Evidence-first research
Turn product pages, reviews, and discussions into Mac app research you can verify before you buy.
r/macapps
Tamofy - image markup where every tool is a single key
I built this to replace Skitch, which won't run on macOS 27. Its free, because Skitch was free. What it is: you hand it an image, mark it up, send it. Every tool is a single bare key, no modifiers: A arrow, T text, S shape, D draw, H highlight, N numbered pin, M magnifier, P pixelate, C crop. It doesn't make screenshots. macOS already does that well. Grab a region with ⌃⇧⌘4, press ⌃⇧A, and you're already drawing on it. Drag the finished picture straight out of the window into Slack, Mail or a folder. ⌘S saves a .tamofy document where every mark stays editable - including pixelation, until you deliberately flatten it. Send the PNG, keep the document. ⌃⇧R brings back the window you just closed by accident: picture, marks, window position and zoom. It survives quitting and relaunching. No network access, in or out. No Screen Recording, camera. Access to the files you open and your Pictures folder. Nothing collected, nothing sent. Requires macOS 26. Get it here: [https://geo.itunes.apple.com/app/tamofy/id6804068533?mt=12](https://geo.itunes.apple.com/app/tamofy/id6804068533?mt=12) The screenshot is Tamofy annotated with Tamofy, which felt like the only honest way to show it. Happy to answer anything here - including what it can't do yet.
Sep 12, 2026
Hacker News
Hacker News
Building your own agent harness is fun
yeah everyone is building there own harness. it’s fun though, owning the whole stack. tried opencode, pi, oh my pi, prime agent. wrote some extensions for pi. just wasn’t doing it for me. so I built my own agent runtime. and now it’s turned into my daily driver. Been dogfooding it for a month now and it’s the only harness I want to use. zero bloat, concurrent tool calls, plugins. latest release avail for download (only for macOS/linux). https://mrsirg97-rgb.github.io/rig/ https://github.com/mrsirg97-rgb/rig
Sep 12, 2026
r/macapps
Testing replacement Mac app version scanners / updaters for MacUpdater, 8 months post program discontinuation (Spoiler: It's not pretty): [Floodtide, Latest, MacCurrent, Pearcleaner, Updatest, Version Tracker]
\[NOTE: App pictures taken at time of posting and don't match the app result testing done prior. Full size results image: [https://i.imgur.com/nMRiXSI.png](https://i.imgur.com/nMRiXSI.png) \] Like I wrote here ([https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1qj3rw6/macupdater\_we\_didnt\_know\_how\_well\_we\_had\_it/](https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1qj3rw6/macupdater_we_didnt_know_how_well_we_had_it/)) originally a month after it was discontinued, the loss of the app version scanner / updater program MacUpdater was devastating. At that time the available alternatives were pretty bad, with huge holes of missing apps. 8 months later I tried again with hope of improvement plus some new program options out there: * Floodtide ( [u/Maleficent\_Umpire706](https://www.reddit.com/user/Maleficent_Umpire706/)) \[1 time purchase\] - [https://bhopstudio.com/floodtide](https://bhopstudio.com/floodtide) * Latest \[Free\] - [https://max.codes/latest/](https://max.codes/latest/) * MacCurrent ( [u/akbaraziz](https://www.reddit.com/user/akbaraziz/)) \[Free\] - [https://maccurrent.com/](https://maccurrent.com/) * Pearcleaner \[Free\] - [https://github.com/alienator88/pearcleaner](https://github.com/alienator88/pearcleaner) * Updatest ( [u/HugeIRL](https://www.reddit.com/user/HugeIRL/)) \[1 time purchase\] - [https://updatest.app/](https://updatest.app/) * Version Tracker \[Yearly sub / 1 time pay (major versions) \] - [https://version-tracker.app](https://version-tracker.app/) (I don't wa
