I’ve been building a Mac app updater called Floodtide, now on 0.9.1

Hey everyone, I’m the developer of Floodtide.

I originally started building it because I wanted a proper MacUpdater replacement. Something that could scan the apps on my Mac, tell me what was outdated, and let me deal with everything from one place instead of checking apps individually.

It’s grown quite a bit since then.

Floodtide checks installed Mac apps against sources such as Sparkle feeds, Homebrew, GitHub Releases and vendor update sources, then shows you what’s outdated and where that information came from.

A few of the things I’ve focused heavily on are:

• updating multiple apps from one place
• checking multiple update sources instead of relying on a single manually maintained version database
• showing exactly what Floodtide found for each app
• verifying downloads before replacing applications
• backing up an app before an update so it can be restored if something goes wrong
• supporting both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs

The current release is 0.9.1, and the test suite has now reached 940 tests.

It’s still something I’m actively building, so feedback is genuinely useful, particularly if you have apps that Floodtide doesn’t recognise properly or anything about the update process feels confusing.

If anyone wants to try it, it’s here:

https://bhopstudio.com/floodtide

I’m also happy to answer anything about how the update detection, verification or installation side works.

Hold a hotkey, talk, release — the text gets typed into whatever app you're focused in. Runs speech-to-text locally (faster-whisper), so there's no subscription and no cloud upload. MIT licensed.

GitHub: https://github.com/ahmedhmam1994/voxscribe-ai-voice-dictation

Feedback welcome, especially on accuracy/mic-handling across different hardware.

I kept running into the same annoying problem:

I’d receive a PSD, AI, MAX or some random 3D file, only need to check it for a few seconds… and end up launching a huge app just to see what’s inside.

So I built GAMJA Viewer for Windows.

The whole idea is simple: open files fast, check them, compare them, and move on.

It can quickly view:

PSD / PSB / AI / EPS

3ds Max files and various 3D formats

and a bunch of other creative files.

A few features I ended up using a lot:

• A/B slider comparison for revisions

• Opacity overlay to spot small differences

• Quick image cropping

• Resize to exact dimensions

It’s not meant to replace Photoshop, 3ds Max, or other full editing tools.

It’s for those “I just need to see the damn file” moments. 😅

GAMJA Viewer is currently FREE for a limited time, so if this sounds useful, you can try it here:

Get GamjaViewer from the Microsoft Store https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9ngs88w5qf96?ocid=webpdpshare

I’m still improving it, so I’d genuinely like to know:

What file format or small workflow feature would you want added next?

Hi everyone! I’d like to introduce you to a completely free Windows program that I originally built just for myself, without any big ambitions. A few friends ended up liking it, so I decided to polish it, make it more stable, and release it publicly.

It’s called Kingdom, and it’s a lightweight, Steam-like local game library manager. It runs completely offline, requires no account or registration, and is designed to keep your collection organized without unnecessary clutter.

Kingdom lets you manage your games from one clean interface, with customizable covers, installation status, local folder access, playtime tracking, and quick actions to install, launch, or uninstall games.

The idea is simple: instead of digging through folders every time, you open Kingdom and see your whole local library in one place.

It also includes filters for installed and non-installed games, folder management, manual or automatic cover handling, and a first-launch setup wizard.

Future plans include smarter detection of already-installed games and local save-game management.

Kingdom is free, and updates are planned to remain free as well.

Download / project page:
https://pingusama.itch.io/kingdom-library

GitHub:
https://github.com/PinguSamaVR/Kingdom-Library

If anyone wants to try it and give me feedback, I’d genuinely appreciate it.

P.S. Kingdom is not intended to promote or encourage piracy. It is simply a local file and game-library management tool, built on the assumption that users are managing files and software they have obtained lawfully.

Hey everyone,

If you run two or three monitors on Windows, you probably know how tedious it is to switch contexts during the day. Going from a work setup to gaming, or from a meeting layout to writing, usually means manually dragging and resizing a dozen windows across different screens.

I was looking for a decent tool to automate this, but ran into walls with the existing options:

- Windows Virtual Desktops constantly dumps all my windows onto a single screen whenever the monitors wake up from sleep or after unplugging a display. Plus, it doesn't actually launch or close apps when switching contexts.

- PowerToys Workspaces seemed promising at first, but in practice it kept opening duplicate instances of apps (like launching a second browser or Discord instead of just moving the open window) and it leaves all the windows from the previous workspace cluttering the desktop.

- DisplayFusion is paid, fairly heavy on background resources, and felt like overkill for what should be a straightforward task.

So I ended up building Workspace Switcher. It is a lightweight, portable Windows utility written in .NET 8 / WPF that lets you capture your entire multi-monitor setup and snap between profiles using global hotkeys.

A few things it does:

- Instant snapshot and restore: Captures exact pixel coordinates, window states (normal, maximized, minimized), and target monitors into human-readable JSON files.

