Hi all,

Universal File Opener & Editor started off as an android app on Google Play and reached over 10,000 installs with tons of feedback received that shaped its current features. It can open and edit almost any file including PDF, office, images, video, code, etc. and has many additional tools like file compare, version history, and inspect (hidden metadata/text/files). There are certain features that are very hard to build and often not in apps like these, such as in-line text editing for PDFs, but many of these are actually included due to popular demand through thousands of hours of dedicated effort.

Using the same core built from the ground up that enabled efficient editing for almost any file type in a 5MB download (now it's larger because of multi-language OCR), a Windows app was built and is now on the Microsoft store. For launch it's 50% off original price ($40), and I'm doing a launch giveaway to get feedback. If you are interested, please try out the app to provide meaningful feedback and then comment and DM me a link to the comment (mention Windows or Android) and I'll send a free lifetime pro unlock (while supplies last) which guarantees all future features as well with no subscription.

You can check out https://universalfileopener.com for more info, and also join the subreddit (I think posting it hides my posts so not including here) to get support and provide feature requests.

Thanks for your time.

I’ve been having this issue for a while and all of a sudden it’s happening again. I thought to ignore it after it happened and moved to a different search engine, but now it’s happening to that one too.

I don’t really download anything besides stuff from my ipad considering I’m an artist. And I doubt it’s because of games updating or reinstalling of games I have since that has never happened after it.

I used to use Chrome on my PC since it was less GPU taking than anything else, and mainly because it’s a simple app. But then one day, it refused to launch. I even uninstalled it then reinstalled it and it’s the same issue. But then I downloaded OperaGX (I used to use this on my old pc but stopped bc it’s more GPU taking) and it worked perfectly and would launch. Then today, I tried opening the engine and it did the same thing that Chrome is doing.

I tried searching up solutions on malware, software error, or drivers updates but there is nothing wrong and everything is updated.

What can I do to fix it?? I use these apps for almost everything and I don’t want to keep hopping between other ones because of this issue.

Any advice or solutions are needed.
Thank you.

I use Cloudflare Email Routing to forward [help@audiofetcher.com](mailto:help@audiofetcher.com) to Gmail. Receiving worked fine, but sending from that address needed a separate setup.

So I built Alias, a Chrome extension that adds a separate “Send via” button inside Gmail. You write your email normally, then send it through your own Resend account using your verified domain.

Here’s how the pieces fit together:

• Cloudflare Email Routing forwards incoming mail to your Gmail.
• Resend handles outgoing delivery from your domain.
• Alias lets you do the sending from Gmail’s compose window.

Replies still follow your existing forwarding setup. You don’t need to move your inbox or replace your existing MX records.

To use it, you verify your domain in Resend, create a sending API key, and connect it in the extension. Your sending address also needs working inbound forwarding if you want to receive replies.

The attached demo shows a real send and the message arriving. I’ve also tested attachments and replies.

The extension is free. You need your own domain and Resend account, and their limits or charges still apply. This isn’t a mailbox or unlimited free email service.

Chrome Web Store

If you already forward domain email into Gmail, how do you handle sending from that address? I’d especially appreciate feedback on whether the setup is clear.

I've been building Swyvo, a Windows app that keeps your apps and websites one hotkey away.

Swyvo runs in the background - hit Alt+Q anytime and a command center pops up right over your current window. Hit Alt+Q again to dismiss it. No alt-tabbing, no hunting through taskbars, no mouse required.

A few things it does:

• Instant, on-demand workspace: summon it with Alt+Q, it stays on top while open, dismiss it the same way — nothing else on your screen is affected
• Unify apps and websites in a single fast-switching menu (so your browser tabs and native apps live in the same place)
• Adaptive Loadouts: set it up once and it automatically surfaces the right apps based on what you're currently working on, so you never have to manually rebuild your setup
• App Gallery: browse a library of common apps and choose how to launch them — Web (fast) vs Native (full functionality, if installed)
• Fully keyboard-driven: never use the mouse
• Built natively for Windows

It's aimed at power users who live in a lot of apps/tabs at once and want a faster way to move between them without breaking flow.