Sep 11, 2026
r/macapps
Trellis, a file manager that keeps every folder you opened visible on one canvas
Problem Finder shows you one folder at a time. The moment a task involves two or three of them, sorting a downloads folder, moving files from a camera card into projects, checking whether a backup matches the original, you spend your time switching tabs and windows and holding the path in your head. Two more everyday annoyances: a folder's size takes half a minute to count, and once you unplug an external drive you can no longer search what is on it. Trellis opens each folder as a pane on a canvas, joined by a line from parent to child. Open a subfolder and the parent stays where it was, next to it. Moving files is a drag across the canvas. Comparing two folders is putting them side by side. A search result stays on the canvas as its own pane. Comparison Path Finder and ForkLift are the two obvious alternatives, and both are excellent at what they do. They are also both built on the same idea as Finder: one or two folders in view, everything else behind a tab. Trellis differs in two ways. 1. Any number of folders at once, with the route between them drawn. You navigate by opening more, not by replacing what you had. Each pane is a normal scrollable list, not a node per file, so a folder with 87,000 items stays a rectangle with a scrollbar. 2. A local index that survives quitting the app. That is what makes folder sizes appear instantly instead of counting, and it is also what answers search, folder comparison and duplicate finding without reading the disk again. It keeps driv
Sep 11, 2026
r/macapps
[OS] DuckDisk: a free, table-first WizTree alternative for Mac, cloud storage and SSH
Hi r/macapps, I'm the developer of DuckDisk. [Overview of DuckDisk](https://i.redd.it/4anx16wqhxoh1.gif) **The problem** I wanted to drill into storage usage with the details in front of me: folder sizes, allocated space, file counts, and which file types take up the most room. I also wanted the same workflow for my Mac, cloud accounts, and remote servers. DuckDisk uses an expandable, sortable tree table. Size, allocated size, percentage of parent, and file/folder counts stay visible as you browse, with a file-type summary alongside. **How it compares** DaisyDisk is an option if you prefer a visual disk map. DuckDisk is aimed at people who prefer a dense, informative table and the WizTree-style workflow on Windows. It isn't a claim to match WizTree's Windows scanning speed; the emphasis is on the information and workflow. It can scan local disks and folders, OneDrive, Google Drive, and SSH paths. Cloud scans read metadata without downloading file contents, and support cached results and incremental refreshes. You can collect cleanup targets for review; cloud items go to the provider's Trash, while local/SSH permanent deletion requires an extra confirmation. [Drag-and-delete](https://i.redd.it/x3ec1g2vhxoh1.gif) **Pricing and downloads** Free ($0), open source under AGPL-3.0, no subscription or paid tier. Apple Silicon Macs. Mac App Store: [https://apps.apple.com/app/duckdisk/id6798893880](https://apps.apple.com/app/duckdisk/id6798893880) Website and demos: [https://duckdisk.c
Sep 11, 2026
Hacker News
Hacker News
Show HN: Extension to filter LLM written articles
Firefox Extension/Userscript and API to get Pangram scores for all articles on the hackernews frontpage. The extension allows you to hide articles with a high score. This is about detecting posts written by LLMs, not posts about AI. Feel free to use the API to build your own tooling/readers. Big thanks to https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=salahadawi for providing the data :).
Sep 11, 2026
r/macapps
Videoer v2.4 is out! An app that supports batch video conversion.