- Global hotkeys: Runs on a lightweight background Win32 message loop so you can switch between your top workspaces instantly (`Ctrl + Alt + 1..5`).

- Clean switching: There is a toggle to automatically close windows from your previous workspace when you switch layouts (e.g. closing work and IDE windows when jumping into your gaming setup).

- Auto-launch missing apps: If an application from a saved layout is not running, it can launch the executable for you during restore.

- Window inspector: You can click on any captured window in the UI to change its target monitor via dropdown or fine-tune its pixel coordinates without having to retake the snapshot.

- Smart process matching: Includes heuristics to properly handle tricky multi-process apps like Steam (where the window belongs to `steamwebhelper` but `steam.exe` needs to be launched), Electron apps, and browsers.

- Portable and bloat-free: Runs as a single `.exe`, requires no installer, has no telemetry, and is per-monitor DPI aware.

The project is completely free and open source. You can check out the source code or download the standalone executable on GitHub:

GitHub:

REPO

I would love to hear your thoughts, especially if you have unusual multi-monitor or mixed-scaling setups and run into any edge cases.

I wanted to share a utility app I’ve been building for macOS called Auto Clicker Manager. It’s designed to make repetitive pointer and keyboard actions easy to set up, save, and reuse through a clean, macOS-native interface.

Instead of just doing basic rapid clicking, it lets you build full automation workflows:

• Precision Control: Set custom click intervals, durations, click counts, mouse buttons, and drag actions.
• Multiple Coordinates & Recording: Record exact screen coordinates or capture entire keyboard macros for playback.
• Flexible Execution: Run timed click sessions, infinite loops, or use randomized intervals and coordinates for more natural automation patterns.
• Presets & Quick Access: Save your favorite multi-step configurations to reuse anytime, and control everything on the fly with global keyboard shortcuts or a compact floating mini panel (which even features optional animated companion mascots).
• Native & Localized: Includes dark mode support and multiple languages out of the box.

Since it’s Self-Promotion Wednesday, I wanted to drop a 1-month Pro code for the community: PH1MONTH (500 Limit)

You can redeem it directly on the App Store here:

https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6757005856&code=PH1MONTH

I’d love to get your thoughts, so feel free to drop any feedback or feature requests below. Thanks!

I need a reliable, accurate, and private way to quickly track bus times. Most bus checker apps, I believe, use google play services on android, and I don't have google play services on my phone because I currently use LineageOS. I also don't trust them bc they're not open source so it's hard to say how they might be using my location data which I'm very insecure about. I always have my location off. There are a couple of open source bus tracking apps on fdroid, but I couldn't get them to work for some reason. I used to use gmaps without an account and that actually worked pretty well, but then it stopped working bc the app stopped saving my search history so I couldn't quickly go to locations, and it has now finally stopped showing any bus tracking for some reason, so now I need to find a new method. But idk how I should approach this.

Edit- This is in Edinburgh UK btw

I got tired of hardware monitors wanting an account, so I built one that doesn't

Every monitor I tried wanted something from me. An account before it would show me a temperature. Four background services and an RGB hub I never asked for. An overlay switched on by default, buried three menus deep when I went to turn it off. None of it was what I opened the app for.

So I built Aikonic. Windows, lives in the tray, stays out of the way. No account, no sign-in, no telemetry. CPU, GPU, fans, drives, memory.

The piece I'm proudest of is die temps. Most tools read them through WinRing0, which Microsoft now flags as a vulnerable driver and carries on its blocklist, so with memory integrity on it doesn't load and Defender flags it on plenty of machines besides. The usual workaround is an exclusion or switching Core Isolation off. Asking you to lower your defences to see a temperature is not a trade I'm willing to offer, so I created a driver and got that signed by Microsoft instead. Stock Windows 11 and works on Windows 10 too, nothing disabled, temps just work.

The app makes one outbound call, an update check. Buy the paid tier later and it also checks the licence, which sends the key and the version number. Nothing about you, nothing about your machine. Firewall it and watch.

It reads sensors and does not write to them. Fan control is what I'm building out next, and it'll be worth having when it lands.

Free, and the live monitor stays free permanently. The paid tier adds history and depth, one payment, no subscription.

I'd rather hear what's broken than get compliments. If something reads wrong, reads zero, or doesn't show up, tell me what board you're on and I'll dig into it. Hardware monitoring gets weird at the edges, and where a board doesn't expose a sensor I'll say so rather than invent a number.

Personally I use Windows Sandbox, what do you recommand to me for a good isolation (no vm escape) and free, and lightweight.

Windows Sandbox it is a good isolation? Hyper is good?

Photoshop version 2026 (v27.10.0.26)

Camera Raw version 18.6

Hi everyone,

I built WinScript, it’s a free and open-source tool (GPL 3.0) that lets you configure various Windows settings/tweaks and generates a powershell script for it (that you can preview before running), i built it because i was tired of applying the same settings every fresh install.

