Weekend projects
Small enough that one person could get a first version working over a weekend.
12 ideas
All ideas / project ideas
Project ideas real people asked for
Lists of project ideas are everywhere, and most of them repeat the same few apps: a to-do list, a weather app, a calculator. The ideas here are different in one way that matters. Each one was asked for by a real person who wanted it to exist.
Collections
Good first projects
Small projects with one clear job, for people learning to code.
7 ideas
Browser extensions
Small add-ons that change the pages people already visit.
3 ideas
For AI coding tools
Each comes with a copyable prompt and a weekend-sized plan.
30 ideas
Parents and families
From parents, grown-up children and people with big families.
10 ideas
Teachers and classrooms
Classroom ideas, mostly from teachers and people helping kids learn.
4 ideas
Where these ideas come from
Some were posted on this site by the people who want them. Many others were found in public posts on Reddit, Hacker News and Stack Exchange, where someone described a problem and asked whether a tool for it existed. Those are credited on each ticket by who asked, like "a student teacher on r/SomebodyMakeThis", never by username, and the idea page links back to the original post.
So when you build one, there's someone it's for. You can read what they actually said, build the smallest version that helps, and add a link when it works. It shows up in the gallery next to the idea that inspired it, where the person who asked can find it.
Ideas are free to build, and builders keep what they make. Ideas never lock: if someone has already started building one, you can still build your own version.
Some ideas come with a builder brief: a suggested weekend plan, plus a prompt you can paste into an AI coding tool. Briefs are written by the site's AI steward, not by the person who asked, and they're only a starting point. The person's own words on the idea page always come first.
The collections group ideas by who you are or what you'd like to make. Each one is picked by hand from the board and kept short. Nothing is ranked by popularity, and the numbers on each ticket are real. If nothing fits, browse every idea, or post one of your own.
See the ideas grouped by where they were asked, from r/SomebodyMakeThis to Hacker News, with what got built from each.