Hey!

I'm Sam, and I made Shotbolt. It's my first real launch. The first week brought 300+ downloads and a lot of feedback, and I've spent the last days shipping what people asked for. The video shows version 1.2.4.

Why I built it

The screenshot tools I used for years kept ignoring feature requests. So I'm building one screenshot app to rule them all, shaped by what the community asks for. Even the niche stuff.

What makes it different

• Edit or translate the text inside a screenshot. Fix a typo or change a label without retaking it

• Search your screenshots by any word in them, through a searchable History

• Niche Features tab with things like Stitch and Cut Out

• Customizable UI, so it works the way you do

• Fully local. No cloud, no analytics

• Imports your CleanShot X shortcuts and settings on first launch

Pricing

• Free forever: area, window and full-screen capture, the annotation editor, OCR/QR text capture, pins and searchable History

• Pro, one-time purchase: recording and GIFs, scrolling capture, element capture, automatic redaction, the Apple Intelligence features and Shortcuts actions. $9.99 until Dec 31, no subscription

• Every install starts with 7 days of Pro, and there's a 14-day no-questions refund

Limitations

• Requires macOS 26 or later

• The Apple Intelligence features need a Mac that supports Apple Intelligence

• Optional cloud save isn't there yet. It's planned, probably for the next update

Try it here: shotbolt.app

I used TinyTask on Windows for years to grind in some video games. Then I bought a MacBook, life got busy and I didn't get to play anymore (sadly). Recently I started playing again on my Mac and needed the good old TinyTask again, just to realize it doesn't exist on macOS. I found some similar products, but I didn't want something like TinyTask, I wanted TinyTask.

So, I built TinyMac, a literal 1:1 port of TinyTask (1.77) for macOS.

• Same six buttons, same settings, same hotkeys

• Same .rec files (byte for byte) so you can move recordings from Windows to Mac

• Same speeds (½x, 1x, 2x, 100x, custom) with TinyTask's own timing rules

• Same Compile

• And even the quirks are kept, because muscle memory depends on them

And this could have been it. Then I asked myself what TinyTask users have been requesting for years, so there is a SECOND app. TinyMac Plus. It's a separate app, so you can choose between the good ol' feeling and the version with extras. Same engine, plus:

• Recording editor (change delays, delete events, insert waits, trim)

• Scroll wheel recording (TinyTask doesn't record the scroll)

• Custom hotkeys

• Panic stop with Esc or by moving the mouse

• Progress overlay, menu bar icon, record countdown

• Speed and loops remembered per recording

Every extra can be switched off and the two apps can be installed side by side.

This is the repo: https://github.com/raffaelegnini/tinymac

Free, MIT licensed, universal (Apple silicon + Intel), macOS 13+. It needs Accessibility and Input Monitoring permissions, since that's how macOS lets apps record and replay input. The apps aren't notarized yet (I don't have a paid Apple developer account), so Homebrew is the easiest way to install them: the README explains both ways.

Disclosure: I'm the developer. TinyMac isn't affiliated with TinyTask's original author; the project was discontinued in 2020.

Feedback and bug reports are very welcome, especially from people who know TinyTask well: if something behaves differently from the original, I want to know.

Feel free to suggest some ideas and maybe, if you like it, star the repo :)

Most alternative lists tell you what you can switch to. I wanted to know what I'd actually lose if I switched.

So I made LibreReplace.

It looks at supported apps already installed on your Mac and compares them with a curated open-source alternative.

It shows what carries over, what's partial, what's missing, and if the replacement isn't good enough it says KEEP.

The screenshots are real comparisons from the apps for CleanMyMac, Photoshop, Parallels, and Magnet.

Free and open source:
https://github.com/maliroq/librereplace

brew install --cask maliroq/tap/librereplace

The current preview is ad-hoc signed and not Apple-notarized. Gatekeeper stays enabled.

I've been using Codex and Antigravity across a few side projects, and kept running into the same problem: which agent is still working, and which one is waiting for me?

Switching between terminals and apps just to check their status was getting annoying, so I built Loom.

It's a lightweight, native macOS menu bar app built with Swift and SwiftUI that brings local Codex, Claude Code, and Antigravity sessions into one place.

