Alternatives
Products that do what Ad network for side projects has launched does
I'm excited to have launched Tiny Ads. https://tinyads.io A privacy respecting ad network for side projects. It's an old idea (web rings) lifted for a niche. Tiny Ads wants to become a network of smaller projects by linking each other on their respected landing page. The ad will provide a standardized way to display projects across the web. Like a feed layer on top your web page. New users will find your project by hopping from page to the next. I hope to create a positive sum game here. 3 weeks ago I posted a here and got positive feedback. So, thank you. I took it from demo to…
- 1AN
2021 · tinyads.io
- 2
- 3SC
Have been working on this for months, hope you guys will like it. Feel free to share your own side project in the comments.
2012 · sideprojects.com
- 4MT
Do you have side projects you created in the past, but no longer working on? We are creating a simple marketplace for developers to sell and buy side projects. Currently, we are finalizing the last minute details and we will be launching quite soon. We would love to have you signed up for the early access to get feedback. Link is here http://www.sideprojectors.com/project/hello Thank you.
2013
- 5
- 6
- 7FO
HN, I've been mostly lurking, semi-active on HN for over 4 years. For most of that time, I've been working on my startup, Learndot. I have always wanted to do a "Show HN" post, but I never thought it was ready. We've now finally launched web signup and using a freemium business model. I feel I can now post and offer something to the community (a new app to try out) and hopefully get good quality feedback. Here's the site: http://www.learndot.com Would appreciate any or all thoughts: From pricing/positioning, to design/performance. The app is written in Sproutcore and backed by an API written…
2013
- 8MS
Hello HN! I've been working on http://underthesite.com for the last month and now think it is ready for some full strength HN feedback. What do you guys think? It crawls up to 10 pages of a given site while you wait, looking for community-provided CSS / XPath selectors and regular expressions. Additionally, I'd like to appeal to you to submit matchers for technologies that you care about. Technologies are easy to add, so add your favorite jQuery plugins, analytics tools, client-side node.js wrappers, what have you. I'm going to be running a large crawl in the next few days and want to make…
2011
- 9
Created a P2P ad network for indie projects to get the visibility they deserved
11d ago · joinindie.club
- 10PA
2019 · plugserv.com
- 11TI
I built Tiny Idea (https://tinyidea.net) to solve a problem I had myself – finding vetted, actionable business ideas without wading through endless generic advice. What it does: 1.Curates profitable business ideas and side hustle opportunities daily 2.Each idea includes actionable steps to get started 3.Categories range from tech to local services 4.Users can bookmark favorites and engage with the community 5.Focus on low-barrier, "tiny" ideas that don't require massive capital Tech stack: 1.Next.js 15 with App Router for optimal SEO 2.Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui for clean,…
2025 · tinyidea.net
- 12IM
I build a lot of small products myself and I realized how many indie founders want an exit that doesn’t involve platforms charging large commissions or requiring big revenue numbers. Sometimes a project makes $50/month, sometimes $500, sometimes $0 but has a great codebase, and that’s enough value for someone else. So I built buy-startups.com, a very simple, privacy-friendly marketplace for buying and selling small online startups. It’s not fancy. There’s no commission, no listing fee, no hidden funnel. Just a straightforward way for indie devs and bootstrappers to list a project and…
Dec 2025 · buy-startups.com
- 13IT
I created http://devtest.net as a weekend project, and I'm pretty proud of it from a technical and UI standpoint. The problem is, I've built this by myself in a bit of a vacuum, to "scratch my own itch", and I don't know if this is useful to anyone other than me. I'm also not so hot on the business side and don't really know what I'm doing. Basically, I'm looking for some advice, now that I've actually launched, what now? One thing that this has shown me is that I'm capable of putting together a pretty decent web application on my own in my spare time. Should I stick with this idea, or…
2012
- 14AC
Adless is like advertisement networks (e.g. Google AdSense), but for the subscription economy: We connect subscribers (instead of advertisers) with content creators without the need of a direct business relation between the two. Simply put, Adless sells subscriptions which content creators can partake in by delivering content in accordance with the terms (e.g. without display advertisement or grant access to paywall’ed content, which are the initial subscription offerings). In return, content creators earn a share of the revenue (+ we take care of pretty much everything customer, sales and…
2022 · adless.net
- 15SG
Hello everyone. Just launched my project called "SideProjectors". It's a market place to sell and buy side projects. Would love to hear your feedback on it. Better yet, would love to see if you have any side projects you would like to sell (or offer) to others. I had the idea for awhile, there has also been several "Sell HN" threads. Anyway, here's to the MVP! Thanks.
