r/sideprojects • u/BubblyFill3197 • 4h ago
Meta Product Hunt Clones. Are they worth it
There are dozens of websites out there to help you "launch" your product. Do people use them? Are they worth it? Websites like uneed and microlaunch, etc.
r/sideprojects • u/fkih • Jun 16 '25
In this past 30 days, this community has doubled in size. As such, this is an open call for community feedback, and prospective moderators interested in volunteering their time to harbouring a pleasant community.
I'm happy to announce that this community now has rules, something the much more popular r/SideProject has neglected to implement for years.
Rules 1, 2 and 3 are pretty rudimentary, although there is some nuance in implementing rule 2, a "no spam or excessive self-promotion" rule in a community which focuses the projects of makers. In order to balance this, we will not allow blatant spam, but will allow advertising projects. In order to share your project again, significant changes must have happened since the last post.
Rule 4 and rule 5 are more tuned to this community, and are some of my biggest gripes with r/SideProject. There has been an increase in astroturfing (the act of pretending to be a happy customer to advertise a project) as well as posts that serve the sole purpose of having readers contact the poster so they can advertise a service. These are no longer allowed and will be removed.
In addition to this, I'll be implementing flairs which will be required to post in this community.
r/sideprojects • u/BubblyFill3197 • 4h ago
There are dozens of websites out there to help you "launch" your product. Do people use them? Are they worth it? Websites like uneed and microlaunch, etc.
r/sideprojects • u/LittleCan3460 • 30m ago
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Founder here, so this is self-promo — but I'd genuinely rather have your henost feedback and how can i improve it.
The itch: I wanted to meet new people online around actual shared interests. Every option was either a dating app (wrong intent) or a "drop your username" thread full of bots. Nothing in between.
What I built — Snaptle, briefly:
- Spotlight — a browsable directory of people. Filter by interests, platform or location, or put yourself on it and get found.
- The Deck — swipe through profiles and opt in. Both say yes → you're connected and can chat.
- Chat — clean text-only inbox with read receipts, report/block one tap away.
- Shoutout-for-shoutout — pair up, support each other's posts, keep the streak alive. For creators who want to grow together instead of shouting into the void.
- Random video chat (web) — location-based, drops you into a call with a stranger. The scariest thing I've shipped.
- Safety, because it's the whole ballgame here: photos screened before anyone sees them, exact location never shared (fuzzed area only), SFW.
- Random video chat with other poeple.
Where it's at: web app live at snaptle.com, iOS build in App Store review. Free.
Feedback I'd love: is there anything confusing in the first 60 seconds, and what should i add to use my app daily ?
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r/sideprojects • u/Hour_Abroad6273 • 0m ago
It provides reviews for Mousepads, Glasspads and IEMs. Other than this there are some mouse skates aswell.
This is community driven data from various sources such as Reddit, Youtube, Discord and other peripheral communities
r/sideprojects • u/TrueWayshere • 4m ago
I’m a brand designer, and I built ExportFolio because I kept repeating the same portfolio task.
The work was already finished on Behance, then I needed a PDF, a website, or a backup I could actually keep. Browser print broke the page, screenshots flattened the work, and rebuilding everything in InDesign only made sense when the portfolio itself needed a completely new story.
So I built a workflow around the work that was already published.
ExportFolio takes public Behance work you own or have permission to export and packages it into a few different formats:
• Free selected project PDFs: up to 3 per rolling day, no signup
• Standard PDF: source dimensions, quality 84
• Email PDF pack: aims for 5 MB
• Recruiter PDF pack: aims for 10 MB
• Client Review PDF pack: aims for 25 MB
• Webfolio ZIP: a static portfolio site you can host yourself
• Portfolio Archive ZIP: project folders, source links, metadata, a manifest, and available media
The file-size packs are targets, not guarantees. The final size depends on the source media.
The Webfolio is a downloadable static site, not a hosting plan. PDFs are static too, so motion-heavy work may still need a source link or website version beside it.
I built the product with AI coding agents, but the product decisions came from my own designer workflow and the annoying parts of trying to move finished Behance work into formats that are easier to send, host, or keep.
