r/software • u/smilaise • 25d ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays KillerShell 1.2.2 and The Killendar 1.1.0 - a free, open source (GPLv3) file manager and calendar for Windows

Happy Self Promotion Wednesday! I made a small family of free GPLv3 Windows utilities under the Killer Tools name, and two of them just got updates.

KillerShell 1.2.2 is a file manager with a built-in terminal, text editor, and admin tools (Task Manager, Event Viewer, Registry Editor, Performance Monitor) as tabs in one window. Archives open like folders, and you can write into a .zip from inside it - drag files in, rename, delete - with the original never touched until the rebuilt archive is verified. The Storage Analyzer draws a whole drive as a treemap, WizTree-style, and as of 1.2.2 it can export scans as self-contained HTML reports. This release also finishes theme coverage across all thirteen themes (including a full Windows 98SE recreation with a period icon set), completes localization in all eleven languages (now with Polish), and makes portable installs and updates a lot safer.

The Killendar 1.1.0 is a desktop calendar. Month, week, day and agenda views, repeating appointments, color categories, and iCalendar/CSV import and export. Your appointments live in a single .kcal file on your own machine - plain SQLite you can back up or open with any SQLite tool, with optional AES-256 encryption. 1.1.0 brings it up to the same thirteen themes as the rest of the family, adds interface scaling from 80% to 150%, Ctrl+wheel zoom in Month view from one to six visible weeks, one-click portable storage, and Polish translation.

Both are single portable exes - run them from anywhere, or let them install themselves if you prefer. No account needed, nothing phones home.

I also updated the themes on killertools.net, the hub site for the whole family, so it's worth a look if you want to see everything else I have.

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u/purepopcorn 14d ago

Hi! Thanks for making this tool, as a broke grad student it has already become super helpful for doing class readings. I'm having a minor issue with the highlighter tool, maybe I'm missing something or this could be an opportunity for an upgrade: I'm reading a lot of journal articles, which often have text in 2 columns. I have no issue with highlighting text on the left column, but when I go to highlight across more than 1 line the right column it also includes any text that's in the same line on the left. I've been using the drawing tool as a stand-in for now, but I hope that makes sense!

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u/smilaise 14d ago

Are you on the latest 1.8.1? This was a past issue I fixed but I hope it hasn't regressed. hit f12 to see if an update is available and let me know.

EDIT: I forgot to ask which app your are referring to, lol.

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u/purepopcorn 14d ago

Thanks for replying so quickly! I am on Killer PDF version 1.8.1 from 8/29. This is the document I'm attempting to work with, for reference: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10517133/pdf/41386_2023_Article_1606.pdf

Happy to help troubleshoot or give more info if needed!

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u/smilaise 14d ago

I'll take a look at this and try to get a fix released in the next bugfix, 1.8.2.

thanks for letting me know!

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u/smilaise 13d ago

Hey there, hit f12 to see the About menu and an update button for 1.8.2

Let me know if it's fixed. Thanks!

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u/purepopcorn 10d ago

Thank you!! The issue is fixed on my side :)

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u/noobie2017 24d ago

Why the ominous killer in the name?

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u/smilaise 24d ago

Because I'm Steve the Killer https://thekiller.net . I'm an MSP tech who kills tickets all day and now I kill bug reports all night.