8 ideas
Your own Google Drive
Cloud file storage: upload files and folders, previews for images, PDFs and video, share links with permissions and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Opal
A screen time and app blocker: block apps and sites on a schedule, focus sessions, screen time reports and more.
1–2 weeksYour own Vivino
A wine label scanner and rating app: scan a label, ratings and reviews, price comparison and more.
1–2 weeksYour own ReciMe
A recipe saver from social media: save recipes from links and videos, extract ingredients and steps with AI, meal planner and more.
WeekendYour own 1Password
A password manager: encrypted vault, generate passwords, browser autofill extension and more.
Big buildYour own Dropbox
File sync and sharing: upload and sync folders, share links, version history and more.
Big buildYour own Life360
Family location sharing: live map of family members, place alerts when someone arrives or leaves, location history and more.
1–2 weeksYour own CamScanner
A document scanner: snap a document, auto-crop and straighten, black and white filters and more.
Weekend
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.
Form builders, help desks, e-signature, website builders and design tools. Plenty of people pay for each of these every month.
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.
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.