2013
- 16SI
Sick of dealing with monolithic code? Small.io is a collection of simple services for common tasks so you can easily develop web apps.
2012 · small.io
- 17IM
orignally shared this on startup school... i thought id' share it here. i'm using a `nocode communication tool` (a web-based interface... a single browser tab!) for all of these things: 1. landing page — the landing page is the product and i wanted for folks to feel "transported" right into the app without having to walk through a shitty b2b marketing-style content. this is akin to my experience back in the `BBS` days of the mid-90's where you were immediately into the app, community, and tool. no terms of service, no privacy policy. just pure, immediate value. 2. building community — we…
2021
- 18MF
Hi all :) Saturday, I launched my first side project. It's basically a job board for PHP devs. https://php-at.work In the moment, everyone can post a job listing for free. I review it and activate it manually. I would love to hear any kind of feedback :) I posted it already on saturday, but probably it should be better in Show HN section.
2018
- 19MF
I know everyone is a bit burned out on blockchain and cryptocurrency related stuff around these parts, but I've been working on as a side project for the last few months and thought you guys might be interested: https://cryptoempire.io/ It's still a bit buggy and incomplete (the mobile ux needs a lot of work, the leaderboard isn't functional yet, etc.), but I've reached a point where I'm not totally ashamed of sharing it :) Any feedback would be most welcome!
2018
- 20AN
I just launched my first startup and need feedbacks from HN on how to grow a video classified ads website. We're focusing on helping people advertising their second hand stuff via videos instead of photos. Any suggestions are appreciated. http://www.123exchanges - Connecting buyers and sellers with video.
2011
- 21MI
Hi! Recently I've launched - mybfio.io - platform for software reviews with social network aspect. Prehistory Many great system are already in place that allow people to search and rate software products, including the site I am publishing this post on. However I have always felt that those systems are not specifically centered around product/software development lifecycle (releases, real users feedback over a product entire lifetime, so on) and often too broad or not designed specifically for that type of work, which is ok. Why? As an opensource author I would like to have constant…
2021
- 22MU
http://theeverchangingwebsite.com The other day I was thinking about web advertising, and how inefficient it is for almost all parties involved. I was particularly focused on the banner ad, and then I started to wonder what would happen if the banner ad and the site content switched roles. This is purely an experiment at this point, but I'd like to know what the HN crowd thought of an unorthodox advertising solution like this. Thanks!
2011
- 23SP
Managing my bookmarks bar with so many blockchain related resources was becoming a problem. So, I decided to launch a side project (non-profit) which would be a directory of blockchain related resources like - - Blockchain blogs - Blockchain books - Blockchain job websites - Blockchain YouTube channels - ICO review websites - Cryptocurrency wallets - Blockchain developer tools - Blockchain related APIs - Crypto Wallets - Crypto Price Trackers - Blockchain related chat groups - Blockchain related communities - Blockchain mining websites - Blockchain related games and everything that you would…
2018
- 24AM
TLDR: I built a "quick and dirty " private social network for my friends, posted on Reddit and HN, got some interest so now have built it properly along with my brother. site link: https://intimost.com/login/ demo creds: [email protected] Demo123! Full version: I needed a social network where I can just send updates and nothing else. So I built it, my friends liked and now I have built it "for the world". Everything is private by default. - Text-only updates - No likes. Only views to acknowledge a post - [in development] Comments are private between the poster and…
Oct 2025
Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Refine with a description →