r/sideprojects 5h 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.


r/sideprojects 1h 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 1h ago

Feedback Request Officially launched!

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r/sideprojects 10m 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 31m 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 34m 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 49m 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 56m 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 1h 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 1h 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 1h 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 1h 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 1h 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: Free(mium) I vibe coded a 3D multiplayer racing game that runs entirely in the browser

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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:

  • three.js for 3D rendering, plain JS physics modules kept outside React
  • WebRTC peer-to-peer for multiplayer position sync, with server polling as fallback + TURN relays for strict NATs
  • Server-side validation of every race result (anti-cheat) via backend functions
  • Procedural audio (engine sounds, drift chimes) with the Web Audio API

Biggest challenges:

  1. Multiplayer sync — interpolating remote cars so they don't teleport between updates
  2. Performance — keeping 60fps on mobile meant lazy-loading the engine, avoiding backdrop-filters over WebGL, and quality scaling
  3. AI-friendly architecture — the biggest lesson: strictly separating game logic into small, spec'd modules made AI iteration reliable instead of chaotic

What I'd love feedback on: game feel (handling/drift), and whether the multiplayer connection is smooth from your region.

https://reddit.com/link/1v45teo/video/b92he4q3cxeh1/player


r/sideprojects 19h ago

Discussion My side project outgrew its website

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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.


r/sideprojects 3h ago

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

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r/sideprojects 7h ago

Showcase: Prerelease After 2 years of building my productivity app, I’d love some honest criticism.

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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:

  • What makes you stick with a productivity app long-term?
  • What’s the first thing you look for when trying a new notes/tasks app?
  • Is there anything you feel existing apps still don’t do well?

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!

notatask.com


r/sideprojects 3h ago

Showcase: Open Source Mosh Coding (@moshcoding)

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r/sideprojects 3h ago

Showcase: Open Source Git Visual

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r/sideprojects 4h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) [ Removed by Reddit ]

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[ Removed by Reddit on account of violating the content policy. ]


r/sideprojects 5h 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 20h ago

Discussion Add your apps so people can try them

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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 5h ago

Showcase: Open Source I built a Chrome extension that auto-sorts X/Twitter replies by Likes instead of the algorithm's rage bait/paid bot slop

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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:

  • Verified accounts only
  • Hide verified accounts — opposite take, skip the blue checks
  • Sort by retweets, views, or reply count — not just likes
  • Only show replies from OP — follow the author's own thread
  • Hide replies that are just quote tweets — no lazy reshares from bot accounts or the OP trying to cash in on their virality
  • Only show replies with media — photos/videos only
  • Hide ads in replies — self-explanatory
  • Filter by keyword — block topics you don't want to see

Would love to hear what sorting/filtering options you'd actually use. What annoys you most about X's reply sorting?


r/sideprojects 5h ago

Showcase: Open Source What Questions Did You Ask Before Picking a Clinic?

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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 6h ago

Showcase: Prerelease issue online certificates in ChatGPT/Claude

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