I was sick of copying Reddit comments into Notion... so I built this

Not gonna lie, this started from pure laziness.
I kept finding gold in Reddit threads — people sharing real experiences, in-depth tutorials, niche insights — but saving them? Nightmare.

Manually copy-pasting stuff into Notion or Google Docs felt like digital janitor work.
So I thought: what if I could turn Reddit threads directly into clean, structured articles with zero effort?

Cue two weekends, too much coffee, and a Gemini API key later — I hacked together ThreadSmith.

Here’s what it does:

• Input any Reddit thread URL 🔗
• Pick from a few AI prompt styles (summary, blog, Q&A, etc)
• Hit generate → Boom. A Markdown file with cleaned-up, structured content.
• Works offline. No browser extensions or jank.

And it’s not just a summary bot — it preserves tone, nuance, and depth, especially for longform or controversial threads.

I priced it cheap ($5.99 for the first 500 users) because I wasn’t sure if anyone would care.
But turns out… people really wanted something like this.

It’s now a desktop app with:

• Support for Google Gemini models (custom or default)
• A clean GUI — no code, no setup
• Handles long threads like a beast
• Export-ready for blogs, newsletters, research, etc.

✅ Built it for myself.
💬 Ended up with something researchers, content creators, and curious lurkers are using.

If you’ve ever tried to save a legendary Reddit thread and gave up halfway through, you’ll get why this exists.

Happy to share a demo or answer questions. And yeah, refunds are open for 7 days if it’s not your thing.

(Also curious if any of you built tools just to save yourself pain and they ended up useful for others?)