Aug 10 – 16, 2026 · Edition W33
What Reddit's builders are making this week
1,958 new projects from 9 builder subreddits, sorted into 200 groups and 23 themes. Fastest riser: AI-assisted game creation ▲ +60%.
The heatmap
Each square is one theme in one week, compared with that theme's own 12-week average. Hover or tap a square for the numbers; click it to see that week's projects.
Themes with fewer than 600 projects in 12 weeks are faded and marked "low sample", because small counts swing hard. Themes under 50 projects are left off the map.
Rising
Share of projects, last 4 weeks vs the 8 before. Groups with 40+ projects in the last 4 weeks.
- AI-assisted game creation▲ +60% 56 in 4w
- Audio playback and sound tools▲ +54% 49 in 4w
- Terminal workspaces for AI agents▲ +51% 47 in 4w
- All-in-one fitness and health trackers▲ +44% 57 in 4w
- AI stock research tools▲ +36% 46 in 4w
- Local voice dictation apps▲ +35% 61 in 4w
- AI 3D model generation▲ +34% 47 in 4w
- Multiplayer browser games & matchmaking▲ +31% 44 in 4w
Cooling
Same comparison, biggest drops. Same 40-project minimum.
- Website builders and portfolios▼ -34% 52 in 4w
- Map-based place discovery apps▼ -21% 53 in 4w
Most built this week
| Group | Projects | vs prior 4 wks |
|---|---|---|
| AI coding agent tooling | 35 | ▲ +38% |
| Multi-agent coding workspaces | 27 | +10% |
| Gym workout trackers | 26 | ▲ +28% |
| AI short video generators | 21 | +24% |
| Personal to-do and daily planners | 20 | -7% |
| Photo library organizers and sharing | 20 | ▲ +57% |
| Casual browser games | 20 | +17% |
| Travel and trip planners | 19 | ▲ +27% |
| Sports fan games and tools | 19 | +22% |
| Habit tracker apps | 17 | +10% |
| Local voice dictation apps | 17 | ▲ +34% |
| Online card, board & party games | 17 | +7% |
By theme
Games and gaming tools
Casual, puzzle, word, trivia, strategy, multiplayer and indie games plus trackers and tools for gamers and collectors.
164 projects · 7.7% share
- Casual browser games20
- Online card, board & party games17
- Browser strategy and simulation games16
- AI-assisted game creation15
- Casual mobile arcade games13
- Trivia and quiz games13
- Video game backlog trackers12
- Multiplayer browser games & matchmaking10
- Daily word puzzle games9
- Browser racing and driving games9
- Daily logic puzzle games7
- Chess training and analysis tools7
- Tabletop RPG and RPG games6
- Indie video game showcases4
- Geography guessing and quiz games4
- Trading card collection trackers2
- Roller Riot — Presents a cel-shaded 5v5 arena roller derby game built with three.js.“Game in development”
- moon rover — Lets players drive a procedurally generated 3D moon rover across an open survey world or through a five-mission campaign.“I created a 3D moon rover survey game with Opus 5.”
- Bikini Bottom — Procedurally generates a browser-based underwater town from a seed, with houses, roads, fish and jellyfish that can be flown through.“I vibecoded a Bikini Bottom”
AI coding agents and agent orchestration
Tools for running, monitoring, orchestrating, securing and giving memory to AI coding agents and multi-agent systems.
144 projects · 6.9% share
- AI coding agent tooling35
- Multi-agent coding workspaces27
- Terminal workspaces for AI agents15
- Claude Code session monitors14
- AI coding agents for Git repos14
- Codebase analysis for AI-written code13
- AI agent orchestration platforms12
- AI agent security guardrails5
- MCP server tooling5
- Persistent memory for AI agents4
- Wraps existing AI coding agents so each team member gets an always-on agent clone that shares a knowledge base and hands off work, with a 2D office view of the agents.“I built the cutest claude code wrapper and it is 100% open source”
- Daedalus — Runs a local-first CLI coding assistant that edits code, verifies patches with tsc and vitest, and reverts failing edits.“After 3 years of broken AI coding diffs, I built a local-first CLI that verifies its own code — and runs 100% on your hardware”
- LongLeash — Lets users supervise Claude Code and Codex sessions running on their laptop from a phone.“I may have built too much before validating this developer-tool problem”
Creative media generation and editing
AI and manual tools for creating and editing images, video, 3D, music, audio, subtitles, stories and photo libraries.
