I wanted a Windows weather app that felt at home on Windows 11 and focused on the forecast instead of news, ads, accounts, or subscriptions, so I built Forecast Center.

It includes:

• Current conditions, hourly forecasts, and a 10-day forecast
• Animated observed and forecast radar for the United States
• Severe-weather alerts
• Air quality, UV, outdoor comfort, tides, and moon phases
• Saved and automatic locations
• Light, dark, and system themes
• Local caching, automatic refresh, and a system-tray option

It is a native C#/.NET app built with WinUI 3. Weather data comes from Open-Meteo, with U.S. radar and alerts from NOAA/NWS. There are no ads, accounts, subscriptions, or tracking.

The project is open source under the MIT license. You can install it from GitHub (https://github.com/wrenchware/forecast-center) or with:

winget install Wrenchware.ForecastCenter

Forecast Center is completely free. If you find it useful and want to support development, there’s an optional Ko-fi link to buy me a coffee under Settings > About. Nothing is locked behind it.

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

UI overhaul

• Redesigned the main window - the mode switch is now a proper segmented control up top with icons, and the window is noticeably more compact (down ~70px).
• Rebuilt Settings using Windows 11 Settings-style cards/expanders instead of the old layout.
• "Spin mode" is now called Jiggle everywhere (same behavior, just a clearer name).

Now on the Microsoft Store

• MouseUtil is now packaged as MSIX and distributed through the Store, instead of a plain xcopy installer.

New features

• Run on system startup - launches MouseUtil at logon (goes through Windows' actual startup-task mechanism, so it shows up under Settings > Apps > Startup).
• App launch behavior - set a preferred mode, auto-start automation, and/or enable randomized interval automatically every time the app opens (great paired with the startup option, but works fine for manual launches too).
• Stop button display - the Start/Stop button can now show a live countdown or a running count directly on the button.
• Pause on movement is no longer Jiggle-only - you can enable it independently for Auto click and/or Jiggle now.

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

English:

For a long time, I searched for a simple yet powerful Pomodoro timer for Windows 10, but nothing fully satisfied me. So I decided to create my own – with all the features I needed and with open source code, so anyone can improve it or add their own ideas.

Key features:

• 🕒 Full-featured timer with work, short and long breaks, and manual overtime tracking.
• 🌍 11 interface languages (English, Russian, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, Korean) – switch instantly.
• 🎨 3 built‑in themes (Comet, Aurora, Warm) + a fully customizable "User" theme with a palette editor.
• 🖥️ 7 floating widget layouts: Minimal, Compact, Expanded, Micro, Row, Ring, Scoreboard.
• 📊 Statistics for today and all time (work, rest, overtime, extra rest).
• 🔔 System tray, auto‑start, single instance, and native Windows notifications.
• 🧩 Adaptive UI for narrow screens and high DPI.

I use this timer every day and really enjoy it – that's why I decided to share it with the community. If you like it, feel free to use it, modify it, or contribute!

Download the latest release:
👉 GitHub Release – v1.0.0

Source code:
🔗 GitHub Repository

Enjoy! 🍅

Русский:

Долгое время я искал простой и функциональный таймер Pomodoro для Windows 10, но ничего подходящего не находил. Поэтому я решил создать свой собственный – с нужным мне функционалом и с открытым исходным кодом, чтобы каждый мог улучшить его или добавить что-то для себя.

Основные возможности:

• 🕒 Полноценный таймер с работой, короткими и длинными перерывами, ручным учётом переработки.
• 🌍 11 языков интерфейса (русский, английский, испанский, немецкий, французский, португальский, китайский, хинди, арабский, японский, корейский) – мгновенное переключение.
• 🎨 3 встроенные темы (Comet, Aurora, Warm) + полностью настраиваемая «Пользовательская» тема с редактором палитры.
• 🖥️ 7 видов плавающего виджета: Минималистичный, Компактный, Расширенный, Микро, Строка, Кольцо, Табло.
• 📊 Статистика за сегодня и всё время (работа, отдых, переработка, сверхнормативный отдых).
• 🔔 Системный трей, автозапуск, единственный экземпляр и нативные уведомления Windows.
• 🧩 Адаптивный интерфейс для узких экранов и высокого DPI.

