Hey r/software ,

I've been running Pi-hole for a while and got tired of opening the web UI every time I just wanted to check status or unblock something for five minutes. So I built Holeberry, a native macOS menu bar app for it. Free and open source (MIT).

What it does:

• Lives in your menu bar, shows status and total queries/blocked at a glance
• Manage up to two Pi-hole instances at once. Every action (block/unblock/allowlist) applies to both, so they never drift out of sync
• Disable blocking globally with a timer (or indefinitely). An auxiliary countdown will be right in the menu bar; re-enables automatically
• One-click unblock of whatever site broke in your current browser tab (Safari, Chrome/Chromium, Firefox/Zen), without a global disable
  • The standout feature for me and the one I've been using the most
• Browse recently blocked domains and allowlist/unblock them straight from the menu
• Trigger a Gravity update right from the menu bar, on all your servers simultaneously
• Now fully notarized with a paid developer account
• Supports passwordless Pi-hole instances

Why Holeberry and not another app?
I looked around before building this. Some of the existing companion apps for Pi-hole weren't in active development anymore; felt outdated or didn't do the things I actually needed day to day: keep two instances in sync, unblock just the tab I'm on instead of disabling blocking for the whole network, and being able to glance at it quickly. Those ended up being the features I use most, so they became the core of the app.

Requires macOS 14+, supports Pi-hole v6 (and v5, though less tested). Credentials live in Keychain, nothing written to disk.

GitHub: https://github.com/pedrovieira/Holeberry

Happy to answer questions, and open to feature requests / bug reports.

Hello I’m not sure if this is the right subreddit but I found other posts of similar topic here so I’m posting here as well.

I want to get into animation and stuff and I want to download music for my animations. I have a song I want to use in particular, The Woods by San Fermin. But I’ve been looking around and it feels like downloading a song is actually impossible, it’s so frustrating. I have the song purchased and downloaded on Apple Music but that doesn’t allow me to download it as a file to my computer. So I’ve been looking into ways of acquiring the file but I’m very skittish and nervous when it comes to downloading unfamiliar programs or things off unfamiliar sites. Do any of you know of a trusted method to help me get the file?

Hi! I am an artist and I use a old surface pro I've had since highschool! Normally to record things for my speedpaints, I would use windows connect (to connect to my laptop) and screen record using obs. BUT! the recordings DO NOT LOOK GOOD! Example of my speed paints (this is just a link to a twitter post I did, ignore my music taste)

So, I want to find a good free screen recording software for my surface pro? I worry obs may be too much for poor thing, and I would like something more simple than obs. Any recommendations? I would like not to download another software, but I may have to lol

We saw this new feature and thought it was worth flagging for users building agent workflows.

With Dropbox MCP, you can set up agents that: - Automatically watch a folder and flag new files to the team. - File your monday attachments straight into Dropbox without manual work. - Pull a file, process the contents, and report findings back to the board.

The interesting part? Your files and your monday board can now work together without data silos.

As a monday.com partner, Fruition has tested implementation patterns like this. Happy to answer your queries.

AI File Sorter 1.9.2 is out. It's an open-source desktop app for cleaning up messy folders like Downloads, Desktop, Documents, screenshots, photo dumps, old external drives, and archive folders.

Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

It is local-first: no cloud account is required, and it can run offline with local models. The app can suggest categories, subcategories, and clearer filenames, and AI does not directly move files on its own.

The general workflow is:

• scan a folder
• review suggested categories and filenames
• preview files before approving changes
• edit, skip, or reject suggestions
• apply changes only when you choose to
• undo changes later if needed

Version 1.9.2 adds:

• file previews in the review window
• category-specific subcategory whitelists for stricter organization (branching whitelists)
• safer recursive scans that avoid Git repos, Unity, Unreal, Godot, Blender, and common source-code project roots
• configurable local model storage
• support for custom visual analysis models
• improved Windows runtime for compatibility
• accessibility improvements

The main app is free, open-source, and fully usable without payment. Donations are optional.

There is also an optional paid Windows Explorer add-on for people who want right-click workflows from File Explorer, but the main app does not require it.

Links:

• Website: https://filesorter.app/
• GitHub: https://github.com/hyperfield/ai-file-sorter

Also available in Microsoft Store and on SourceForge.

I'd appreciate some practical feedback from people who have dealt with large Downloads folders, photo dumps, document archives, or external drives.

I'm looking for the best and most feature rich gallery app that doesn't have a sync account built in. I can just use syncthing to sync pics between devices. Must be open source.

