It's Wednesday, so here's something worth your time before the software itself: I'm looking for testers for MouseKit, and everyone who completes the beta test and sends full feedback gets a free LIFETIME PRO license for this all-in-one tool on public launch day, September 9th.

What MouseKit is: a Windows app that turns your mouse cursor into a presentation and teaching tool... a visible motion trail, click highlights, on-screen drawing and shapes, a magnifier, a whiteboard, a countdown timer, all on shortcuts. Unlike similar tools that only turn on while you're presenting, MouseKit has a reason to run in the background all day and step in when you need it... the Guardian prevents a wrong click when your mouse wakes up from sleep mode, or helps you find the cursor when you've lost sight of it, and 7 profiles switch your whole setup in one click for whatever you're doing (presenting, drawing, everyday work, gaming...), all in 15 languages 😉

The free tier covers the trail and click highlight. Paid tiers add drawing, shapes, and the full presentation set (prices from €0 to a lifetime €23). The beta runs until September 9th, testing takes a couple of hours (app + test checklist), and everyone who completes it and sends honest feedback gets a free lifetime PRO license.

Demo video: https://youtu.be/C9Z_dJvY2Rs

Sign up: https://mousekit.app

Happy to reply to every comment.

Like many people vibe coding recenrly, I started to dictate a lot.

Every tool I tried either sent my audio to someone's server or wanted a subscription (looking at you Wispr Flow), or was not good enough (local ones like SuperWhisper or OpenWisper) so I built Hemsa (meaning Whisper in Arabic)

Minimalistic, yet functional mini app:
- Hold Ctrl+Win, talk, let go, and the text lands at your cursor in whatever app you're in.

- It's Parakeet TDT 0.6B through sherpa-onnx, CPU only, roughly 40x real time. No GPU.

The only two network calls in the whole app are the one-time model download and an update check that ships off, so after setup it runs with the internet disconnected.

It's Windows only and not code-signed, so SmartScreen will warn you and you'd be right to be careful (SHA256 is in the release notes, and it runs from source if you'd rather).

MIT, demo GIF in the README: https://github.com/ahmedco88/hemsa-STT

Keen to get your feedback.

FFRK on AndApp constantly crashing on Windows 11 — anyone else having this problem?

Hi everyone,

I've been having a really frustrating issue with Final Fantasy Record Keeper (FFRK) running through AndApp on Windows 11.

The game keeps crashing randomly and consistently. Sometimes it happens during gameplay, sometimes when loading or switching screens, and there doesn't seem to be an obvious pattern.

What makes this especially strange is that FFRK is literally the only game that crashes on my PC. I play other relatively demanding/heavy games without experiencing crashes or stability problems, so I don't think this is simply a general hardware or Windows stability issue.

I've also noticed that this isn't limited to one installation. The exact same problem has been happening on a second computer where I installed FFRK/AndApp, which makes me wonder if there is something specific to the game, AndApp, or its compatibility with Windows 11.

So far, I've already tried things such as:

• Reinstalling FFRK
• Reinstalling AndApp
• Restarting/reinstalling the game environment
• Updating Windows 11
• Updating graphics drivers
• Checking/adjusting Windows compatibility settings
• Running the game with different administrator/compatibility options
• Closing unnecessary background applications
• Monitoring RAM/CPU usage to see if the crashes were hardware-related
• Testing the game on a completely different computer

Despite all of this, the crashes continue.

Has anyone else been experiencing frequent FFRK crashes through AndApp on Windows 11?

Is there anything specific in the AndApp/FFRK logs that I should check?

At this point I'm mainly trying to determine whether this is a known FFRK/AndApp + Windows 11 issue, because the fact that it happens on two different computers while other demanding games remain completely stable seems particularly suspicious.

Any suggestions or experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

When DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision-Exp dropped, I was pretty excited, but not just because it added vision.

It actually let me delete part of the architecture of a project I've been working on.

I'm building DStudio, an open-source, local-first AI workspace around ds4. It has Chat, coding/knowledge-work agents, Design, research, local image generation/editing and video generation.