136 projects · 6.9% share
- AI short video generators21
- Photo library organizers and sharing20
- AI and desktop video editors15
- AI image generation and creative canvases14
- Photo and image editors13
- Music practice and creation tools12
- Audio playback and sound tools12
- AI 3D model generation9
- AI music and song generation9
- AI story generation and fiction writing8
- Video subtitle generation and translation3
- PromoHyper — Generates a ready-to-publish SaaS promo video from a website by analyzing the site, writing a script, and producing voiceover and music.“I need advice for the pricing”
- bloub — Edits and exports morphing animated SVG avatars by chaining animation states on a timeline.“I built bloub, an open-source editor for animated SVG avatars”
- MosaicBox — Lets event guests snap photos on their phones without an app or login and stitches them into one mosaic that is revealed live during the event.“Made a mosaic generator for my wife's anniversary, nobody wanted it as a SaaS, then stumbled into the real use cas”
Marketing, SEO and sales
Tools for content generation, social scheduling, SEO and AI search visibility, ads, outbound sales, email, app store optimization and analytics.
112 projects · 6.0% share
- Web and SaaS analytics dashboards14
- SEO audit tools14
- Website audit and monitoring tools11
- AI social media schedulers9
- Email inbox and infrastructure tools9
- AI search visibility trackers9
- AI outbound sales prospecting8
- Local business lead finders8
- AI marketing content generators6
- AI email writing and outreach tools6
- AI paid ads management tools5
- LinkedIn outreach and content tools5
- Reddit marketing and lead finding4
- App store optimization tools3
- App Store screenshot generators1
- Reachy.ai — Automates LinkedIn outreach while staying within rate limits to avoid account restrictions.“3 months ago i posted about churn because everyone said « i’ll just vibe code it myself » here’s what happened when i stopped fighting it”
- HQBase — Runs a self-hosted email workspace on Cloudflare that sends and receives mail across multiple domains and mailboxes.“I got tired of paying per mailbox, so I built this”
- Automatically creates and posts TikTok slideshow content for a product from a product URL on a chosen schedule.“I built a product to solve my own marketing problem. It just made its first dollar.”
Health, fitness and wellness
Workout, nutrition, medication, mood, journaling, mental wellness, spiritual and astrology apps for personal wellbeing.
106 projects · 5.5% share
- Gym workout trackers26
- All-in-one fitness and health trackers15
- Personal journaling apps14
- AI calorie and nutrition trackers12
- Personal health and medication trackers11
- Mental wellness and calm apps8
- Drink logging and cocktail apps6
- AI astrology and divination readings5
- Scripture and prayer apps5
- Mood trackers and personality quizzes4
- DeskSquat — Counts squats through the webcam by tracking shoulder position and prompts scheduled movement breaks while sitting.“Built a Mac app that counts your squats through the webcam. Here's my design-to-AI workflow.”
- Strain Diary — Logs cannabis strains tried, including flavors, terpenes, crosses, photos, jar purchases and prices, and suggests new strains based on past entries.“Built this app over the last 2 months”
- Peptimize — Logs GLP-1 medication doses, weight, side effects and injection sites, with dose reminders, stored locally on the device.“I built a simple, privacy-first GLP-1 tracker — looking for honest feedback”
AI assistants, chat and model tools
Tools for organizing AI chats, comparing and routing LLMs, AI research, companions, desktop assistants and AI media detection.
104 projects · 5.2% share
- AI chat organizers and prompt libraries14
- LLM gateways and model comparison13
- Desktop AI assistants13
- AI image detection and photo analysis13
- AI tool directories and usage trackers12
- AI browser automation extensions12
- AI research and source-cited answers11
- AI companion character chat11
- Multi-AI decision debate tools5
- Mystery — Runs a desktop Live2D avatar that holds conversations, keeps memories, searches the web, and triggers its own facial expressions and motions.“I'm 75yo and I Vibe Coded my Own Desktop Companion”
- AI to PDF Exporter — Saves AI chat conversations as PDF files from a browser extension.“I got featured badge. This is a lot to me and 250 people are using it.”
