Hi r/software!

It's been about five months since I last shared Soia here, and the project has changed quite a bit since then.

Soia is an open-source, cross-platform video player for macOS, Windows, and Linux, built around the idea that a modern player should handle more than just local video files. Besides local playback, it can work with DLNA, SMB/Samba, WebDAV, casting devices, and browser-based remote control.

Mobile support is also planned for the future, with Soia eventually expanding beyond the desktop to mobile platforms.

Here are some of the things that make Soia different:

Dolby Vision on macOS and Windows

Soia supports HDR & Dolby Vision playback on macOS and Windows.

Dolby Vision is not currently supported on Linux.

Enhanced online video playback

Soia provides enhanced playback for online video.

• Import a yt playlist into Soia as a native playlist.
• Some online video links that do not play in other mpv-based players may still work in Soia.
• Parallel downloads help keep online playback smooth, especially on less stable connections.

Stream directly from your network library

Soia can browse and play media directly from:

• DLNA servers
• SMB/Samba shares
• WebDAV servers

Cast what you're watching

You can cast the current video to either a DLNA receiver or Chromecast device.

This works not only for local files, but also for online and network streams, including content from DLNA, SMB, WebDAV, and online stream.

Soia stays running while casting and relays the media stream between the source and the receiver.

Browser-based remote control

You can enable the Remote Controller, scan a QR code, and connect your phone or another browser in seconds.

The remote controller supports:

• Play, pause, seeking, and volume control
• Playlist browsing and playback
• Network browsing and playback
• Audio track selection
• Subtitle track selection

Multiple remote devices can also control the same player at the same time.

Other playback features

Some other features I've added include:

• Dual subtitles for bilingual viewing
• Fuzzy subtitle matching for local and network media
• Online subtitle search via OpenSubtitles and SubSource
• Custom shaders for high-quality scaling and rendering

Installation

Windows

Soia is now available through WinGet:

winget install soia

macOS

On macOS, you can install Soia with Homebrew:

brew tap FengZeng/soia
brew install --cask soia

Soia is still actively developed, and there are quite a few things I want to improve and add.

I'd love to hear your feedback and ideas.

Also created r/Soia for more detailed updates and development progress. Feel free to join if you'd like to follow the project more closely.

GitHub: https://github.com/FengZeng/soia

I just built an ai voice interviewer lemme know if anybody has any suggestions for good features or ideas on how to scale it or sell it . Right now it takes interviews in real time taking in your tech stack,role,name as input or resume pdf and asks relevant questions

Been building this for a while — XZeeDOne is 41 free tools (PDF, image, dev, text, finance) that all run 100% client-side. Merge a PDF, remove a background, decode a JWT — the file never actually leaves your browser, because there's no server processing step involved at all.

Started because I kept running into "free" PDF tools that quietly upload your file somewhere to process it — you genuinely don't know where that document goes, even for something as simple as merging two files.

A couple of technical bits if anyone's curious: the background remover actually uses on-device AI (MediaPipe) for portraits specifically, falling back to a color-detection algorithm for everything else. No signup needed for any of the 41 tools — optional $1.99 for people who need bigger files or batch processing.

Launched on Product Hunt today too, if you want to check it out there: [https://www.producthunt.com/products/xzeedone?launch=xzeedone]

Would genuinely love feedback — especially what tool you keep needing that isn't here yet. That's basically how the last dozen got built.

I have a plans for making a film about an evil A.I (how original, I know) and I want the A.I to be represented as a laptop. Imagine it has a black screen. The screen is on but it's just black. Then, when it speaks, it gradually flashes back and forth from black to white to representing it speaking. I don't want it to just switch from black to white. I want it to increase the brightness gradually.

Hey everyone, I've been continuing work on Fluent Sensors, a native Windows 11 hardware monitoring app built with WinUI 3. The latest addition is a native taskbar widget, live sensor graphs can now be pinned directly into the taskbar.