A video converter with multi-format transcoding, batch processing, audio extraction and subtitle management. **Problem:** I built this app because I couldn’t find a Mac tool that supports batch audio extraction with full codec selection options. **Comparison:** Compared with the well-known HandBrake (limited output formats), subscription-based Permute and bloated MacX Pro, Videoer is a lightweight pure transcoding app with full format support, batch tasks, complete subtitle workflow and stable large-file processing, fully compatible with macOS 27. **Pricing:** Lifetime License Special Offer for Reddit: Original price ~~$14.99~~, limited 7-day discounted price only $9.99. **Changelog(v2.4):** This update adds Italian, Russian and Vietnamese localizations, updates the app icon, and resolves the hanging problem when converting large WebM videos. 📥 [Download Link](https://wangchujiang.com/videoer/index.html)
Sep 11, 2026
r/macapps
Apps I am not uninstalling number 11
Here we go again with another season of *Apps I’m Not Uninstalling*. After my tenth review, or omnibus, was so warmly received (not), I decided to take a short break. But just as I thought I really needed to install Golden Gate, another Dock app landed on my table. If you’ve followed my escapades, you’ll know how little resistance I have to those. Lately, though, I’ve been surprisingly happy with my Dock setup. Naturally, I needed something else to customise. Enter the menu bar. My first stop is always this treasure trove of [menu bar apps](https://macmenubar.com/). Set aside a few hours. There’s more to that little strip at the top of your screen than you might think. [Flappi Bar](https://getflappi.com/) had been waiting for my attention for ages. It sits over your existing menu bar and gives it an animated flip-display appearance, like an old airport departure board. Easy to install, playful and exactly my kind of unnecessary necessity. [ExtraBar](https://extrabar.app/), from the developers of ExtraDock and DockFlow, was another app I’d neglected while obsessing over my Dock. What ExtraDock does for the Dock, ExtraBar does for the menu bar. I’ve already spent far too many hours rearranging icons. Everything is perfect now. Until tomorrow. [Folder Forge](https://github.com/KeplSiv/FolderForge) was the next discovery, because my folders were never going to escape treatment. I previously used Originator, but Folder Forge offers much more scope for designing folder images. It’s
Sep 11, 2026
r/macapps
[OS] DuckDisk: a free, table-first WizTree alternative for Mac, cloud storage and SSH
Hi r/macapps, I'm the developer of DuckDisk. [Overview of DuckDisk](https://i.redd.it/4anx16wqhxoh1.gif) **The problem** I wanted to drill into storage usage with the details in front of me: folder sizes, allocated space, file counts, and which file types take up the most room. I also wanted the same workflow for my Mac, cloud accounts, and remote servers. DuckDisk uses an expandable, sortable tree table. Size, allocated size, percentage of parent, and file/folder counts stay visible as you browse, with a file-type summary alongside. **How it compares** DaisyDisk is an option if you prefer a visual disk map. DuckDisk is aimed at people who prefer a dense, informative table and the WizTree-style workflow on Windows. It isn't a claim to match WizTree's Windows scanning speed; the emphasis is on the information and workflow. It can scan local disks and folders, OneDrive, Google Drive, and SSH paths. Cloud scans read metadata without downloading file contents, and support cached results and incremental refreshes. You can collect cleanup targets for review; cloud items go to the provider's Trash, while local/SSH permanent deletion requires an extra confirmation. [Drag-and-delete](https://i.redd.it/x3ec1g2vhxoh1.gif) **Pricing and downloads** Free ($0), open source under AGPL-3.0, no subscription or paid tier. Apple Silicon Macs. Mac App Store: [https://apps.apple.com/app/duckdisk/id6798893880](https://apps.apple.com/app/duckdisk/id6798893880) Website and demos: [https://duckdisk.c
Sep 11, 2026
Hacker News
Hacker News
Show HN: Extension to filter LLM written articles
Firefox Extension/Userscript and API to get Pangram scores for all articles on the hackernews frontpage. The extension allows you to hide articles with a high score. This is about detecting posts written by LLMs, not posts about AI. Feel free to use the API to build your own tooling/readers. Big thanks to https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=salahadawi for providing the data :).
Sep 11, 2026
r/macapps
Videoer v2.4 is out! An app that supports batch video conversion.