- argumdebate — Publishes a new debate topic each day where users post arguments and upvotes pick the strongest ones before the topic closes.“I built a daily debate platform where new topics expire every day and the most upvoted arguments win. looking for people to test it”
Personal productivity and notes
To-do lists, note-taking, calendars, reminders, focus timers, meeting notes and visual thinking tools for organizing work and life.
101 projects · 5.3% share
- Personal to-do and daily planners20
- Personal note-taking apps14
- Project management tools14
- Pomodoro focus timers13
- Visual canvases and diagram generators9
- Personal calendar apps8
- Personal reminder and nudge apps7
- Markdown editors and viewers7
- AI voice note apps5
- AI meeting transcription and notes4
- SpeakON — Captures voice notes from a physical button press while the iPhone is locked and saves them as Notes.“I built a physical button for capturing notes without unlocking the iPhone”
- Pomofox — Runs a free Pomodoro timer with an optional paid tier for extra customization.“3k monthly visitors and $80 MRR. Would you focus on traffic or conversion?”
- BYNDRS — Stores notes, reminders, drawings, photos, links and files together in one place, grouped by topic.“I haven't had a win in a long time, need distribution advice”
Personal finance and investing
Budgeting, expense and subscription tracking, bill splitting, pay tracking, trading journals, stock research and crypto tools.
101 projects · 5.3% share
- Personal budgeting and expense trackers16
- Investment portfolio trackers15
- Personal finance planners and trackers14
- Subscription and recurring charge trackers11
- AI stock research tools11
- Retail trading tools and journals9
- Crypto wallets and payment tools6
- Shift, hours and pay trackers5
- Receipt scanning & expense tracking4
- Group expense splitting apps4
- SEC filing stock research tools3
- Crypto trading and portfolio tools3
- Provides financial education and tools intended to help users work toward financial freedom.“I feel like I'm making a world class app, and it's like pulling teeth to get anyone to try it!”
- hedgefun.ai — Offers an app that provides options trading strategies for SPX and SPY.“Finally a steady income! 1200 CAD/month”
- Yield Theory — Provides investment research to help users decide where to put their money.“traffic isn’t converting, tried SEO / GEO spent $37 on reddit ads - pls roast and advise”
Desktop and device utilities
Window managers, clipboard tools, file cleanup, dictation, screen capture, input remapping, wallpapers and device dashboards for power users.
91 projects · 4.7% share
- Local voice dictation apps17
- Screen recording and screenshot tools15
- Desktop window and dock utilities12
- Device monitors and ambient displays9
- Desktop file organizers and cleanup9
- Alternative computer input & remote control9
- Android launchers and phone utilities7
- Clipboard history managers6
- Desktop pet companions4
- Wallpaper apps and live wallpapers3
- Droppy — Puts a hover-activated menu bar pill at the top of the Mac screen that holds dragged files, keeps clipboard history, and bundles media, notification, and lock screen controls.“macOS never shipped a real productivity hub. So I built one. Meet Droppy.”
- LidAwake — Keeps a Mac awake with the lid closed from a menu bar toggle and restores screen brightness on reopen.“Closing your MacBook lid kills your Claude Code/Codex session. So I built a tiny menu bar app that keeps the Mac awake (free, open source)”
- LuminaVoice — Transcribes audio into text with an editor, translation, summarization and SRT subtitle export.“I'm 16, built an AI transcription tool with zero prior coding experience, and I would love your honest feedback!”
Home, food and lifestyle
Family organizers, home inventory, meal planning, recipes, home design, pets, plants, wardrobes, real estate, shopping and dining.