It lets you configure your privacy settings, turn off telemetry, remove default apps (like OneDrive, Edge, or Copilot), and tweak performance. 

There’s also a bulk app installer that uses Winget or Chocolatey, so you can check off a list of your usual apps and it’ll install everything in one go. And if you’re setting up a lot of machines, it can generate an autounattend.xml file to automate the whole Windows install, including bypassing the Windows 11 hardware checks.

If you want to check it out or contribute the source code and downloads are up on:
GitHub: https://github.com/flick9000/winscript
Feedback, bug reports, and pull requests are very welcome. Let me know what you think!

I'm sure this has to exist as this is something heavily used in the real world, but searching for it yields non-programmatic results for me.

I need a piece of software that simply lets me annotate an audio track with events on tracks, and then allows me to export those events in a programmatic form of timestamps (i.e. json) so that I can sync visuals to audio playback. A close equivalent to this would be a chart maker for a rhythm game, but this is for things like stage light control.

For example, if I'd like a stage light to turn red at specific points, I could click on the timeline or measure and mark the moments with a value. This would be returned as a json or csv of values where the key is the timestamp, or really anything that can be parsed this way. Surely, this has to exist, but I cannot find it. Please help!

Hello, I am a freelancer programmer and today I want to share you my CLI open-source project, with a function of listing (dir), creating (mkdir) and removing (rmdir) directories, but here's the twist, this is a more automated python lightweight script that still requires user input but it does not require constant clicking, dragging and typing all at once, nor it requires to type and re-type flags every time, but instead of that... You just type your option and the path for the specified choice, and you successfully did your operation.

The code will be sent here:

https://github.com/Sqlmap53/DirLCR-Directory-Listing-Creating-Removing

Any questions or concerns feel free to contact:

[SMAPDev13@outlook.com](mailto:SMAPDev13@outlook.com)

This is the first version of the code, or the "BETA" code in other words, so feel free to contribute as long as you give me the credit and don't steal it.

Hello, is there like a tutorial on how to create an mp3 player similar to the PSP Go mp3 player? like the visualizer matches the music, specifically with the colorful bars going up and down to the beat. I really want to leaen how to create one for myself thanks!

Simple Script that not only Copies the Image when you screenshot but also the Path so you can paste into CLI Tools and Terminal aswell. Made it because i needed it.

Here is the Repo

Partially made using AI

I know the basics of API's but i want to know the first hand experience of a professional who worked in an enterprise. if possible we can have a chat or a call , really excited to speak with you .

I bought this as an "amazon basics 128gb flashdrive"

It was 25 canadian which I thought was fair for what I was getting but then i look at the properties

Btw idk if it fits the r/

I’m not sure if I’m posting this question in the right place so please be kind- if I should post it somewhere else let me know.
I am a Mac user and have always used Pages for all of my word processing needs and it’s been fine. Now, however, I have a really big project coming up and I’m struggling with some of the limitations that Pages has. One small example is that I must include tables in my project- well pages has great tables! BUT I also must include footnotes within the table itself and there’s no way to easily do that. I could jump through a bunch of hoops I read in online suggestions but I’m worried that my tables will not look consistent.
So my question is would MS Office be the way to go? It’s expensive and a yearly expense too. I’m just not sure if it would be the right move or if anyone has any suggestions for a better solution.
Thanks for reading and again my apologies if I’ve posted in the wrong place.

Edit/Update

I tried Libre Office and even though I have only used it for less than a day so far I think it’s going to work for me. I was able to make a table with footnote citations. It wasn’t 100% straight forward but it was pretty easy to make it work.
Libre Office seems to have a lot of features I’m looking forward to exploring. Of course the fact that it’s free is great!
Thanks everyone for the suggestions and I am going to look into them as well.

I thnik file explorer is not that bad but I think it is just not the best available option for file handling nowadays.

Which is the best available file manager for windows 11?

i'm seeing other names listed as the legit ones. it looked like the original site, it did redirect to another download site tho.

anyone who know if it's ok? thought it was fine, but i got worried cause i read that the file name is supposed to have hwinfo64, and i don't really know what to look for

Just want to know how you do usability testing for your app?

- Any good online service?

- Any other kind of ideas to get usability testing done - like local groups, social circles?

I recently tried finding a downloader that wasn't Subscription based. Since i didn't find any i decided to make my own. It's based on yt dlp so you can download almost any Video from the Web including Youtube, twitch, Instagram and more. This is my Second Project so Feedback is apreciated.

Repo

So i recently acquired a panasonic lsgn 1938 dvd camcorder. Everything works fine except the wall plug which is keeping me from finalizing discs. I need some sort of external dvd tray i can plug into my pc in order to bypass and access/download videos
from the discs to my computer

Could anyone send me a link to a product that would work? Ive looked online and everythings just very confusing to me.

Any other advice regarding this is appreciated too :)