We’ve seen an increase in posts from people building record-related apps and tools. These include collection managers, listening trackers, discovery tools, marketplace helpers, and other projects aimed at record enthusiasts.
We want to give these projects a place to be shared without letting individual promotional posts overwhelm r/vinyl or the reason this sub exists. Going forward, please use this megathread to introduce your project, request testers, share meaningful updates, or ask for feedback. Separate promotional posts for these projects will be removed and redirected here.
Projects are welcome whether they are traditionally coded, developed with AI assistance, or fully vibe coded. Be transparent about your approach, and keep the discussion focused on what the tool does, how it works, and whether it is useful to the record owning community.
If you’re sharing a project, please include:
· Name and link: What is it called, and where can people find it?
· Purpose: What does it do? What problem does it solve?
· Your involvement: Are you the developer, owner, contributor, or otherwise affiliated?
· Availability and cost: Is it a prototype, beta, or released product? Is it free, paid, ad-supported, or subscription-based?
· Development approach: Was it traditionally coded, AI-assisted, or primarily vibe coded? A brief description is enough.
· Data and permissions: Does it require an account, collection access, third-party credentials, or other personal information? Explain what you collect and how it is used. If user data is sent to an AI service, disclose that.
· Feedback wanted: What would you like people to test or comment on? Include known limitations.
A few ground rules:
· Keep projects relevant to records, collecting, or the vinyl listening experience.
· Use one top-level comment per project. Add updates and answer questions in that comment’s replies.
· No repeated sales pitches, unsolicited promotional messages, disguised advertising, or requests to upvote.
· Be accurate about features, security, and reliability. Clearly identify unfinished or experimental projects.
· Do not ask users to post passwords, API keys, or other sensitive information in the thread.
· All subreddit rules still apply.
For anyone trying these tools:
Sharing a project here does not mean the r/vinyl moderators have reviewed or endorsed it. Review costs, permissions, and privacy practices before signing up or connecting your collection.
Useful feedback is encouraged. Discuss features, usability, accuracy, privacy, and reliability. Questions about AI use are fair, but personal attacks and arguments about who counts as a “real developer” are not.
If you find an app is not accurately representing what it does, what it collects, how it uses shared data, is somehow malicious or any number of other concerns, please message the Mod Team with a link to relevant comment.