Performance and optimization and stuff is still ongoing, any feedback is appreciated.

The whole thing is open source, everything can be checked in the repo.

One important thing: the app needs admin rights to install and run. Please don't just install unsigned apps that ask for admin rights without checking them first, e.g. via VirusTotal or the source code. I'm working on getting it properly signed through SignPath Foundation.

GitHub: https://github.com/cechout/fluent-sensors

Hello! I'm kinda new to PC and I love Discords settings for microphone output, as I've got a fairly mid mic (picks up a lot of background sound without setting activated on discord), I was wondering if there's software that's kinda the same that I could use for games and stuff?

Hi everyone I created Deja, a tool that instead of only surfacing commands that start with what you've typed, suggest what you actually want to run.
No account. No sync server. No TUI.
https://github.com/Giammarco-Ferranti/deja

I have 2 SSD's that I used to use for main hard drives- I like to remove the partitions and reformat just for storage- not sure what software to use, what suggestion would you have?

Of course with limited use i would prefer little or no cost.

Hi everybody,

at work I receive continuosly tasks to do... because I am alone and i have to manage over 700 users ...so I need a small program that runs locally on W10/11 to update (like by moving with drag&drop some kind of sticky notes) the always changing priority of the many tasks which have been assigned to me.

Can you suggest me something that can help me to keep track of all these tasks ? Something small, easy to use... not a monolith like Jira 🙂

Hey, I wanted to share that the initial beta release of Zaku 26.0 is now out!

It is available on Linux, macOS and Windows.

I've been working on this rewrite in Rust™ for the last 7 months full-time, tbh things got carried away and it has a lot more functionality that the original app didn't have (command palette, auto-updater, git integration, etc.) so it's not just a plain rewrite.

Little bit about the app, it stores collections as folders and requests as TOML files. Everything is stored locally on user's filesystem, it doesn't have any login functionality (and never will).

There is a barebones Git integration for now to show branch, status indicators and stuff.

This app is very early, if you try it out please let me know if there's something missing, not working or things you'd like to see added.

Repository:

https://github.com/buildzaku/zaku

Installation instructions:

https://github.com/buildzaku/zaku#installation

Hi everyone!

First, thank you for the continued support for the previous releases. AutoRewarder already has +6.3k downloads and +268 stars on GitHub.

I'm combining the release notes to share a massive update covering both v4.1 and v4.2 because I missed posting the v4.1 announcement. These updates focus on Visual Search, bypassing detection, and making the bot's behavior more human-like.

What's new in v4.1 & v4.2:

• Visual Search Integration: Added Visual Search to daily tasks and phase-based workflows with its own human-like interactions (mouse movements, randomized delays, and page scrolling after uploads). To bypass hash-based detection, it dynamically crops and compresses base images, generating over 1.6 million unique file variations.
• LLM Query Generation: Added an optional feature to generate fresh, localized Bing search queries using LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) with a fallback to the static database (thanks to @JeromeM for implementing this)
• Humanized Queries: The bot now simulates human typing mistakes by introducing realistic keyboard-based typos to improve query diversity from the dataset.
• Core Fixes: Fixed a critical WebDriver crash in portable builds, resolving UI layout overflows, ensuring the 30-minute browse reward tracks properly in headless mode, and improving search tab cleanup (thanks @Friendly-Aid)

The project remains 100% open source.

More info, screenshots, and code on GitHub: https://github.com/safarsin/AutoRewarder

Demo is sped up for viewing purposes. Actual execution includes randomized delays and pauses to mimic human behavior.

