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Ai-generated portrait service

AI portrait generator for personal and pet images.

imagined-with.ai

$5K /mo Reported

Productivity progress tracker

Taskbar app visualizing your day and year progress.

progressbarwindows.com

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Menu bar display controller

Mac app for controlling external display settings.

displaybuddy.app

$2K /mo Reported

Music note generator tool

MIDI plugin transforming words into melodies for producers.

audiocipher.com

$8K /mo Reported

Synonym-based emoji picker

Emoji picker for macOS power-users.

getmumu.com

$200 /mo Reported

Email unsubscribe management tool

"Tool to easily unsubscribe from unwanted emails."

leavemealone.com

$10K /mo Reported

Advanced component library

SaaS UI: React component library for building SaaS apps.

saas-ui.dev

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Idea	Revenue	Model	Growth	Customers	Tools	Details	Solo score A 0–100 estimate of how well-suited a business is to being run solo (or very lean). It blends team leanness, business model, growth channels, capital intensity, revenue per operator, tooling leverage and recency into one score. Higher = more solopreneur-friendly.
Ai-generated portrait service imagined-with.ai AI portrait generator for personal and pet images.	$5K /mo Reported	One-time purchase +3	Affiliate program Word of mouth +1	Pet Owners +8	+29	Founded 2022 · 2 co-founders · Built in 2 days	75	Build this
P Productivity progress tracker progressbarwindows.com Taskbar app visualizing your day and year progress.	—	One-time purchase	Advertising on social media SEO	Windows Users Seeking P... +4	+3	Founded 2021 · Solo founder · Built in 28 days	77	Build this
Menu bar display controller displaybuddy.app Mac app for controlling external display settings.	$2K /mo Reported	Setapp partner +3	Word of mouth Organic social media +1	Mac Users Concerned Abo... +10	+2	Founded 2021 · 2 people · $100 to start	78	Build this
Music note generator tool audiocipher.com MIDI plugin transforming words into melodies for producers.	$8K /mo Reported	Digital product +1	Word of mouth Advertising on social media +1	Music Producers +3	WI +1	Founded 2020 · Solo founder · $7K to start	77	Build this
Synonym-based emoji picker getmumu.com Emoji picker for macOS power-users.	$200 /mo Reported	One-time purchase	Word of mouth Email marketing +1	Power-Users of macOS +2		Founded 2020 · Solo founder · $200 to start	68	Build this
Email unsubscribe management tool leavemealone.com "Tool to easily unsubscribe from unwanted emails."	$10K /mo Reported	One-time purchase +4	Word of mouth Referral Program +1	Digital Nomads +5	+22	Founded 2018 · 2 co-founders · $1K to start	79	Build this
Advanced component library saas-ui.dev SaaS UI: React component library for building SaaS apps.	—	One-time purchase +6	SEO Organic social media	B2B SaaS Developers +2		Founded 2021 · Solo founder · SaaS	66	Build this

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