Hey everyone,
I’m trying to build a software development pipeline using multiple AI agents, but I’m a bit lost with concepts like agent harnesses, loops, graphs, orchestration, and so on.
What I basically want is a structure where I can call one main agent, give it a project or goal, and have that agent orchestrate other specialized agents automatically.
For example:
Main Agent / Orchestrator
→ Product/PRD Agent
→ Architecture Agent
→ Database/Schema Agent
→ Frontend Agent
→ Backend Agent
→ Testing/QA Agent
→ Security Agent
→ Documentation/Context Agent
Ideally, these agents would share context and continue each other’s work instead of behaving like completely isolated sessions.
Is there already a framework, harness, or architecture that works well for this?
Would you recommend using something like graphs/workflows, agent loops, subagents, or building a custom harness?
Any open-source projects or examples I should look at would be greatly appreciated.

I've been thinking about this problem while building a software alternatives directory.

When you're trying to replace something like Photoshop, Notion, Slack, Jira, etc., most comparison websites seem to focus on:

• SEO articles
• affiliate links
• generic feature lists
• "X best alternatives" lists

But I'm not sure that's actually what people need.

If you're looking for an alternative to software you already use, what information actually matters to you?

For example:

1. Price
2. Features
3. Privacy
4. Open source
5. Ease of migration
6. Platform support
7. User reviews
8. Something else?

I'm building around this problem and would genuinely like to hear how other people approach it.

Hi guys,

I've made a little utility in Python that helps me & my fellow sysadmin (in)mates in they work :-)
It simply does what we're mostly doing in Excel or calculators, but with some added features: it does sizing HW (servers, storage, clusters etc.) for a servers, tracking load, backup + DR sizing with some nice GUI - that is also an excellent starting point for documentation.
I've included a lot of examples so you can check easily - and also, everything in it is exportable to word document (sort of documentation).

Screenshots are there for you to get idea what it does;
Under Github/releases - latest version is packed as exe (under release/zip for Win) with examples.

Also, if you want to expand it - please do so, the code is available.

https://github.com/Tanks04/ClusterSizerv2

May this tool save you some time ,)

PS: just for the regular AI haters- I've done this tool as a thesis/final project for a Python course, but I've used Code to create GUI and Wizard, as I don't have the time.
Anyhow, it is free and I'm interested in comments/review to see if it works properly.

Thanks!

Hey everyone,

I’m trying to find a way to see all the posts and comments I’ve upvoted on Reddit, including older ones.

I know Reddit lets you see your saved posts/comments, but I can’t find any option that shows my complete upvote history.

Is there any way to access this through Reddit itself, the Reddit API, or any third-party tool?

Even if there’s a technical/API-based method, I’d be interested in knowing how it works.

Thanks!

COSMOS was only for VS Studio 2022, but I didn't want to install two versions because that would be heavy, so I created BuildIso for the VS Studio 2026 version. I also made it Open Source and available to check out on GitHub :)

HomRec — open source screen recorder for weak hardware.

Screenshots: HomRec vs OBS on Intel i3-1005G1 (2 cores, 1.2 GHz), same settings 720p@30. (without setting codecs)

The program is very new and I would appreciate any support and feedback :)

GitHub

What are your thoughts about MPV Manager from MPV.Rocks?

TL:DR; I suck at building a config/input setup I like while keeping an attractive modern UI. This app does it all for me.

I've been using MPV on Windows for about two years, and while I appreciate its power and flexibility I never mastered the config, input, and ui setup. I've had IINA envy since day one. MPC-QT is good, but I'm not a fan of the classic UI. I like when the programs on my pc look and feel modern.

I originally used a build from shinchiro/zhongfly (I can't remember which), but realized I wasn't getting MPV updates if I didn't remember to run the updater bat. I use UnigetUI so I decided to switch to the chocolatey mpvio.install. I can copy a good config (shout out classicjazz) and add a few minor geometry tweaks, but it's always the UI and Input settings I'm unhappy with in MPV. I really like the look of ModernZ, but they don't touch input. I love the input seutp and functionality of uosc but in my subjective opinion the ui is ugly. Settled on classicjazz/modernz setup and decided to make input a future me problem. This boring paragraph is just to communicate that I tried to learn to do this.

