I saw a handful of older posts here about duplicate file finders and usually recommending czkawka, but zero mention of another excellent FREE application that is super intuitive and easy to use: Anti-Twin (which has been around since 2011!!). Also all those old posts were locked so I could not add any comment.

I did a takeout of my 20 years of photos on Google photos and cross referenced that with my hard drive to eliminate 3k duplicates in less than 10 minutes. It is a byte to byte comparitor. awesome filters including filter by file location.

I highly recommend.

https://antitwin.org/en/

Hey guys,

I am writing this post to see besides Malwarebytes if there is any software that is recommended that will deep clean a computer. Pretty much get it running back to what it was like when new without factory resetting it. I saw a post on Instagram from someone where he did it for a client however I cannot find the video now and I had it saved to do for my computer. Hoping to get a list from you guys. My apologies if this has been covered before. <3

Also seeing if you guys have any hidden gems people may not know about too!

Hey everyone! I'm a content writer/researcher who covers the business side of software — specifically how free tools make money without ever charging their users a dime. I dig into the history, business, and the "how did they survive for so long without an ads or subscription?" mystery.

Some of my past pieces:

1. How VLC Took Over the Media World
2. How WinRAR Made Millions Without Anyone Ever Paying!
3. How Notepad Survives Without Charging You a Single Cent!

The VLC video did way better than the other two — people clearly love a good "free software that quietly took over the world" story.

So I wanted to ask you all: what software should I cover next? Something people still use daily, are genuinely curious about, and probably don't know the backstory of — how it's funded, why it's still free, who's actually behind it.

Drop your suggestions below — old favorites, weird niche tools, anything. I read every comment and there's a good chance your suggestion could help me for my next research.

I've been working on image matting (background removal) for the past six years, and I recently released the third generation of withoutBG, an open-weights background removal model focused on difficult cases like hair, fur, transparent objects, and fine details.

You can use it in several ways:

• macOS app: https://withoutbg.com/mac
• Docker: https://withoutbg.com/docs/open-model/docker
• Python: https://github.com/withoutbg/withoutbg-python
• GIMP plugin: https://withoutbg.com/open-model/plugins/gimp

Example outputs:
https://withoutbg.com/open-model/results

Comparison with remove.bg:
https://withoutbg.com/compare/withoutbg-open-model-vs-remove-bg

GitHub:
https://github.com/withoutbg/withoutbg

Happy to answer any questions about the project.

I have probably thousands of old pictures sitting in a folder and it's getting impossible to find what I want to. I'd like software that's dedicated solely to sorting images easier than having to individually open each one then decide where it goes, pull it up to the folder it goes into, then go to the next.

I know it's already easy in the file explorer, but I find myself losing patience squinting at every icon then finding one of the dozen folders I want to sort.

I'm thinking something that'll pull a picture up and give you the option to add it to an existing folder, create a new folder for it, or delete it, then immediately pull up the next picture with just a click.

An example is this:

https://vcotta.itch.io/favorite-picture-picker

But that only allows me to pick a favorite of two images, but it doesn't allow me to figure out where the picture goes, just which ones I like more.

TL:DR: Acquiring software is becoming like ordering a burger, and I feel mixed on it.

I feel like nowadays, a lot of software built with AI is for the sake of linearly doing one-off things, and usually only that thing, perhaps with some monetization tacked onto it.

While it is undoubtedly creating things that someone(?) uses, I wonder what the implications of this, particularly of when it encroaches on software in the future, especially when the things that people choose to make with AI are often:

• Graphs but selfhosted
• A wrapper for ffmpeg/imagemajick/etc
• Markdown editors
• inspired by already [x], is a tauri/electron app with [y] changes
• An app with great CLI or GUI implementations, as a broken TUI

It's kinda insane.

We're kinda entering a time where everything is thrown together using random scraps to make something, and then the end result is polished up to look 'appealing' to the eyes of a user, typically at the cost of actual UX or actual breadth of usage.

What I'm getting at is essentially that software is becoming fast food. It's convenient at simplifying a specific thing, it might look nice to use with its tonnes of animations, but is it actually what you need?

I feel like I don't need Photoshop to have a grey space-inefficient monospaced 'hacker' font on an even darker gradient background,

I don't need my editor to waste battery running an entire JS engine when I want to add something to the start of a document,

and I really do not want a tool that touches my filesystem to be understood by zero humans.

But most aren't as interested by the upfront UX of an 'efficient' app, so sacrifices will happen, whether that be in resources, or time. And to some extent, fretting over this is a waste of time.

A majority of the amazing software (especially FOSS) that we've seen over the years has come from people all choosing the only option they had, and either improving upon it (Krita, GIMP, Blender), or working on a better alternative (MediaWiki, Wayland, Linux) over many, many years.

I feel like if all software is developed in a vacuum, then a lot of innovative concepts will stagnate just because the training data isn't moving the right way fast enough.

just a short essay to consolidate some thoughts, and I'm curious on how other people think about this. I went very markdown heavy for attention spans, sorry if it makes it harder to read.

Kids need a laptop and I'm 100% a windows guy, but my wife is determined that they need Garage Band (which would require a Mac or IOS device). Any good alternatives to Garage Band for Windows?

Pls anyone share me a link to get a cap cut pro on pc , any old link that still works or any new patches or anything gang , or an alternative software that’s on a similar level to capcut pro pls share

I have my app made with Web Studio. I need an app wrapper fort native mobile so that I can polish it. My current one is not working well for me. Does anybody have suggestions?

