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SIDE·QUEST

~ a public quest log for side projects ~

Keep your promises in public.

Track a side project as a quest, hit milestones, post updates, and stack badges that only unlock when something real ships.

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free forever for solo questsself-hosted · open sourcebring your own AI key · openai · anthropic

What You Get

three things — no leaderboards
I

A Quest Log You Can Share

Every quest gets a public page at /u/you/q/your-quest. Drop the link in your bio. People can follow along without signing up.

free · public · indexable
II

Lightly Gamified Shipping

Earn XP when you close a milestone — not when you scroll. Streaks, levels, and a handful of badges that unlock only when something real ships. No leaderboards.

Level 4 · Apprentice240 / 500 XP
III

Optional AI Quest Master

Bring your own key and an AI will help break a fuzzy idea into milestones, draft your weekly update, or roast a stalled quest back to life. Off by default. Always.

openai · anthropic
BYO key

An Example Profile

what your public page looks like
M
Maria Ortiz
@maria · solo founder · joined feb 2026
Level 4 · Apprentice
Quests
7
in flight
Shipped
3
done
XP
1,420
total
Streak
11d
days
"Designer-engineer making small calm tools. Currently shipping a read-it-later app for paper books. Talk to me about typesetting."
qst · 8f3a7c
Active

Paper Pile

A scanner-first inbox for the books on your shelf you keep meaning to read.

3 / 5 · 3d ago
qst · 21b9e4
Shipped

Daily Journal — 30 days

30 consecutive days of writing. Closed with a public retro and a badge that doesn't lie.

5 / 5 · shipped
qst · 5d20fa
Stalled

Typeset Playground

Browser kerning controls. Haven't touched it in three weeks. Honest about it.

1 / 4 · 21d ago
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