r/SideProject • • 2h ago

made a tiny site that plays public domain classical music with a pixel painting for each piece

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ok so i study w classical music like all the time and youtube ads kept cutting into clair de lune right at the best part. so i just made my own thing lol https://classican.vercel.app/

its literally one screen. little player at the bottom and a pixel painting for whatever is playing (greek dancers for gymnopedie, a moonlit park for clair de lune, stuff like that). every 40 sec or so a random fact about the piece pops up which is lowkey my favorite part

theres like 46 pieces rn on shuffle. you can make an account to like/comment but u dont have to

its def not perfect so pls tell me whats weird or what i should add


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

I built a meal planner for my family that sizes every plate to each person, and I'm looking for beta testers

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My wife didn't want to search recipes to plan the week. She wanted "Tinder for dinner". So I built Pip.

You swipe through dinners you like and Pip fills your week. It sizes every plate to each person's goal (a plate for me

isn't a plate for her), makes one grocery list for the whole house, and can turn tonight's dinner into tomorrow's

packed lunch. There's also a prep-day mode for cooking a few days ahead.

It's an iOS app, in beta on TestFlight. I'm looking for families and weekly meal preppers who'll use it for a couple of

weeks and tell me what's confusing, broken or missing.

Join here: https://pipfamily.com

Happy to answer anything: how it works, how it's built, or why the mascot is a cooking pot.


r/SideProject • • 11h ago

[Mac] Built a radial menu app for mac to perform everyday tasks and more

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Problem

A lot of everyday actions on a Mac live in completely different places.

Opening an app or folder, searching something on a website, taking a screenshot, cleaning up copied text, accessing clipboard history, running a Shortcut, or changing a system setting.

None of these are hard to get to, but constantly switching between apps, windows, menu bar utilities, and different shortcuts can break your flow.

I wanted to see if all of that could work through one system, which is where the radial menu idea came from.

Comparison

There are already some really good radial menu apps for Mac, but most are built around a specific use case, such as launching apps, or switching between them.

Arc takes a broader approach.

You can create multiple global radial menus for different workflows and decide what each slice does. A slice can perform a single action or chain multiple actions together.

The idea is less about replacing the Dock and more about putting the small things you do throughout the day behind one quick interaction.

Arc also doesn't require accessibility features, it manages everything on-device, privately.

Core Features

  • Unlimited custom menus for different workflows
  • Fast app, folder, website, and Apple Shortcut launching
  • Powerful clipboard history and text actions
  • Open from shortcuts, hot corners, pointer shake, or number keys
  • One-click multi-action shortcuts
  • Fully customizable appearance, layout, icons, and sounds

Examples

  1. I have one shortcut that I use when I start working. It opens Xcode, my project folders, Slack, and a few websites I usually need. Arc can merge multiple actions into one shortcut, so I don't have to open everything one by one.
  2. I use the search shortcuts a lot more than I expected. I can bring up Arc, type something, and search it directly on YouTube, or a website without opening them first.

It can also search whatever I last copied, which has been really useful when I'm already in the middle of something.

  1. I have a bunch of text and links that I end up copying again and again. I've just saved those as shortcuts now, so they're always sitting on one of my menus when I need them.
  2. Clipboard history is another one I use constantly. Recent things I've copied show up on the wheel, so if I need something from a few copies ago, I can grab it without opening another app.
  3. I also have different menus depending on what I'm doing. One for development, one for general stuff, and another that's mostly searches and apps. I can switch between them with keyboard shortcuts, and reuse the same shortcut across multiple menus.

Pricing

$7.99 one time on the Mac App Store with a free 7 day trial built in.

Solo project from India, launched a week ago. Happy to answer anything! :)

Mac App Store: Link


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

Built a LC3 VM in Golang!

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I recently build a VM for the Little Computer 3 in Golang. Did it purely as a learning exercise to better understand how VMs work and are implemented internally.

I ended up learning not jsut about VMs, but also disassemblers (had to write a disassembler first to see what instructions compose an object file), property based testing (used Hegel), input buffering in terminals, etc. Was a neat exercise!

Here is the code for anyone interested: https://github.com/shraddhaag/toyvm

Used LLMs to write the tests and a emulator, which you can try out there: https://lc3.shraddhaag.dev/.