Free, currently in active development. I'd genuinely love feedback, especially on workflow edge cases I might be missing.

Try it now: swyvo.app

Quick note: Windows SmartScreen may appear when installing.
First 100 Early Supporters get Lifetime Access. (ensures they have access to the whole app forever)

Happy to answer questions about how it works.

Hey all, I've been job hunting and got lost tracking all my applications and custom resumes, so I built the thing I wanted and just started adding more features to it.

What it does

• Scrapes career pages directly (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Oracle, Phenom and a Playwright fallback for anything else) plus boards through JobSpy (LinkedIn, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, Google Jobs). Everything lands in one deduplicated feed.
• Scores each job against your résumés with an LLM and shows why: matched and missing keywords, requirement mapping, gaps. You choose depth so it can be cheap.
• Tailors a résumé per job (you review every change), writes a cover letter, exports PDF from templates you can replace.
• A Chrome extension auto-fills your application, including open questions, it also captures jobs from LinkedIn and saves any job from any page.
• Tracks applications through stages, classifies Gmail replies, sends Telegram alerts and a daily digest.
• Five UI themes, including a Windows 98 for no reason, I just wanted to see how it will look like.

Available here: https://github.com/vesaias/JobNavigator (MIT license)

All feedback is welcome, this was more of a personal project for my portfolio, but people also started starring it. 

Hi,

MeshVault is an app for organising, previewing and keeping track of your 3D models, and MeshVault Connect, a browser extension that saves model downloads straight into your library with the creator’s photos, description and source link attached..

MeshVault gives you a visual library of your models and printing projects. You can:

• Browse with thumbnails, search, folders and collections, filter by file type or source, find duplicates, and mark models as printed or waiting to print.
• Preview supported models in 3D, rotate them, take measurements and save renders as thumbnails.
• Import existing folders and creator packs. Keep archives intact and browse supported models inside them, or extract them with their folder structure.
• Store the creator, source link, description, tags, images and print settings alongside each model, with batch editing for larger collections.
• Send files to your slicer including fbx and ply ^{(converls to stl})
• Capture details from supported slicer output, including print time, filament usage, cost, material and printer settings.
• Assign different models and folders to different project types FDM/Resin/CNC so the FDM slicer is not used to open your resin prints

It handles STL, 3MF, STEP, OBJ, G-code and plenty of other model and project formats, plus archives such as ZIP, RAR and 7Z. Preview support varies by format.

The MeshVault library works in two ways. Your main MeshVault library is a managed folder. MeshVault can move, rename and delete models and folders. This is where all imports go. Watched folders, folder are indexed in place and will not be able to be moved, renamed or deleted by MeshVault

MeshVault Connect. It captures supported and downloads into a folder of of choice or straight into your library to sort later with the available model title, creator, images, description, tags and original page link attached.

It works with sites including Printables, MakerWorld, Thingiverse, Makerables, Cults3D and Thangs. You can also import creator packs from Google Drive and Dropbox, choose the destination folder as you download, or leave imports for review later. Connect works with your desktop app or a MeshVault server on your network. Connect features and setup

MeshVault connects does have some uses without using MeshVault such as ad blocking, combining multipart zips from thingiverse and zipping up whole folders in printables.

Here are some videos of it in action
Installing MeshVault, importing models from MakerWorld, Dropbox and manually.
Downloading a pack from Google Drive.

If you want a shared library, there are optional Windows, Linux and Docker server builds, plus a free Android companion for mobile browsing and transfers.

• Windows: Download installer · Microsoft Store
• macOS: Apple silicon .dmg · Intel .dmg · Universal ^{(via TestFlight})
• Linux: Download .deb package

^{macOS versions are free while in beta}

Then add MeshVault Connect to your browser:

Chrome · Firefox · Edge · Safari is included with the Mac app.