A video converter with multi-format transcoding, batch processing, audio extraction and subtitle management. **Problem:** I built this app because I couldn’t find a Mac tool that supports batch audio extraction with full codec selection options. **Comparison:** Compared with the well-known HandBrake (limited output formats), subscription-based Permute and bloated MacX Pro, Videoer is a lightweight pure transcoding app with full format support, batch tasks, complete subtitle workflow and stable large-file processing, fully compatible with macOS 27. **Pricing:** Lifetime License Special Offer for Reddit: Original price ~~$14.99~~, limited 7-day discounted price only $9.99. **Changelog(v2.4):** This update adds Italian, Russian and Vietnamese localizations, updates the app icon, and resolves the hanging problem when converting large WebM videos. 📥 [Download Link](https://wangchujiang.com/videoer/index.html)
Sep 11, 2026
r/macapps
Apps I am not uninstalling number 11
Here we go again with another season of *Apps I’m Not Uninstalling*. After my tenth review, or omnibus, was so warmly received (not), I decided to take a short break. But just as I thought I really needed to install Golden Gate, another Dock app landed on my table. If you’ve followed my escapades, you’ll know how little resistance I have to those. Lately, though, I’ve been surprisingly happy with my Dock setup. Naturally, I needed something else to customise. Enter the menu bar. My first stop is always this treasure trove of [menu bar apps](https://macmenubar.com/). Set aside a few hours. There’s more to that little strip at the top of your screen than you might think. [Flappi Bar](https://getflappi.com/) had been waiting for my attention for ages. It sits over your existing menu bar and gives it an animated flip-display appearance, like an old airport departure board. Easy to install, playful and exactly my kind of unnecessary necessity. [ExtraBar](https://extrabar.app/), from the developers of ExtraDock and DockFlow, was another app I’d neglected while obsessing over my Dock. What ExtraDock does for the Dock, ExtraBar does for the menu bar. I’ve already spent far too many hours rearranging icons. Everything is perfect now. Until tomorrow. [Folder Forge](https://github.com/KeplSiv/FolderForge) was the next discovery, because my folders were never going to escape treatment. I previously used Originator, but Folder Forge offers much more scope for designing folder images. It’s
Sep 11, 2026
r/macapps
[OS] DuckDisk: a free, table-first WizTree alternative for Mac, cloud storage and SSH
Hi r/macapps, I'm the developer of DuckDisk. [Overview of DuckDisk](https://i.redd.it/7198v65yvwoh1.gif) **The problem** I wanted to drill into storage usage with the details in front of me: folder sizes, allocated space, file counts, and which file types take up the most room. I also wanted the same workflow for my Mac, cloud accounts, and remote servers. DuckDisk uses an expandable, sortable tree table. Size, allocated size, percentage of parent, and file/folder counts stay visible as you browse, with a file-type summary alongside. **How it compares** DaisyDisk is an option if you prefer a visual disk map. DuckDisk is aimed at people who prefer a dense, informative table and the WizTree-style workflow on Windows. It isn't a claim to match WizTree's Windows scanning speed; the emphasis is on the information and workflow. It can scan local disks and folders, OneDrive, Google Drive, and SSH paths. Cloud scans read metadata without downloading file contents, and support cached results and incremental refreshes. You can collect cleanup targets for review; cloud items go to the provider's Trash, while local/SSH permanent deletion requires an extra confirmation. [Drag and delete files](https://i.redd.it/5dyxavlmwwoh1.gif) **Pricing and downloads** Free ($0), open source under AGPL-3.0, no subscription or paid tier. Apple Silicon Macs. Mac App Store: [https://apps.apple.com/app/duckdisk/id6798893880](https://apps.apple.com/app/duckdisk/id6798893880) Website and demos: [https://duck
Sep 11, 2026
Hacker News
Hacker News
Show HN: Godot and Rust based multiplexer (terminal panes and more)
