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Posted by cvbox 7 days ago

Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell

It's the time of the year again, so I'd be interested hear what new (and old) ideas have come up. Previously asked on:

2024 → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42373343

2023 → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38467691

2022 → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34190421

2021 → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29667095

2020 → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24947167

2019 → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20899863

2018 → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17790306

2017 → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15148804

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jawuilp 6 days ago|
This year I've been working on AccelPrompt--> https://accelprompt.xyz , a tool to generate instructions for different AIs, but I haven't been able to monetize it yet :(
FarProfessor 7 days ago||
I run an iOS app! Half Lemons. It finds recipes using your ingredients. (https://halflemons.com)

It's freemium. And offers lifetime purchases and monthly sub. Will experiment with adding an annual sub soon.

BrunoBernardino 6 days ago||
bewCloud [0] is a simpler alternative to Nextcloud if you don't use a lot of its customization options.

This year I got a grant from NLNet [1] for it, which averaged to over $500 / month. I also have some customers for it, but not close to that at all, which I'd rather have, as more sustainable way to keep improving it.

Still, I'm quite grateful to NLNet!

[0]: https://bewcloud.com

[1]: https://nlnet.nl/project/bewCloud/

pawurb 5 days ago||
https://abot.app/ currently at ~$2k/m, down from 4k a few years ago.
ebobby 7 days ago||
I built a SaaS for photographers specifically designed for latam’s market: https://pickyour.photos/

Been running 1.8 years, current mrr is ~$790 usd.

ebobby 6 days ago|
Current costs are around ~$190 usd monthly

- vps: $69 - cloudflare: $25 - r2: ~$50 - crisp: $45 - customer.io $1

pdyc 7 days ago||
does negative 500 count?
KellyCriterion 7 days ago|
sure, its just about turnover :-D
pdyc 7 days ago||
wow i did not think of that! here is my project EasyAnalytica.com - Build dashboards from google sheets, CSV files.
KellyCriterion 7 days ago||
What you have looks like an "up & running product" - great! How many paying customers do you have, if I may ask?
aria-sfl 7 days ago||
Save For Later – an AI-powered bookmark manager that resurfaces what you save

Link: https://saveforlater.pro

davidkuennen 7 days ago||
https://stockevents.app

Created around 2019 and have recently moved it from side project to main job.

davidkuennen 7 days ago||
https://stockevents.app

Created around 2019 and have recently moved it from side project to main job.

mmoustafa 7 days ago|
Right about $500 now, down from $5K at peak

AI assistant in your iMessage group chats https://olly.bot

peterspath 7 days ago|
How did you make a bot that can send iMessages? I want to make a service on my Mac that can send notifications through iMessage. (preferable multiple chats, different topics for different notification types)
westondeboer 7 days ago||
seems to be a few apps that can do this, but you need a mac to do it

https://github.com/linjunpop/imessage https://github.com/danikhan632/iMessage-API

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