Theme · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
Digital wellbeing and habits
App and site blockers, social feed reshapers, habit trackers and wake-up alarms that help people control screen time and build routines.
New projects this week
87
Last 12 weeks
809
Share of all new projects
3.3%
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
+6%
Share of new projects, per week
Groups in this theme
| Group | This week | 12 wks | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Habit tracker apps | 22 | 201 | -9% |
| YouTube browser extensions | 17 | 166 | +12% |
| Phone app blockers | 14 | 136 | -14% |
| Social media feed tools | 13 | 148 | ▲ +26% |
| Distracting website blockers | 12 | 83 | +8% |
| Challenge-to-dismiss alarm apps | 9 | 75 | ▲ +32% |
Stack
Share of the 137 projects in this theme that stated their stack, last 12 weeks.
- Vercel 20%
- GitHub Pages 8%
- React 7%
- SwiftUI 7%
- Kotlin 7%
- JavaScript 7%
- Supabase 5%
- Manifest V3 5%
AI tools
Same projects.
- Claude (chat or unspecified) 9%
- Claude Code 6%
- ChatGPT 4%
- Codex 3%
- Lovable 3%
Most discussed this week
- OpenTweet — Provides a tool for working with tweets, though the post does not describe its features.“My little side project is not that little anymore”
- Today was supposed to be my… — Lets fans tip YouTube creators on video ideas they plan to make, with payments routed through Stripe Connect and a small commission taken per tip.“Today was supposed to be my first platform launch. Then Stripe said no.”
- AppBlockr — Blocks social media apps until the user completes a self-set task, verified by a photo checked with AI.“I just got my first paying subscriber 🎉”
- Escape — Blocks adult content on iPhone across Safari and other browsers, with a strict mode that prevents the blocker from being turned off.“I spent years trying to quit porn in private. So I built the blocker I actually needed.”
- MyTube — Lets users save YouTube videos into their own categories and browse them on a custom home page without recommendations.“I built a Chrome extension that turns YouTube's Watch Later graveyard into a home page you actually curate”
- Built myself a personal… — Combines personal tracking for workouts, nutrition, mood, projects and daily priorities into one dashboard.“Built myself a personal "self-improvement dashboard" — offering to build a few free ones for others in exchange for feedback”
- HabitStride — Tracks daily habits and goals with custom schedules, streaks, history, timers and Apple Health progress.“I created my first iOS app - HabitStride”
- Eavesdrop — Shows a video's comments in a floating panel over the YouTube player, including in fullscreen mode.“I kept pausing videos in fullscreen just to read comments, so I built an extension that shows them over the video”
- Everlyst — Counts elapsed days since a self-chosen habit change or personal event and keeps every earlier attempt with optional reflections.“Everlyst — a days-since counter that keeps earlier attempts”
- WaveLen — Shares photos and videos on a social app where each post is visible to a chosen audience, such as everyone or a small group.“I built WaveLen, a social app where you choose who sees each post. Looking for honest feedback”
Latest
- Youtube music looks terrible on… — Restyles the YouTube Music web player on desktop to look better.“Youtube music looks terrible on pc! so i made an extension for it check it out! Discord link: https://discord.gg/8y2bcMP9r Chrome link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/jpaghpgbdiimnkgkmefdeidabebanjjg?utm_source=item-share-cb”
- Yet another habit tracker — Tracks habit completion by removing a layer of paper from a picture to reveal a model.“Yet another habit tracker”
- FollowToDM — Sends an automatic welcome direct message to each new Instagram follower through a Chrome extension.“I built the thing everyone on Reddit hates: an auto-DM tool for Instagram. Roast it.”
- Hide The Annoying — Uses a fast classification model to collapse X/Twitter posts matching unwanted topics into summary bars that can be expanded or allowlisted per author.“I got tired of broken keyword muting on X/Twitter, so I built an open-source extension powered by fast decision models (Jev & Cloudflare Clef)”
- Alba Alarm — Creates groups of repeating alarms from a start time, alarm count, and interval, with a random sound option.“I made my own alarm app to wake up in the morning”
- clean-facebook-feed — Scans a Facebook feed and delivers filtered posts from chosen friends and groups into a separate tab, hiding sponsored and recommended content.“trying to avoid the tons of junk in facebook”
- Productivity breacher — Blocks chosen apps behind a user-set timer, then enforces a cooldown of 1.5 times the timer during which blocked apps are killed on launch.“I'm a kid, and I made and published my first ever project.”
- I built a browser extension to… — Blocks or hides the YouTube and LinkedIn feeds in the browser to reduce distraction.“I built a browser extension to stop getting pulled into YouTube and LinkedIn. Looking for honest feedback from people who've tried to quit the feed.”
- CreatorBlock — Shows community-tagged creators who appear in a YouTube video as badges on thumbnails and lets users filter videos by creator.“I made a free extension that shows who's in a YouTube video before you click”
- Always On Time — Turns calendar events into full-screen alarms with sound and vibration before they start.“Always On Time - I'm time blind (ADHD) and built a calendar alarm app that changed my life”
- Pawse — Blocks distracting websites in Chrome, with options such as a timed wait before a site loads.“I made a cute chrome extension that lets you block websites for better focus. What do you think?”
- Built myself a personal… — Combines personal tracking for workouts, nutrition, mood, projects and daily priorities into one dashboard.“Built myself a personal "self-improvement dashboard" — offering to build a few free ones for others in exchange for feedback”
- YouTube Customizer — Blocks unwanted YouTube channels and keywords, hides Shorts, and adds usage limits and reminders to the YouTube interface.“I wanted more control over YouTube, so I built this”
- NilMode — Hides selected feeds, reels, shorts, comments and recommendations on Facebook and YouTube, with optional blacklisting and playlist progress tracking.“Releasing NilMode v2.3.1 : Distraction blocker for Facebook & YouTube”
- Dotday — Tracks daily habits with forgiving streaks, rest days, and a habit strength score instead of resetting on a missed day.“I built a habit tracker that doesn't punish you for missing a day”