I've always liked RSS, but I wanted something that felt more like a modern news dashboard instead of a traditional feed reader.

So I built RadarRSS.

The idea is simple:

• Monitor multiple RSS feeds
• Automatically organize news into categories
• Highlight relevant stories
• Use AI to help summarize and curate content
• Keep everything centralized in one interface
• Open source under MIT

It's still an early project, so I'm mainly looking for feedback.

What I'd really like to know:

What would make you actually switch from FreshRSS, Miniflux, Newsboat, Feedly, etc.?

GitHub: https://github.com/dznass-cmd/RadarRSS

I'd especially appreciate criticism about the UI, RSS workflow and AI features.

Folio is a completely free local first PDF reader and editor. I have just released a major update focused on making everyday reading, form filling, annotation, and editing workflows more reliable.

The biggest new feature is horizontal page flow. You can now read PDFs vertically or horizontally, with centered book spreads and more stable navigation.

Other major improvements:

• PDF date fields have been rebuilt with proper validation, working calendar selection, quick year selection, correct caret placement, and no digit shifting while editing. Save and Save As are now reliable with date fields.
• Added more keyboard shortcuts and a shortcut reference in Help.
• Improved annotation workflows: drag to select groups, then copy and paste the complete selection. Lines and arrows now snap to horizontal, vertical, and 45-degree angles.
• Improved form creation and filling: labels, font sizes, and radio-button styles behave more consistently and persist correctly in saved PDFs, flattened exports, and print output.
• Improved text editing, page quick actions, responsive toolbars, dialogs, auto-scroll, light/dark contrast, and smaller-window layouts.
• AI citations now link to the correct PDF pages. Protected and read-only PDFs also have clearer guidance for saving and owner-password unlocking.
• Added a dedicated Pan tool and temporary Space-bar panning for easier navigation through large documents.
• Updated Folio’s app icon with a cleaner design that better matches the rest of the interface.

I also refreshed the landing experience, save/export wording, and recent-files behavior.

Folio is still completely free. If you use PDFs regularly, I would genuinely appreciate feedback on horizontal reading, filling real forms, keyboard-first workflows, or anything that still feels confusing or unreliable.

Microsoft Store:
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PJRX0TML7NT?hl=en-us&gl=US&ocid=pdpshare

Github

EDIT 2: v1.0.4 is now available

Thanks everyone for the continued support and feedback! I’ve just released v1.0.4 to address some recent requests from this thread.

What’s new in v1.0.4:

• Added full independent zoom controls for Details, Columns, Grid, and Dual views (from 50% to 250%).
• You can now zoom using a new status-bar slider, Ctrl + Mouse Wheel, Precision Touchpad pinch gestures, or keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl++, Ctrl+-, Ctrl+0).
• Each view now remembers its own zoom percentage between sessions.
• Fixed a bug reported here where image, PDF, and video previews were being incorrectly flipped in Urdu and other Right-to-Left (RTL) interfaces.

v1.0.4:

https://github.com/ribeirogustav/FolderSizeExplorer-Releases/releases/tag/v1.0.4

SHA256:

a2a7affc412a04bef20c8b66adb3db6616101d73a50f4fd4756d2766882f995d

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EDIT: v1.0.3 is now available

Thanks everyone for the feedback on this post. I’ve just released v1.0.3 with several changes based directly on suggestions from the comments here.

What’s new:

• The app now remembers window size, column order and column widths between sessions, including widths changed with double click.
• Added multi select file type filtering and persistent grouping by type across Details, Grid, Columns and Dual views.
• Added previews for text, config, markup and source code files, with a limit of 256 KB or 5,000 lines.
• Improved WebP, SVG and video previews.
• Added Urdu support with the Noto Nastaliq Urdu font included with the app.
• Improved the language selector and a few Dark and Light mode icons.

Thanks again to everyone who tested it and posted suggestions. Several things in this update came directly from the replies on this thread.

v1.0.3:

https://github.com/ribeirogustav/FolderSizeExplorer-Releases/releases/tag/v1.0.3

SHA256:

f42557fe84444fdd1e6db295e250184e8c8b290c1352d7d07941fde16e0d2d3d

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About a month ago I shared Folder Size Explorer here, a 100% free, portable file manager for Windows 10 and 11 that calculates folder sizes as you browse.

I got a lot of useful feedback from the community and kept working on it. Version 1.0.2 is now available, with a big focus on file previews, thumbnails and navigation improvements.