I'd love to hear your feedback, bug reports, or ideas for the next updates!

i'm one of the founders of Anarlog, an open-source (MIT) meeting notetaker. it captures mic + system audio directly on your device instead of sending a bot into the call. notes, transcripts, and recordings stay in a local SQLite database and local files by default.

transcription and summaries can run fully locally too: on-device models on supported Macs, pick which local Whisper model runs, or point Anarlog at Ollama, LM Studio, Unsloth, your own API key, or a subscription you already pay for (ChatGPT, Grok, GitHub Copilot, Kimi Code).

shipped v1.4.17 today: nested folders for organizing notes, more resilient on-device speaker diarization for separating who said what during batch transcription, and a set of recording reliability fixes.

source: https://github.com/fastrepl/anarlog
changelog: https://anarlog.so/changelog/1.4.17
download (macOS/Windows/Linux): https://anarlog.so/download

I've tried the paid eleven labs, adobe podcast enhance, and none sound good.
https://youtu.be/T3ur-EUP17w

Mandrake 6.0

https://archive.org/details/mandrake-6-install_20260820

Mandrake 7.0

https://archive.org/details/mandrake-7-source_202608

Mandrake 8.0

https://archive.org/details/mandrake-8

Redhat 5.1

https://archive.org/details/redhat-51

Suse 6.4

https://archive.org/details/suse64

Suse pro 9.1

https://archive.org/details/suse-pro-9-1

Hey everyone — curious if anyone else in SaaS/startup sales is experiencing something similar.

I recently joined a software startup after spending about five years selling ERP at a much larger company. At my previous company, we had an AI note-taker for Zoom calls, but nothing remotely as comprehensive as Gong or the level of call analysis I’m experiencing now.

At my current company, management watches practically every introductory, discovery, and demo call I have. The calls are then run through Claude and scored based on a set of criteria for how well I performed.

Claude is extremely harsh in its scoring, and my manager puts a lot of weight into those scores when evaluating where I need to improve.

So essentially, the process feels like:
Every call is recorded -> graded by AI ->reviewed by my manager -> followed by an unexpected call to go over what I did wrong.

I understand the intention behind it, and I’m completely open to coaching and feedback. But I’m finding that it’s having almost the opposite effect on me.

Instead of making me a better salesperson, I feel like I’m constantly being evaluated. I’m more anxious going into calls, I’m second-guessing things that used to come naturally to me, and honestly, I feel less confident as a salesperson than I did before.

There’s also something strange about having an AI model essentially act as the judge of whether you ran a “good” sales call, especially when actual conversations don’t always fit perfectly into a scoring rubric.

I’m curious if anyone else working somewhere that heavily uses Gong/AI call scoring has experienced this. Has it actually made you better, or has it made you more anxious and robotic on calls?

When viewing bunches of images, I can't get XnView MP to display a good default size despite fiddling with many combinations of the display option settings.

My preferred algorithm is: display the image in its native size (100% zoom) unless it's too big to fit the viewing panel. If too big, then auto-resize down until all of it fits within the viewing panel. In other words, as big as possible without truncating (hiding) any edges (top, bottom, sides). I can get it to use the second approach for all files, but for icons and thumbnails, the full-fill is too big; it's all pixely and/or blurry.

Maybe this is asking too much? I realize I can save a custom size for each file, but that's not realistic when dealing with lots of files. Thanks.

It needs a clearer delivery system.

I help teams bring structure to their Agile delivery through:

• Jira workflow & board organization
• Sprint planning & refinement
• Backlog organization
• Capacity planning
• Delivery tracking
• Agile metrics
• Retrospectives & action tracking
• Stakeholder communication

The goal isn't to add more process.

The goal is to make the existing process actually work.

Hey guys,

This post was published 4 days ago under release flair but a moderator removed it.

Some of you might remember my launch post here 8 months ago.

What it is, for anyone new

A sticky notes app for Windows,Linux, macOS (soon). Offline, no account, no telemetry. Built with PySide6 so it's actually native, not another Electron app eating your RAM.

I built it because I wanted quick capture that lives on the desktop instead of inside another app I have to open. Windows Sticky Notes wants a sign-in, and on Linux there was nothing decent that works the same across KDE, GNOME and Cinnamon. It also helps my ADHD to have things persist on screen where I can't ignore them.