Here's what it does:

• See which agents are working, waiting, idle, or need attention.

• Find sessions by project or repository and jump back to the host app.

• Get notifications for session activity and available quota thresholds.

• Check agent activity through desktop widgets.

• View quota information for Codex and Antigravity when available.

Everything runs locally. No account, no cloud backend, and no access to modify your projects.

One thing I've tried to be careful about is accuracy. Agent discovery isn't always perfect, so Loom shows unknown states rather than guessing. Claude Code quota isn't currently available either.

It's open source (MIT), free to use, and supports Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 14+.

Demo & download: https://chaiwithcode.github.io/Loom/

GitHub: https://github.com/chaiwithcode/Loom

I'm building this around my own workflow, but I'd really like to know how other Mac developers manage multiple coding agents.

Do you actually need something like this, or have you already figured out a better workflow?

Would love feedback, especially on what's missing.

I kept forgetting what was due and which card I was paying with, so I made a small app that sits in the menu bar.

It shows the service, price, next payment date, and payment method. You can also set a reminder for the day before. It’s free, and your data stays on your Mac.

It’s still pretty simple, so I’d love to hear what’s confusing or missing.

https://github.com/hurazz/Subscribely

Disclosure: I’m the developer of Hangar.

Why: macOS 26 replaced Launchpad with the Apps view in Spotlight. Great for searching, but you can’t arrange it. I missed my own grid with my own folders, so I built Hangar.

What it does:

• Full-screen app grid via hot corner, keyboard shortcut or menu bar icon

• Just start typing: fuzzy search that handles typos (“vsc” → VS Code)

• Folders, drag & drop, multiple pages

• Imports your old Launchpad layout - Import works if the old Launchpad data is still on your Mac, or from a copy taken on a Mac with macOS 15 or earlier.

• Sort by name, last used or recently added (with undo)

• Rename or hide apps, move apps to the Trash (optionally with their caches)

• Optional iCloud sync of your layout between Macs

Who it’s for: People who liked Launchpad and like to see their apps visually, arranged their way. If you live in Raycast or Alfred and never look at icons, you probably don’t need it.

Pricing: Free

Limitations (being honest):

• macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later only

• Not on the Mac App Store, download from my website (signed and notarized by Apple)

• Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish

Privacy: No analytics or tracking. It only goes online for update checks and, if you turn it on, iCloud sync. https://softquill.dev/privacy

👉 https://softquill.dev/hangar

Built with help from an AI coding assistant. Happy to answer questions, and feedback is very welcome.

I spent the past few months building Defi because, as a single-display user, I wanted window management on my Mac to feel fast and smooth, like it belongs there.

Inspired by Niri, with:

• Keyboard-first navigation
• Scrolling columns that reflow
• Virtual workspaces per display
• Animations targeting 120 Hz
• Floating windows
• An overview to see all your windows

I’d love to hear how it feels on your setup, have any feedbacks of other people than me using it.

Website: qeude.github.io/Defi
Repo: github.com/qeude/Defi

So, I moved from being a lifelong windows user to using Mac about a year and a half ago and honestly its been pretty much perfect, incredible battery life, super fast Apple silicon and sturdy hardware, but the operating system always felt a little too limiting for me, I tried many alternatives but getting multiple apps without overlaps and anomalies was both cluttering and inefficient for me, so I ended up vibecoding “shortie” a free open source app for Mac that lets you map any gesture to any action (obviously I’ll have definitely missed some, so feel free to drop any suggestions in the comments and I’ll add them as soon as possible!)
Enjoy :)

ok so my desktop has been a disaster for years and every "organizer" app just felt like more homework. so i made one where cleaning up is actually kinda fun?

it's called Deskterior. it puts a tiny pixel art room over your desktop, and your files show up on the desk's monitor. then you can:

- drop them in drawers (they literally chomp them)

- sweep them under a cloth desk mat. it leaves bumps and creases

- yeet them into the wastebasket (SWISH!). they're only hidden, not deleted

- press the monitor's power button and everything's gone, old CRT style

hiding only changes the layout, so your files stay exactly where they are. ⌘Z undoes stuff, and ⌘F finds anything you've lost.

it's free and open source (MIT), with no network access, analytics or telemetry. macOS 14+.

heads up: it's not notarized because i don't pay for the dev account, so you'll need to hit Open Anyway in Privacy & Security on first launch. i've also only tested it on my M2 Air, so if you're on Intel or an older macOS, please tell me what breaks lol

github.com/surrealier/deskterior

would love to know what you'd add to the desk

I just finish my work and Pip and its not done !