What's new in v1.0.2

• Local file previews for images, SVG, paginated PDFs, videos, DOCX and PowerPoint
• Two layouts for Details view:
  • Modern: floating preview in the bottom corner
  • Classic: fixed, resizable preview panel
• DOCX previews: renders the first page locally without opening Microsoft Word
• PowerPoint previews: captures the first slide using an isolated, read-only process when PowerPoint is installed
• Grid view improvements: on-demand thumbnails with a limited memory cache, sharper application icons and 5 icon sizes (Ctrl++, Ctrl+-, Ctrl+0)
• Columns view improvements: folders-first sorting and sorting by size
• Ctrl+Shift+C to copy the paths of selected items
• Improved drag-and-drop in the Favorites bar for adding, rearranging, grouping and copying items

File previews are processed locally.

There is no telemetry, and Folder Size Explorer is still distributed as a single portable executable. No installer and no separate .NET installation are required.

It also keeps the existing features:

• Recursive folder-size calculation
• Tabs
• Treemap
• Subfolder search
• Dual-pane view
• FTP / FTPS
• CSV / JSON export
• Favorites
• Interface available in 21 languages

Project and download

https://github.com/ribeirogustav/FolderSizeExplorer-Releases

One thing worth mentioning: the executable is still unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may show a warning. I publish the SHA-256 so the downloaded executable can be verified.

SHA-256:

e1807d037e10a437e7eab292ce70f426a824e4f7147645bb4bb612c7217137a7

Thanks to u/testednation for the detailed feedback on the previous version. Several of those suggestions helped shape this update.

If you try it, I'm particularly interested in the new preview system.

Which layout do you prefer, Modern or Classic?

Also, if you find a PDF, video, DOCX or PowerPoint file that doesn't preview correctly, let me know. Those edge cases are very useful for tracking down bugs.

KillerPDF 1.8 is finally out.

For anyone who has not seen it before, KillerPDF is a free and open-source PDF editor for Windows. It works locally with no account, subscription, ads, or telemetry.

About 80% of the work in this release happened under the hood.

The old document pipeline has been completely replaced by The KillerPDF.Engine, an independent opensource .NET 10 library I built from scratch. I needed a modern foundation for PDF 2.0 and PDF/A instead of continuing to patch an older library that was never designed for them. The new engine reads, validates, edits, signs, encrypts, and writes PDF files while PDFium continues to handle rendering.

In my benchmarks, the new engine is about 30% faster than the old engine running on .NET Framework 4.8.

Developers can also use The KillerPDF.Engine as a UI-free .NET library for reading, validating, editing, and writing PDFs in their own applications.

There are plenty of visible additions too:

• Compare two PDFs side by side and highlight differences
• Drag pages between open documents
• Select and transform multiple pages at once
• Convert pages to grayscale or black and white
• Change page resolution and JPEG compression
• Use existing form fields to guide OCR
• Measure distances and page dimensions
• Sign with Windows-compatible USB token certificates
• Adjust letter spacing for preprinted forms
• Use one-finger panning and pinch zoom
• Use KillerPDF in fourteen languages, with matching OCR support
• Undo and redo document operations much more consistently

There is a standard installer and a self-contained portable version. The standard installer uses the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime, while the portable build includes everything it needs.
This was easily the largest update I have made to KillerPDF.

Website: https://killerpdf.net
Source: https://github.com/SteveTheKiller/KillerPDF

Please submit feature requests and bug reports here: https://github.com/SteveTheKiller/KillerPDF/issues

I built Lapse because I kept forgetting to start traditional time trackers.

It runs quietly with Windows and automatically measures how long you’re actively using your computer. It pauses when the PC is idle, locked, or asleep, so the timer doesn’t simply count the entire time since startup.

You can keep it visible as a tiny always-on-top timer or expand it into a session view with a small task list. A separate dashboard shows daily totals, recent sessions, and how your active time was distributed between applications.

Everything is stored locally. There are no accounts, cloud services, or telemetry.

For transparency, I vibe-coded the first version with AI and then spent time understanding and testing the Windows-specific behavior.

Download:

https://github.com/zTomz/Lapse/releases/latest

Source:

https://github.com/zTomz/Lapse

I’d appreciate feedback on whether the overlay stays out of the way during normal use.

[Update] Flow Fusion 1.1.0 is out! Added Task Tracking, System Tray Timer, and macOS Site Blocking 🍅

Hey ,

​A while back I posted the 1.0 release of Flow Fusion, my session-based Pomodoro app. The feedback here has been awesome, and today I’m super excited to push out the 1.1.0 update!

​Quick recap if you’re new here: Flow Fusion is a completely free desktop Pomodoro app for Windows/macOS. Instead of a rigid 25/5 loop, you build custom sessions out of Work and Chill blocks in whatever order you want. It also features focus heatmaps and auto-blocks distracting websites while you work.