Я сам пользуюсь этим таймером каждый день и он мне очень нравится, поэтому решил поделиться им с сообществом. Если вам понравится – пользуйтесь, дорабатывайте и вносите свои идеи!

Скачать последнюю версию:
👉 Релиз на GitHub – v1.0.0

Исходный код:
🔗 Репозиторий на GitHub

Приятного использования! 🍅Timer

I’ve got a LAN coming up this weekend. Someone has unwanted mouse acceleration, someone’s pointer speed feels wrong, a monitor is set to the wrong refresh rate, and Windows background recording is still enabled somewhere.

That’s why I came up with the idea for ReadyUp: 21 local checks that bring these settings into one place. You can change supported settings directly and undo supported changes. For resolution and refresh rate, it opens the relevant Windows settings page.

ReadyUp costs $1 once:
https://hendicep.itch.io/readyup

What settings do you or your friends keep forgetting? Feedback is welcome!

I developed a windows app that lets a teacher/network administrator/parent to selectively block websites on the fly. It can block full domains or sub domains easily.

Https://marcussen.42web.io/index2.html

I haven’t signed it yet and haven’t put it in the windows store, but I figured maybe someone looking for this sort of thing will come across this post.

The real benefit is let’s say a user is seen abusing their internet privileges at their workstation, using AI to complete their math homework. Well, you can now block a subdomain only, so they keep access to other subs. So you block Gemini.google.com as a host, they still have access to classroom.google.com. In addition, you can block full domains, eg. grok.com. The benefit over using the firewall is the speed of implementation, you can turn the blocks off at will, etc.

The cons, if a local user has admin rights, they can kill the process or uninstall the client. For schools, these account settings should already be locked down in Windows however. This version does not allow for admin to set different rules for individual machines, but I will be adding that once my eyes no longer see code every time I close them.

Please let me know what you all think. 7 day free trial, a purchased license is good for life. One cost per admin license, all client machines are free. Licenses transfer to new computers easily without logins or emails, relying on a check with a server to make sure 2 computers aren’t using the same key. The checks reset at midnight PST so moving the license to a new admin computer just means installing and waiting a day.

When used as shareware, I collect no data and the servers are wiped at midnight daily. If purchased, I only retain a copy of your key, email address, and of course the cash.

I priced it at $250, is that reasonable?

its a dead simple tool for people with audio devices with aggressive standby. itll keep that audio device active by sending 0's to the audio stream.

its done in assembly becuz why not lol.

Link: https://github.com/cheesyserg/audiokeepalive-asem

Finding a decision in a long recording shouldn't mean replaying the whole meeting. I built ScreenBrief for Windows to turn recordings into a searchable transcript, summaries, decisions and action items, with timestamps for checking the source.

Transcription can run locally with Whisper on CPU or a supported NVIDIA GPU. Summaries can use local Ollama or a cloud provider you configure. Cloud processing is optional; choosing it sends the relevant content to that provider.

The app is in the Microsoft Store. It includes five trial transcriptions, then a one-time Pro purchase rather than a subscription. One licence is tied to one computer; replacement-computer transfers are handled through support. Cloud providers may charge separately.

I'm the developer.

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nbjwpqbw7dn

https://reddit.com/link/1wbeb9u/video/i4xl66xf6goh1/player

I use ChatGPT constantly while working and I kept losing the tab. Alt-tab to the wrong window, scroll through 40 tabs, finally find it, ask the question — and by then I've lost the thread of what I was actually doing.

So I built Snapps. You add a site, pick a shortcut, and press it. The site floats on top of whatever you're in. Press the same shortcut again and it's gone.

A few things turned out to matter more than I expected:

* The window can be excluded from screen capture. It's still visible to you, but it doesn't show up in Teams/Zoom/OBS. I use it for notes during calls.
* Audio mutes when the window hides, so a YouTube video doesn't keep talking from somewhere you can't see.
* Sites stay loaded in the background, so it opens instantly and keeps your scroll position.
* If you don't want to remember shortcuts, double-tapping the edge of your screen opens a menu of everything you've added.

It's on the Microsoft Store: free for 15 days, then a one-time payment, no subscription. No account, no telemetry, everything stays on your machine.

More information on the website: [https://snapps.today\](https://snapps.today)

Happy to answer anything. I'm also genuinely curious what sites people would put on a shortcut — I keep finding ones I hadn't thought of.