Discover
Browse a curated shelf of apps chosen for craft and character. Filter by aesthetic, not by category. Find the one that feels like you.
Buy & download
One-tap checkout. Free apps download instantly, paid apps are yours forever. No subscriptions buried in fine print.
Build & sell
Made something lovely? Upload it, set your price, keep the lion's share. We handle the storefront so you can keep making.
The Shelf
Every app here was picked for one reason: it's beautiful to use. Filter by the aesthetic you're in the mood for.
Pick a vibe
Software doesn't have to look like software. Browse by the aesthetic that fits your day. Every app on Potchkey lives inside one of these worlds.
Your life should be seeing beauty every single day.
Most software is boring, rote, and looks like every other program. We think that's a tragedy of small moments. The tools you touch a hundred times a day should give something back. Potchkey is a home for the makers who agree, and the people who want to live with what they make.
What gets on the shelf
Potchkey is curated, not a free-for-all. Every submission is reviewed by a human for two things: beauty in the design, and function that actually works. You need both. Here's what we look for.
- Craft you can feel. Considered type, color, spacing, and motion — it looks like someone cared.
- A point of view. A clear aesthetic, not a generic template. It belongs to one of our worlds (or makes a new one).
- It actually works. Installs, opens, and does what the listing promises — no broken core flows.
- An honest listing. Screenshots and description match the real thing. No dark patterns, no bait.
- Yours to sell. You made it or hold the rights, and it doesn't lift anyone else's work.
- Safe and kind. No malware, no quietly harvesting data, nothing that punches down.
Not selected? We'll tell you why — polish it and resubmit any time.
What you'll need to upload
Have these ready before you hit publish. It keeps review fast — most listings go live within 48 hours.
- A maker account. Your name or studio, and a payout method for weekly payments.
- The build. A working bundle or link — .zip, .app, .dmg, a web app, or a .fig for design tools.
- The basics. App name, a one-line pitch, a short description, and the aesthetic it fits.
- At least one real screenshot. Show it exactly as it looks in use.
- A price. Free or paid — your call. You keep 85% of every sale.
- Rights & agreement. Confirm the work is yours to sell and accept the maker terms.
Upload your app
Drop your build, set a price, pick a vibe. We list it on the shelf and handle checkout, downloads, and payouts. You keep 85%.
Listing details
The Last Mile
Stuck at 90%? You vibe-coded something you love but can't quite cross the finish line. Find a tinker who can. The last mile is where good apps either ship or die in a folder — this is where they ship.
Tinkers for hire
Builders who love the last 10%. Filter by what you're stuck on.
Need a hand?
Tell us what's stuck. We'll match you with a tinker who can finish it.
About Potchkey
Potchkey Labs is a marketplace for software with a point of view. We started it because the apps we open every day had stopped delighting us — they all looked the same, and using them felt like filing paperwork.
So we made a shelf for the other kind. Apps built by people who care how a button feels, what a corner radius says, whether a color makes you smile. You can buy them, download them, and keep them. And if you make beautiful things, you can sell them here too.
A storefront, a community, and a small argument that your life should be seeing beauty every single day.
- Keep 85% of every sale
- Free to list, weekly payouts
- Your work, your price, your aesthetic
Vibe coding 101
You don't need to be an engineer to make something lovely. Vibe coding is building by describing what you want, looking at what comes back, and nudging it until it feels right. Here's how Potchkey makers turn a daydream into a real, beautiful app.
Best practices
The habits that turn "almost" into "done."
- Give context up front. Who it's for, the mood you want, two or three apps you love.
- Work on a copy and save versions. So you can always roll back to the one that felt right.
- Ask for one thing at a time. Stacked requests get muddy; single asks stay sharp.
- Be specific with feedback. Point at the exact thing — "the yellow is too pale," not "make it nicer."
- Look at every change. Preview it, click around, don't ship blind.
- Keep a scrap folder. Screenshots, colors, and snippets you can reuse next time.
- Know the last mile. Stuck at 90%? That's normal — bring in a tinker to finish it.
Settings for Claude
A quick setup that makes the back-and-forth smoother.
- Pick the right model. Use the most capable model for design and tricky logic; a faster one for small edits.
- Give it a project file. A short note on what you're building, your taste, and what's off-limits — it stops repeating yourself.
- Turn on a live preview. Let it open the page and verify changes instead of guessing.
- Use plan mode for big moves. Have it propose the approach before it touches anything.
- Let it remember your preferences. Voice, colors, conventions — set once, reuse forever.
- Review before it goes live. Keep edits visible and approve them; deploy on your say-so.
What does Potchkey mean?
Potchkey means to putter, to fiddle, to tinker — to fuss happily over something until it's just right.
It's the verb for the person who can't leave a thing alone — who keeps nudging the corner radius at midnight, who potchkes with a side project for the pure joy of it. Less "ship fast," more "make a delightful mess and love every minute."
That's exactly what building a beautiful app feels like. The word made us smile, so we kept it.
- to potchke (v.) — to mess about, tinker, putter, fuss
- a Potchkey — a home for the people who do
Code of Conduct
Everyone's welcome here. Leave your 'tudes at the door.
Potchkey is a place to make beautiful things and help each other finish them. That only works if it stays kind. So, the house rules:
- Design has to be on point. This is a place for creators. If it's going on the shelf, make it beautiful — considered, intentional, a joy to use. We curate for craft, not clutter.
- Be kind. Critique the work, never the person.
- No gatekeeping. Vibe-coding is coding. Using AI to build is building. Everyone starts somewhere.
- Credit people. Don't pass off someone else's work as yours. Say thanks when a tinker saves your bacon.
- Help when you can. Answer the question, share the trick, leave it better than you found it.
- No harassment, ever. No bigotry, no cruelty, no punching down. Zero tolerance.
- Make things you'd be proud to show. Beauty is the point.
Break the spirit of this and you're out. Otherwise: welcome in, glad you're here.