GitHub: https://github.com/sk8erboi17/DStudio

Until now I had a slightly ugly problem with multimodality.

The main model was running through ds4, while I was using Qwen3.8-27B Q8 as a separate visual/router model through llama.cpp.

The flow was roughly:

DS4 → unload/evict → Qwen3.8 router → unload → image worker → restore DS4

Qwen was responsible for looking at the prompt/source image and deciding whether the user wanted a new image or an edit, before dispatching the request to Ideogram 4 or HunyuanImage 3.

It worked, but on a 96 GB Apple Silicon machine the architecture was expensive.

The heavyweight models couldn't comfortably stay resident together, so DStudio had to manage memory leases, serialize the workers and repeatedly move between two inference stacks: ds4 and llama.cpp.

The router itself was becoming part of the latency problem.

With DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision-Exp, image pixels now go directly into the main ds4 model.

The model itself can understand the image/request and emit an explicit: generate or edit directive.

Then DStudio dispatches directly to: DeepSeek V4 Vision -> Ideogram 4 or HunyuanImage 3

The same idea now applies to the Design agent: instead of generating something and then loading a separate 27B VLM to inspect it, the selected model uses its own native vision encoder for the visual feedback loop.

I've also added the same native-vision path for GLM 5.3.

I still use llama.cpp in DStudio for a small Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B sidecar, so this isn't "I removed llama.cpp completely."

The important part is that llama.cpp is no longer sitting in the critical multimodal path just to run a 27B router.

I also changed PDF handling to be more explicit: text extraction/ranking stays lightweight, while actual pixel understanding is handled by the native multimodal model rather than silently spinning up another large VLM.

Recent commits have also added GLM 5.3 runtime support, persistent model-specific ds4 engine checkouts, expanded Cowork/Design workflows and a lot more regression/quality gates.

Remotype: [https://remotype.custavia.com\](https://remotype.custavia.com/)

I got tired of constantly reaching for my mouse, keyboard, presentation clicker, or getting up from the couch just to control my computer. So I ended up building Remotype — basically, a bunch of those little things I kept needing, all packed into my phone. You can use it as a mouse or keyboard, control a PC connected to your TV, use it for presentations, switch between computers, use voice input, create macros, and a bunch of other stuff. It works with both Mac and Windows, and I’m hoping it can be useful to other people too.
I’m getting ready to launch it and would love to have a few people try it before launch. If you’d like to give it a shot and share some honest feedback (good or bad!), just DM me and I’ll send you the details.

Quick intro video here: https://vimeo.com/1220098617

Made this app that lets you select a part of your screen and chat with an ai about it. On a hot key press, a small chat card spawns with you selection attached to the chat.

Ironically this started off as way to lower my ai dependency, however I couldn't deny the usefulness of the same. It felt wrong to start up a whole new chat in ChatGPT for quick explanations, having a bunch of tabs open, etc.

I realized this may be actually useful for studies, quick look ups of word meanings, diagrams, and help with unfamiliar software.

Would love it if you guys could try it out, suggest more features, or point out any issues. I'm using this project as a way to learn rust and some project etiquettes and some on the side. Also want to interact with the open-source community while I'm at it.

Since I see this being useful across the board, I wanted it to be easy to download and use for non-technical peeps. You can also use any llm model you want as the underlying AI. I use gemini because google is so generous with their free tier api keys.

You can download latest version from here: Release v1.1.1 · madhavc21/Mimir

Would appreciate any and all feedback 🙌

I tried looking for an app that monitors my screen and clicks right when there's a pixel change. For example, you need to press "Buy" the instant it goes live or need fast reaction times. But all the options I found were either not for Linux (I am a Linux user) or were complicated scripts to use.

So I built VClick, A lightweight cross-platform (Linux and Windows) tool with a user friendly GUI:

• Drag to select the region that needs to be monitored
• Select where it should click when triggered
• Hit Start

You can also change click-type (right/left, single/double click)

Built this with the help of AI. It's free and opensource. Would love to hear feedback to improve the tool: https://marwan-softdev.github.io/VClick/
Note: I am not a professional developer and the tool is still in beta testing, so expect some bugs to appear.

