r/sideprojects 1m ago

Discussion Has anyone here used a digital pen pal platform?

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I have felt myself a little tired of using social media because most of our interactions do not go past several messages and getting to know others has become quite difficult through these channels.

This made me wonder whether there are digital pen pal platforms that allow for letter exchanges rather than immediate chats. I recall that there used to be such services some years back, but I do not know how common they are today.

Anyone here had experience with a digital pen pal platform?


r/sideprojects 11m ago

Discussion What are you promoting today?

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Deployed FeedbackQueue.dev, a feedback-for-feedback platform for people to gather feedback and testers without commenting, posting, DMing, SEO, ads, or doing any marketing bs. Not even looking for them.

WELL, we hit the 1,000 user mark in less than four months, haha. oh we sold :)

oh yeh, and if you want testers but got no time to give it, there's feedback credit for that

welcome aboard, guys.


r/sideprojects 11m ago

Discussion What are you promoting today?

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Deployed FeedbackQueue.dev, a feedback-for-feedback platform for people to gather feedback and testers without commenting, posting, DMing, SEO, ads, or doing any marketing bs. Not even looking for them.

WELL, we hit the 1,000 user mark in less than four months, haha. oh we sold :)

oh yeh, and if you want testers but got no time to give it, there's feedback credit for that

welcome aboard, guys.


r/sideprojects 35m ago

Feedback Request Built a home maintenance app because I was tired of forgetting everything around the house

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After owning a home for years, I realized maintenance always seemed reactive instead of proactive. I’d remember something only after it became expensive.

Built Huxedo as an app to organize home maintenance, remind homeowners about recurring tasks, and help decide when a project is DIY versus hiring a professional.

We’re still early and looking for honest product feedback from homeowners.
Things I’d especially love feedback on:
• Does the value make sense in the first minute?
• Is the setup too complicated?
• What feature would make this something you’d actually keep installed?

Apple:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/huxedo-smart-home-maintenance/id6736661930
Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.huxedo.main

Thanks in advance. Happy to answer any questions or hear brutally honest opinions.


r/sideprojects 58m ago

Discussion i'll find where your first customers are hiding. drop what you built

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i've done this for a bunch of founders over the last month and it's the same story every single time, so i'll keep going.

quick context so this doesn't read like some rando offering: i've launched 8 products, done millions of organic reddit views with zero ad spend, ran growth for a YC backed company, and lovable flew me out to their HQ at 18. reddit's been the engine behind basically all of it. but that's not the point.

the point is what doing this over and over taught me. your customers are already on reddit right now, today, posting about the exact problem your product solves. they're just not in the room you're posting in. most founders drop their launch in r/startups and r/SaaS, which is a crowd of other builders who will never buy anything, and then wonder why nothing happens. meanwhile the people who'd actually pay are two subreddits over, complaining about the thing you fix, with no idea you exist.

a guy in my DMs last week sells a tool for pet sitters. his customers weren't in any "startup" sub, they were in a community of sitters ranting about how big a cut the big platforms take from every booking. that's the whole game. find the room where they're already frustrated, be genuinely useful in it, and let them come to you.

if you want to learn to find that room yourself, i wrote up my entire reddit playbook, free, no email wall: https://www.sentrive.ai/guides/reddit-growth-playbook

or just drop what you're building and who you think your customer is, and i'll tell you the exact subreddits where your first 100 are actually hanging out. happy to keep going.

If you can't wait and want your marketing to get handled immediately, I built a tool that does this automatically (sentrive) because I got tired of doing it by hand, but you don't need it, drop your product below and I'll do yours.

20, building from sweden


r/sideprojects 1h ago

Showcase: Prerelease I built an E2E Encrypted AI Hub with a "Shadow Brain" that works while you sleep. (Opening 20 Beta Seats)

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Hey everyone, I got tired of paying for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini separately, and I didn't trust web platforms with my API keys or private data.

So over the last few months, I built LIGHT LPCA .

It's a completely E2E Encrypted AI workspace where you connect your own database (MongoDB/Postgres) and bring your own API keys. It routes to 10,000+ models (OpenRouter, Groq, OpenAI, etc).

The coolest feature? The Shadow Brain. When you close the tab, the Shadow Brain wakes up. It audits your conversation, summarizes your goals, and pre-plans context for your next session without you doing anything.

I am doing a highly restricted closed beta right now for stress-testing. I only have 20 Invite Codes available.

If you want to be one of the first 20 people to try the unified AI experience, check out the GitHub repo for the onboarding link.

GitHub Link: https://github.com/LIGHTLPCA/LIGHT-LPCA Let me know what you think of the UI/UX!

 


r/sideprojects 1h ago

Showcase: Open Source THE SYSTEM - LEVEL UP YOUR REAL LIFE

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r/sideprojects 2h ago

Showcase: Purchase Required Nodus Vault: a bookmark workflow for finding and using what you saved

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I’m working on Nodus Vault, a web app with a Chromium capture extension.

The workflow is:

  • Save a link without deciding its final location.
  • Let it enter Triage.
  • Move real reading commitments to the Reading List.
  • Search later using the context you remember.
  • Review a finite Daily Check instead of the whole backlog.

Notes and highlights stay attached to the saved link, and users can export their saved data if they leave.

I’m looking for constructive feedback on the product explanation rather than a feature wish list. After reading the landing page, is it clear why someone would use this instead of browser bookmarks or a traditional read-it-later app?

https://nodusvault.com


r/sideprojects 2h ago

Showcase: Open Source I was tired of writing commit messages and manually managing changelogs, so I built a CLI that does both and cuts releases for me

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r/sideprojects 2h ago

Feedback Request Built a database for gaming peripherals

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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 2h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) ExportFolio - Turn public Behance work into PDFs, website ZIPs, and archives

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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:

https://www.exportfolio.pro/

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 2h ago

Showcase: Open Source I don't come from a trades background, but I noticed painting businesses in the US and Europe are overpaying for software, so I built a simpler one that’s cheaper.

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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 3h ago

Showcase: Prerelease FREE PROMO OPPORTUNITY

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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).

Our early access waitlist is totally free to join right now. You can grab your spot here: LΞXOV — Autonomous Web QA for Fast-Moving Developers

Drop your URL below and let us test it!


r/sideprojects 3h ago

Showcase: Prerelease I built Snaptle — an app for meeting people who share your interests

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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 ?

r/sideprojects 3h ago

Feedback Request Officially launched!

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r/sideprojects 3h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Your team finishes the work but forgets to update the board

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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 3h ago

Showcase: Prerelease Building a simpler way for small fashion brands to handle production

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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 3h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I made a calmer alternative to bucket lists and task managers

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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 4h ago

Feedback Request Scaling an AI music video side project: How would you handle long render times and GPU costs?

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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:

  • Keeping users engaged with a richer loading experience.
  • Letting them leave the page and notifying them when the video is ready.
  • Some combination of both.

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 4h ago

Showcase: Purchase Required A background remover you actually own

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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

Here's the link


r/sideprojects 5h ago

Showcase: Prerelease [DEV] I built a lightweight, completely free IPTV

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r/sideprojects 6h ago

Showcase: Open Source Mosh Coding (@moshcoding)

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r/sideprojects 6h ago

Showcase: Open Source Git Visual

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r/sideprojects 7h ago

Feedback Request I built a modern alternative to outdated K-Drama tracking sites – just launched it on Product Hunt today!

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r/sideprojects 7h ago

Meta Product Hunt Clones. Are they worth it

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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.