I wanted to share my side-project: gPTY. Started off as an idea to combine Godot and Rust in a project (two stacks I wanted to use more to learn more). The base inspiration was tmux - simply allow spawning multiple PTYs and then let the user grid/tile them how they see fit. But since we have the Godot game engine at our disposal, we can do some more interesting things, like add an FPS counter, and then subsequently also let people set their preferred FPS (the idea being the potential lower power draw if someone's running it on a laptop on battery power vs someone running it on a desktop with high/native FPS). In its current state, with me using Oh-my-Pi a lot, it's evolving into a terminal workspace that can be used for orchestrating autonomous AI agents by way of dogfooding (or you know, just run herdr inside of gPTY - it's the better orchestrator and just good software - I found it after starting this project, and now I'm finding myself using it a lot). Also, we're not limited to just terminals. Since we have Godot, we have basically a 2D (and potentially a 3D) canvas to play with. We can already full-screen the app for "zen" mode, no taskbar, no distractions. TUI die-hards can have their media or other apps entirely in terminal panes. There has been some ground-work on getting Markdowns displayed properly done and I want to work on some kind of Wiki framework for local knowledge-management next, then create more types of panes (think native audio/video on a
Sep 11, 2026
Hacker News
Hacker News
Show HN: Clawfight.ai MCP-driven agentic game play
How should agents interact with other agents? What happens when they rap or fight against each other with the pressure of human spectators? Clawfight.ai is an experiment to explore this space. This is my first post about it. The journey began on a beefed up machine I purchased with a decent GPU (5090). I installed claude code and set to dangerously skip permissions, enabled /rc and became completely submerged in the all-hours modern AI builder workflow. I stood up openclaw to see if I could have an agentic org drive this project. I spent a good amount of time on “openclaw ops”, babysitting 3 agents and trying to make them the best versions of themselves. They still do stupid things that cost me tokens. For the game render, I started out using Unreal Engine and allowing agents to remote control their players, but the quality just wasn’t there. I recently moved to doing near-real time video renders of the match and will bring UE back in for multi-agent games. Everything is AI generated. I’m fascinated by the future of realtime video generation and building out native MCP infrastructure. You can play directly from model provider apps (claude connector or openai plugin) and has fallback support for more basic HTTP clients. But the architecture and gameplay is MCP first. Tell your agent/app “go read clawfight.ai/agents.md and play”
Sep 11, 2026
r/macapps
Strategic partnerships for rubarb.bar
If your app is complimentary to automatic screen brightness for Mac, or you think a strategic partnership would be valuable to you, I would like to offer [rubarb.bar](http://rubarb.bar) to your users completely free. DM me and I will create a 100% discount code branded to your app so that you can share [rubarb.bar](http://rubarb.bar) with your users.
Sep 11, 2026
How it works?
Turn a link into a decision in 3 steps
https://screen.studio/
read public page
identify apps + claims
keep source attached
1. Paste a link
Start with a product page, review, comparison, or public discussion.
2. Choose what matters
Keep the apps and buyer factors that actually affect your decision.
3. Create reusable Research
Save the result, add priorities, share it, or use someone else's work as your starting point.
r/macapps
Hacker News
Hacker News
r/macapps
Features
Research that reduces uncertainty, not just tabs
Source-backed research
Every published answer stays attached to the source that supports it, so you can verify before you buy.
Comparison that fits the decision
Compare the apps you choose across category-specific factors, not a generic checklist that fits nothing.
Research you can reuse
Save a comparison as Research, add your own priorities, share it, or use someone else's work as a starting point.
RESEARCH LIBRARY
Mac launcher shortlist
6 apps · 11 key factors
Screen recorder research
15 apps · 48 factors
Buy-once utilities
8 apps · Pricing evidence
Public facts, private thinking
Public facts remain evidence-backed while your notes, priorities, and decisions stay yours until you publish them.
Private notes
Stay separate from public facts.
Evidence model · live
Research that stays traceable
Missing evidence remains an open question. Conflicts stay visible.
Start a ResearchAI research agents
TheMacApps for AI research agents
Connect agents to structured Mac app research so they can plan, investigate, expose evidence gaps, and keep every answer traceable.
$ research screen.studio vs screensage.pro
✓ Connected acme.example
$ Compare Screen Studio, ScreenSage Pro, and Tella for polished Mac product demos.
Evidence covers zoom, cursor polish, system audio, pricing, and release history. Missing facts stay explicit instead of becoming guesses.
