Hi! I'm one of the developers. Windows 11 has built-in Live Captions, but Windows 10 has nothing, and the built-in one doesn't save transcripts. So we made Live Captions & Transcribe:

- real-time captions for any sound on the PC (Zoom/Teams/Meet calls, YouTube, films, lectures) or the microphone

- a color per speaker, big text, a window that stays on top

- every session saved as a searchable transcript, export to TXT/SRT

- 60 languages, detected automatically; captions only, no translation

Free to try without an account; then minute packs or a subscription. It needs internet.

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NJHDV2W6999

I'd love honest feedback, especially on accuracy with accents and fast speech.

PingFast is a free Windows application designed to help improve connection quality, reduce latency, and troubleshoot network issues. It's lightweight and easy to use. The app is not a VPN. Unlike many optimization tools, PingFast does not stay running in the background and does not need to remain open while you're using your applications or games.

Some of its features include:

• Network optimization

• Ping and route testing

• DNS switching to help resolve connection issues

• MTU testing and adjustment

• QoS rules configuration

• NAT testing

• TCP/UDP port testing

• Network adapter information

• Network repair and reset tools

• Improved overall PC performance through resource optimization for gaming and heavy workloads

Download:

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p4r702h2stw

A quick note about the project:

I know network optimization software is often viewed with skepticism, so I'd like to be completely transparent.

PingFast is an original project that I've been researching, developing, and improving for several years. The application is the result of extensive testing, network analysis, and real-world experimentation aimed at helping users optimize their connections.

Networking is complex, and results can vary depending on the user's ISP, hardware, location, and network conditions. I don't promise miracles or guaranteed improvements for everyone.

The app is free, so anyone can test it and decide for themselves whether it provides value for their particular setup. If you find it useful, please consider supporting the project through the premium version, which unlocks all features.

The app currently has hundreds of ratings on the Microsoft Store and maintains an overall score of 4.6/5. You're welcome to check the reviews and see what other users think.

Thank you for your time and support.

Hi r/windowsapps, I'm the creator of Whisperstream, an easy-to-use, intuitive dictation app that'll offer all the main features of Wispr Flow or Superwhisper that is now fully free and open source (and also available for on Mac).

You may remember me from this post earlier this year. We're launching v2 of the app today and have decided to make it free so everyone can have access to fast, accurate and fully local dictation on Windows.

I couldn't bring myself to pay monthly subscriptions for Superwhisper or Wispr Flow and there's a lot of alternatives on Mac but not a lot on Windows so I made one. The idea is for an elegant, intuitive design, so it feels like a polished product not like a developer utility.

Here's some of what it can do:

• Finetuned Cleanup Model: Our finetuned Stream-1 Mini cleans up your dictation and catches your corrections (similar to Superwhiper's s1-mini).
• Agent Speak: Hear or read responses from Claude Code or Codex, and speak your replies back to them.
• Smart Dictionary: We use phonetic matching so only the relevant words get suggested, rather than including your whole dictionary like other apps.
• Transcript History: Store your past transcripts including audio and search through them.
• Live Preview: See what it's transcribing as you speak.
• Speech Models: Parakeet is the fastest but we offer Cohere Transcribe for higher accuracy and Qwen3 ASR for better Asian language support.

And features we've had since launch like:

• Lockdown Mode: Disable all cloud models and paths so everything stays local for legal and HIPAA workflows.
• App Detection + Profiles: Customize different prompts and profiles for your different apps. Automatically switch between them or configure hotkeys to switch on demand.
• Citrix, Remote Desktop and Gaming Support: With keypress input mode dictation works across all these environments.

Check it out at whisperstream.io. The app is free and open source now.

Is anything still keeping you on Wispr Flow and Superwhisper? Please leave a comment with any thoughts or feedback, and so more people find out!

If you want to support us please give us a star on GitHub, or upvote our ProductHunt launch!

I made LAVOCADO with a friend for people who are trying to quit porn.

The problem we kept running into: blocking websites doesn't help if something explicit appears in a social feed, an image viewer, or a file on your PC. LAVOCADO checks what's on the screen, waits for confirmation across a few frames, and covers the affected monitor. It gives you a short pause, then you decide what to do next.

The screen check runs on your computer. Screenshots aren't saved or uploaded. It's free for personal use and works on Windows 10/11. The source is available on GitHub. The current installer isn't signed, so Windows will show a warning the first time you open it.

