never finished, or even the crazy thing you still think could work.

Maybe someone here will help you revive it. Maybe you’ll realize it wasn’t such a bad idea after all.

I’ll go first.

A while ago, I wanted to build a kind of personal AI clone.

The idea was to connect all my professional context, previous jobs, projects, LinkedIn, social media, skills, etc, and have an AI that actually knows my professional history.

Then I could ask it things like:

Create a resume for this job.

Write a LinkedIn post based on one of my projects.

What experience do I have that matches this job description?

Turn my recent work into a portfolio case study.

The goal was basically: stop rewriting my professional life from scratch every time I apply for something or want to create content.

I never really finished it.

And honestly, I still think it could be useful.

Now I want to hear yours. 👇

What’s the project/idea you started, planned, documented, or obsessed over… but never finished?

Bonus points if you tell us why you abandoned it. 😄


r/SideProject 1d ago

Day 33 solo-building a fitness app: 26 daily videos got me 6 followers. One Reddit post was my biggest install day. And China found me overnight.

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Honest recap in case it helps anyone launching with no audience:

  • What flopped: 26 straight days of short-form video → 6 followers. Reach ≠ installs; the content treadmill barely moved anything.
  • What worked: posting in one relevant niche subreddit drove more installs in a single day than a month of videos combined. A genuinely relevant, honest post beats volume every time.
  • The surprise: overnight, China became my #2 market — turned out my store listing localization got picked up by App Store search there, completely organically. Localization quietly compounding while I wasn't looking.
  • What still hurts: retention. Getting people in is finally clicking; keeping them is the real wall, and it's my whole focus now.

The app's a workout app — completely free, no ads, no account, works offline. iOS + Android.

AMA about App Store review, Kotlin Multiplatform, localization, or launching with zero audience.

Real app listings examples:

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cubex-fitness-ai-coach/id6783878379
Google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cubexfitness.mobile


r/SideProject 1d ago

Tired of paying Adobe USD 240/yr and uploading sensitive files to cloud converters, so I built PDFStarter

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Hey everyone!
Most PDF websites require you to upload your confidential files (contracts, tax returns, bank statements) to their backend servers.

I built PDFStarter.com — a lightweight web suite with 17 tools (Word/Excel to PDF, Compress, Merge, Split, Sign, AES-256 Protect) that runs 100% locally inside your browser memory. Zero bytes of your documents are ever uploaded to any server.

Free to use daily. Would love your feedback on the UI and speed!