90 projects · 4.6% share
- Price trackers and comparison tools13
- Restaurant discovery and group picking13
- Home, cabinet and construction design tools12
- Pet health and care trackers10
- Meal planners with grocery lists9
- Shared family and household organizers8
- Real estate & rental tools5
- Home inventory and maintenance trackers5
- Recipe managers and generators5
- Digital wardrobe and virtual try-on5
- Plant identification and care apps5
- Architecture & Design — Lets users draw dimensioned floor plans and build parametric walls, doors, windows, roofs and simple 3D shapes with live 3D updates.“I’m building a simpler alternative to professional CAD software”
- Muchita — Searches other stores for a product page's item, checks variant, availability and price, and compares totals with shipping shown separately.“I built a free extension that checks whether the same product is cheaper elsewhere”
- Snoutlas — Identifies animals from photos and turns them into collectible cards in a user's Atlas.“I built a game that turns real animals into collectible cards - and I hope it helps people notice strays”
File, document and everyday web utilities
Privacy-friendly browser tools for PDFs, image conversion, documents, forms, QR codes, file sharing, vaults, links and calculators.
82 projects · 4.3% share
- Browser-based PDF toolkits14
- Document scanning and processing tools11
- Browser image compressors and converters10
- File sharing and transfer tools9
- Online calculators and math tools8
- Pricing and cost calculators8
- Browser-based utility tool collections6
- Encrypted vaults and password managers6
- Online form builders and autofill4
- URL shorteners and link-in-bio pages3
- QR code generators and scanners3
- Parses a fixed-width AS/400 ERP stock PDF report into a filterable Excel spreadsheet via a small GUI.“Today I vibe coded a little app that will save me 30 minutes a week and save my company thousands of dollars”
- Sqanna — Manages QR codes so the destination URL can be changed after printing, with scheduled destinations by day and time.“I finally launched my first own SaaS after 10+ years of building software for others”
- DeckShare.ai — Shares PDF decks and proposals via links with page-by-page view tracking, instant link revocation, and an attached video pitch.“Getting tired of sending decks into a black hole and hearing nothing back”
Entertainment, music and news consumption
Apps for discovering and tracking music, movies, TV, podcasts, radio, livestreams and curated news digests.
70 projects · 3.6% share
- Movie & TV recommendation trackers16
- Music discovery and sharing apps9
- Online video downloaders and players9
- AI news aggregators and digests9
- TV, movie and anime trackers9
- Livestream viewing and streamer tools5
- Internet radio players5
- Local music and radio players4
- AI news aggregators and digests3
- Podcast apps and AI tools1
- Streams music to listeners on a student-oriented web page.“Show me your vibecoded project”
- PeekGuide — Streams YouTube videos as scheduled live TV channels with a shared viewer counter.“I built a free site that turns YouTube videos into live TV channels.”
- Keep Laughing Forever Radio — Streams an online radio station playing 80s and 90s music with jingles, station IDs, DJ-style links and other retro radio audio.“I turned my obsession with the 80s and 90s into a business”
Developer tools and infrastructure
Deployment platforms, databases, monitoring, security scanners, app builders and low-level tinkering projects for developers.
68 projects · 3.4% share
- Security scanners for AI-built apps14
- GitHub profile and repo tools11
- Self-hosted app deployment & dev infra10
- UI design extraction & AI design tools9
- AI prompt-to-app builders5
- Uptime and API monitoring5
- Database clients and SQL tools5
- Network diagnostics and VPN tools5
- Hobby languages and operating systems2
- Domain name search tools2
- Runs a SaaS app that requires email verification at signup, which bots have been getting past.“Bots attacking my SaaS App”
- Provides a self-hosted Supabase-style backend on a cheap VPS to manage a database and deploy edge functions.“The $25 a month problem”
- Query Garden — Saves and version-controls SQL queries for marketers and data analysts without requiring Git.“How do you market a technical tool to non-technical users? (Solo dev needing advice)”
Small business and freelance operations
CRMs, invoicing, client management, ecommerce, AI receptionists, WhatsApp automation, marketplaces and reselling tools for small businesses.