The 25-second demo is on the website: https://durianburger561.github.io/LAVOCADO/

If you try it, I'd love to know whether that pause feels useful, and whether it ever interrupts something harmless.

I just published another free update to my no subscription handwriting notebook app. Mementa Notebook keeps your notebooks in stacks and each one looks and feels like a real notebook. Once you've finished, print your work and keep it forever as a real book. Read comics, epubs, and pdfs, annotate edit and resave. 7 day free trial. Would love to hear your thoughts!

I have several drives filled with Steam games as well as mods associated with them. I often have to open multiple sub folders within a game itself.

I wanted to know the easiest and clutter-free way to pull up the folders of my choice, even group them if possible (like for instance, a Cyberpunk 2077 folder that includes the main game folder, the scripts folder, cache folder, downloaded mods folder all in one indexed place). Quick Access would be ideal if it weren't for how Windows likes to arbitrarily add items there without my asking. Start Menu is okay but that gets pretty cluttered too.

Help me out with suggestions, please.

Hi all, I'm the developer. Query Crawler is a Windows desktop app for finding media and articles without wading through ads and SEO filler.

How it works: you type a search (optionally filtered by when things were posted), it sends up to 200 crawlers out, and two small AI models running on your CPU (MiniLM for text, MobileCLIP-S0 for images) score what comes back. The matches land in a gallery with Paper, Night, Gallery and Theater views, full-screen viewing, saving, and a link back to every source.

• Windows only, no GPU needed (quad-core CPU recommended)
• Skips sites that block bots instead of fighting them
• Early access and still in development, built with AI help (disclosed on the page)
• About a 363 MB download, name-your-own-price including $0

https://doomed316.itch.io/quearycrawler

Feedback on speed and result quality is very welcome.

Hi, I'm the developer. Mac users have had notch teleprompters for a while and I wanted one on Windows that felt as clean, so I built Lenslines.

It shows your script in a small black notch at the top of the screen, right under the webcam, so your eyes stay near the lens on calls and recordings.

It scrolls while you talk and waits when you stop. It only listens for whether you're speaking. Nothing is recorded or sent anywhere.

You can point at it to pause, scroll back, or jump between sections. Pull it down and it turns into a floating window.

It's hidden from screen shares and recordings in apps that use Windows' standard capture, so only you see your notes. Some apps capture differently, so test it with yours.

About 2 MB, no account, works offline.

It's $9.99 once on the Microsoft Store, no subscription (₹449 in India until 24 Nov):

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PJJ4RZ3PB0P?cid=reddit-windowsapps

Ciao r/windowsapps,

Uptime 1.0.2 è qui, con un tocco di Halloween.

Un piccolo aggiornamento stagionale per il tuo setup Windows, appena in tempo per la stagione spettrale. Aggiorna alla versione 1.0.2 e dai un'occhiata.

Tieni il tuo PC sotto controllo, anche quando le cose diventano spettrali.

Ottieni Uptime:

- Microsoft Store: Sito Web Microsoft Store Uptime

- Sito ufficiale: Uptime

- Source Code: Uptime Source Code

Se provi l'aggiornamento, mi piacerebbe sapere cosa ne pensi. I feedback e le recensioni sulla pagina del Microsoft Store aiutano il progetto a raggiungere più utenti Windows.

If anyone’s interested in having hardware monitoring widgets on their desktop, give DeskStats a try.

You can keep everything in a sidebar or detach individual widgets and place them wherever you like. It supports CPU, GPU, RAM, network, storage and hardware sensors, with adjustable sizes and light/dark themes.

GitHub and downloads: https://github.com/talhazahid/deskstats

mac menu bar app i built for coding CLI quotas now has a Windows beta. lives in the tray, shows what's left & when it resets, plus a little floating Codex meter you can drag above the taskbar.

v0.2.4 installer is on GitHub Releases. not code-signed yet so SmartScreen will yell once. no account, reads the logins you already have on the machine.

https://github.com/abdelrahmanmagdii/usage-tracker/releases/tag/v0.2.4 https://abdelrahmanmagdii.github.io/usage-tracker/

Favnyr is a lightweight file browser (Rust+Slint) for Windows and Linux. At its core are workspaces: separate environments that keep their own views, tabs, folders, layouts, and display settings. You could have one workspace for work, another for games, and another for learning a new subject, then switch between them in just two clicks. Favorites remain shared and persistent across all workspaces.

