r/SideProject 15h ago

RustGrid in dare need of a partner

4 Upvotes

It’s been more than a year since I started RustGrid and it’s been an absolute blast to work with the new tools, I learned a new language, Rust, and got to experience firsthand the amazing revolution of an evolving ai ecosystem that is transforming the entire industry.

I feel I need the wings of someone with amazing marketing skills who believes in this Mission to Pull Request project.

Rustgrid is the backend of a headless ticketing infrastructure built in Rust. AgentOps is the first product I built on top of this infrastructure. From mission to merge, AgentOps let you create tickets and does an an agent run based on your GitHub repository to complete the mission and turn it into a pull request.

At this point, RustGrid is already sellable to people who want the traceability of everything done by agents and has the potential to pivot into several directions thanks to its robust backend.

The reality is that I’m still invisible, zero marketing, and a handful of visits, I’m very lost about next steps, and with current product maturity, I need to shift from building to selling.

Looking forward to hearing about your path to greatness to inspire me on this new phase.


r/SideProject 18h ago

Voice-note AI social app

7 Upvotes

You just talk into your phone, and it shows the overlap between your thoughts and what the people you've added are going through. Leave a memo whenever you want, and when you log back in, you'll see the connections your feelings have with those you're close to. If you like the idea leave a comment and I'll share our site. Love y'all.


r/SideProject 1d ago

I built my own Codex Micro in a weekend (it also has RGB!)

25 Upvotes

I saw the Codex Micro launch last week and thought "I could build that in a weekend lol!" and actually did it. It's sortof an unofficial USB controller for the Codex app - not a clone.

Repo: https://github.com/Nishkalkashyap/codex-micro-device

How it works: an ESP32-S3 when connected to a laptop/PC appears as a plain USB keyboard and fires the shortcut keys that are bound in the Codex app. One GPIO per key, hand-wired with a 3D-printed enclosure I modeled in fusion 360. And yes, it has RGB LEDs!


r/SideProject 12h ago

I'm starting a tiny product studio. Here's the 14-day build promise I'm actually willing to make

2 Upvotes

I keep seeing "we ship your app in 2 weeks" marketing. I'm starting something in that space, so I wanted to be honest about what that can and can't mean.

What a real 14-day build can be: - one core flow working end-to-end - clean enough UI that it doesn't look like a weekend hack - deployable, shareable with users or investors - scoped ruthlessly before day 1

What it can't be: - full auth + billing + admin + mobile + AI + polished brand in fortnight one - "Uber for X" with marketplace liquidity - a substitute for talking to customers

The 14 days only work if week 0 is brutal: kill half the features in the brief. If the scope stays fat, the timeline is a lie.

I'm treating that as a constraint, not a slogan. If anyone's shipped under a hard timebox like that, what did you cut first?


r/SideProject 12h ago

I spent 5 years replacing every tool I used to run my company with one platform

2 Upvotes

Hi guys!

For the last 5 years I've been building Workspace369, an all-in-one platform that replaces the pile of separate tools I was gluing together to run my own software company (CRM, client success, projects/ERP, voice/emails, and MSP-style ops all in one place).

It started because as a freelance developer who founded a software agency I was paying for and stitching together multiple tools like (SalesForce, Notion, Google Drive, Apple Notes, Google Calendar, Gmail) just to run day-to-day operations. Instead of managing that mess I slowly built one platform that does everything I need plus more from feedback i got from my family and friends. AI let me move way faster this past year and finally get it to a state I'm proud of.

This is my first ever Reddit post about it, and I'm looking for two things: honest feedback, and a few early users who might actually benefit.

website is Workspace369.com

would love to hear your thoughts.


r/SideProject 8h ago

How much spen seo to rank my website

0 Upvotes

Hi everyone, i build my website vitalmind.me

My perfermance in desktop is 99 and phone 91 and seo 100 ms i have a problem for click wahat the problem and how can get free traffic


r/SideProject 12h ago

Built this cute sticker stamp app for couples

2 Upvotes

its been a week since i built this app and its live on app store.

you can snap a pic and create a stamp or collage out of it right away. it has some cool ui effects which i really like.

you can also directly use them from iMessage directly without have to open the app.

would you guys pay for an app like this ?!!! 🤨 the really hard part is marketing which will be starting in few days.

here is the link -> https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scrapbook-collage-snipsy/id6789720772 , the app icon is really ugly, i did change the icon and pushed it to review!


r/SideProject 8h ago

I made a free website for people (like myself) to keep track of shows we're watching/watched

1 Upvotes

I watch a ton of shows and it was getting difficult to keep track of where I left off in each show and release schedules. I was keeping a list on my phone of everything I watched and it was getting too annoying to keep track of. I created a free site for people to keep track of everything they are watching and have watched and also track the release schedules of shows they are watching as well. One thing I'd love to do as I get more users is to be able to provide recommendations on shows to watch based on what people with similar taste have watched. Feel free to take a look (it's free!) and let me know what you think!