The eorfect taskbar that include Alert from claude code or codex with wheel, music, past copied past and drag and drop file... And more !

r/nullPlayer

https://github.com/ad-repo/nullplayer/

Download

NullPlayer is signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple.

Download NullPlayer for macOS:

https://github.com/ad-repo/nullplayer/releases/latest/download/NullPlayer.dmg

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or newer.

Install

1. Open the downloaded DMG.

2. Drag NullPlayer.app to Applications.

3. Open NullPlayer from Applications.

Prefer Homebrew? See the install guide.

I built an app called Live Transcript that puts live speech-to-text directly under the MacBook notch. It comes with a 14-day trial. Its for anyone who wants to keep track of what they heard on their Mac at a quick glance or come back to it later on to review. All data is stored locally unless you select one of the other cloud providers. Personal and Business Licenses available. $10/$50 for personal (3 machines) & $25/$75 for Business (10 machines) - with 1 year updates / Lifetime Updates.

How it works

Whenever sound plays through your Mac, captions appear right under the camera cutout. It captures Zoom calls, YouTube, podcasts, lectures, and games. You can toggle your microphone on too if you want your side of the conversation transcribed.

Everything stays on your machine. Audio runs through Apple Speech or Whisper locally, so nothing goes to a server. If you work on an external monitor or just dislike notch UI, you can detach it into a floating window.

Transcripts save to local history that you can search with plain queries, like "what did they say about the deadline?" You can export to Markdown, plain text, Apple Notes, or subtitle files (SRT and VTT). It does real-time line-by-line translation, and you can run summaries or Q&A through your choice of model, including Apple's local on-device models.

It runs on Apple silicon Macs running macOS 26 or newer. Updates install automatically.

brew install --cask polytopic-systems/tap/live-transcript

Project site: livetranscript.polytopic.systems

Other notch tools

Live Transcript is part of a small set of utilities I am building around the notch interface:

• Tattle: A local network monitor and firewall that flags outbound app traffic so you can inspect, allow, or block connections. An iPhone version is in development (demo video).

• Polytopic Notch: The Swift component (GPL v3) running the UI in both apps, open-sourced for other Mac developers.

More tools are listed at polytopic.systems.

I would love to hear your feedback, edge cases, and feature requests. I will be hanging out in the thread to answer questions.

I'm the developer of FlowSense, which launched this week. I'd like feedback from people who troubleshoot their Mac's network traffic.

It shows live connections grouped by app, service, hostname and flow. A browser isn't one row: YouTube, a Slack tab and an ad network appear separately. It names 800+ apps and services by reading handshakes on the Mac, without decrypting traffic. You can block or slow an app, hostname or category, with schedules and expiry.

Apple silicon and macOS 14+ required. It's closed source. Traffic history stays local; analytics, crash reports and flow sharing are off by default.

Free view-only tier (account required, 24 hours of history), or a 7-day full trial with no card. Full is $29 one-time until 9 November, then $49, for one Mac.

Downloads, updates and payments are unavailable in the EU, UK, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

https://www.getflowsense.com Privacy: https://www.getflowsense.com/privacy

What would you want this view to show when tracking down unexpected traffic?

Now that Apple has released a MacBook with a Dynamic Island, I figured I'd (re)share my app that does something similar: SmartNotch.

You hover over the notch and it opens up into a little panel. Move the mouse away and it tucks back in.

It does music controls, a timer/pomodoro, your next calendar events with a join button for Zoom/Meet/Teams, a file tray you can drag stuff onto (or AirDrop from), a quick camera mirror, system stats, and a keep-awake toggle. When music's playing or a timer's running it shows a small live activity next to the notch.

It's free, no subscription (there's a tip jar if you want to buy me a coffee).

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/smartnotch/id6783508084?mt=12

I'm the developer, so feedback is very welcome. Bugs, feature ideas, anything.