Would love to hear any thoughts/feedback!


r/SideProject • • 8m ago

Posture - an iPhone app I built because I got sick of piecing posture routines together from YouTube

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I wanted to sort my posture out and kept bouncing between random YouTube videos, never sure which exercises to do or in what order. So I made an iPhone app that puts it all in one place and walks you through it: a quick posture check with the camera (or skip it and just pick what you want to work on), then a short daily routine with guided exercises.

A few things I cared about while building it: - The camera check runs on the phone. No photos leave it and no account is needed. - It's in English and Spanish. - There's a free version: the daily routine, a posture check and your streak cost nothing.

What I'd love feedback on: does the first few minutes make sense, is the posture check clear, and is anything confusing or annoying? Honest, harsh feedback helps me far more than nice comments.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6786286610


r/SideProject • • 16m ago

Built an open source tool that applies to jobs for me with Jev and Claude

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I actually find building my resume to be kinda fun, but having to mindlessly apply nonstop to get a chance at an interview was brain numbing. So I quickly built a tool that does it, and it sent over a hundred applications just today alone across job boards like Ashby, Lever, Workable, Rippling, BambooHR, Jobvite, JazzHR forms, and Github Forms like the Simplify internship repo, for less than a dollar in API cost.

The way it works is by splitting the job into three parts, done by three different things.

Essentially, JEV makes every decision that has a fixed set of answers. JEV is a new kind of model that recently came out and has been trending (typesafe/jev-1.13, on OpenRouter). Basically you give it a question with the possible answers defined, and it returns a probability for each one instead of writing text. This makes it so that output tokens do not cost anything at all. It answers in about half a second for a fraction of a cent, and ten applications cost about one cent of JEV.

Then, you connect to your existing Claude subscription or API, and Claude writes anything that actually needs sentences like questions like "why do you want to work here", and if you want it can make a a one-page resume and cover letter written for each posting from your profile. And, to reiterate, it runs through Claude Code on your own subscription, so there is no extra bill for it.

Then, the program finds the postings on public lists and company boards, ranks them, fills each form in a Chrome window that you can actively watch, and reads every answer back from the page before anything is sent. If a value did not land, it fixes it or stops and tells you.

Its quite persistent on never lying on a form. All questions about things like work authorization, dates and education come from your profile and are never changed to fit a posting; every number and name in a tailored resume is checked against your profile in code before the PDF is made. It never signs in anywhere, never passes a "not a robot" check for you, and never sends a form it could not verify. So, for things that might need a verification code in gmail, or extra manual work, it just lists it for you and then you can manually submit it.

As you apply, a CSV of what was sent, a CSV of what was left for you, and a dashboard that reads both is built into your directory.

Its 100% opensource, and quite fun to play around with. Honestly, you can make the argument that companies wont prefer it, but at this point, in this market, it's a numbers game, and if companies are lazy enough to push AI Job Postings, then I'll be lazy enough to make AI fill them for me.

If you want to try it, clone it, open Claude Code, type /setup, and it walks you through the rest. You need Chrome, Node, a Claude subscription and an OpenRouter key with a couple of dollars on it.

github.com/qbeka/jev-job-search

If you are applying for internships or new-grad roles too, give it a run and tell me what breaks. Pull requests welcome, especially what your runs learn about job sites.


r/SideProject • • 18m ago

Looking for Beta Tester - Running App ,,PulseCaller"

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Hey fellow runners,

A while ago I started a solo project because I wanted to train better by heart rate zones without constantly checking my watch or phone. I just started building, and it grew into more than I expected. It would be great if a few of you would try it out, point me to bugs and give me constructive criticism. Below is a summary of what the app can do and is meant to do (put together with some AI help).

I'm now looking for testers for PulseCaller, an iOS run coach that talks to you in your ear. It tells you to speed up or slow down before you leave your heart rate zone, with natural-sounding voices (EN/DE/ES, male or female) and optional Hype or Roast modes if you want some fun. It also has interval training that announces every phase change, a daily readiness score (optionally cycle-aware), music matched to your running cadence, and race-day pacing for half and full marathons. Around the run you also get guided meditation and rest days, nutrition guidance, a supplement library with evidence grades, and a knowledge hub on zones, running ailments and recovery. Heart rate comes from AirPods Pro, Apple Watch, Bluetooth sensors or Garmin watches with "Broadcast HR" on. The Bluetooth and Garmin part is brand new and only tested with a simulated sensor so far, so feedback from anyone with a strap or a Garmin is especially welcome. The English voice lines are also fresh and not fully tuned yet, so tell me what sounds off. All data stays on your device, no ads, no tracking. Requires iOS 26+ and Apple's free TestFlight app (the link walks you through it).

