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Your own Canva
A drag-and-drop graphic design tool: canvas with text, shapes and images, templates for social posts, layers, alignment and snapping and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Typeform
A one-question-at-a-time form builder: form builder with question types, conversational one-at-a-time player, logic jumps and more.
WeekendYour own Microsoft Excel
A spreadsheet app: grid with cell editing, formulas such as SUM, AVERAGE and IF, multiple sheets and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Google Sheets
A collaborative online spreadsheet: spreadsheet grid with formulas, real-time multi-user editing with cursors, comments on cells and more.
Big buildYour own Figma
A collaborative interface design tool: infinite canvas with frames and shapes, text and images, layers panel and more.
Big buildYour own Tally
A form builder that feels like a doc: type to build a form like a document, question types and logic, unlimited responses and more.
WeekendYour own Google Forms
A simple survey and quiz builder: questions of common types, required fields and sections, quiz mode with scoring and more.
WeekendYour own SurveyMonkey
An online survey tool: survey builder with question bank, skip logic, share by link or email and more.
WeekendYour own Jotform
A form builder with payments and PDFs: drag-and-drop form fields, payment fields with Stripe, signature field and more.
WeekendYour own Squarespace
A website builder: templates, section-based page editor, blog and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Zendesk
A customer support help desk: shared inbox of tickets from email, assign, tag and prioritise, canned replies and more.
1–2 weeksYour own DocuSign
Electronic signature software: upload a PDF, place signature and date fields, send to signers in order and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Loom
Async screen recording and sharing: record screen and camera in the browser, instant share link, viewer page with comments and more.
WeekendYour own Zapier
A no-code automation tool: triggers and actions between apps, step-by-step zap builder, run history and errors and more.
Big buildYour own Wix
A drag-and-drop website builder: templates, free-form drag-and-drop editor, mobile view and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Intercom
Customer messaging and live chat: chat widget for websites, team inbox, saved replies and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Webflow
A visual website builder for designers: visual editor with real CSS properties, cMS collections, interactions and more.
Big buildYour own Freshdesk
A help desk for support teams: tickets from email and forms, automations, knowledge base and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Framer
A design-first website builder: canvas editor with breakpoints, components, animations and more.
Big buildYour own Retool
A builder for internal tools: drag components onto a canvas, connect databases and APIs, queries bound to components and more.
Big buildYour own n8n
A node-based workflow automation tool: node canvas for workflows, triggers, HTTP and code nodes, run history and more.
Big buildYour own Make
A visual automation platform: scenario builder with modules, routers and filters, scheduling and more.
Big buildYour own PandaDoc
Proposals and contracts with e-signatures: document templates with variables, pricing tables, send and track opens and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Help Scout
A shared inbox for customer support: shared inbox from email, assignments and notes, saved replies and more.
WeekendYour own Clio
Practice management for law firms: matters and contacts, time and billing, documents and more.
1–2 weeksYour own HoneyBook
Client management for freelancers and creatives: inquiry forms, proposals with contracts and invoices, payment schedules and more.
1–2 weeksYour own SimplePractice
Practice management for therapists: client records, scheduling, notes templates and more.
Big buildYour own TurboTenant
Rental property management for landlords: list a rental, applications and screening, leases and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Brightwheel
Childcare management software: daily reports for parents, check-in and out, billing and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Sortly
Visual inventory management: items with photos in folders, qR code labels, low stock alerts and more.
WeekendYour own Microsoft PowerPoint
A slide deck editor: slide editor with layouts, text, images and shapes, themes and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Photoshop
An image editor: layers, selection tools, adjustments and more.
Big build
More things to build
Upscalers, background removers, converters and generators. Image tools pull huge search volume and most of the work can run in the browser.
Compressors, croppers, GIF makers, subtitle generators and intro makers that people search for every month.
Voice generators, transcription, trimmers and noise removal. Pair a simple editor with a speech API and you have a product.
Hashtag, caption, title and bio generators, plus schedulers and thread tools. Small AI tools with steady search demand from creators.
Checkers, validators and generators for site owners: sitemaps, robots.txt, meta tags, SSL, speed and broken links.
Resume builders, AI writers and other everyday tools that people search for by name.
Profit, tax, churn, ROI and creator rate calculators. The easiest wins on this page: no backend, one formula, and searchers who are ready to act.
Your own take on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Midjourney, Otter and more, each with a prompt that wires up the API calls for you.
Feeds, follows, stories and communities: prompts for your own Instagram, Reddit, Threads or Letterboxd for a niche.
Chat, email and calls, from a Slack for your community to a Discord-style server app.
Swipe stacks, matches and chat for a niche dating app, with safety features built in from the start.
To-do lists, notes, wikis, kanban boards and project trackers. Most are a weekend to a week with Claude Code.
CRMs, email marketing, social schedulers and lead tools: the software that businesses pay per seat for.
Budgeting, invoicing, expense tracking, trading journals and more. Where money moves, the prompts point you to a licensed provider.
Job boards, applicant tracking, shift scheduling and HR records for small teams.
Two-sided marketplaces and online stores, from a niche Etsy to a local Airbnb, with payments through Stripe Connect.
Scheduling, appointments, reservations and point of sale for local businesses: some of the easiest software to sell.
Workout logs, calorie counters, meditation and running plans. Many are a weekend build with a clear audience.
Flashcards, quizzes, courses and homework help, with Claude generating the lesson content.
Streaming, players, live video and media databases, with a video or audio API doing the heavy lifting.
Link-in-bio pages, newsletters, digital product stores, memberships and video editors for creators.
Maps, trail finders, flight trackers and booking tools built on open map data and travel APIs.
Scanners, file storage, password managers, blockers and other everyday tools.
Original browser games in the genres of the classics: puzzle, arcade, platformer, runner and party games. Your own name, art and levels, with familiar mechanics.
Give Claude more to work with while it builds: skills, MCP servers and subagents. Once it ships, use the overnight prompts to find users for it.