Building useful digital products,one idea at a time.

JR Gaid Labs is an independent software studio creating focused mobile apps, desktop utilities, web tools, and experimental products.

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Products from the Lab

Focused tools built around practical problems.

Guests at an evening wedding reception under string lights

Gunita

Web

Available

Guests scan a QR code to add their photos to one shared event album, revealed when the host chooses.

Try it

Three perfume bottles on dark marble in warm light

Sillage

Web

Available

A fragrance wardrobe that catalogs your collection and suggests what to wear based on the weather and your day.

Try it

A phone showing Save, Find and Terminal keys for the Visual Studio Code window behind it

ContextDeck

Windows

Beta

Turn your phone into a control deck that changes with the app you're using on your Windows PC.

Try the beta

Photo cards floating above an open inbox tray

Toss

iOS, Android

Beta

An inbox for your screenshots. Swipe each one to keep it, toss it, or have it come back later.

Try the beta

Saved cards of a ramen bowl, coffee and a Kyoto street around the headline Too good to lose

Trove

iOS, Android

Coming Soon

A calm save inbox for the links, photos and little thoughts you find while scrolling, so you can actually find them again.

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Currently in the Lab

What's being worked on right now, and where it sits among everything else.

Everything in the lab, by platform

jrgaid labs
├── Mobile
│   ├── Toss
│   ├── Trove
│   ├── Couple Camera
│   └── Emergency Directory
├── Desktop
│   ├── ContextDeck
│   └── Download Pet
└── Web
    ├── Gunita
    └── Sillage

01
Taking ContextDeck past v0.1
Bringing the Android and iPhone companion apps to the beta.
02
Getting Toss out of beta
The screenshot inbox for iOS and Android.
03
Exploring lightweight desktop utilities
Small tools that do one job well.

Build small. Solve something real.

Useful software does not need to be complicated. Start with a real problem, keep the tool small, ship it, and let the people using it shape what comes next.

Useful first

Start with a real problem.

Products should solve a recognizable problem before adding complexity.

Small by design

Focused tools beat unnecessary complexity.

Not every product needs to become a giant platform.

Ship and improve

Launch, observe, refine.

Build usable versions, release them, learn from users, and iterate.

Lab Experiments

Not every idea needs to become a startup. Some just need to be built. Small ideas, prototypes, and things currently being explored.

Prototype, desktop
A playful desktop companion that reacts to your downloads.
Exploring, mobile
A shared camera roll for two people, without the group chat.
Exploring, mobile
Local emergency numbers and contacts that work offline.

An independent software lab.

JR Gaid Labs is an independent software studio created by JR Gaid. The lab focuses on building practical digital tools across mobile, desktop, and web platforms.

Some projects are polished products. Others are experiments. The goal is simple: find interesting problems, build useful solutions, release them, and learn from what happens.

Meet the developer at jrgaid.com

Something useful might be in the lab.

Explore the products, test something new, or follow along as new ideas are released.

Explore products Get in touch

Email: hello@jrgaidlabs.dev
GitHub: github.com/jmsryn
Polar: polar.sh/jrgaidlabs
Portfolio: jrgaid.com