r/sideprojects is a subreddit with 50k members. The most common kinds of discussions are self-promotion and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses app, ai, built, project, and feedback.
A community to share and discuss side projects.
Popular Themes in r/sideprojects
#1
Self-Promotion
: "I built a website to manage my inventory, meals, and shopping"
12 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Built my first "professional" business website for a client and now I kinda hate it"
1 post
#3
Advice Requests
: "I built a personal finance tracker around the way I manage money in India. Would this be useful to you?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/sideprojects
#1
App
15 posts
#2
Ai
7 posts
#3
Built
5 posts
#4
Project
3 posts
#5
Feedback
3 posts
#6
Marketing
2 posts
#7
Free
2 posts
#8
Claude Code
2 posts
#9
Desktop App
1 post
#10
Language
1 post
Flair Used in r/sideprojects
#1
Showcase: Open Source
: "I built a new way to understand base-16"
45 posts
#2
Showcase: Prerelease
: "Need UI/UX feedback"
35 posts
#3
Feedback Request
: "I built a graveyard for product ideas I wisely decided not to build"
33 posts
#4
Showcase: Free(mium)
: "My side project read 8.3 million news articles in 138 days, and found some interesting patterns"
29 posts
#5
Discussion
: "I have 14 subscriptions charging the same card"
15 posts
#6
Showcase: Purchase Required
: "My friends and I built a transit departure board to hang on our wall"
11 posts
#7
Question
: "How do you launch a product with zero audience without getting outgrown by copycats?"
7 posts
#8
Meta
: "Trade offer!"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/sideprojects
Yearly
+45k members(966.4%)
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Last updated: September 1, 2026