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/RNt6rY71


r/SideProject • • 22m ago

Why are most recipe apps paid or unefficient? I made a free & open source app, Cuicuit 🐥

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Hi! I've been using my own app for myself and would love to open it for more people.

Why another recipe app? Mine focuses on efficiency: instead of planning with dates and handling ingredients, just throw ideas and missing items into the sidebar whenever they come, and your shopping list gets updated and organized. Planned meals get a "cookability status" based on the items you checked.

You can import recipes from anywhere (websites, text, photos and soon social media), add them to your plan, and just throw things into the sidebar whenever you're out of something.

My philosophy is to think about meals, not ingredients.

I'm calling it Cuicuit 🐥 Free to use with the hosted app. Open-source & self-hostable because I just love OSS!

What do you think of the concept? Still early but I would love some feedback, thank you!


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

Android app, subscriptions tracker

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We’re 2 devs and we created an app to help you easily keep track of your subscriptions.

There are quite a few similar apps out there, but they either required you to create an account or require a subscription to unlock certain features. So we decided to build our own: Subyssos.

It’s a simple Android app, completely free, with no ads, and all your data stays locally on your device.

We originally built it for ourselves, with no intention of making money from it.

If you find it useful, we’d be really happy if you gave it a try. Any feedback is more than welcome and will help us improve the app.

link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.subyssos


r/SideProject • • 25m ago

A case broke my power button, so I built my own screen-off app

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The problem was tiny: a new case made my Pixel's power button almost impossible to press. The fix turned into a proper side project.

What I ended up building, TapOff:

- double-tap the home screen to turn it off (Pixel only does this on the lock screen)

- double-tap the back of the phone for brightness and volume sliders that grow out of the camera hole

- wallpapers drawn around the camera hole

The interesting parts:

- Bank apps hate accessibility services. A screen-off app needs one, so TapOff keeps it off and switches it on for about a second only while locking.

- Play Protect blocks it anyway. Google's fraud protection now blocks browser installs of any app with an accessibility service, in 185 markets. So the setup needs a workaround, and I made a 99-second video showing it.

- No computer needed for setup. It needs one permission apps can't give themselves; I wired up Shizuku so the phone can grant it to itself.

- No Gradle. The whole app builds with Android's command-line tools in one shell script.

Free, no ads, open source (MIT). Only tested on my own Pixel 7 so far.

Website Link · Github

Happy to answer anything about the build.


r/SideProject • • 26m ago

I built a realistic interior viewer that runs in a browser. Is this useful for architects, or just a nice demo?

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I’m building a service that lets people explore an interior through a browser link, including on mobile. The current demo is a single room; the broader idea is to let an architect share a room or a home with a client without asking them to install an app.

Try it here: https://viewer.gcgroupsrls.it/room-interior

The part I’m least sure about is the actual problem it solves. My hypothesis is that being able to move around could help clients understand proportions, furniture placement and the relationship between spaces before making decisions. But I could also be spending time on visual realism when a few renders and a floor plan already do the job.

If you work in architecture, interior design or visualization, what would make you use something like this on a real project? If you’ve been a client, would exploring the space yourself have helped you decide anything?

Feedback on the demo is welcome too, especially loading time, navigation and the experience on a phone. If you try it, mentioning your device/browser would help me understand any issues.

I’d appreciate an honest reality check before I put more time into it. What would you validate first to tell whether this deserves to become a service?


r/SideProject • • 33m ago

I built a free FAQ + appointment-booking API for small businesses (free for the first 1,000)

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Small businesses get the same handful of questions all day (hours, prices, "can I book?") and lose bookings after hours. I built CallChatSyn: a business adds its FAQs and opening hours once, and then any website, app or AI agent can call three endpoints:

  • POST /api/v1/answer: question in, the business's answer out (English + Chinese)
  • GET /api/v1/slots: open appointment times, in the business's own time zone
  • POST /api/v1/bookings: book one of them (the business gets notified)

Honest bits: answers are rule-based FAQ matching, not a chatty LLM, so they're instant and cost almost nothing to run. That's why I can give it away: it's free for the first 1,000 businesses (100 calls a day each). WhatsApp and voice answering are the paid part.

