Side Project Tracker
Your side projects live in scattered notes, abandoned Trello boards, and forgotten GitHub repos. You have no single place that tracks what you're building, what you've shipped, and what you've killed.
FoundStep is a purpose-built tracker for side projects. Every project has a clear status, locked scope, and lifecycle that moves it from idea to launch.
Beyond task tracking
Most developers "track" their side projects in one of these ways:
- A Notion page they haven't opened in months
- A Trello board with 3 columns and 40 stale cards
- A GitHub repo with the last commit from 6 months ago
- A note in their phone that says "app idea - fix later"
None of these tell you: Is this project alive or dead? What's the next step? How much scope has changed since you started?
What a real side project tracker needs
Task trackers answer "what do I need to do?" FoundStep answers the questions that actually matter for side projects:
Should I be working on this?
Every project has a validated verdict. You know exactly why you decided to build (or wait, or kill) each idea. No more questioning whether your current project is worth your time.
How much has the scope changed?
Scope Locking and Shame History show you exactly how much your project has grown since planning. If your "quick weekend project" has had 8 scope unlocks, that's a signal.
Am I actually making progress?
Lifecycle stages (Validating → Decided → Building → Ready to Ship → Shipped) give you a clear progress indicator that's more meaningful than a percentage.
What's next?
AI Next Action guidance watches your project's state - deadline proximity, todo completion percentage, lock state - and suggests what to do next. No decision fatigue.
One place for everything
FoundStep's Harbor gives you a dashboard of all your projects. At a glance, you can see which projects are actively being built, which are validated and waiting, which have shipped, and which were killed. It's the single source of truth for your solo development portfolio.
Step by step.
Every project starts as a workspace. Ideas are captured with context, not scattered across notes apps.
Harbor gives you a bird's-eye view of all your projects - their status, progress, and lifecycle stage.
As you complete todos and advance through the lifecycle, progress is tracked automatically. No manual status updates.
When all todos are done, the project auto-advances to 'Ready to Ship.' After shipping, start v1.1 and keep going.
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No credit card required. No setup. Start with your first idea and see FoundStep in action.