The free path is live here:
I’d value feedback on the actual workflow, especially where the export choices feel unclear or where a portfolio would need a different format.
r/sideprojects • u/LeadingJuggernaut892 • 19m ago
I have zero background in trades but I saw the same pattern with small service businesses in the US and Europe, painters especially, they're paying a lot for industry software that's bloated. per user, per month plans, for features most of them never touch.
For sure this is the gap so I built a dead-simple version that does the two things they actually struggle with, quotes and scheduling crews without double-booking. That's it. I'm not really a developer either, I just described what I wanted and built on a combination of claude + emergent.
still early, testing and speaking with a couple of painting crews right now…
lets see how it goes. wish me luck
r/sideprojects • u/WeeklyMaize3343 • 25m ago
Hey folks, manual QA and production bugs are the worst. We built LΞXOV so you can drop your URL and have autonomous AI agents test your web app's flows, checkouts, and UI bugs right in the browser—no test code required.
If you drop your link below, we'll review and test it on our social media for free promo (don't worry, we promise we won't roast too hard). You can follow along with our reviews over on TikTok, Instagram, and X. (@lexov.tech).
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Drop your URL below and let us test it!
r/sideprojects • u/AdditionalDesk8574 • 56m ago
Most team members complete their tasks but forget to update the status in the PM tool. Even tools with commit-format features, like Linear, still require you to remember the exact format or ID.
To solve that, I built Bundlle, a project management tool with automatic status updates based on your commits, no format needed.
Setup is simple: create a workspace, invite your team, connect your GitHub account, import a project, create tasks, and assign them. Once someone completes a task and pushes, the status updates on its own, no dragging, no format to remember.
Pricing is per-project, so adding team members won't increase your cost.
Starts free with 1 project and 3 members.
Do try it out: bundlle.app
r/sideprojects • u/Intrepid-Register569 • 1h ago
I’ve been looking into a problem that keeps coming up for independent fashion founders: having an idea is easy, but turning that idea into a finished product is where things get complicated.
The gap isn’t just finding a factory. It’s everything around it, understanding samples, comparing production options, figuring out costs, managing communication, and making sure the final piece matches the original vision.
The idea I found interesting is creating a more streamlined workflow where a designer can move from concept to production without having to learn every part of the manufacturing process from scratch.
While exploring existing approaches, I came across a platform, which focuses on helping fashion creators manage steps like sourcing, sampling, production, quality checks, and delivery. Looking at platforms like this helped me understand how much complexity exists behind even a small clothing project.
I think there’s still a lot of room for better tools in this space, especially for independent creators who don’t have a production team.
For people building side projects:
What industries do you think still have outdated workflows that could be simplified with better tools?
r/sideprojects • u/mrgreenish • 1h ago
a few sundays is a private web app for things you would love to make time for.
The problem I wanted to solve: personal ideas often don’t belong on a task list because they have no deadline—but a notes app makes them too easy to forget.
The app has three simple stages:
• Saved: an idea without a date
• Chosen: something assigned to a weekend, month, or rough window
• Remembered: something that happened, with an optional reflection
The home screen represents the year as 52 weeks. It deliberately has no streaks, overdue states, notifications, or public profiles.
I built it with Next.js and Firebase. It’s free: https://afewsundays.com
I’m the maker, and I’d value specific feedback on the landing page and first-use experience.
r/sideprojects • u/Objective_Play_2142 • 1h ago
Hey everyone,
I've spent the past few months building VibeMe AI, a side project that helps musicians and creators turn songs and static images into animated, lip-synced music videos for platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
It's been exciting seeing people use it, but now that I'm getting real usage, I've run into two challenges that I'm hoping other builders here have already solved.
On the technical side, video generation isn't instant. Even a 15-second video can take around a minute to render because the backend relies on custom ComfyUI and Stable Diffusion workflows running across decentralized GPU providers. The results are good, but asking users to stare at a loading screen for that long clearly isn't ideal.
I'm debating between a few approaches:
For those who've built products with asynchronous workflows, what ended up providing the best user experience?
The second challenge is balancing growth with infrastructure costs.
GPU time adds up quickly, so while I want to offer free daily generations to reduce friction and collect feedback, it's also easy to imagine bots or heavy free users consuming resources faster than a small project can sustain.