67 projects · 3.7% share
- SMB operations and SaaS infrastructure15
- Resale marketplace listing tools12
- Freelancer invoice generators11
- Shopify and ecommerce merchant tools10
- WhatsApp business automation tools8
- Freelance client management tools6
- AI phone receptionists & voice agents4
- Freelance and local gig marketplaces1
- Handmade crafts and physical goods0
- UpscaleUp — Runs WhatsApp marketing automation for businesses, such as sending messages and campaigns to customers.“Just crossed ₹5L revenue, 5 months after launching my Saas product.”
- Velobase — Provides an open-source starter framework with server-side ad attribution and a double-entry affiliate ledger built in.“Crossed 13k this month and the tools are free.”
- Faktuurtje — Turns a one-sentence description into a compliant invoice PDF with registry-sourced client details, per-line VAT and a SEPA payment QR code.“I got my first ever user without any marketing. He signed up and immediately left. Here's what I think went wrong.”
Travel, maps and outdoors
Trip planners, place discovery maps, GPS tracking, interactive globes, sky trackers, weather and car ownership apps.
64 projects · 3.3% share
- Travel and trip planners19
- Map-based place discovery apps16
- GPS trip and ride tracking10
- Sky, space and flight trackers7
- Interactive world maps and globes5
- Car ownership and maintenance apps4
- Consumer weather apps3
- Bloom — Lets anonymous users plant flower emoji on a shared world map that grow over 24 hours.“I'm so excited - 1000 flowers!”
- NOW — Shows nearby people's live activities and lets users join or post their own plans in real time.“A new social network ( potentially )”
- Sunny Terraces — Shows bars and restaurants on a 3D map that are in direct sunlight at a chosen time, using building shadow calculations.“Find a bar or restaurant in the sun”
Social networks, messaging and dating
Alternative social networks, encrypted and anonymous chat, dating and couples apps, greeting gifts, polls and event planning.
59 projects · 3.1% share
- Anonymous and community chat apps12
- Alternative and anonymous social networks11
- Event planning and scheduling tools9
- Dating and couples apps8
- Personalized digital greeting gifts7
- Private encrypted messaging apps7
- Opinion polls and civic tech5
- Dear Stranger — Lets people anonymously write letters to strangers and lets others read them when they need those words.“I built a website I genuinely hope nobody ever needs”
- Lets event organizers create and manage digital passports for their events.“Barely getting any standard tier buyers for my SaaS”
- Circles — Shares a user's everyday activity like steps, trips, and habits quietly with a small chosen group of friends, without a feed or ads.“i feel like social media was stolen from us”
Digital wellbeing and habits
App and site blockers, social feed reshapers, habit trackers and wake-up alarms that help people control screen time and build routines.
54 projects · 2.8% share
- Habit tracker apps17
- YouTube browser extensions11
- Social media feed tools11
- Phone app blockers7
- Distracting website blockers4
- Challenge-to-dismiss alarm apps4
- Dopamine Tracker — Helps users reduce mindless scrolling and screen time.“How do you grow a mobile app organically?”
- Laksh — Generates a daily roadmap of one task toward a user's goal and verifies a photo proof of completion.“Habit trackers don't work because lying to them is free”
- TikTok Repost Remove — Bulk-removes reposts from a user's own TikTok profile by automating the deletions in the browser.“Made a free TikTok repost cleaner because I was bored (yes, there are 10 others like it)”
Browser extensions and web reading
Extensions for managing tabs and bookmarks, clipping and summarizing pages, rewriting text and tweaking the browsing experience.
50 projects · 2.6% share
- AI text rewriting tools15
- Browser tab managers15
- Browser reading and clipping tools8
- Bookmark managers6
- Browser extensions and utilities6
- Receipts — Records every keystroke while a student writes an essay and gives teachers a replay and verification report of the writing process.“I'm 14 and my mom will only buy me a domain if one stranger actually pays for my app.”
- Curio — Explains a clicked or selected word or phrase inline within the text, using the surrounding sentence as context.“I built Curio so you can click a word and understand it without leaving the paragraph”
- Nestpane — Replaces the Chrome new tab with a local dashboard for bookmarks, notes, tasks, calendar, journal, and habits.“Made a new tab extension for my own workflow, sharing in case it's useful to anyone else”
Indie maker launch and validation
Platforms for validating ideas, launching and promoting side projects, building websites and exchanging feedback and testing.
