Startup Ideas

A curated collection of project-based startup ideas to help you practice your skills and build your portfolio.

Hard

AgentHub

AI agent marketplace where small businesses deploy specialized AI workers in minutes - hire a sales agent, ops agent, or HR agent without hiring engineers

LLM orchestration and prompt engineering (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude APIs)AI agent framework development (LangChain, AutoGPT, or custom)Workflow automation and integration builder+6 more
B2B SaaS - AI/Automation Platform
Easy

CleanQueue

Automated cleaning scheduler for Airbnb hosts and offices - sync calendars, dispatch cleaners, verify completion with photos, all without a single text message

Full-stack development (React + Node.js/Python)Calendar integration (Google Calendar, iCal, Airbnb/VRBO APIs)SMS and push notification systems (Twilio)+5 more
B2C SaaS
Hard

ClipForge

Upload one long-form video, get 20+ platform-optimized clips with captions in minutes - stop manually editing the same content 5 times

Video processing at scale (FFmpeg, cloud encoding)AI/ML for highlight detection and scene segmentationSpeech-to-text API integration (Whisper/AssemblyAI)+6 more
Marketing SaaS
Medium

DealFlow

Sponsorship CRM for creators - track deals, approve scripts, send invoices, and never miss a brand deadline again

Full-stack development (React/Next.js + Node/Python)PDF generation for invoices and contractsEmail automation (SendGrid/Mailgun)+5 more
Marketing SaaS
Easy

EquipmentTrack

Know exactly who has which laptop in 3 seconds - equipment tracking that actually gets used because it's dead simple

Full-stack development (React + Node.js/Django)Database design for inventory and assignment trackingQR code generation and scanning+5 more
B2B SaaS
Easy

FleetLog

Snap receipt at gas pump, log maintenance in 10 seconds - stop losing $500/vehicle/month to poor fleet tracking and missed oil changes

Mobile app development (React Native/Flutter for iOS and Android)OCR integration for receipt scanning (Taggun/Google Vision)GPS and odometer tracking+5 more
B2B SaaS
Medium

InspectPro

Turn 4 hours of post-inspection report writing into 20 minutes - tap checklist on-site, get professional PDF delivered to client automatically

Mobile-first web development (React Native or PWA)PDF generation with custom templates (PDFKit/Puppeteer)Image compression and annotation tools+5 more
B2B SaaS
Hard

MaintenanceIQ

From tenant complaint to fixed and paid in 3 clicks - maintenance automation for small landlords

Full-stack development (React/Node or similar)SMS/Twilio API integrationPayment processing (Stripe Connect for marketplace)+4 more
B2C SaaS
Hard

MeterPulse

Drop-in usage metering SDK that goes from API call to accurate invoice in minutes - stop building billing infrastructure and ship your product

Distributed systems engineering for high-throughput event ingestionTime-series database optimization (ClickHouse/TimescaleDB)SDK development for multiple languages (Python, Node.js, Go, Ruby)+6 more
Tech SaaS
Hard

MindVault

Private search engine for your entire digital life - find any email, doc, chat, or bookmark in seconds with encrypted personal indexing

Full-text search infrastructure (Elasticsearch/Meilisearch/Typesense)Vector embeddings and semantic search (OpenAI embeddings, Pinecone)End-to-end encryption and zero-knowledge architecture+6 more
Productivity SaaS - Personal Knowledge Management
Medium

PricePulse

Automated competitor price tracking that adjusts your e-commerce prices in real-time - never lose a sale to being $2 more expensive

Web scraping (Beautiful Soup/Scrapy/Puppeteer)E-commerce platform APIs (Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce)Backend development (Python/Node.js)+5 more
E-commerce SaaS
Medium

ReceiptFlow

Snap receipt, get paid in 24 hours - expense reimbursement that actually works for small teams without enterprise software bloat

Full-stack development (React + Node.js/Python)OCR integration (Taggun/Veryfi/Google Vision API)Stripe Connect for automated payouts to employee bank accounts+5 more
B2B SaaS
Hard

ReserveKit

Universal booking API that powers reservations for any schedulable resource - one integration, infinite use cases from yoga studios to yacht rentals

Complex calendar and scheduling algorithm designRESTful API development with webhook architectureMulti-tenant database design with data isolation+6 more
B2B SaaS
Hard

ReviewMatch

AI-powered marketplace connecting brands with micro-influencers for authentic product reviews - get 50 real reviews in 2 weeks, not 6 months

Two-sided marketplace platform developmentAI matching algorithms (recommendation systems)Social media API integration (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube for analytics)+6 more
Two-Sided Marketplace - Influencer Marketing
Hard

TaxGuard

AI that reads freelancer invoices and catches VAT/GST mistakes before they become audit nightmares - stop paying tax you don't owe

PDF parsing and OCR (Tesseract/AWS Textract)Tax regulation database design and maintenanceRules engine for complex conditional logic+6 more
Compliance SaaS
Medium

VendorSync

Event planner CRM that tracks 15 vendors per event without the spreadsheet chaos - one dashboard from first quote to final payment

Full-stack development (React + Node.js/Rails)Calendar and availability management systemsMulti-tenant database design (planner accounts with client events)+5 more
B2C SaaS
Medium

WikiFlow

AI that turns your messy Slack threads and Google Docs into an auto-updating company wiki - so new hires stop asking the same questions

Backend development (Python/Node.js)LLM API integration (OpenAI/Anthropic Claude)Vector database (Pinecone/Weaviate) for semantic search+4 more
B2B SaaS