For anyone who's launched a bootstrapped AI product, how did you structure your free tier or trial without letting compute costs get out of control? Did you limit generations, introduce credits, gate features, or take a different approach entirely?
I'm also curious whether you'd prioritize reducing render time first or focus on monetization and user retention while accepting slower generation speeds during the MVP stage.
I'd really appreciate hearing what worked (or didn't work) for your own projects. Thanks in advance!
r/sideprojects • u/WeddingTall801 • 1h ago
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Hey guys, I started doing graphic design on the side in 2022. I learned through a couple of tutorials, and all of them recommended remove.bg as the background remover
Fast forward 4 years, I'm a software engineer now, and I hate paying $5 or $20 for remove.bg credits so that I can remove the background of my assets, so I built this: an offline, completely local background remover. Your images are not stored on ANYONE's servers
It runs on your machine; the only requirement is 1GB of RAM ad 120mb of free space- that's it
Full transparency: The app is $49 once-off, after that.....you own it and it's yours
r/sideprojects • u/HitGameMaker • 5h ago
What it is: Neon Drift — a free arcade racing game with drifting, nitro boosts, a story career mode, weekly tournaments and real-time multiplayer (up to 6 players). No download, works on desktop and mobile: https://neondriftgame.online
Why I built it: I wanted to see how far AI-assisted development could go beyond CRUD apps — a real-time 3D game felt like a proper stress test. Full transparency: it's built on Base44 (an AI app builder), with me directing and iterating rather than hand-writing the code.
Tech under the hood:
Biggest challenges:
What I'd love feedback on: game feel (handling/drift), and whether the multiplayer connection is smooth from your region.
r/sideprojects • u/lord_raw_competition • 19h ago
I always thought launching would be the hard part but now it feels like the website is falling behind faster than the product itself since I've shipped a bunch of new features over the past few months and changed the positioning a couple of times but every website update turns into making new pages, checking SEO, updating old pages and trying not to break everything else in the process.
It's not even that any individual task is difficult but maintaining the site feels like its own side project now.
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r/sideprojects • u/heisenbug403 • 7h ago
Hi everyone!
I’ve been building NotaTask for a little over 2 years as a side project. It started because I wanted a note-taking and task app that stayed simple instead of trying to become an all-in-one workspace.
Over time I’ve kept improving it based on user feedback, and I recently released the native Android app.
I’m looking for honest feedback from people who use productivity apps regularly.
Some questions I’m especially interested in:
If you’d like to try NotaTask, I’m happy to share the link in the comments (if that’s allowed by the subreddit rules).
I’d genuinely appreciate any criticism or suggestions. Thanks!
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r/sideprojects • u/LinenForest • 19h ago
Add your apps so people can try them
I'll start.
I run Aivrae, an independent multi-model AI API gateway with one OpenAI-compatible base URL and API key. For SaaS products with AI features, selected models are priced up to 85% below official API rates, helping reduce recurring AI usage costs; new users also get $1 in API trial credit.
r/sideprojects • u/ZACHINE • 5h ago
I recently developed X Reply Sorter after opening every tweet and seeing the replies automatically sorted by whatever bot slop X's algorithm wanted to shill and having to manually sort the replies every time just to see what the actual sentiments of the comment section were.
The extension is basic, it automatically sorts replies by Most Liked on every tweet you open. You can also switch to Recent if you prefer.
Right now it uses X's native sorting options, so it's lightweight and doesn't touch the DOM. But I'm thinking about adding more advanced filtering and sorting with some DOM manipulation — things like:
Would love to hear what sorting/filtering options you'd actually use. What annoys you most about X's reply sorting?
r/sideprojects • u/NeedleworkerThat3837 • 5h ago
I'm in the research stage of looking into a hair transplant and want to make sure I'm asking the right questions before choosing a clinic.
I've been using websites that compare clinics, explain different procedures, and include patient experiences, but I'd like to hear from people who have already gone through the process.
What questions did you ask before deciding on your clinic?
Update: After doing some thorough research, I was recommended the IdealofMeD website. It seems like a useful place to compare clinics, learn about different hair transplant methods, and read patient experiences.
I was also suggested Dr. Devrim Demirel as someone worth looking into. Has anyone here had any experience with him?
r/sideprojects • u/staticmaker1 • 5h ago
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