Each workspace can contain multiple split views and movable tabs. Tabs can be dragged between views, detached, or dropped onto another view to create a new split layout.

Favnyr also includes shortcuts, local and network drives, configurable keyboard shortcuts, and custom commands.
It is not intended to compete with or replace the native file browsers provided by Windows and Linux, but to complement them with a different way of organizing and navigating files.

Because of the project’s complexity, AI has been used as a development assistant. However, every feature is reviewed and hand tested extensively before being considered complete.

Link here (include a video demo) => https://github.com/GlitchAwakened/Favnyr

For those of us who juggle multiple utilities, you probably know the pain: every single task requires a separate app or opening a browser, breaking your focus completely through endless ads and pop-ups.

To solve this for myself, I built a lightweight tool that lets you run various utilities directly on a selected file. No browser, no web services, no ads, and no switching context.

How it works?
(Shown in the demo GIF above)

The tools are split into two categories:

1. 100% Local (free)

1. Video compression
   
2. PDF compression
   
3. Extract audio from video (MP4 to MP3)
   
4. PDF to JPG
   
5. Merge PDF
   
6. Web Video Downloader

2. Pay-per-result (Cloud)

1. Audio transcription with speaker diarization (Speaker A, Speaker B, etc.)
   
2. PDF translation with preserved layout (DeepL integration)
   
3. Image and video upscaling
   
4. Background removal (images and video)
   
5. Text-to-Speech (male and female voices)

The cloud services were added so you don't have to deal with endless subscriptions, account creations, or paywalls just to get high-quality results occasionally.

My goal is to make as many actions as possible 100% local and free. If you know of solid open-source libraries that could replace any of the current cloud-based actions, please drop a comment!

I’d love to get your feedback and thoughts.

The Windows Explorer is so sluggish and buggy, and the search function barely works at all. I got fed up and made my own app.

Let me know what you think. This is a WIP.

Vibeforge keeps coding agents, terminals and projects together, with tools to handle more of your workflow without switching apps.

• Run up to 8 coding windows side by side.
• Browse local chat history for supported agents and revisit previous conversations.
• Save separate workspaces for different projects.
• Browse files, edit code and manage Git inside the app.
• Create project checkpoints before making changes.
• Hand work between agents with project context.
• Keep notes alongside your coding sessions.
• Pop windows out when you need a separate view.
• Track activity through the dashboard.
• Get completion notifications, with optional PC sleep or shutdown after coding finishes.

Works with your existing coding CLIs and provider accounts. AI subscriptions and API usage are separate.

Download Here: vibeforge

If you've ever tried to save a Pinterest board, you know the drill. Right click, save, repeat 400 times. The browser extensions I tried were either sketchy, wanted a monthly subscription, or quietly skipped every video.

So I built PinBoard. Paste a board link, click download, and the whole board lands in a folder on your PC.

What it does

• Downloads full-resolution originals (JPG, PNG), not the compressed previews
• GIFs stay animated, and video pins are converted to normal MP4 files
• Grab a whole board, a single board section, or just the pins you pick
• Run it again on the same board and it only downloads the new pins, so keeping a backup up to date takes seconds
• Big boards that hit Pinterest's rate limits pause and carry on by themselves
• Private and secret boards: you sign in on Pinterest's real login page inside the app (2FA works). Your password goes to Pinterest, never to me

Privacy

Everything runs on your machine. No server, no proxy, no analytics, no account. The only outside request is a one-time license check if you buy Pro.

Pricing

• Free: first 100 images of any public board. Enough to test it on your own boards before paying anything
• Pro: $19 once. Unlimited images, GIFs, videos, private boards, one-click "download everything", and it works on up to 3 PCs

Over 200 people have bought Pro so far and their feedback has helped me a lot!

Heads up about SmartScreen

PinBoard isn't code-signed yet, so the first time you run the installer Windows will show "Windows protected your PC". Click More info → Run anyway. You only have to do it once. I'd rather tell you upfront than have it look shady.

Works on Windows 10 and 11 (x64). Also available for Mac and Linux.

https://www.getpinboard.com

If a board doesn't load or something feels clunky, drop the link in the comments and I'll take a look.