▍
Works with the sources you already use
PRODUCT SOURCES
COMMUNITY SOURCES
TheMacApps exists because a directory tells you what exists, but a purchase decision needs evidence: what matters for this category, what each app actually supports, what changed, and which source proves it.
Public facts stay separate from your personal Research, so better sources can improve shared knowledge without overwriting anyone's notes or decisions.
Research the decision, not the marketing page.
- Keep evidence visible.
- Keep missing facts as open questions.
- Reuse good Research instead of restarting from zero.
That is the product.
[OS] DuckDisk: a free, table-first WizTree alternative for Mac, cloud storage and SSH
r/macapps
Research access that matches how you work
Start free. Save, reuse, and publish Research when it becomes part of your workflow.
1 app · Personal · $0
FAQ
What kinds of links can I research?
Public product pages, reviews, comparisons, discussions, documentation, and other public HTTP/HTTPS pages can be analyzed as a research starting point.
How are facts verified?
TheMacApps separates what a page claims from verified facts. Research cells keep source links and evidence state so missing evidence is never silently turned into a negative answer.
Can I compare more than two apps?
Yes. A Research can contain a broad comparison set, while the table keeps the first app pinned and lets you scroll across the rest.
Can I add my own research fields?
Yes. You can add the questions that matter to your purchase instead of waiting for a global schema to anticipate every niche app category.
Do I need an account to analyze a URL?
You can analyze a public URL before creating a saved Research. An account is required when you want the research to become your persistent asset.
Can Research be private?
Research supports private, unlisted, and public visibility. Personal notes are not exposed to other viewers of a public Research.
Can I use someone else's Research?
Yes. Use this research creates your own Research while preserving lineage to the source, so you can change priorities without rewriting public facts.
Is TheMacApps only a directory?
No. The catalog is the identity layer for apps; the core product is evidence-backed Research that turns scattered web pages into reusable purchase knowledge.
Where does TheMacApps get its evidence?
Research can cite official product sites, App Store pages, documentation, support pages, release notes, GitHub, reviews, Reddit, YouTube, X, and other public web sources.
What happens when sources disagree?
Conflicting evidence stays visible as conflicting. TheMacApps does not silently pick one source and present it as settled fact.
Does missing evidence mean a feature is unsupported?
No. Missing evidence remains an open question until a source supports a yes or no answer.
Can Research change when an app changes?
Yes. Public facts can be refreshed as products, pricing, requirements, and features change, while your private notes and priorities remain separate.
Can I share a Research without making it fully public?
Yes. Unlisted Research can be shared by link without appearing as a normal public listing.
Can I keep personal notes inside a Research?
Yes. Personal notes and decision context belong to your Research layer and are kept separate from reusable public facts.
Can I start from a Reddit or X discussion?
Yes. Public discussions can be analyzed as starting evidence, then the important product claims can be verified against stronger sources.
Can AI agents use TheMacApps research?
Yes. The research model is designed so agents can plan, investigate, identify evidence gaps, and work with structured app facts instead of opaque summaries.
Does TheMacApps research non-Mac software?
The product is centered on Mac apps and Mac buying decisions. Cross-platform products can appear when their Mac version is relevant to the comparison.
Can makers correct outdated information?
The evidence model is designed for corrections to be backed by newer or stronger sources rather than overwriting facts without traceability.
How is it better than another app directory?
Read the real conversations that become Research inputs.
r/macapps
Slack
Tamofy - image markup where every tool is a single key
I built this to replace Skitch, which won't run on macOS 27. Its free, because Skitch was free. What it is: you hand it an image, mark it up, send it. Every tool is a single bare key, no modifiers: A arrow, T text, S shape, D draw, H highlight, N numbered pin, M magnifier, P pixelate, C crop. It doesn't make screenshots. macOS already does that well. Grab a region with ⌃⇧⌘4, press ⌃⇧A, and you're already drawing on it. Drag the finished picture straight out of the window into Slack, Mail or a folder. ⌘S saves a .tamofy document where every mark stays editable - including pixelation, until you deliberately flatten it. Send the PNG, keep the document. ⌃⇧R brings back the window you just closed by accident: picture, marks, window position and zoom. It survives quitting and relaunching. No network access, in or out. No Screen Recording, camera. Access to the files you open and your Pictures folder. Nothing collected, nothing sent. Requires macOS 26. Get it here: [https://geo.itunes.apple.com/app/tamofy/id6804068533?mt=12](https://geo.itunes.apple.com/app/tamofy/id6804068533?mt=12) The screenshot is Tamofy annotated with Tamofy, which felt like the only honest way to show it. Happy to answer anything here - including what it can't do yet.