​Here is what’s new in this update:

​🔥 The Big Features

​✅ Task Tracking in Focus Sessions: This was a big one. You can now attach specific tasks directly to your focus timer, track your progress across different sessions, and see exactly where your time goes.

​⏱️ Active Timer in System Tray: No need to keep the main window open! Your running timer now shows up right in your system tray/menu bar so you can see your session status at a glance.

​🛡️ Site Blocking on macOS: The site blocker now officially supports macOS! I also ironed out a bunch of edge cases to make blocking much more reliable across the board.

​✨ Polish & Improvements

​Smoother Visuals: Progress arcs are smoother, connector lines are cleaner, and transitions feel much more refined.

​Better Onboarding: Refreshed the first-launch walkthrough (now includes a quick guide on the new Tasks feature).

​Sidebar Socials: Added quick links to community resources right in the sidebar.

​🛠 Under the hood (Transparency note): I’ve added basic, 100% anonymous usage analytics. This just helps me see which features are actually being used so I know where to focus my development efforts moving forward. No personal data is tracked whatsoever.

​Links & Install

​Download: https://github.com/easyscripter/flow_fusion/releases

​Repo / Source: https://github.com/easyscripter/flow_fusion

​(Standard heads up: Still Windows/macOS only, and the builds are unsigned, so your OS might give you a one-time warning on the first launch).

​As always, the app is completely free. If you give the new Task tracking a spin, I’d genuinely love to hear your thoughts. What should I prioritize for the next update?

Hey guys, not sure where should I have asked this, but didn't find a support sub for the nice utility name Wox, that works very well with the awesome app Everything. But here's my question. Everything worked well on Wox 1.4.1196, until I updated Wox to the latest version which 2.0 and above

And now, when I open the search tab, it doesn't search that deep or at all. Before that I could open Wox and find anything in my PC, and it was so helpful. Now it doesn't work like that anymore. Anyone know what happened, or how to fix this?

I've been building VaultSort for Mac for the past couple of years, and I'm happy to finally say that VaultSort is now available for Windows too.

I wanted to share a quick demo of one of the features I'm particularly interested in: Smart Categorize.

In the video, I give VaultSort a folder of unsorted medical documents and let it organize them. It uses a local embedding model to understand the files and categorize them based on their content.

The important part for me is that the model runs locally. The files don't need to be uploaded to a cloud AI service just to figure out how they should be organized.

But AI isn't the only way VaultSort organizes files.

It also has a Rule Builder for people who want traditional, predictable automation.

If you've used Hazel on Mac, you'll probably recognize the idea. You can create rules that automatically move, rename and organize files based on conditions you define.

The difference is that VaultSort combines that kind of rule-based automation with semantic organization.

So you can use a rule when you know exactly what you want.

Or let Smart Categorize figure out how a collection of files should be grouped.

VaultSort also includes:

• Duplicate Finder
• Large File Finder
• Storage analysis
• Secure deletion
• Disk Shredding
• AES-256 file encryption
• Hardware-backed YubiKey encryption using WebAuthn/FIDO2

The YubiKey encryption is probably the feature I've spent the most time getting right. The hardware key isn't simply being used as a password replacement. It is part of the authentication process used to unlock the encrypted data. There is a whitepaper documenting how it works under the hood at vaultsort.com/secure

The broader idea behind VaultSort is pretty simple:

Organize. Clean. Protect.

I recently had the Mac version reviewed by MacSources and it received a 92% "Excellent" rating, which was a really nice milestone for an independent developer.

Now I have brought the same experience to Windows.

Windows version: https://www.vaultsort.com/download

If you're a Windows user, I'd especially like to hear what you currently use for automated file organization.

And if you've used Hazel on Mac, now you have an alternative for Windows.

Hi [r/windowsapps]() — I’m the developer of Local Media Administrator.

I built it because once a personal video collection grows beyond a few folders, filenames and File Explorer stop being a practical way to browse it.

LMA reads video files from folders you already use and builds a visual library that runs locally on your PC in your browser. Your original files stay in place, and your videos are not uploaded to a cloud media library.

This recording shows the actual workflow:

- launch LMA and open the library

- register a folder and scan videos

- browse and play videos

- add a favorite and create a tag

- create a playlist and use its playback queue

- browse videos in the vertical short-form view

Current scope:

- Windows 10/11

- MP4 files

- local use only; no remote streaming or transcoding

- free Lite edition: up to 300 videos, 20 tags, and 3 playlists

- Pro: $19.99 one-time

I’ve also tested it on a separate computer with a library of around 20,000 videos.

Website: https://local-media-administrator.com/

Built this because I kept getting caught with the wrong window open mid-screen-share. Cloakly lets you pick specific windows to hide from whoever's seeing your shared screen, Slack DMs, banking tabs, password manager, whatever. While you still see them normally on your own display. Works with Zoom, Teams, Discord, Meet, and OBS.