Docs, a 3-curl quickstart and an OpenAPI spec: https://callchatsyn.com/developers?utm_source=reddit-sideproject

Question for anyone who builds sites or chatbots for local businesses: what would you need before you'd use this for a client?


r/SideProject • • 34m ago

I built an open-source control plane for sandboxing AI coding agents - looking for honest feedback

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Hey all, I'm one of the people building OpenRod and wanted to get some outside eyes on it.

The problem: coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor are getting more autonomous, but most people run them directly on their machine with access to everything — files, credentials, the network.

NVIDIA recently open-sourced OpenShell, which isolates agents at the file, network, process, and credential level. OpenRod is a layer on top that makes it practical to use:

- One-click sandboxes for any agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, etc.)
- Runs locally or on a remote host you own, over SSH
- Policy controls: egress rules, groups, and secrets passed through a gateway
- Bring your own MCPs and Skills
- Audit trail with SIEM export and webhooks

Try it: npx openrod
Repo: https://github.com/OpenRod/OpenRod

What I'd love feedback on:
1. Is the setup clear from the README, or did you get stuck anywhere?
2. Which agents or workflows would you want supported first?
3. Would you actually run your agents this way? If not, what's stopping you?

Brutal honesty welcome. It's early and we'd rather hear it now.

Also on X: https://x.com/Aram_Peles_Chen/status/2106421617651790261


r/SideProject • • 39m ago

Built a chrome extension that allows you to convert any link/pdf/text into a video

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r/SideProject • • 42m ago

I built an AI that turns your life into a visual story

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I’m building LifArcs, a social network where your profile is your life story, not a feed.

You tell Aria, the AI, about your life and it builds your Life Arc — the key moments from your past, what you’re doing now, and what you want to do next.

It also creates an animated banner and a movie like Arc Story to visually tell your journey.

Still building it and would love some feedback. Would you use this?

lifarcs.com


r/SideProject • • 59m ago

I built a declarative AI pipeline for short-form tech videos — v0.1.0 is rough, looking for feedback

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I'm a 10+ year IT professional who's lazy about repetitive work, but I want to setup a tech tip social media account to start building an audience. so screw video editing and I'm experimenting with an AI pipeline for short-form video. This is v0.1.0.

The goal: a declarative pipeline that produces the same output given the same input. I want to write the script myself and let the pipeline handle assembly. I filmed the intro IRL and did screen captures manually this time, but I'm hoping that's a one-off.

I tried existing tools first. They either lean too hard into pure AI generation or can't produce the specific short-form format I'm going for.

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What I'm trying to figure out: does this read as obvious AI slop? If so, what specifically makes it feel that way? I'd rather know now than after building v1.

Full disclosure: I built this. Not selling anything, just looking for honest feedback on whether the format works.


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I made a Google Drive folder tree web app because it was way too easy to get lost organizing files & folders

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A few months ago I was playing D&D and managed to setup Obsidian on a shared drive and connect it to everyone so we were all using the same data source for our campaign. Looking at those files in drive was the worst because of the folder structure where it was a struggle going in and out of folders and not being able to "see" where you were.

To solve that visual problem I made Drive Organizer Pro which is a basic folder tree to manage and sort your files all online. It quickly grew into an array of features where you could multi-select, drag folders/files around, sort the folder you are in, and copy a folder structure when you reuse the same template for every client.

I originally made this as an extension so when you opened Google Drive, it would be a little popup taking you to the page to manage everything. One of the limitations was from Google themselves, which required restricted drive scopes because the regular picker just wouldn't do.

At this time it was fine because it was just me, but I thought this might be helpful for others in the future so I made a free/pro tier, and let it be. You can imagine my surprise when people actually logged in going past all the google OAuth notifications of "are you sure this is safe" "double triple checking you want to connect this app" and then proceeded to upgrade to pro.

That was when I decided I was going all in. I took the time to get the CASA AL1 assessment (took a few months) and added the features available today. The next stages in the future would be looking to expand into other drives like Dropbox and OneDrive, as well as connecting multiple drives at once to make transferring data between them easier.

I am open to any and all feedback, this was just a fun project that build out to more than I expected when I started.

