CESXY is a publishing and discovery layer for small projects made with AI. Our tagline is Built on a whim. Proven in the wild. Many useful tools now start as an afternoon experiment. CESXY is where those projects are opened, used and described plainly, so you can decide whether one is worth your time.
We value a useful try over a polished promise.
Why another directory
There are plenty of lists, launch boards and leaderboards for AI-made apps. Most sort by votes, popularity or the creator's own copy. Those signals tell you how well a project was marketed. They do not tell you whether it works.
CESXY works from three commitments.
Built by anyone. A project can come from an experienced developer, a first-time builder or someone who has never written code by hand. Where it came from matters less than whether it does its job.
Tested, not ranked. We do not publish rankings. An editor opens a project, uses it and writes down what happened.
For the curious. The catalogue is for people who like small, specific tools and prefer an accurate description to an excited one.
The question we try to answer is simple. If you open this project today, will it do what it says?
How a project gets here
A creator sends a project through the Submit page. The submission gives a working address and says what the project does. Creators must have the right to share what they submit.
New submissions that pass a basic safety check appear in Fresh. Fresh is the queue of creator submissions that no editor has reviewed yet. Everything in Fresh is creator-provided, and it is labelled that way.
An editor then reviews the project. We check that the address loads and the core action works. We record what it asks of you, such as an account or payment details, how it behaves on a phone and any clear limits. A project that passes is published with a badge and a short use note.
Submitters get a first response from us within 7 days. Reviews run in queue order, and we do not promise a review date.
What the badges mean
Labels on a listing describe what we saw. They are use notes, not certifications.
Published means the project passed editorial review and is in the catalogue.
Tested means a CESXY editor used the core action personally. The listing records the setup and the date of the test.
Community means the main evidence comes from community test notes, and CESXY has not done a full test.
Fresh means the creator submitted it and nobody at CESXY has reviewed it yet.
Heads-up means there is something to know before you start, such as a login, a paywall, data collection or a regional limit. The editor gives a one-line reason.
We also use a Broken marking when a project cannot complete its core action. Broken and Heads-up stay visible. Hiding a failing project would leave visitors guessing.
Listings also carry quick tags, such as web, no-login, free, live, ios and login-required. They let you filter by the kind of access you want.
Who CESXY is for
If you need a small tool for a specific job, Discover lets you search by plain words, category, tag and status. If the tool you need does not exist yet, you can post it on the Wishes board.
If you build with AI, CESXY gives your project a human review and a fair listing. If you want structured feedback from target users, Paid to test is a separate service. It never affects your free review.
If you test software carefully, Paid to test also lists assignments that testers can apply for.
The catalogue is new. It grows as submissions are reviewed.
Where to begin
To find a tool, start with Discover. To see what just arrived, open Fresh. To ask for a tool that does not exist, visit Wishes. To share your own project, use Submit. To understand our standards, read How We Review, the Community Guidelines and the Safety page.
External projects belong to their creators and run under their own terms and privacy practices. Our job is to open them, use them and tell you plainly what we found.