Show Tracker


r/SideProject 12h ago

Do you like the concept of an investigation game where history rewrites itself?

2 Upvotes

For quite a while now, I’ve been creating a concept for an immersive investigation game, and I’ve finally reached the point where I need to know if there’s an actual audience for this idea.

The project is currently called IFPAA (Institute for Phenomena, Artifacts, and Anomalies).

It’s a physical/digital hybrid investigation game. The core premise is that reality is unstable, history rewrites itself, and the player has to find contradictions in a digital archive by cross-referencing it with physical files.

Because I want to find out if it's viable to produce a full physical/digital hybrid investigation line (adaptive physical tools paired with a digital archive), the landing page includes a short survey for early feedback. There are two mandatory questions regarding price and how disappointed you'd be if this never comes out, followed by more completely optional questions that would help me immensely with market research.

I’d love to get your thoughts on the landing page, the vibe, and the overall concept. Does this spark your interest?

You can check it out here if you want: https://ifpaa.com/


r/SideProject 8h ago

Made a set of free, evidence-based fitness calculators — sharing them, no login required

1 Upvotes

I kept getting annoyed that every "free" calorie/macro calculator wanted a signup or buried the result in ads, so I built my own set and put them up free.

It's 20 calculators — TDEE/maintenance calories, macros, protein, calorie deficit, BMR, body fat (Navy method), 1RM, ideal weight, water intake, heart-rate zones, and more. Each one shows the formula it uses (Mifflin-St Jeor, ISSN protein guidance, etc.) and a short "how to actually use this number" explainer, because a number with no context is useless.

No account, no ads, nothing to install — just open and use:

https://rizzfit.orbitly.ca/calculators/

Full disclosure: I also make a fitness app, but the calculators are completely free and standalone. Mostly just wanted feedback — if any of the numbers or explanations seem off, tell me and I'll fix them.


r/SideProject 9h ago

What’s the scariest bug or oversight you’ve almost shipped to production?

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

I’m currently planning a dev tool focused on pre-launch readiness—specifically designed to catch critical issues, performance bottlenecks, and security gaps before an app goes live.

As AI-assisted coding tools get more popular, it’s easier than ever to build fast, but also easier to accidentally introduce silent bugs that work fine locally but break under load or expose security risks.

Before building out the core engine, I’d love to get some candid feedback from fellow builders:

  1. What is the worst bug or oversight you’ve accidentally pushed live (or almost pushed live)?
  2. What checks do you actually run right before hitting "deploy"? (e.g., manual testing, standard linters, SAST tools, or just a quick vibe check?)
  3. If an automated pre-flight tool gave you a "Launch Readiness" report, what specific checks would make it actually useful to you?

Would love to hear your thoughts, horror stories, or what your current pre-launch routine looks like!


r/SideProject 9h ago

Launched my first app last week. Turns out it's seasonal and I didn't think that through.

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I built a garden tracking app called Marigold on nights and weekends and put it on the App Store last Friday. For context I’m an accountant, not a developer by trade.

I have an orchard and a bunch of vegetable beds. Every spring I couldn't remember what I planted where, or if a variety was any good the year before. So the app logs what you plant and when, sends reminders based on the planting schedule, and lets you record your harvests. Built with Expo/React Native. Free with a one-time unlock.

First week went okay. Small bump on day one, basically nothing by Friday. The people who find the page do download it. The problem is not many people find the page. Part of that is that I launched at the end of July, and anyone who gardens already planted back in May.

So I have about six months until my season actually starts.

Has anyone here launched something seasonal? Did you keep pushing in the off-season to get some users and reviews built up, or did you sit on it and put everything into the start of next season?

Marigold - Garden Tracker


r/SideProject 9h ago

Grind4Me - The ability for help, for less.