Related apps
Sep 12, 2026
r/macapps
Path Finder
Trellis, a file manager that keeps every folder you opened visible on one canvas
Problem Finder shows you one folder at a time. The moment a task involves two or three of them, sorting a downloads folder, moving files from a camera card into projects, checking whether a backup matches the original, you spend your time switching tabs and windows and holding the path in your head. Two more everyday annoyances: a folder's size takes half a minute to count, and once you unplug an external drive you can no longer search what is on it. Trellis opens each folder as a pane on a canvas, joined by a line from parent to child. Open a subfolder and the parent stays where it was, next to it. Moving files is a drag across the canvas. Comparing two folders is putting them side by side. A search result stays on the canvas as its own pane. Comparison Path Finder and ForkLift are the two obvious alternatives, and both are excellent at what they do. They are also both built on the same idea as Finder: one or two folders in view, everything else behind a tab. Trellis differs in two ways. 1. Any number of folders at once, with the route between them drawn. You navigate by opening more, not by replacing what you had. Each pane is a normal scrollable list, not a node per file, so a folder with 87,000 items stays a rectangle with a scrollbar. 2. A local index that survives quitting the app. That is what makes folder sizes appear instantly instead of counting, and it is also what answers search, folder comparison and duplicate finding without reading the disk again. It keeps driv
Related apps
Sep 11, 2026
r/macapps
HandBrake
Videoer v2.4 is out! An app that supports batch video conversion.
A video converter with multi-format transcoding, batch processing, audio extraction and subtitle management. **Problem:** I built this app because I couldn’t find a Mac tool that supports batch audio extraction with full codec selection options. **Comparison:** Compared with the well-known HandBrake (limited output formats), subscription-based Permute and bloated MacX Pro, Videoer is a lightweight pure transcoding app with full format support, batch tasks, complete subtitle workflow and stable large-file processing, fully compatible with macOS 27. **Pricing:** Lifetime License Special Offer for Reddit: Original price ~~$14.99~~, limited 7-day discounted price only $9.99. **Changelog(v2.4):** This update adds Italian, Russian and Vietnamese localizations, updates the app icon, and resolves the hanging problem when converting large WebM videos. 📥 [Download Link](https://wangchujiang.com/videoer/index.html)
Related apps
Sep 11, 2026
Hacker News
Taskbar
Show HN: Godot and Rust based multiplexer (terminal panes and more)
I wanted to share my side-project: gPTY. Started off as an idea to combine Godot and Rust in a project (two stacks I wanted to use more to learn more). The base inspiration was tmux - simply allow spawning multiple PTYs and then let the user grid/tile them how they see fit. But since we have the Godot game engine at our disposal, we can do some more interesting things, like add an FPS counter, and then subsequently also let people set their preferred FPS (the idea being the potential lower power draw if someone's running it on a laptop on battery power vs someone running it on a desktop with high/native FPS). In its current state, with me using Oh-my-Pi a lot, it's evolving into a terminal workspace that can be used for orchestrating autonomous AI agents by way of dogfooding (or you know, just run herdr inside of gPTY - it's the better orchestrator and just good software - I found it after starting this project, and now I'm finding myself using it a lot). Also, we're not limited to just terminals. Since we have Godot, we have basically a 2D (and potentially a 3D) canvas to play with. We can already full-screen the app for "zen" mode, no taskbar, no distractions. TUI die-hards can have their media or other apps entirely in terminal panes. There has been some ground-work on getting Markdowns displayed properly done and I want to work on some kind of Wiki framework for local knowledge-management next, then create more types of panes (think native audio/video on a