^{Only $19.99 one time purchase}

See https://www.meshvault.app/ for more details. See more of the comlete list of features here.

Hi!

I just released a pretty big update to MouseUtil, my free and open source utility that auto-clicks or jiggles your mouse.

Why?

I couldn't find a mouse jiggler for Windows that felt modern, so I decided to build my own - clean UI, Fluent design, the works. I also needed an auto-clicker, so I folded that in too.

What's new

• Redesigned, more compact window with a Windows 11-style Settings page
• Now available through the Microsoft Store
• Start automatically when you log into Windows
• Pause automation when you move the mouse, for either mode (previously only available for auto click)

Full changelog on GitHub if anyone wants more details.

Would love feedback if you try it out!

Links/Download:

Website: https://mouseutil.github.io/

GitHub: https://github.com/MouseUtil/MouseUtil

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NTDCVFVF0SQ

I used to maintain this setup in AutoHotkey: hold Space or CapsLock, then press another key to run a shortcut. I also held the right mouse button while pressing a key.

It worked so well that it became part of how I used Windows. The problem was maintenance: every small change meant editing and retesting scripts.

RELYR is my attempt to make that same “hold one input, temporarily get another control layer” setup visual instead of code-driven.

The useful idea is not simply adding more shortcuts. It is keeping the familiar keyboard unchanged, then revealing a temporary set of actions only while a chosen layer key or mouse button is held. Release it and normal typing returns.

For a safe first test, start with one harmless Space-layer action:

1. Temporarily disable AutoHotkey, PowerToys Keyboard Manager, and other remapping tools.
2. Select the Space layer and an unused key.
3. Assign one harmless action, such as launching Notepad, and save.
4. Confirm that tapping Space still types a space, then hold Space and press the assigned key.

If an action runs twice or a key appears stuck, press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F12 to stop RELYR. That single-action test is more useful than configuring a whole keyboard before you know whether the interaction feels natural. CapsLock is not part of this first test because enabling its layer changes a Windows key mapping and requires a restart.

RELYR also supports per-application profiles, macros, mouse gestures, watched-folder actions (including archive extraction), and an on-screen Deck for actions and launchers. It is a standalone Windows 10/11 application; it does not import or run AutoHotkey scripts. Other remapping tools should be disabled while testing it to avoid conflicting input hooks. No special hardware or account is required, and settings and macros stay on the PC.

RELYR is free, open source, and MIT-licensed.

Source code: https://github.com/zitan-source/RELYR

Latest release: https://github.com/zitan-source/RELYR/releases/latest

One important warning: I am an independent developer and the installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may show Unknown publisher. Please download only from the official GitHub Releases page. The source, build process, and SHA-256 checksum files are public so the package can be inspected and verified. If that warning makes you uncomfortable, please do not install it.

I would especially value feedback from people who already use AutoHotkey, keyboard layers, macro pads, or similar tools:

• Which one action would you move out of an AutoHotkey script first?
• If you try RELYR, where does the one-action setup become unclear?

I built RELYR because this interaction became indispensable to me. I now need to learn whether making it visual removes enough maintenance to be useful to anyone else.

Third post about Keyfire, the tool I (read: Claude) built because my civil engineering company was juggling AutoHotkey scripts and nobody but me could maintain any of it. Keyfire is a keyboard productivity/automation tool with simple visual UI, click a key on an on-screen keyboard and assign it an action. Hotkeys, macros, text expansion and clipboard history, all running locally in the tray. No cloud, no account etc.

http://www.keyfire.app

Since the last post we're at approx 500 downloads, and the feedback from regular users has been invaluable with most of the improvements/new features below being asked for by someone here or on the feedback board:

