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I Built an AI Gardening App That Tells Me to Put the Laptop Down

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass Submission 🌿

I Built an AI Gardening App That Tells Me to Put the Laptop Down

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ListingLift: a local AI listing writer for resellers (Hacktoberfest HF26 Week 2 — Side Hustle)

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

ListingLift: a local AI listing writer for resellers (Hacktoberfest HF26 Week 2 — Side Hustle)

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ChatLedger: Turning messy WhatsApp DMs into an order book for home businesses

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

ChatLedger: Turning messy WhatsApp DMs into an order book for home businesses

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Study Buddy

Study Buddy

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# Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

# Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission

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Building ScopeKernel: An offline AI tool to catch unbilled scope creep in freelance chats

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

Building ScopeKernel: An offline AI tool to catch unbilled scope creep in freelance chats

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# 💎 GemmaCraft — The AI E-Commerce & Side Hustle Studio Powered by Open-Weight Gemma 2

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

# 💎 GemmaCraft — The AI E-Commerce & Side Hustle Studio Powered by Open-Weight Gemma 2

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LedgerLens: A Privacy-First Receipt Sorter That Never Uploads Your Client's Data

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

LedgerLens: A Privacy-First Receipt Sorter That Never Uploads Your Client's Data

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Mercy: Because “My Bad” Isn’t a Rollback Strategy

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

Mercy: Because “My Bad” Isn’t a Rollback Strategy

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SnapToSell

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

SnapToSell

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SalesWhy: I Built an AI That Explains Sales Drops — Then a Generic LLM Beat My Own Pipeline

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

SalesWhy: I Built an AI That Explains Sales Drops — Then a Generic LLM Beat My Own Pipeline

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Pocket-bookkeeper

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

Pocket-bookkeeper

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ListSmith: Turn Product Photos Into Polished Etsy & eBay Listings, Running on Open Models

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

ListSmith: Turn Product Photos Into Polished Etsy & eBay Listings, Running on Open Models

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PhishBrief AI: Private, Local-First Phishing Analysis with Open-Weight AI

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

PhishBrief AI: Private, Local-First Phishing Analysis with Open-Weight AI

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I Boardroom OS: A Private Board of Directors That Runs on a 4GB GPU

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle Submission 💸

I Boardroom OS: A Private Board of Directors That Runs on a 4GB GPU

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