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Health Projects

Health and wellness projects from Show HN — fitness trackers, medical tools, mental health apps, and biotech.

GitHub

Secure, local-first archive for Garmin Connect health data (HRV, sleep, activities). Private & offline. Structured for local analysis (Excel, HTML-Dashboard, and json for Ollama/Open WebUI). Your data stays on your machine.

7Python
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I can't write Python. It works anyway

Prevents Garmin intraday data loss with a local encrypted Windows app.

Solve My ProblemDark Horse
Wewoc
981mo ago
GitHub

Meetrics is a personal metrics tracker built for curious people who want to understand themselves through data. Log anything that matters to you — weight, mood, sleep, grades, habits, workouts, or any custom metric — and explore how it changes over time.

3Python
Health
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Meetrics – Track anything, correlate anything, ask your data questions

Time-lag correlation finds delayed health patterns generic trackers miss.

Solve My ProblemNiche Gem
sergeybok
222mo ago
Grenzwert – Medical Viewer
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Grenzwert – Medical Viewer

Desktop-grade DICOM volume rendering in Chrome with WebGPU—no installation needed.

WizardryBig Brain
MickGorobets
2012d ago
Text Post

I’m a solo developer based in Austria and over the past year I built a ski technique analysis app that runs fully offline on the phone. No cloud processing. No account system. No subscription model. I

Health
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An offline-first ski analysis app

Offline ski analysis skips cloud and subscriptions—sensor fusion without the yearly fees.

Solve My ProblemDark HorseNiche Gem
skicoachapp
113mo ago
Text Post

My parents are in India, I'm in the US. Their health system was continuous WhatsApp photos of lab reports, vague updates over the phone, and me finding out about doctor visits weeks later. So I built

Health
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Kula – a family health platform that makes sense of your data

WhatsApp lab report parsing solves the diaspora parent health coordination gap nicely.

Solve My ProblemCozy
samuraikmc
6121mo ago
I Built a Genogram Editor
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I Built a Genogram Editor

AI generation builds family structures faster than manual dragging for therapists.

Niche GemSolve My Problem
vincaslt
412mo ago
Text Post

I built FitSaver — an iOS app that imports workout videos and converts them into structured routines you can actually follow. It’s not trying to compete with trainers or AI coaching apps. It solves a

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I built iOS app to turn saved workout videos into structured routines

Gym-friction killer for middle-aged video savers, but crowded fitness-app space.

Solve My ProblemShip It
chetansorted
303mo ago