47 projects · 2.5% share
- Website builders and portfolios14
- Startup idea validation tools9
- Indie project showcase and launch platforms7
- Product feedback and testimonial tools7
- Indie app testing exchanges6
- Startup promotion and creator deals4
- Empirical — Provides a paid online tool whose specific function the post does not describe.“Today my side project hit 500 users.”
- opensourcesoftware.io — Catalogs open source software alternatives to paid apps with screenshots, GitHub stats, license and deployment details, and an AI search chat.“I built a directory of 1,350+ open source alternatives to replace your paid apps, powered by AI search”
- Gives founders a daily dashboard of items to watch, such as competitors, customer conversations, opportunities and content ideas.“What do you actually want from a founder dashboard?”
Careers and job search
Job search assistants, resume tailoring, interview and conversation practice, coding interview prep and builder networking.
45 projects · 2.4% share
- AI job search assistants15
- AI resume tailoring tools14
- AI mock interview practice6
- Founder and builder matchmaking4
- AI conversation practice coaches3
- Coding interview practice tools3
- TalentTrade — Lets users share their skills and find people who can teach them other skills.“I dreamed of building my own social network. So I built TalentTrade”
- Auto-fills job application forms inside applicant tracking systems and flags spam job posters and hides companies in a job board.“What would you do?”
- Resum.e Builder — Creates resumes from templates and exports them to PDF, with some AI-assisted writing features.“I built a free Resum.e Builder. Now I have no idea what to do next.”
Education and learning
AI tutors, flashcards, language learning, video summarizers and reading tools for students and self-learners.
44 projects · 2.3% share
- AI study and tutoring apps14
- Language learning apps10
- Ebook readers and book trackers9
- YouTube AI summarizers & note-takers7
- AI flashcard study tools4
- ExamsNext — Offers certification exam practice questions, flashcards, mock exams and progress tracking for AWS, Azure and security certifications.“Built an exam prep platform as a side project”
- Fliply — Turns pasted notes into flashcards in several selectable card formats.“1st app”
- Adapts public-domain books to different reading levels and languages for reading practice.“Launched my reading app after 3 months of solo building — 4 things I wish I knew earlier”
Sports fan apps
Sports management sims, trivia, prediction pools and live score tools for fans of football and other sports.
44 projects · 2.2% share
- Routes — Lets players draw football routes that play out against a dynamic defense.“Simple Football Web Game - Solo Dev”
- CricArcade — Simulates cricket matches in the browser, including World Cup drafts, IPL franchise seasons, and multi-day Test matches.“CricArcade.com - a side project that grew to 7500+ users across 55 countries in the 1st month”
- 82-0 Cap Mode — Lets players build a starting five of random NBA legends under a salary cap where each player's historical salary is a percentage of that season's actual cap, with soft cap, luxury tax, and apron penalties.“Built and NBA roster building game with a salary cap”
Miscellaneous
A catch-all of loosely related or undescribed side projects that don't fit a clear category.
0 projects · 0.0% share
Didn't fit any group
115 projects this week were too far from every group. New kinds of projects show up here first.
- Side Out — Plays an 8-player Pong game where each player defends a wall, and the arena shrinks and speeds up as walls shatter when players miss the ball.“Side Out - 8-player survival Pong where the arena loses a wall every time someone dies”
- Math Ninja — Teaches multiplication tables through a Fruit Ninja style game where players slice the correct answer to each problem.“Tried to teach my son the multiplication table, ended up building a gamep”
- MyDrugTesting — Provides a searchable directory of drug testing locations with about 4,500 listings.“My first vibe-coded app just hit 9 paying subscribers +200 on free trial after 3 weeks live”
- Le Royaume des Pépins — Lets the player control a watermelon character who purifies a fruit kingdom by defeating invading germs.“My 9 year old and her friend wrote (kinda) a game concept over the holidays. Last week we turned it into a playable game.”
- cook — Builds software projects as a Make replacement with content-addressed caching and support for polyglot repositories.“I’ve been vibe coding alone for months. I think that needs to change.”