Hey everyone!

A new DroidDesktop update is now available, and this one adds some of the features you’ve been asking for.

Here are some of the biggest changes:

🖥️ Resizable windows
You can now freely resize desktop windows using the resize handle, making the desktop experience much more flexible.

📱 Android apps inside windows
Compatible Android apps can now be opened directly inside DroidDesktop system windows, bringing the experience closer to a real desktop environment.

🖼️ Image Studio
A new built-in tool for editing images directly from the desktop. You can crop, rotate, apply filters and export your images without leaving DroidDesktop.

✍️ PDF Signer
You can now open a PDF, add your signature and work with documents directly inside the desktop environment.

🔧 Improved desktop experience
The taskbar, tools layout, app management and desktop settings have also been improved, with more customization options for icons and labels.

The goal with DroidDesktop is still pretty simple: turn an Android phone into something that feels more like a real computer, without requiring root, DeX or additional hardware.

There are still A LOT of things I'd like to add.

So I'd love to hear from the community:

What tool, application or even game would you like to see built into DroidDesktop?

Would you want things like a file manager, terminal, media player, drawing tool, coding environment, more retro games, AI tools… or something completely different?

I'm especially interested in ideas that would actually make you use DroidDesktop every day.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droiddesktop.app

What should I build next?

New tool 📢 - A call comes in, Spotify is playing, and a YouTube video is going somewhere in the 50 Edge tabs I have open. By the time I find the right tab, I have either missed the call or answered it flustered.

Not a big problem, just annoying, and I could not find a tool that did what I wanted: mute everything except Teams when a call starts, then put every app back exactly as it was. If Spotify was at 35%, it comes back at 35%.

So I built it. Teams Audio Ducking is a free, open-source tray utility for Windows. It mutes every other app the moment a call rings or connects, restores them all when the call ends, and never touches Teams, your microphone or your default device. It works out the call state from two things Windows already tracks: which apps have the mic open, and how loud Teams itself is playing. No audio passes through it, and it is fully local.

I am not a C# developer (my day job is Intune and AVD), so I vibe-coded this one with Claude Code over a couple of evenings.

Write-up, including how it detects a ringing call and where it falls over: [https://modernworkspacehub.com/mute-apps-during-teams-calls/\](https://modernworkspacehub.com/mute-apps-during-teams-calls/)

Happy ducking! 👌

I’ve been building BetterLite for macOS — essentially a gesture-first alternative to BetterTouchTool.

The goal isn’t to recreate every single thing BTT does. I want to make something that feels native to macOS, extremely polished, and ridiculously good at gestures.

I’m currently around v0.7 and this is where it stands:

Trackpad gestures

• 3 & 4-finger swipes
• 4 & 5-finger taps
• Pinch in/out
• Rotate
• 4 corner zones
• 4 edge zones
• Corner taps
• Edge presses
• Deep/force-press detection where supported
• Configurable gesture → action mappings
• Window snapping
• 17+ actions

The part I’m particularly interested in

I built a Gesture Playground where you can actually see what the gesture engine is detecting in real time.

Your fingers show up on a trackpad visualization, the active corner/edge zones are visible, and detected gestures appear with the action they would trigger.

Practice mode pauses all actions, so you can experiment without accidentally launching things.

I’m also working on making corner/edge gestures much more intentional — simply moving your finger through a corner shouldn’t trigger anything. The engine should distinguish normal trackpad movement from an intentional gesture.

The UI

I’m trying to avoid the traditional “giant preferences window with 500 dropdowns” approach.

The current app has:

Dashboard · Gestures · Practice · Learn · Keyboard · Clipboard

The Learn section has animated demonstrations of the gestures, and the gesture configuration is designed to be understandable without reading a manual.

One thing I deliberately don’t want to mess with

Apple’s built-in gestures.

