nowfound

Alternatives

Products that do what I built a "living proof-of-work" profile for builders does

Post your side projects, see what others are building, and find your people. The feed that's curated for you.

  1. 1

    Discover what people are building in public

    2021

  2. 2SC

    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

  3. 3
    Publicly421

    Build in the open

    2017

  4. 4

    All you need to know about building In public 🚀

    2021

  5. 5

    A casual micro-blogging community for builders

    2024

  6. 6

    Your hub to showcase your projects and verify your revenue

    Feb 2026 · makers.page

  7. 7
    THE PROOF146

    Discover daily habits that founders swear by

    2020

  8. 8
    Kleoverse126

    Build web3 portfolio with proof-of-talent

    2022

  9. 9
    Setups146

    Workspaces, items & tools from the creator community

    2021

  10. 10

    Live recordings from Betaworks Studios featuring builders

    2018

  11. 11BA

    AI has made building fast and cheap, but finding the right problems still feels hard. I built World’s Backlog (https://worldsbacklog.com ) to collect real problems directly from people working inside different industries. Contributors post workflow pain, others validate it, and builders can study severity, frequency, and willingness to pay before building anything. Would love feedback from builders and people who feel real pain at work.

    Dec 2025 · worldsbacklog.com

  12. 12

    Where founders show the chaos, not just the launch

    2025

  13. 13

    The answer to "what's your AI stack?"

    Jun 2026 · stackd.cc

  14. 14AC

    TLDR: I made a community where you can find builders or product owners to collab on sideprojects together with <3 A year ago i completed my first sideproject, a digital course on how to "cold email a chief information security officer". I thought and think its a great course, but of course I fell into all the traps (didnt verify a need, i thought id make it and everyone would buy automatically), i tested google ads but hated nerding on that, so i decided to find a marketing person to partner up with! But i knew no one! That got me thinking how many people with relevant knowledge that isnt…

    2025 · relentlessly.no

  15. 15IC

    I figured, "what better way to look at a list of (hopefully) inspiring projects?" The upvotes work and are globally synced.

    2024 · guycombinator.net

  16. 16FA

    Me and some friends just released a new app. It is matchmaking tool for thinkers and makers. It's a MVP(Native iOS - https:&#x2F;&#x2F;itunes.apple.com&#x2F;app&#x2F;id883667173) We would love some feedback on the app before launching and going into the growth state. You can also read more about our vision here: http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.makemove.se&#x2F; Have a nice one!

    2014

  17. 17

    Real Builders. Real Stories.

    Feb 2026 · builtinpublic.xyz

  18. 18

    We make building social

    Feb 2026 · app.iq-project.ai

  19. 19DD

    Myself and three friends, for the last year have been building our own side project, the aim of this side project was to show off the creative side of developers. One of my bug bears with Reddit is how quickly things get buried. The bug bear has turned into the basis for what I been building on the side called The Full Stack. A platform to show off developer projects basically. Another bug bear of mine over the years has been trying to find open source or just cool side projects to work on with others, and even find teams to join. So that's another thing we've built, an easy way to find…

    2023 · thefullstack.network

  20. 20

    Share your building journey with the world

    Jan 2026 · build-in-public.net

  21. 21YP

    Care to share a screenshot and the 'killer feature' of any of your personal, self-built productivity tools? eg. I made my own calendar and money-tracker last year - there are no other users, it makes no money, I have no plans to make it public, but it holds my life together :) http://i.imgur.com/h2keJDg.png GREAT BECAUSE... it tells me how much I'm going to get paid this month. Absolutely no ulterior motive here (ie. I'm not canvassing opinions for a productivity app startup or anything), just interested.

    2013

  22. 22IM

    Hi HN! I made a thing and wanted to share it with the builders of HN. Problem: I’ve found it hard&#x2F;impossible to stay consistent on my side projects over the years with a pretty demanding full-time job and now kids. When the job picks up, it’s too easy to drop the side project for a day, which becomes a week, which becomes months. It’s also been somewhat demotivating to build alone on the side because you only have so much time and projects take so long. In college it was easier to find people to work with. Now, not so much. Solution: I think it’ll be easier to stay motivated and…

    2025 · guildorigin.com

  23. 23

    Where developers build in public, live on a globe

    Jun 2026 · devglobe.app

  24. 24

    Organize your projects. Stay accountable. Grow.

    Dec 2025 · onasidequest.xyz

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Refine with a description →