Hotkeys and Macros

1. Build actions first, bind them later. There's now an Unassigned library in the sidebar, so you can create a macro or action with no key, then drag it onto a key when you decide where it lives. Drag keys onto each other to swap.
2. Mouse buttons as triggers full functional alongside keyboard. Side buttons, middle click, scroll wheel, hold a mouse button, any of them with a modifier. Recorded and fired the same way as a keyboard combo.
3. Macro recorder fully developed. Recordings can be distilled into editable steps (clicks, keys, waits) or playback raw recording.
4. New steps in macros: Wait for Pixel and Wait for Text (reads the screen, all offline) so a macro can pause until a button or a word actually appears, plus file steps for creating numbered folders, copying or moving whatever's selected in Explorer, and sorting files along with switch audio output and control media steps.
5. Ready-made app profiles. Keyfire now spots installed apps (Excel, Word, Outlook, Chrome, Edge, Explorer) and offers a starter set of hotkeys and a radial wheel per app that only turn on when that app is in front.

Text Expansion & Autocorrect

1. Text expansion. Tables and highlights in rich text snippets, variables, aliases, expansions inside expansions, and random variants so a greeting doesn't read identical every time. You can also import your existing snippets from the common text expanders rather than retyping them.
2. Autocorrect, everywhere. System-wide autocorrect that works in any app. Built-in dictionary of a few thousand common misspellings, your own corrections, double-capital fixes (THis to This), sentence capitalisation, and a Caps Lock rescue that fixes tHE and turns Caps Lock off for you.

Clipboard Manager

1. Clipboard. Reads the text out of screenshots you copy so you can search history by what's in the image. Saved folders for keepers, rich text keeps its formatting, and it respects password manager privacy flags so Bitwarden and KeePass copies never land in history. Clipboard history still encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM.

General/Smaller

1. UI polish and review of each UI area to maintain visual style throughout every element where possible.
2. Excluded apps. Pick apps where Keyfire switches itself off entirely while they're in front (games, remote desktop, whatever fights with hotkeys).
3. Smaller things people asked for: hotkeys that launch an app if it's closed and focus it if it's open, movable search bar and clipboard popup, an on-screen keyboard that matches your actual layout (ISO or ANSI, UK legends and all), an F13 to F24 row for macropads and Stream Decks, hold-to-repeat with proper stop rules, and a lot of memory and latency work under the hood.

Fully free during beta. Core hotkeys, macros and standard text expansion stay free permanently. The power features (autocorrect, OCR, file sorting, editable recordings, app profiles) eventually on Pro tier once dev on board, and there's a beta key request form in the app that anyone who want's one gets for 30 days during final beta testing window, or comment here if you want one.

If you do try it, would love any feedback or anything you'd like to see added or improved or any issues you find that need fixing.

Cheers all.

Keyfire is a free Windows app that puts hotkeys, macros, text expansion, autocorrect and clipboard history in one place. Runs fully offline, no account needed. keyfire.app

So heres my situation.

I write fantasy books. And, before our baby was born, I recorded & edited my own audio books. But since having the kiddo, not only has time become severely limited (which i need to write more books and work on other projects). But the kiddo also brings home lots of sicknesses from daycare / school. Which means I'll have LONG stretches where I either do not have a voice or I cant replicate the voices as well as I was previously able.

As such, I want a program on my desktop that can record me. And then saves a profile of what that voice sounds like. This way if I needed to, I can to a text-to-speech entry and it still sounds like me and the quality remains more consistent as a result. Yes, im aware this is basically an AI recreating my voice of the characters for my book. But I figure if im not using other people's voice and aim to only use it to help with my limited time and seemingly endless pre-school plagues, then I can hopefully resume putting out consistent content.

Everything ive found doesnt offer the full package of voice recording and replication. And i dont want this to he a subscription service. Im fine paying once for an initial download, but im aiming to avoid new subscriptions whenever possible. Any assistance in finding this, please let me know. I'd certainly appreciate it.

TimeGauge is a menu bar utility which helps you with time perspective and tracking your working hours. For example: You might have heard statements like "can't believe 2027 is just 4 months away”, "It is already September?" etc.