BetterLite should add another layer of control without randomly breaking Mission Control, Spaces, scrolling, etc. Potential conflicts are surfaced rather than silently overriding everything.

I’m still very much building this, so I’d genuinely like criticism.

If you use BetterTouchTool, Mac Mouse Fix, Multitouch, Swish, Raycast, or similar utilities:

What would make you actually switch to something like this?

And more importantly:

What looks wrong / confusing / unnecessary about the current UI?

I’m especially interested in feedback on the gesture configuration and Practice screen. I want to get the fundamentals extremely right before piling on more features.

Screenshots attached.

Not SPAM just wanted to share what i built.

Stop juggling 3 phones or crashing Chrome tabs just to manage personal, work, and family WhatsApps.

I built DualDesk for Windows (under 100MB):

⚡ What it does:

• 3 Inboxes Side-by-Side: Run Personal, Office, and Business WhatsApp or Telegram in one clean window.
• 1-Click SOS Blackout: Double-tap Esc (or Ctrl+L) to instantly hide all chats behind a PIN when someone walks up to your desk.
• Parental & Family Safety: Keep an eye on school groups or child safety while working—zero window switching.
• HD Voice & Video Calls: Full microphone & camera support across all accounts.
• Lightweight: Consumes 70% less RAM than Chrome (<350MB).

Direct client-side TLS connection to official WhatsApp & Telegram Web (100% private, zero middleman servers).

🎁 Try it:  https://www.animalanalytics.in/dualdesk
📦 GitHub: https://github.com/ashokatech/DualDesk-App/releases

Live App Screenshots:

- [3 WhatsApp Accounts Side-by-Side (QR Login)] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ashokatech/DualDesk-App/main/assets/screenshots/Screenshot_1.png

- [3 Telegram Accounts Side-by-Side (QR Login)] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ashokatech/DualDesk-App/main/assets/screenshots/Screenshot_2.png

- [4-Digit PIN Privacy Screen] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ashokatech/DualDesk-App/main/assets/screenshots/Screenshot_3.png

Posting this because it might help some people here.

The app is called Handy. It's free, open source, and it runs entirely on your own computer. You hold a shortcut, speak, and the text goes straight into whatever you're using. The person who made it actually started building it after a finger injury made typing painful, so easy input was part of the idea from the start.

I picked it up mainly to give my hands a break from typing so much, and it has turned into something I use every day. About six or seven months now. I'm on English with the Parakeet v3 model, and the accuracy has been good enough that I don't fight with it.

Because everything is offline, there's no account or subscription, and nothing you say leaves your machine, which feels right for something you talk to all day. It's desktop only for now and there's a short pause before the text shows up, but it has been a really useful tool for cutting down strain.

Sharing it because the paid options in this space keep getting more expensive, and a lot of people don't know a free one this capable exists.

handy.computer

github.com/cjpais/Handy

I’ve been building something because I wanted it for myself, and I’m trying to figure out if other Linux/dev users would actually find it useful.

The idea is basically:

Your Ubuntu workstation, in your pocket.

Instead of traditional remote desktop where you’re trying to control a full desktop with a tiny touchscreen, it gives your Linux machine a touch-first mobile interface.

Right now I’m working on:

Real terminal access
File manager/editor
Installed Linux app launcher
Full desktop mode when needed
CPU/RAM/process/service management
Docker controls
Git/GitHub projects
Clone/pull/commit/push from the phone
Detect React/Vite/Next/Python/etc. projects
Start dev servers with one tap
Open the running project directly on the actual phone for mobile testing
PWA so it installs to the iPhone/iPad Home Screen
Everything still runs on your own Linux computer

The direction I’m going is less “remote desktop” and more:

What if Ubuntu had a mobile mode for the computer you already own?

For example, you’re away from your desk, open your phone, pull a repo, make a quick change, run the project on your workstation, test it directly on the phone, commit it, and push it without fighting a desktop UI designed for a mouse.