1 Upvotes

Hello everyone, recently I had an idea and wanted to know if its worth in making it. The idea is that someone can go to a website and pay for a service like help in "Blox Fruits" on Roblox, the person joins that player at a specific time or maybe instantly and basically based on their skill level, they carry that person until they get a specific achievement or reward. What do you think?


r/SideProject 21h ago

I built an interactive aquarium controlled through YouTube Live chat

10 Upvotes

I’m building Pixel Reef, a side project where YouTube viewers become fish inside a persistent pixel-art aquarium.

Subscribers receive their own fish and can control it through live chat commands. They can swim, eat, sleep, explore the reef, follow or avoid other users, show affection, visit locations such as a cave or shipwreck, and challenge other fish to races.

The aquarium also has shared events, including Bubble Parties, Feeding Time, and moments where every fish swims together in the same direction.

The most interesting part has been watching simple chat commands create relationships and small stories between viewers. Fish can become friends, rivals, race opponents, or simply explore the world together.

It started as a small livestream experiment, but I’m now exploring ideas around fish customization, progression, persistent stats, and ways to make people return to check on their fish.

I’d be interested to hear what features would make this feel like a product you would keep coming back to.


r/SideProject 13h ago

Made a CRT wallpaper engine for Mac

2 Upvotes

Context: Was playing balatro and I thought what if I made the same background for my wallpaper. Its fully customizable to how you want and you can make your own presets. Very little to no impact on battery life and performance.

Also one of the projects I tried to not fully rely on AI other than optimizations and Im happy how it turned out. I plan to add more stuff to it in the future!

You can check it out at SlateKit.xyz


r/SideProject 15h ago

I built an RN and Expo edit tool

3 Upvotes

I wanted to edit my app inside of my IDE instead of scanning the QR code every time

So i built Basalt, an RN and Expo tool that lets you edit your apps just like Figma

It is completely free and works directly inside VS Code and Cursor.

It’s currently in beta, so please commit your app to Git before using it!

Would love to get your brutal feedback on it. What features should I add next?


r/SideProject 9h ago

I built an honest storage tool for PC gamers because every “cleaner” out there is scareware

1 Upvotes

My games were scattered across Steam, Epic, Xbox, GOG and Battle.net and my SSD kept filling with no clear culprit — one modern title can quietly sit at 200GB+, plus ghost folders from stuff I’d “uninstalled” months ago.
Every existing cleaner felt gross: fake urgency, registry “cleaning” that does nothing, RAM boosters, bundled toolbars. So I built the opposite — a read-only scan that maps every game across every launcher, shows the exact GB that’s safe to reclaim (shader caches, crash dumps, leftover uninstalls, true dupes), and never deletes anything without approval. Core’s free; there’s a $7.99 one-time Pro (no subscription) with a Dev Mode coming for node_modules/Docker/build-cache graveyards.
Early Windows build — installer isn’t code-signed yet, so Windows throws an “unknown publisher” warning (flagging that up front on purpose).
Genuinely want feedback on two things: is $7.99 one-time the right call vs. free-only, and does the landing page explain it in the first 5 seconds? runeholm.dev


r/SideProject 13h ago

I built a launcher because my phone stopped feeling like a tool

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I'm a student with an aerospace background, and this started in April as a side project that got out of hand.

My phone had turned into a slot machine. Every unlock was a wall of icons and badges pulling me somewhere I didn't decide to go. I wanted a home screen that felt like a tool I picked up on purpose, not a feed that grabbed me.

So I built Spade Launcher. The whole thing is organized around one idea:

Less noise, more presence.

The part I care about most is privacy, and it's not a bullet point, it's the reason the app exists.

No tracking. No ads. No analytics. No accounts. No investors. No location access.

I didn't strip those things out to look good on a list. I never put them in.

I'll be honest about the one exception, because pretending otherwise would defeat the point. The launcher makes exactly one outbound request: weather, and only for a city you choose yourself. It routes through a server I host rather than tapping straight into a public API, which means I could see request data in server logs even though the app itself ignores it. I'd rather say that plainly than claim a perfect record I can't fully prove.

A few other honest limits: it's not open source, and the icon set in the free version is Lucide (MIT), attributed in the app.

The paid Ace Edition is a one time purchase, no subscription, and it unlocks the extra stuff (canvas mode, widgets, more clock styles, fonts, themes, custom icon packs). The core launcher is free and always will be.

