Sidemake

In plain words

Sidemake is a community for employees of major tech companies who want to build or explore side projects outside their main jobs. Members can participate while remaining completely anonymous if they choose. The platform focuses on software engineering, developer tools, and tech-related projects, providing a space for technologists to collaborate and share their independent work.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Sidemake is a community of techies with day-jobs at top tech companies, building or interested in side projects. You can stay 100% anonymous if you wish.

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  SideProjects2019 · sideprojects.net · ▲245

  A platform to share side projects you're working on

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  Side Quest – An aggregator for not full-time tech jobs2021 · sidequestjobs.com · ▲401
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  Sideway2020 · ▲173

  A community of designers showcasing published work.

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  Side Project Stack2019 · sideprojectstack.com · ▲318

  Get the best tech stack to make your next Indie Maker App

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  Postmake – A directory of tools and resources for your projects2019 · postmake.io · ▲197
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  Xmake, a modern C/C++ build utility2019 · github.com · ▲186

  🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua. Contribute to xmake-io/xmake development by creating an account on GitHub.

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  /dev/null▲468

  a social network for devs

  Dev tools · 2d ago · dev-null.sh

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  Whiteboard (YC W26) – an open-source IDE for thoughtful software design▲423

  open-source IDE for thoughtful software design. Contribute to devdotfast/whiteboard development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 27d ago · github.com

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  Reladraw – A diagram language where you decide where to place things▲411

  Contribute to reladraw/reladraw development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 25d ago · github.com

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  OpenBot▲362

  Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer

  Dev tools · 22d ago · openbot.run

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  Talanoa▲340

  Hi HN, I’m a fullstack developer, and honestly, I’ve lost count of how many side projects I’ve worked on over the years. But one idea kept coming back to me: a different kind of email client. It first came to me in 2014: “What if we could handle emails more like conversations?” Every year, I’d revisit this concept in my “Build Notes.” Ten years later, no one had built exactly what I had in mind — so I finally decided to do it myself. That’s how Talanoa was born. I wanted something focused on people, not timelines. I was tired of marking messages as unread just to remember to reply later, or…

  Dev tools · 20d ago · talanoa.email

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  CoreSpeed▲332

  One MCP for everything your agents need: apps, memory, tools

  Dev tools · 27d ago · corespeed.io

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  Google Duplex▲1,447

  An AI assisstant that can talk on the phone 🤖

  AI · 2018 · research.google

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  Lobe▲1,236

  Visual tool for building custom deep learning models

  AI · 2018 · github.com

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  Screely▲1,099

  Instantly turn screenshots into beautiful images

  Growth · 2018 · screely.com

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  Fugue▲1,000

  Free stock music for your videos, games and UI

  Growth · 2018 · icons8.com

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  Spirit▲754

  The animation tool for the web.

  Dev tools · 2018 · spiritapp.io

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  Google Trends▲700

  A new experience to explore what the world is searching 🔎📈📊

  Life & fun · 2018 · trends.google.com