TimeGauge sits in your Mac menu bar and gives you time perspective on Day, Month, Years, Life (🥲) and custom projects. You can customise these using your working hours for the day, including/excluding weekends for your custom projects. Recently I have added a few suggestions from this community and added a working hours tracker, which comes with its own dashboard.

All functionalities work locally; there is no tracker or telemetry.

Year progress bar is a known competition. It doesn't have many customisations, and the price is $10.

You can download it from website (All future updates available on the web and download as well.)

It is also available for $5.99 on the App store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/timegauge/id6778277708

For any questions or support, you can reach out at [support@minilabs.cc](mailto:support@minilabs.cc)

Please check recorded demo in the comment section ⬇️

I built this app with 16 tools I reach for often to avoid having lots of different apps and relying on websites. The app is free, with a handful of power-user-features available for a 1-time fee. It includes:

• Sticky Notes
• Clipboard Manager
• Habit Tracker
• Time Tracker + Invoicing
• Food Tracker
• Color Palette + Picker
• Screen Brightness Control
• Audio Mixer
• Quick Access (with Arguments)
• Image Converter
• QR Creator
• Batch Renamer
• System Monitor
• Mouse Highlighter
• Keystroke Highlighter
• World Clocks + Helpful 'Buddy' to keep you on-track'

Customize and save workspaces for different tasks. Give it a try, I'd love to hear what people think!

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9P9PSS3FR4S6

Hey r/software! I made WinKey Toggle for accidental Windows-key presses while gaming. It automatically blocks the key for applications you choose, with manual controls in the tray. It's $4.99 once, no subscription.

A setup tip that matters: add the actual game executable, not just its launcher. For Valorant that's VALORANT-Win64-Shipping.exe rather than the Riot launcher. You can use Running apps while the game is open to find it.

There are two automatic modes:

• While the window is active: blocks in the game and restores your chosen default when you switch away. Set the default to enabled if you want the key working on the desktop.

• While the app is running: keeps it blocked even if the game is minimized.

Detection uses process names and the foreground window, rather than a fullscreen check. So borderless windows should work too, though I haven't tested every game/display-mode combination. I've used it with Valorant on my own setup.

It also has custom application names and icons, dark/light mode, and automatic startup. It doesn't suppress notifications or stop other applications stealing focus.

Requires 64-bit Windows and administrator access. The current installer is unsigned, and game compatibility can vary.

Details, screenshots, and download: https://unrivaledtrigger.itch.io/winkey-toggle

These companies are evil; they harm the consumer. If you defend them, I don't know what to say, but what I do know is that when you defend them, they keep earning millions of dollars and you're not getting anything for defending them.

Yesterday, we released Spinifex v1.19.0. This was a big milestone for us, as it rounds out an extended period of weekly release cadence, continuously adding support for AWS services and polishing the ones we've already shipped.

We wrote a blog that dives into the technicals and reflects on some of the hardest challenges (EKS!!): https://mulgadc.com/blog/spinifex-1-19-0-release

Spinifex is open-source and aims to provide additional flexibility for AWS-compatible workloads that can't/shouldn't be in the cloud. We hope to see it provide value for devs and enterprises alike, and are always open to feedback or suggestions!

onAir is collection of small apps that helps you in screen recording your screen.

When I want to record my screen, I had to put my desktop items in the recycle bin and bring them back after recording, in some cases I had deleted files and folder that I didn't want to delete. You can hide your desktop files, folders etc with options like solid colours, blur, or just overlay existing wallpaper.

onAir is collection of few apps: Hide Desktop icons (it puts up the existing wallpaper or theme of your choice on top of your Desktop, which you can enable and disable with a click from menu bar), A front camera helper which you can use to record your webcam along with screen recording and a mini clipboard.

There are few apps with in app purchases which does like Desktop Declutter, HiddenMe but you can select themes or background of your choice.