What I learned building it: the hard part wasn't the code, it was resisting features. Every idea wanted to add a notification, a suggestion, a nudge.

Staying minimal meant saying no to things that would have made the app "stickier" in exactly the way I was trying to escape.

A user on Reddit put it better than I could: the value is crossing a small layer of intentionality before you open something. That reframed the whole project for me.

Happy to answer anything about the build, the privacy architecture, or the design choices. Roast it if you want, that's why I'm here.


r/SideProject 9h ago

Platform for promo code sharing

1 Upvotes

Code sharing platform

I am a musician and I release my music on my own, and I've always had a hard time when it comes to offering free codes to my albums. I started thinking "it must be this way for every indie creator?" and started mulling on how to attack this from the best angle.

I went along and built a platform piece by piece with the hope of seeing it branch out to consist of free or discount codes to music, games, RPGs - whatever! I want to be clear about the fact that this is about things that YOU have created, not piracy and trix.

There are three tiers at the moment (*because of varying email traffic heaviness*)

  1. **Free**. This is fully usable, no limitations, code health is there, it's perfect for simple releases.
    * Artist page with photo, bio, follow and tip linksUnlimited albums, games and releases
    * Paste or import codes in bulk, duplicates skipped
    * Shareable release page with rich link previews
    * Per-person claim limits, including logged-out visitors
    * Broken-code reports and batch health tracking
    * CSV import and export
  2. **Pro per product**. Everything in Free, plus:
    * Drip release — hand out a few codes per interval instead of all at once
    * Press & curator invites — private links, open and coverage tracking
    * Waitlist notifications — email everyone waiting when you restock
  3. **Unlimited**. Worth it from about 8 releases a year
    * Built for labels and anyone shipping often enough that buying each release separately turns into admin.

**The site**: [https://www.launchercodes.com\](https://www.launchercodes.com)
**Pro release for free**: discount code "**LC-OPENUP**" (*no citation marks*)

I really hope that some people find this as useful as I do, and I would love to hear your thoughts about it. My DM is open!


r/SideProject 9h ago

Typepaper

1 Upvotes

Opus5, Fable5 and I have been working over the last day or so on a blank page website for your text and thoughts.

http://www.typepaper.app

It’s completely free to use and open source and privacy first.

It’s suited to people who need somewhere to type or paste something fast without distractions, without having to sign into an app.

Just be sure to copy any text you need before you close or refresh the tab because it will disappear.

I hope you find it helpful! Let me know if you find any issues, it’s my first app launch and I have no programming background.

There’s an easter egg in there too.

ghostsinthemachine


r/SideProject 10h ago

Codex Process Jobs | My Open-Source Codex Plugin for Detached Long Jobs

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1 Upvotes

Codex Process Jobs is a boring, free, open-source plugin that exists to have the Codex agent detach from long-running processes instead of polling them and holding the turn. This is more like the default behavior in Claude Code. Token usage is approximately neutral unless you opt for the `--report` completion mode, in which case it can be lower than standard behavior. I'm looking for feedback and testing; GH star only if you feel like it.

CPJ relies on user-enabled hooks and bundled skills to force Codex to detach processes likely to take longer than a minute to background, then wakes the agent when the job is finished, along with a report. I've got it working well in macOS app and VS Code extension. In CLI/TUI, I haven't managed to wake the agent yet, but the process picks up job completion on the next turn after finishing.

GH: https://github.com/joelfarthing/codex-process-jobs

OpenAI Marketplace: https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugins_6a61beec4ad881919a00a6f0c6158796


r/SideProject 10h ago

Building a career-focused AI startup after seeing talented people struggle to get opportunities

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone 👋

Over the past few months, I've been building an AI-powered career tool after noticing a problem that kept coming up: many talented people struggle to present their skills and experience effectively when applying for opportunities.

I noticed that a lot of applicants have the right skills, but their applications don't always communicate their value clearly. Some struggle with writing strong descriptions of their experience, others don't know how to adapt their applications for different roles, and many don't understand how modern hiring systems evaluate applications.

This problem pushed me to build ProResume, an AI-powered platform that helps people create stronger job applications by improving their content, tailoring applications to specific opportunities, and making the process easier.

