Category: tech > tools

smolvm wraps libkrun for hardware-isolated Linux VMs with sub-200ms cold starts on macOS and Linux, packed into a single portable .smolmachine file.

Cotypist is a Mac-only AI autocomplete that predicts next words across apps, running locally on Apple Silicon. Augments rather than replaces your voice.

DockDoor is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app with Windows-style dock hover previews, enhanced Alt+Tab switching, gestures, and zero telemetry.

Folder Peek by Sindre Sorhus pins folders to the macOS menu bar with file previews, drag and drop, and keyboard shortcuts. A faster Dock folder-stacks replac...

Hyperkey is a lightweight macOS utility that turns caps lock into a hyper key (control+option+command+shift), opening a shortcut namespace that never collides.

TypeWhisper 1.1 is a macOS speech-to-text app that runs locally with no telemetry, offering system-wide dictation, six engines, per-app profiles, and a local...

A TikTok on the Everything Claude Code repo (100k+ stars) that bundles agent skills and slash commands. The advice: install only the parts you need.

CCGram bridges Telegram to tmux sessions running Claude Code, Codex CLI, or Gemini CLI, so you can watch output and answer prompts from your phone.

OpenScreen is a free, open-source Screen Studio alternative for product demos and walkthroughs. Core recording and editing, no subscriptions, no watermarks.

Switzerland gets 25 Gbit/s residential fiber by mandating shared neutral infrastructure open to any ISP, while the US and Germany produce monopolies.

Sol is a free, open-source macOS launcher combining app search, clipboard history, and window management in one keyboard tool. Replaces Raycast or Alfred.

Sol is a free, open-source macOS launcher consolidating app search, clipboard history, window management, calendar integration, and more into one keyboard-dr...

LinkedIn runs hidden JavaScript that scans visitors' browsers for extensions and software, transmitting results to third parties without consent. Fairlinked ...

ngrok evolved from localhost tunneling into a cloud networking gateway for API routing, AI traffic, DDoS protection, and CEL-based Traffic Policy rules.

Tuna is a native macOS launcher built in Swift, inspired by Quicksilver, with four input modes and one-time purchase. Requires macOS 15 Sequoia or newer.

Pocket ID is a self-hosted passkey-only OIDC provider with LDAP sync, user group restrictions, audit logs, and a REST API for homelab and small-org use.

Hong Kong's amended National Security Law lets police demand phone passwords and encryption keys without a warrant, with criminal penalties for refusal.

Pocket ID is a lightweight, self-hosted OIDC provider using passkeys as the sole auth method, filling the gap between Keycloak and no SSO for self-hosted ser...

Tinyauth is a minimal OIDC authentication server for self-hosted setups that runs entirely from environment variables, with built-in OAuth and LDAP support.

Dobase is an open-source, self-hosted workspace bundling email, kanban, docs, chat, tasks, storage, calendar, and video into one Rails app on SQLite.

Perplexica is a free, self-hostable alternative to Perplexity AI search. Pairs with SearXNG and Ollama so you can run a fully private AI search stack.

jsongrep is a Rust JSON query tool that compiles queries into deterministic finite automata (DFAs), enabling single-pass O(n) traversal with no backtracking.

Perplexica is a free, open-source, self-hostable alternative to Perplexity AI search. Pairs with SearXNG and Ollama on a Raspberry Pi or 8 GB Mac Mini.

Dynacat is a Glance fork that adds dynamic widget auto-refresh by default. Drop-in replacement, single binary under 20 MB, configured in YAML.

Komodo is a self-hosted build and deployment platform combining server management, container orchestration, and CI/CD in one browser-based tool.

A reference of shell keyboard shortcuts and CLI tricks in two tiers: universal POSIX commands and Bash/Zsh-specific enhancements for editing and history.

Keeper.sh syncs timeslots across multiple calendars and ships an MCP server giving AI agents read-only calendar access via OAuth 2.1.

yoloAI solves permission fatigue by running AI agents in disposable sandboxes. You review diffs and selectively apply changes back.

Meetily records and transcribes meetings on-device using Whisper, with no bot joining your call. Open-source and privacy-first.

Ripgrep consistently wins or ties against grep, ag, and git grep across 25 benchmarks, with full Unicode support at near-zero performance cost.

lnav is a terminal log viewer that auto-detects formats, merges multiple sources into one timeline, and includes a built-in SQLite query interface.

NixOS treats the entire OS as a deterministic build artifact, making it uniquely suited for AI coding agents that need safe, rollbackable changes.

Atomic is a self-hosted knowledge base that auto-chunks markdown into semantic atoms, links them by similarity, and exposes an MCP server for AI tools.

Google's Workspace CLI ships with 40+ pre-built recipe skills that chain Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and Sheets into single-command workflows.

Dockhand is a Portainer alternative with safe-pull auto-updates, vulnerability scanning, and a free tier that includes SSO and MFA.

Keep saves links as clean markdown, making bookmarks searchable and usable as AI agent context via MCP integration with Claude Code and Cursor.

OpenCLI turns any website or app into a CLI interface. Paired with Claude Code, it gives AI agents browser-access without official APIs.

Tooscut is a browser-based video editor built on WebGPU and Rust/WASM with near-native performance. All processing stays on your machine.

Sonar replaces the lsof | grep workflow with a Docker-aware port inspector that shows container names, resource usage, and service connections.

Cmux is a native macOS terminal for running multiple AI agents in parallel with vertical tabs, split panes, and automatic finish notifications.

Technitium DNS combines authoritative and recursive DNS, ad blocking, and encrypted protocols in one self-hosted package. Handles 100k+ req/sec.

Cmux is a native Mac terminal for managing multiple AI coding agents simultaneously, with bird's-eye view tabs and built-in notifications.

Cockpit is a lightweight web-based Linux admin interface that works transparently with the CLI. Changes made in either are visible in both.

cook is a single-binary terminal AI agent that works with any LLM provider, integrates with Unix pipes, and supports reusable prompt templates.

Karakeep is a self-hostable bookmark manager with AI tagging, full-text search, page archival, and video archiving via yt-dlp.

Docker now offers three Claude Code integrations: local model execution, 300+ containerized MCP servers, and disposable sandboxes for safe agent runs.

Ductor exposes Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI through a Telegram bot with persistent memory, cron scheduling, and multi-agent delegation.

Production migration of a full-stack app from DigitalOcean to Hetzner dedicated, cutting monthly costs from $1,432 to $233 with zero downtime.

Lightpanda is a headless browser written in Zig claiming 11x faster execution and 9x less memory than Chrome, with full Playwright compatibility.

A 24-year FreeBSD user explains why native ZFS boot environments, jails, and rock-solid documentation keep it as his first choice for servers.

Pencil.dev is an AI-native design tool where you can drag-and-drop elements after generation, eliminating the back-and-forth of text-based prompting.

Five Claude Code extensions worth knowing: NotebookLM CLI, Supabase MCP, Obsidian integration, Anthropic's Skill Creator, and GSD framework.

Agent Safehouse enforces kernel-level filesystem isolation for AI coding agents on macOS, letting you run them in full-auto mode safely.

DenchClaw is a locally-hosted AI CRM that uses your Chrome sessions for browser automation, keeping all data on your machine.

Copyparty is a single-file Python server supporting HTTP, WebDAV, SFTP, FTP, and SMB with resumable uploads, dedup, and media indexing.

Denchclaw turns Claude Code into a CRM with lead enrichment, outreach drafting, and team sync via GitHub cron. File-based, fully open-source.

Crawlee is a production-grade Python library unifying HTTP and headless browser crawling with built-in proxy rotation, retries, and persistent queues.