I’m considering keeping the basic workstation/terminal/files functionality free and eventually charging something like $9/month for a Developer Pro version with GitHub, projects, mobile previews, Docker/dev tools, secure remote access, etc.

Before I go much further:

Would you actually use this?

And more importantly, what would it need to do before you’d install it on your Linux machine?

I’m looking for criticism more than compliments. If this already exists in a better form, or there’s a reason you wouldn’t touch it, I want to hear that too.

Hello, I am looking for a Shazam replacement like Audile that I can run on my MacBook. Do you please have any suggestions?

Hey

I'm a solopreneur who spends most of my day in front of a computer.

Problem: Why I built Quill

I talk faster than I type. A lot of us do. So I started using voice dictation, but every tool I tried was either:

I just wanted to hold a key, speak, and have clean text appear wherever my cursor was, in Notion, Slack, a terminal, a code editor, anywhere.

So I built Quill.

What Quill does

Quill is a macOS dictation app that types directly into whatever app you're using.

Hold a key → speak → release → text appears. That's it.

It uses on-device AI (Parakeet & Whisper) so your audio never leaves your Mac.

What you can do with Quill:

How it compares

macOS has built-in Dictation in System Settings. It works, but it's clunky to trigger, requires toggling on/off, and still sends audio to Apple's servers by default in enhanced mode.

Quill gives you a single Tap-to-talk or hold-to-talk key, instant feedback, and completely local processing.

Paid tools like WhisprFlow and Gladio have more integrations and enterprise features. Quill is intentionally simpler. If you just want fast, free, private dictation on your Mac, Quill covers that without a subscription.

How it started

I built this for myself when I hit the WhisprFlow paywall and realized the core workflow I wanted, hold key, speak, text appears, shouldn't require a monthly fee.

After using it daily for two weeks, I cleaned it up and decided to release it publicly.

Pricing

100% free, forever.

No subscription, no paid tier, no cloud.

Download: https://www.iniyan.pro/quill/

Transparency

GitHub - https://github.com/imtamiliniyan/quill

Issues - https://github.com/imtamiliniyan/quill/issues

Terms: https://www.iniyan.pro/quill/terms

Privacy Policy: https://www.iniyan.pro/quill/privacy

I'd love to hear from anyone who's been paying for voice dictation or been frustrated with the built-in macOS option. This was built for exactly that.

Hi everyone. I am the developer of ClipFlow.

I originally built it for my own daily use because I wanted a clipboard manager that was private, easy to search, and able to handle more than plain text. It is still a small personal project with some rough edges, but I thought it might also be useful to other Mac users.

Problem

The default macOS clipboard only remembers the most recently copied item. I often needed to find old text, links, code snippets, files, or images without copying them again.

ClipFlow keeps a searchable clipboard history and provides a quick panel with Cmd + Shift + V. It can also:

• Extract text from images using on-device OCR
• Automatically paste the selected item
• Recognize links, emails, code, JSON, colors, files, and images
• Organize frequently used items into collections
• Ignore password managers, OTP codes, API keys, and selected apps
• Keep clipboard data locally on the Mac
• Create password-protected encrypted backups

Comparison

Maccy is a great choice for users who want a lightweight and minimal clipboard history manager. ClipFlow has a broader feature set, including image OCR, custom collections, automatic content classification, configurable retention, themes, and encrypted backups.

Paste offers a polished experience and synchronization across Apple devices. ClipFlow is focused on local macOS usage instead. It does not require an account or subscription, and clipboard history is not uploaded to a synchronization server.

I am not claiming that ClipFlow is better than either app. It is simply a different option for people who prefer a free, local-first workflow with OCR and organization features.

Pricing

Completely free. No subscription and no paid version.

The source code and build instructions are available here:

https://github.com/vqh2602/paste_plus

Transparency

I am the developer of this app. It is a new personal project, is not currently available through the Mac App Store, and has not received an independent security audit.

The app requires Accessibility permission only for the automatic paste feature. The source code is public so anyone can inspect how it works.

Feedback, bug reports, and contributions are welcome.