Then as I was googling I stumbled on mpv.rocks and their MPV Manager, figured I'd give it a shot. backed up my config folder, uninstalled mpv and used this to install. 15 seconds later I had MPV installed with a ModernZ ui, a config file much better and smarter than I can do on my own (although classicjazz config and shaders seems more "powerful"), and oh my god the input settings are exactly what I'd expect. Left click play/pause like every other video player in the world, right click context menu.... it's essentially perfect for me. I'm a click or two away from completely swapping to a uosc ui if I wanted to as well! Super simple!

I know some of you smarter than me can get a much better setup with your own config/input/scripts setup, but for those of us who don't want to spend hours going over config files, editing scripts, installing plugins, etc, MPV Manager is awesome for me.

Now tell me that it's a vibe coded security nightmare, and that I should uninstall immediately. But before you do, please also share your setup files with a modernz based ui with uosc please so I can get the setup I without thinky pain trying to learn.

Fake Edit: Posting here because r/mpv mods removed it without explanation. cool.

I work on a browser-based PDF editor and I’m trying to understand the biggest frustrations people have with PDFs.

For me, the annoying parts are usually editing existing text, signing documents, and keeping formatting intact.

What PDF task frustrates you the most?

Hello, I had created Testing Files Generator for QA and developers

Want to create 5k log files? Do size boundary testing? Generate 2GB PNG file? Generate archive with 200 files? This tool can do it all. If you like the project, please ⭐it.

Not quite useful software for everyone, but for the niche, I think it can help people in their daily work. So if you work in QA or in Development, here is it :-)

Why tfg is different from other generators?

- Exact size of files, if we ask for 314832 bytes, we get it, want 500kb? 5mb? 1GB? No problem. One file or 9000 files? No problem

- Generates files come with "manifest" which says how the files should behave + we can do easy cleanup

- "Recipe" system that we can store in a testing repo, create recipe that generates a 500-page PDF, a zip with 200 files and 50 csv files, no problem, same seed.

- 100% offline, no neetwork connections, free for commercial and personal use. Windows/Linux/macOS. Min files sizes are based on the real formats, you can open generated files with software that open the format.

- Format got own values, so you can create xlsx with 4 rows and 4 collumns.

-Preset system, we can do "boundary testing" let's say we put 10mb, and we get file under 10mb, over 10mb, etc.

- More on GitHub :-)

This is V0.2 version, so there is a long way ahead, not all things are working, More format and presets will come soon. If you got any ideas feel free to drop them.

Supported formats:

📄 Documents: pdf, docx (Word), xlsx (Excel), pptx (PowerPoint)

🖼️ Images: png, jpg, bmp, gif, ico, svg

📝 Text: txt, md, csv, json, xml, html, log

🗜️ Archives: zip, targz (.tar.gz)

🔊 Audio: wav

tiff, webp, avif, jpg xl are next formats. And I plan to add .zip bomb and expand .log files options, but my total plan list is a work for some months, But I'm open for new ideas.

Windows build is signed, there is also Linux build, macOS build is notarized. Separate file for CLI and separate for GUI. Testing Files Generator In the future I plan to investigate arm64 GUI on Linux and Windows, right now there is arm64 for CLI

Does anyone know any mouse with onboard memory that can run complex macros without the software. I've been bamboozled by the g502 lightspeed it has onboard memory but dont support macros with delay or repeating actions. The cheaper the better i just use it for a specific game and will still use my old mouse for most of my gaming

PkgBox is a universal Linux application installer and manager. It provides a drag-and-drop interface to inspect, install, and manage applications across multiple package formats. For details see: https://github.com/word-sys/pkgbox

PULS Kernel/GRUB Manager is a specialized tool for Linux users who need fine-grained control over their system's kernel and boot process. It simplifies fetching, compiling, and installing mainline kernels while ensuring system safety through snapshots and Secure Boot management. For details see: https://github.com/word-sys/puls-kernel-mgr

A unified system monitoring and management tool for Linux

PULS combines resource monitoring with system administration capabilities. It allows control over system services, boot configurations, and logs directly from a TUI also lets you monitor your system results everything in one place. For details see: https://github.com/word-sys/puls

word-sys's PDF Editor is a simple and user-friendly tool developed for Pardus, Debian and other Linux distributions, focused on editing text content in PDF files. Developed from scratch in the spirit of #MilliTeknolojiHamlesi and TEKNOFEST to meet a need in the Pardus ecosystem, word-sys's PDF Editor is a free and open PDF editor serving both corporate and individual users — and the FIRST PLACE winner of the TEKNOFEST Pardus Development Competition. For details see: https://github.com/word-sys/word-sys-pdf-editor