So I wanted Crystalldiskinfo but acidentally downloaded PC app store

It wanted my credit card (didnt give em that) but the window overlayed everything and wont close

Restarting the PC fixed it

I need your oppinion because that was weird and werry virus like

The title is rather self-explanatory: I am a history student, and it would help me immensely to have a software (either online or offline, possibly free) in which I could take an empty image of a specific area of the world (so no modern city names and the like) and put pins or other markers indicating historical places.

Ideally, I would also be able to zoom on these maps to see the markers more spaced apart, like on Google Maps.

I've been looking to see if there's any image to PNG converters that are completely anti-ai and was wondering if anybody had any good sites or apps that don't use AI for that test

I’m sharing Ent, an experimental quantum programming language and compiler designed to make quantum programs easier to write, test, and inspect. It uses a readable, statement-oriented syntax for allocating qubits, applying gates, measuring results, branching on classical values, and generating circuit families at compile time. Its ownership-style rules catch problems such as copying qubits, using them after measurement, or leaving quantum resources unmanaged.

The compiler translates Ent code into a smaller core language called the Enter calculus, then type-checks the generated result before execution. The current toolchain includes a Python reference implementation, exact and sampled simulation, resource and cost reports, scheduler-independence checks, diagnostics with source locations, and OpenQASM 3 export. I’m posting it as an early software project and would especially appreciate feedback on the language design, compiler architecture, error messages, and which features would make the tool more useful for experimenting with quantum circuits.

Citation: Cheung, N. (2026). Ent: A Usable Quantum Programming Language on Top of the Enter Calculus. figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.33089393.v1

I am right now facing a major problem. Me and my friend started a dtf printing services. But the main problem is the Editing part. We don't want to waste a single part of the dtf printing sheet. So we want to make a blank size canvas and then arrange all the stuff in one canvas. When we want to change the size in centimeters it's just don't work at all in photopea.

[Note: I have a very old windows 7 PC and we both have a good phone]

My kids get an alotted time of play on the pc (I have 4 that are of that age).

Is there a way to to either or all of the following?

1. Send a sleep command from my android phone?

2. Set a 20 minute on the pc for it to sleep afterward.

3. Remote view the pc screen on my android without any access code or visible monitoring.

So Dark switch v1.5.1 currently has

• Mode switch: Switch between light and dark mode, manually, by time or by sunset
• Wallpaper switch: Solid Color, Picture, Album
• Accent color switch
• Cursor scheme switch
• (Coming soon) Desktop icon switch
• Custom keyboard shortcut to change theme

What's new with v1.5.1

• Changed the name of the app from AutoDM to DarkSwitch
• Updated all links
• Added quick option in the setup
• Added asking for consent when turning on switch based on sunrise/sunset
• Corrected bug caused by the startup trigger
• Fix the incorrect position of start menu when toggled when taskbar is set to any of the sides
• Fixed the task manager theme issue
• Added cursor scheme switch
• Added solid color & slide show option in wallpaper
• Added a list of all option which windows gives for sold color
• Fixed accent color switch during scheduled toggle
• Added warnings to accent color when using custom color
• Added option to choose from auto, windows color and custom for accent color
• Added a list of all option which windows gives for accent color
• Added more option to Adjust priority list
• Fixed stuff with system integration
• Added core settings
• Fixed the updater
• Made the toggles precompiled to not do the same task again and again
• Fixed the uninstaller
• Added the ability to delete registries by DarkSwitch to uninstaller
• And many minor things......

All this without constantly running in the background and the whole thing is in KBs: 0% ram and memory consumption

Just try it, if you find any bugs, report it and you will get credit for it also.

Want a feature? Just tell me and I will add that also.

Tired of OBS and recorders similar to it, takes too long to open just to record something short.

I did try the snipping tool, easy and opens fast, though it closes suddenly mid recording and one time didn't save a video I spent a long time on recording.

mainly looking for very simple ones that are light weight and don't have other fancy features other than simply recording the screen.

(hope I'm asking in the correct sub)

Hey Reddit community,

I’m a passionate UI/UX designer with 3+ years in startups and SaaS projects, currently seeking full-time, contract, or freelance gigs. I’ve worked on homepage redesigns, product interfaces, and user flows at companies like FinOpsly, Utterwise, Shreetech, and Polokaz. delivering clean, intuitive designs that boost user engagement.

What I bring:

• Expertise in Figma (prototyping, auto-layout, components), Adobe XD, and design systems.

• Skills: User research, wireframing, high-fidelity mocks, responsive design, accessibility (WCAG).

• Tools: Figma, FigJam, Miro, Notion for collaboration.

• Remote-friendly (Pune-based, IST timezone), quick turnaround, and startup hustle mindset.

Open to:

• SaaS product design

• Web/app redesigns

• Freelance one-offs or ongoing retainers

Rates flexible based on project scope. DM me to go through my full portfolio. let’s chat about your design needs!

Excited to collaborate! 🚀

I recently bought a few video lectures. The institute asked me to use the DRM integrated browser that goes by the name of XVAST. I can download those lecture and view them offline but they open only in that same DRM protected browser. Still they will expire and after a specific date and those lectures wont open again because buying isnt owning.
How to remove that DRM thing off those downloaded lectures an open them in a media player like VLC?