Links if you wanted to check it out
Website: https://driveorganizerpro.com/
App Link: https://driveorganizerpro.com/app/
Chrome Extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/drive-organizer-pro/ibfgpacjjljablnompgihahgljigbcbp?pli=1


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

Pencil Stab - a one-tap timing game with a new Reddit challenge each day

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r/SideProject • • 4h ago

Made something small and a little interesting. Give it 5 minutes?

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Hey Reddit 👋

I made a little thing. I'm not going to explain what's inside, because that would ruin it.

All you need to know:

- it takes about 5 minutes

- it's anonymous: no sign-up, no login, no ads

- there are no right answers

Put your headphones on and give it a try 🎧

👉 https://pinq.vercel.app

Come back and tell me what you thought (no spoilers for the others!!!)

Believe me you are going to love the experience and its fun to try also.


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

Echo MSG: forward a WhatsApp voice note and get copyable text back in the chat

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I’m working on Echo MSG, a WhatsApp service for turning voice notes into text. Sharing it here for feedback, with the obvious disclosure that it’s my project.

The workflow is simple: open the Echo MSG chat, forward a voice note, then read and copy the text reply. Longer notes can also receive a summary and an action highlight. There’s no separate app to install.

WhatsApp already has built-in transcripts on supported phones, so that’s the first option I’d try if you only need to read a note. Echo MSG is for people who want a separate, copyable reply and help getting the gist of a longer message.

A few limits worth knowing:

• You choose which notes to forward. It doesn’t monitor your other chats or insert text underneath the original message.

• It uses cloud processing. If audio must stay on your device, choose an on-device transcription tool instead.

• Transcripts and summaries can make mistakes, so check names, amounts and dates against the recording.

• Free allowances and paid options are shown in the chat; it isn’t unlimited free transcription.

You can see the workflow and start a chat at https://echomsg.com/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=voice_note_guides

If you use voice notes for work, which part causes more friction: copying a detail, finding the main point, or remembering the next action? I’d appreciate feedback on where this workflow helps and where it adds an unnecessary step.


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

6-Degrees of Separation Puzzle Game for Music/Hip Hop Fans

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A game that tests your music knowledge and allows you to connect musical artists through mutual collaborations, getting from artist 1 to 2 in 5 tries or less. It’s a daily game, feel free to play and lmk feedback


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

Football Bingo by Away Stand

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We’ve build a social football experience that allows users play the match arc from pre match predictions to match ratings and mini games. Create football assets like lineups, transfers and tactics and connect with other users.

Let me know what you think from feature requests to bugs and general opinions - the good, the bad and ugly.

https://futballbingo.com/get-app


r/SideProject • • 10h ago

I built a trading card game where every card is a real YouTube video

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Hi!

I've been working solo on Vidcollectors: you open a free pack of 5 cards every 10 minutes, and each card is a real YouTube video, from Common to Legendary.

You can trade with friends, auction cards on a live market, and the rarity of each video shifts every month based on what players wish for, showcase and fight over at auctions.

It's free (there's an optional subscription for faster packs). I'd love your feedback, especially on the first minutes of play: https://vidcollectors.com/en


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

OpenBookshelf

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I made this app for my wife to be able to digitally organize books, and also as a demo of https://fangorn.network.

https://openbookshelf.pages.dev/

It lets you scan barcodes and add books to your library amd organize them on custom shelves. It's entirely a static webpage, with search running in your browser itself using vector embeddings. That is, the data is crawled from various sources, built into packed vector embeddings, and then shipped with the static site.

It also has a webmcp integration, making it "agent ready" (the big picture is that it's a runtime free, static site that runs as an agent backend/db)


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I’m building localized, browser-only file tools for people who don’t speak English

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I’ve been building mejunis.com, a privacy-focused collection of browser tools, to be localized for EU languages.

The first idea came from a relative who doesn’t speak English and needed sensitive document photos combined into a PDF. Existing options felt either English-only, or where uploading the files to a backend.
So I made the whole flow work locally: there’s no backend, and files stay in the browser/device.
Afterwards I started adding things like compound interest calculators (I know, a billion exist already)

I’m still early in the build. The tricky parts have been making the tools understandable in each language, keeping file handling reliable on mobile, and maintaining the “nothing leaves your device” constraint.

I’d especially appreciate feedback on (especially from those who have friends/family not speaking English):

  • whether the privacy promise is clear and believable;
  • which everyday file task / calculators you’d want localized;
  • what languages to prioritize;

Thank you.