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A calm playground for your tiny tools and weird ideas.

Build and test personal apps, experiments, and utilities — by yourself or with a few friends.

See what you can build

What is drydocks.app?

A sandbox to try ideas by building them, not just listing them. A low-pressure place to tinker alone or with collaborators — where half-baked is perfectly fine.

Build personal tools for your life

Habit trackers, dashboards, utilities — things that make your day better.

Prototype product ideas without full PM overhead

Skip the formality. Build the thing and see if it works.

Play with new tech or patterns in a safe harbor

Experiment freely. No deadlines, no stakeholders, no pressure.

What you might build

Habit Tracker

Solo

Track one specific routine and see your streak grow.

Bucket List

Solo

A list that nudges you monthly to actually do the things.

Reading Log

Solo

Log books, articles, and talks with quick notes.

Time Dashboard

Solo

A tiny dashboard showing coding vs. meetings time.

7-Day Experiment

Solo or Collab

Try something new for a week and log what happens.

Recipe Box

Collab

Collect and share your go-to recipes with friends.

Two ways to build

Solo

Build tiny tools just for you — no sharing, no pressure.

Personal tools, private experiments, zero ceremony. Just you and your ideas.

Collaborate

Invite a friend to sketch, code, and test together on a shared idea.

Small groups, low ceremony, no heavy PM tooling. Just build together.

How it will work

Coming Soon
Step 1

Dock an idea

Create a new project with a short description and goal.

Step 2

Tinker in the playground

Build a tiny tool or experiment version.

Step 3

Refit or retire

Iterate if it’s promising, archive if not.

Why a drydock?

Too many ideas live in notes apps and half-finished repos. They deserve more than a TODO comment and less than a full startup.

A drydock is a safe harbor for weird experiments — a place to pull an idea out of the water, inspect it, tinker with it, and decide if it's worth launching.

Not every idea has to become a startup. Some just need a weekend and a quiet place to build.

Ready to dock your first idea?

We're building this now. Join the waitlist for early access.

We'll only email you about drydocks.app and early access.