Your side projects, as a city.
Sidetown turns your side projects into a free visual developer portfolio. Shipped projects light up. Unfinished ones stay under construction. Dead ones get an epitaph. One link to show everything you've built.
- Free
- No sign-up to preview
- Public repos only, never your code
A skyline you can walk around.
Every building has a story. Turn the city, find a project, and take a closer look.
Find your angle
Drag to rotate, or use the arrows. You choose where to look.
Open the story
Hover to see a name and status. Tap a building and the camera brings its project closer.
Watch it come alive
Cars drive, cranes swing and windows glow. Pause the animations whenever you want.
Every project gets a building. Even the dead ones.
Your portfolio shows what shipped. Your city also shows what you tried, what you're on, and what you learned from.
Lit tower
The more hours you put in, the taller it gets. Windows light up for good.
Construction site
A crane, scaffolding and dashed floors: what's in progress is visible, not hidden.
Ruin, with an epitaph
Pick why it died, or write your own. Honest, a bit funny, very shareable.
- “Scope too big”
- “Day job happened”
- “Someone shipped it first”
- “Lost the spark”
- “Rewrote it three times”
- + write your own
Made to be shared
Paste your link anywhere and your city shows up as the preview. Download it as a story in one tap.
1200×630 link preview for X, LinkedIn, Slack, Discord
1080×1920 story for Instagram
Three steps, one skyline
- 01
Type your GitHub username
We read your public repos and guess what shipped, what's in progress and what died.
- 02
Fix the story
Adjust statuses and hours, add projects that aren't on GitHub, write your epitaphs.
- 03
Share your city
One link for your bio, your CV and your next launch post.
Same projects, another world
Mars base · Pro decorsame 9 projectsTurn your city into a Mars base: shipped projects become pressurised modules under faceted domes, work in progress is 3D-printed ring by ring, and dead ones end as crash sites, flag still planted. More decors to come.
4.99 EUR once, for every decor now and later. Everything else stays free.
See the decorsQuestions
Something else? Ask @ewenlq on X.
your city · 4
What is Sidetown?
Sidetown is a free visual portfolio for developers. It turns your side projects into an isometric low-poly city: each project becomes a building, its height reflects your hours, and its appearance shows whether it shipped, is in progress or was abandoned.
How many projects can I show?
Your city can show up to 24 projects. Hide a project to make room for another; hidden projects stay off your public city and share images.
Can I hide a project?
Yes. Hidden projects never appear on your page or your card.
What about private or non-GitHub projects?
Add them by hand. Private repositories are never read.
sharing and github · 4
What can I share?
Share your city with one public link, download a 1200×630 PNG card or a 1080×1920 story, and add your city card to your GitHub README. Each visible project also has its own page.
Can people explore my city?
Yes. Visitors can rotate your city, see project names and statuses, and open each building to read its story. Public cities with visible projects appear in Explore; unlisted cities stay out of the gallery.
Do you read my code?
No. We only read public repository details: name, description, homepage, dates, archive status and commit count.
How do you guess what shipped?
A homepage means shipped. An archived repo is proposed as RIP; a year without a push only asks if it's still alive. Everything else is under construction. You decide every status.
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Is it free?
Yes. Creating a city, adding projects, importing public GitHub repositories and sharing cards are free. Pro is an optional one-time payment that only unlocks extra decors, like the Mars base.
What does Pro change?
Only how your city looks: every decor, today and later, for one payment. Your city, page, card and GitHub import stay free.
Your city is one username away.
Type your GitHub username. Free, no sign-up to preview.