i build small apps and ai agents. eleven shipped so far, around 300k downloads across 198 countries. two of them worked, the other nine taught me everything that doesn’t.
right now i’m doing an mba at iim mumbai, and still writing code on the side. supply chains by day, human psychology by night.
I taught myself to code at IIIT Surat, where I studied electronics and communication from 2020 to 2024. Every app since started with a problem I personally had. DirectChat came from being tired of saving numbers just to send one WhatsApp message, and it quietly crossed 190,000 downloads. ZenDiary came from anxiety in college and wanting a private place to write; it grew to 25,000+ users with a 4.8 rating.
what i care about
Simple tools that do one thing well. Privacy that isn’t an afterthought. Agents that show their work instead of hiding it, which is why Aro prints every command before it runs.
how i build
React, React Native, Next.js, Flutter, Kotlin and lately Rust with Tauri. FastAPI and Playwright for agents, Firebase and Supabase for backends, Figma for everything visual. Most of it alongside Claude.
this is my computer. the folders on the left open, the dock works, and the music is real.
About Pulkit Aggarwal (Pulket)
i build small apps and ai agents. eleven shipped so far, around 300k downloads across 198 countries. two of them worked, the other nine taught me everything that doesn’t.
right now i’m doing an mba at iim mumbai, and still writing code on the side. supply chains by day, human psychology by night.
how i got here
I taught myself to code at IIIT Surat, where I studied electronics and communication from 2020 to 2024. Every app since started with a problem I personally had. DirectChat came from being tired of saving numbers just to send one WhatsApp message, and it quietly crossed 190,000 downloads. ZenDiary came from anxiety in college and wanting a private place to write; it grew to 25,000+ users with a 4.8 rating.
what i care about
Simple tools that do one thing well. Privacy that isn’t an afterthought. Agents that show their work instead of hiding it, which is why Aro prints every command before it runs.
how i build
React, React Native, Next.js, Flutter, Kotlin and lately Rust with Tauri. FastAPI and Playwright for agents, Firebase and Supabase for backends, Figma for everything visual. Most of it alongside Claude.
Projects
zendiary: ai journaling & mental wellness
directchat: whatsapp without saving contacts
aro: a finder-aware ai file agent
open extractor: websites into structured data
Frequently asked
Who is Pulkit Aggarwal?
Pulkit Aggarwal, known online as Pulket (@justpulket), is an Indian app developer, product builder and entrepreneur based in Mumbai, India. He is an MBA student at IIM Mumbai and an engineering graduate of IIIT Surat. He has shipped 11 apps with around 300,000 total downloads across 198 countries, including ZenDiary and DirectChat, plus open-source AI agents Open Extractor Agent and Aro.
What does Pulkit Aggarwal do?
Pulkit Aggarwal designs, builds and ships mobile applications for Android and iOS, and builds open-source AI agents. He works as an independent developer and product builder, handling development, design, marketing and support himself. He also makes videos on YouTube as Just Pulkit and writes about software, AI and startups.
What apps and projects has Pulkit Aggarwal built?
Pulkit Aggarwal has shipped 11 apps, including 2 iOS apps, across the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. His most notable are ZenDiary, an AI journaling app with 25,000+ users, and DirectChat, a WhatsApp utility with 190,000+ downloads across 50+ countries. He also builds open-source AI agents, the Open Extractor Agent (web extraction) and Aro (a Finder-aware macOS file agent).
What is Open Extractor Agent?
Open Extractor Agent is an open-source AI web extraction agent built by Pulkit Aggarwal. It runs locally with FastAPI and Playwright, turns a public URL plus a plain-English request into structured data, and shows the live agent flow, generated Python, plan JSON and raw trace.
What is Aro?
Aro is an open-source, Finder-aware AI file agent for macOS built by Pulkit Aggarwal. It opens with Control + Space, reads the current Finder folder and selected files, and turns plain English into careful, multi-step file work, planning one step at a time, showing every shell command, and running only what passes local Rust safety checks.
What is ZenDiary?
ZenDiary is an AI-powered journaling and mental wellness app created by Pulkit Aggarwal. It helps people track mood, understand emotional patterns and reflect through an AI companion called Zeni. It is free, private, uses local AES-256 encryption, and is available on Android and iOS. ZenDiary has 25,000+ users and a 4.8-star rating.
Where did Pulkit Aggarwal study?
Pulkit Aggarwal completed his B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering at IIIT Surat (2020–2024) and is currently pursuing an MBA at IIM Mumbai (Indian Institute of Management Mumbai), which he began in 2025.
Where is Pulkit Aggarwal based?
Pulkit Aggarwal is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Is Pulkit Aggarwal the same person as Pulket?
Yes. Pulket is the online name and handle used by Pulkit Aggarwal. He is also known as Just Pulkit and uses @justpulket across YouTube, Instagram and Twitter/X. His personal website is pulket.in.
How can I contact Pulkit Aggarwal?
Pulkit Aggarwal can be reached by email at hi@pulket.in. He is also on YouTube (@JustPulket), Instagram (@justpulket), Twitter/X (@justpulket), GitHub (pulket), LinkedIn (pulket) and Substack.