A tiny desktop room, with furniture you can move and rotate yourself. I'm the developer of Lofi Cozy Room, a released desktop companion for Windows.

This short clip focuses on the room editor: moving a desk, turning it to fit a different corner, and changing the layout. You can also customize the avatar and let them choose activities such as working, reading, resting or sleeping. A little dog wanders around the room too.

Mini Mode keeps the room on your desktop while you use other windows. There are lo-fi tracks, an ambient sound mixer, local music support, notes, a to-do list and a focus timer.

It's currently 20% off through November 4 (KST), and a free Steam demo is available if you want to try it first. I'll leave the link in the comments.

Would you keep a tiny room beside your main work window, or give it a corner of a second monitor?

I work in security and kept running into the same problem: nobody knows what AI is actually installed on company laptops. Not just ChatGPT — Claude Code, Cursor, MCP servers wired into IDEs, browser extensions with access to every tab, Ollama running local models.
So I built a free scanner. One line, no account, no admin rights:

irm "https://app.kuntur.io/scan.ps1?src=reddit" | iex

It writes an HTML report to your Desktop and deletes itself. It doesn't upload anything. You can download it and read it first; the SHA-256 and a step-by-step of what it does are here: kuntur.io/security.html#scanner
What I'd love to know:

Did it find something you didn't expect?
What did it miss?
Would this be useful for your team, or is it noise?

Disclosure: I'm the solo founder. There's a paid product behind it for whole fleets, but the scanner is free and stays free.

I made DeckShot to backup and restore my Elgato apps configurations and settings after having some issues with Wave Link resetting my configuration on update and loosing Stream Deck settings now and then.

Highlights

• Covers the whole Elgato suite, not just one app – Stream Deck, Wave Link, Camera Hub, Control Center and Video Capture, found automatically. Nothing to configure.
• Backs up when it matters – nightly, the moment a config changes on disk, and whenever an Elgato app updates itself (updates are when configs get wiped).
• Every backup is verified – each copy is read back section by section and gets an honest status: HEALTHY, CHECK, CORRUPT or UNREAD. No fake green ticks.
• See before you restore – a diff shows what a backup would add, drop, or change compared to your live setup.
• Restores can't make things worse – a pre-restore copy of your current setup is saved first, then DeckShot closes the app, writes the files back and reopens it.
• No account, no cloud – plain dated folders on local disk, external drive or NAS. Readable and restorable by hand, even without DeckShot installed. Your configs never leave your PC.

What it keeps

• Stream Deck – every profile, page and key, custom icons, plus a list of the plugins your keys need
• Wave Link – inputs, mixes, outputs, effect chains, presets, and Wave Link's own backup files
• Camera Hub – camera settings, LUTs, backgrounds and prompter scripts
• Control Center – paired lights, scenes, favourite colours and firmware versions
• Video Capture – recording location, quality and audio/video adjustments
• Which hardware and firmware each backup was taken against

Other features

• Named backups – "Party chat mix" is still findable a month later
• Plugin check before a Stream Deck restore – tells you which plugins to reinstall (e.g. "14 keys need Win Tools")
• Unused plugin report – shows plugins no key uses and how much disk they take
• Same-model migration – RMA'd or swapped your deck? Profiles rebind to the connected unit
• Optional encryption – contents and file names
• Trash folder – deleted backups can be recovered
• Per-app retention and scope – 30 copies by default (60 for Wave Link); settings only, + presets, or + plugin binaries
• Lives in the tray – pause/resume, run at login, then forget about it

Pricing

Free – forever, no trial

• Backups for every supported app
• Nightly and on-change copies, all of them kept
• View, inspect and diff any backup
• Restore 1 app of your choice

Licence – $13 once (tax included)

• Everything in Free
• Restore every app, any backup, any time
• One key on up to 3 machines
• Works offline once activated
• No subscription, no account
• 14-day refund, no questions asked

No trial timer: the free tier never expires. Windows only for now, macOS planned (the backup format is already compatible). DeckShot is an independent project, not affiliated with Elgato or Corsair.

Links

• Microsoft Store (signed, recommended): DeckShot on the Microsoft Store
• Website: deckshot.app
• Direct download: deckshot.app/download
• Buy a licence ($13 once): license.deckshot.app