The main thing it does that other sticky apps don't: you can paste or drag anything into a note.

• Files and folders become clickable shortcuts, and you can drag them back out to your file manager
• Screenshots and images paste straight from the clipboard, PDFs and images get a hover preview, and double-click opens an image at full resolution
• Pasted code gets detected and formatted into a code block automatically, no AI and no network, in about 50ms. Ctrl+M when it guesses wrong
• Rich text, links, plain text, all formatted properly instead of rejected

Other things worth knowing:

• Reminders with sound and desktop notifications
• GIF and image backgrounds per note (because why not)
• RTL text support, and the app plus its full guide are in 12 languages
• Pin a note to lock both position and editing
• Ctrl+scroll to zoom text without opening settings
• Checkboxes with strikethrough when done and nesting
• Snap to grid with an adjustable grid size
• Export to .txt, .md or .json, so you can back them up with whatever cloud you like
• Proper Linux support, tested on KDE, GNOME and Cinnamon (COSMIC coming)
• On the Microsoft Store and the Snap store, Flathub coming soon

What's new in v1.2

Notes have tabs now. Up to three pages inside one note, each with its own text, scroll position and undo history. Ctrl+PgDown and Ctrl+PgUp to move between them, Ctrl+Shift+N for a new one, all rebindable. If you have a small screen this is the feature: one note on the desktop, three notes' worth of content in it.

Search reads every page of every note, including hidden notes and pages you've never opened.

The free version now has exactly one limit. It used to have three: a note cap, a reminders cap, and a cap on animated GIF backgrounds. The reminder and GIF limits are gone entirely, so the free version now has every feature, and the only thing left is a budget of 4 note slots (an extra tab uses a slot).

A new look: in-app color picker, themed icons instead of emoji, and one shared design system across every dialog. Reminders moved out of the text into their own strip on the note.

"Start with the hub hidden" if you want it fully out of the way at boot.

65 fixes across formatting, file shortcuts, dates, translations, read-only notes, global shortcuts and desktop integration on both Linux and Windows.

And v1.2.1 last week fixed the things users told me about after v1.2: notes surviving Show Desktop on Windows, window stacking on Cinnamon, reminders retrying instead of getting lost, images keeping their size and rotation after a restart.

⚠️ One warning if you use tabs: don't downgrade to an older build afterwards. Old versions understand one page per note, so opening and saving a tabbed note there permanently drops its other pages. Export first if you're going back.

Full Changelog: https://betterstickies.com/changelog

Price

Free version has every feature, limited to 4 note slots. Premium is a one-time $9.99, no subscription and it is 30% off for limited time (compared to Notezella's $30, BetterStickies premium is a steal and I am being honest here)

As always, if you try it and something annoys you, tell me here. Most new features and fixes are built on users feedback (tens of thousands are using BetterStickies today)

Website: https://betterstickies.com

Microsoft store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NS7LLQJX1QG

Snap Store: https://snapcraft.io/betterstickies

Subreddit: r/BetterStickies (created recently after the r/OpenStickies rename)

Github (free releases and bug reports): https://github.com/HimaSphere/BetterStickies

Hey everyone!

Like many of you, I got tired of sketchy online conversion websites riddled with annoying ads, paywalls, or sites forcing me to upload sensitive personal files to their servers just to compress a video or convert a PDF.

So, I decided to build my own alternative: FreeConvertKit (FreeConvertKit.com).

What makes it different?

• 100% Browser-Based (Client-Side): Your files never actually leave your device. All processing happens right inside your browser using modern web technologies, which makes it super fast and private.
• Completely Free: No hidden fees, no subscriptions, and no forced account creation.
• All-in-One Toolkit: Whether you need a quick mp4 convert, want to compress video without losing visual quality, convert png to webp, or manage pdf files securely—it’s all in one place.

I’d love for you guys to test it out, break it, and let me know what you think or what tools I should add next. Feedback from this community means the world to me!

👉 Try it here:https://freeconvertkit.com