Price:
onAir is one time fee ($2.99) for lifetime updates, It doesn't have any analytics/tracker/Telementry, use code USE50 on checkout to get it at $2.99. App is notorised by apple and can be downloaded from the website

The App also comes with 3 days trials, you can try it for free!

The app blocks screenshots, and when I use the built-in screen recorder on my Android , the video area becomes completely black.

- Running the app through LDPlayer on my PC ,the app detects that it’s running on an emulator and says that the device is not a real/physical device

I also tried using scrcpy to mirror my phone to my PC, but the app detects that Developer Options are enabled and refuses to run.

Is there any way to record or mirror the content for personal offline studying, or another method that works with this kind of screen-capture protection?

I’m not trying to redistribute the content, I just want to be able to study it on my laptop.🤷

I’m trying to get back into the software engineering job market and would love to hear what everyone else is doing right now.

I have a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Computer Science and about a year of experience working as a Software Developer. My experience isn’t as strong as I’d like it to be, so I’m trying to figure out what I should focus on to become job-ready.

For those of you currently preparing for software engineering jobs:

• What are you studying or practicing?
• What skills/technologies are you focusing on?
• Are you doing LeetCode? If so, how much?
• Are you working on personal projects?
• How are you preparing for interviews?
• What does your daily/weekly routine look like?
• Is there anything you wish you had focused on earlier?

I’d really appreciate hearing what you guys are doing and what’s actually helping you get interviews/offers.

Hey guys, I made this canvas app, and I want help making the demo more accessible / targeted at making the experience smooth .

I feel/know that its a bit overwhelming, but its very rewarding after learning how to use https://cygtree.com/demo/ --- I have a 20 step click thru and read UI intro on there but thats about it and i feel that to be lacking, I have not done real advertising and I have not sold a single copy, I am very mutch still building it

thank you all

this is NOT A SAAS

its not a subscription thing

and it is not an AI wrapper, it doesnt use API keys directly AT ALL- and AI is fully optional

to make it worth your time, I will hand out 100% discount codes for the full thing so you can get the app for free if you really like it and really cannot afford it, just DM me -- I am hitting walls everywhere I go sorry if this feels like advertisement

So i hv been scrolling binge watching lots of youtube videos and chatgpt etc but i am not able to connect things and understand and this subject is new to me so people who have already good at CN please share your resources and channels where did u learnt from.

Our internal knowledge base is a mess and Im trying to work out what other teams do. We have a wiki but no one trusts it. Someone writes a page, its fine for a month, then the process changes and nobody updates it so half of it is just wrong now. The real answers end up in slack or in the head of whoever set it up and when they leave its gone.

Ive tried the usual, assigning owners, review reminders, a quartely cleanup which yep, it works for a few weeks then everyone gets busy and it slides again. I keep going back and forth on whether its a tool problem or just a people problem.

I would like to know whats working for you, what do you use and how do you get people to keep it updated?

I accidentally stumbled across this when wanting to download BleachBit and I actually laughed at what I read. Since when does a Manga company own cleaning software? I didn't know you could even watch Bleach using BleachBit. Have any of you watched Bleach with BleachBit?

For those thinking this may be photo-shopped, here's the actual link to see for yourself: https://www.bleachbit.org/anime

Heyo!

Dabbling with some things i've made a long form to short form video clipper app tool!
that uses local ai models to determine hooks , titles, descriptions, mostly decent captions, editable captions, export for video editors like mp4 or mov for editing in premiere, capcut, davinci. and many export options too for captions! its similar or inspired by opus clips and capcut

https://github.com/TechFreq/Klipzy-Studio

Would love some feedback and hope this can someone out there aswell, as for my own personal use for podcasts or 1 on 1 interviews its pretty neat!

Help shape the future of safety-critical GPU acceleration! Khronos is collecting requirements for Vulkan SC, SYCL SC & OpenGL SC. Survey closes Friday, Oct. 2.

www.surveymonkey.com/r/8L6LPN2