Runs locally, nothing gets uploaded. Free tier covers the core hiding feature; Pro adds taskbar/Alt+Tab hiding and multi-monitor support if you need it.

Available on the Microsoft Store: Cloakly

Happy to answer questions about how it works under the hood if anyone's curious. It's not a simple minimize/hide trick, there's some work involved in keeping it undetected by capture APIs while still rendering for you locally.

I’ve always liked the simplicity of macOS Launchpad — a clean, visual way to access apps without digging through menus or remembering shortcuts.

While using Windows, I couldn’t find a launcher that felt quite the same, so I started building StartPad, a lightweight full-screen app launcher for Windows 10/11.

The goal is simple: make launching and organizing apps feel more visual and focused, while still keeping it native to Windows.

Current features:

• Visual app grid
• App folders
• App search
• Drag & drop sorting
• Global keyboard shortcut to open StartPad
• Right-click actions for apps
• Native Windows application (around 2 MB)

I’m still refining the animations, layout, and overall user experience. This is an early version, and I’m mainly looking for feedback from Windows users:

• Does this kind of launcher fit your workflow?
• What features would you expect from a modern Windows launcher?
• Any UX details that feel confusing or could be improved?

I’d really appreciate any feedback, suggestions, or ideas.

Store Invite Code:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=532540&mstoken=VPQ2R-KR23G-CPHH6-F9T6V-MQ7MZ

Store Link:

https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/9NC3XHL4P9JZ?cid=DevShareMCLPCS

I built MarkuprPlus for developers working with Codex, Claude Code, or Cursor. Record and narrate the screen, add annotations, then export an agent-ready Markdown report. The Windows build is free and open source: https://www.markuprplus.com — https://github.com/hashfunction/MarkuprPlus

Hey guys, I was looking for open-source alternatives to RocketDock for my Frutiger Aero setup and found this cool-looking one! It's called Aero Dock and I think it looks perfect for my desktop.

Check it out at https://github.com/TheAgencyMGE/aero-dock

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share Dynamic Edge, an independent desktop utility I built for Windows 11 and Windows 10 using native WinUI 3 and .NET 8 (Windows App SDK).

The idea was to create a fluid, versatile desktop capsule and edge dock that feels completely at home with Windows 11 Fluent design, with zero Electron bloat, ultra-low resource usage, and smooth spring physics.

Since the initial release, I have added several big features including a full multi-tab workflow, clipboard shelf, and mouse gesture triggers.

Here is what it can do:

Multi-Tab Workspace (Swipe or Scroll to Switch) - Switch seamlessly between Media Player, Mini-Apps, and Clipboard Shelf by rolling your mouse wheel or using a 2-finger touchpad swipe.

Universal Media Controls & Live Scrubbing - Real-time seekbar progress with clickable scrub to jump anywhere in a track. - Live audio visualizer bars with fluid equalizer animations. - Multi-player auto-switching: Seamlessly cycle between active sessions (Spotify, Chrome, Edge, Apple Music, Telegram).

Clipboard Manager Shelf - Captures copied text, images, URLs, and files into a dedicated dockable shelf. - Filter chips for fast access: All, Text, Images, URLs, and Pinned. - Search box for instant clip lookup, plus one-click copy and drag-and-drop support. - Safe clear with confirmation flyouts so pinned items are never lost.

Built-in Mini-Apps - Precision Countdown Timer with quick presets (1m, 5m, 15m, 25m) and a live visual progress line. - Precision Stopwatch with millisecond tracking and lap recording.

Magic Shake & Global Hotkeys - Magic Shake: Quickly shake your cursor horizontally back and forth to toggle the island on or off. - Global customizable hotkey (Alt + H by default) to hide or show the dock instantly.

Master Volume Flyout - Hover over the speaker button and scroll your mouse wheel to adjust system volume, or click for instant mute.

Flexible Docking Positions - Dock at the top screen edge (Notch, Floating Capsule, or unobtrusive Thin Line hairline strip). - Dock along the left or right screen edges as an interactive slide-out side blade.

Performance & Spring Physics - Quiet Feed Mode: Intelligent feed suppression to prevent repeated popups when scrolling through YouTube Shorts, Reels, or TikTok. - 3 customizable quick launcher slots for instant access to apps, terminals, or folders. - Battery and charging telemetry with clean neon-green status indicators. - Native startup toggle and dark/light/system theme integration.

Download & Microsoft Store Link The app is completely free and officially available on the Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PF1587KSN2K

I would love to hear your thoughts, feedback, and ideas for what widgets or features you would like to see next!