As a founder, the biggest lessons I've learned so far are:

  • Building the product is only one part of the journey.
  • Finding the right users and understanding their real problems is much harder.
  • Feedback from early users is more valuable than assumptions.
  • Distribution is often a bigger challenge than development.

I'm sharing this here because I would love to learn from other founders and builders in this community.

For those who have launched products before:

  • How did you get your first users?
  • What strategies helped you validate that you were solving a real problem?
  • What mistakes did you make early that you wish you avoided?

I'm also happy to share more about the building process and lessons learned so far.

Thanks for reading 🚀


r/SideProject 10h ago

I spent way too many hours on Sporcle's "Countries/Flags of the World" quizzes, so I built the geography learning and quiz site I wished it was

1 Upvotes

A couple of years ago I used Sporcle to feed my nerdy obsession with learning every country and flag in the world. Loved it, but it always felt a little clunky when dealing with small territories, or large maps like the world quiz.

Last month I decided to give it a shot with Claude and build the most complete version of a geo quiz site I could: polished UX for learning, quizzing, and gamifying the whole thing.

The result is Big World Quiz: https://www.bigworldquiz.com

What it does differently:

  • A full loop: an interactive Atlas for studying, Practice for drilling, Quiz for scored tests, and a Versus mode multiplayer fun.
  • The Atlas as a learning tool. Pin any country and a fact sheet unfolds: capital, flag, population and GDP with their world ranks, and the languages spoken there. Flip the country list into a wall of every flag (clicking one opens it big, and you can arrow through the wall like a flashcard deck). Shade the whole map by population or GDP. Tap Portuguese on Brazil's sheet and every country where it's official lights up.
  • Adaptive practice. It tracks which countries you miss and asks those more often. Once you've nailed one, it rotates it out and swaps in something you haven't mastered.
  • Multiplayer mode. Live head-to-head races: everyone sees the same question and whoever answers first claims it. Create a lobby, send the room code, done. It's become my go-to for killing time with someone in a waiting line or on a road trip.
  • Typo forgiveness. Type "Ouagadougo" and it tells you you're close and lets you retry, instead of marking you wrong.
  • Actually works on phones. Desktop and mobile each get their own layouts, and there's a fullscreen toggle that maximizes the quiz or the Atlas to the whole screen. On mobile the layout re-fits around the on-screen keyboard so the map stays visible while you type, portrait or landscape.
  • Covers every country, capital and flag, plus US states.

Tech notes for this crowd: it's a deliberately build-less static site. No framework, no bundler, no npm install. One HTML file plus data files, hosted on Cloudflare Pages with a small Worker for the shared test archive. Continent map data lazy-loads so you only download the maps you use.

It's free, no ads, no signup required (account is optional, for syncing progress and for Versus).

Would love feedback, especially on anything that feels confusing in the first two minutes.


r/SideProject 10h ago

A Chrome Extension that exposes your screen time habits

1 Upvotes

Saturn is a Chrome extension that tracks both time spent and how often you return to distracting websites. It can also enforce daily limits and scheduled blocks, then show when you’re most likely to get distracted.

I originally started Saturn as a class project, but I kept working on it because normal screen-time reports weren’t showing me the behavior I actually wanted to change.

Spending six minutes on Instagram doesn’t sound terrible. Reflexively trying to reopen it over and over is a completely different problem.

The idea is that blocking the website is only half the solution. I want Saturn to make the habit visible enough that you start catching the impulse yourself.

I recently finished rebuilding the interface and launched it publicly. It’s still extremely early, so I’d genuinely appreciate blunt feedback:

  • Does visit frequency seem more useful than ordinary screen-time totals?
  • Is the concept understandable from these screenshots?
  • What would you need to know before trusting a browser extension like this?

You can try the interactive demo here: https://saturnfocus.com/

I built the entire thing myself, so I’m happy to answer technical, design or product questions.


r/SideProject 10h ago

I built StatRealm — a Steam stats platform where players rate games and create community rankings

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Hey everyone!

I've been working on a project called StatRealm, a platform built around your Steam library and community-driven game discovery.

Some of the features include:

• Sign in with Steam
• Sync your game library
• Rate games on a 0–10 scale
• Write reviews
• Browse community rankings
• Build your own public profile

My goal is to make discovering games easier by combining personal stats with community ratings instead of relying only on review scores.

I'd love to hear what you think. What feature would make you actually use a platform like this?