Sep 11, 2026
Hacker News
OpenCode
Building your own agent harness is fun
yeah everyone is building there own harness. it’s fun though, owning the whole stack. tried opencode, pi, oh my pi, prime agent. wrote some extensions for pi. just wasn’t doing it for me. so I built my own agent runtime. and now it’s turned into my daily driver. Been dogfooding it for a month now and it’s the only harness I want to use. zero bloat, concurrent tool calls, plugins. latest release avail for download (only for macOS/linux). https://mrsirg97-rgb.github.io/rig/ https://github.com/mrsirg97-rgb/rig
Sep 12, 2026
r/macapps
OneDrive
[OS] DuckDisk: a free, table-first WizTree alternative for Mac, cloud storage and SSH
Hi r/macapps, I'm the developer of DuckDisk. [Overview of DuckDisk](https://i.redd.it/4anx16wqhxoh1.gif) **The problem** I wanted to drill into storage usage with the details in front of me: folder sizes, allocated space, file counts, and which file types take up the most room. I also wanted the same workflow for my Mac, cloud accounts, and remote servers. DuckDisk uses an expandable, sortable tree table. Size, allocated size, percentage of parent, and file/folder counts stay visible as you browse, with a file-type summary alongside. **How it compares** DaisyDisk is an option if you prefer a visual disk map. DuckDisk is aimed at people who prefer a dense, informative table and the WizTree-style workflow on Windows. It isn't a claim to match WizTree's Windows scanning speed; the emphasis is on the information and workflow. It can scan local disks and folders, OneDrive, Google Drive, and SSH paths. Cloud scans read metadata without downloading file contents, and support cached results and incremental refreshes. You can collect cleanup targets for review; cloud items go to the provider's Trash, while local/SSH permanent deletion requires an extra confirmation. [Drag-and-delete](https://i.redd.it/x3ec1g2vhxoh1.gif) **Pricing and downloads** Free ($0), open source under AGPL-3.0, no subscription or paid tier. Apple Silicon Macs. Mac App Store: [https://apps.apple.com/app/duckdisk/id6798893880](https://apps.apple.com/app/duckdisk/id6798893880) Website and demos: [https://duckdisk.c
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Apps I am not uninstalling number 11
Here we go again with another season of *Apps I’m Not Uninstalling*. After my tenth review, or omnibus, was so warmly received (not), I decided to take a short break. But just as I thought I really needed to install Golden Gate, another Dock app landed on my table. If you’ve followed my escapades, you’ll know how little resistance I have to those. Lately, though, I’ve been surprisingly happy with my Dock setup. Naturally, I needed something else to customise. Enter the menu bar. My first stop is always this treasure trove of [menu bar apps](https://macmenubar.com/). Set aside a few hours. There’s more to that little strip at the top of your screen than you might think. [Flappi Bar](https://getflappi.com/) had been waiting for my attention for ages. It sits over your existing menu bar and gives it an animated flip-display appearance, like an old airport departure board. Easy to install, playful and exactly my kind of unnecessary necessity. [ExtraBar](https://extrabar.app/), from the developers of ExtraDock and DockFlow, was another app I’d neglected while obsessing over my Dock. What ExtraDock does for the Dock, ExtraBar does for the menu bar. I’ve already spent far too many hours rearranging icons. Everything is perfect now. Until tomorrow. [Folder Forge](https://github.com/KeplSiv/FolderForge) was the next discovery, because my folders were never going to escape treatment. I previously used Originator, but Folder Forge offers much more scope for designing folder images. It’s
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Show HN: Clawfight.ai MCP-driven agentic game play
How should agents interact with other agents? What happens when they rap or fight against each other with the pressure of human spectators? Clawfight.ai is an experiment to explore this space. This is my first post about it. The journey began on a beefed up machine I purchased with a decent GPU (5090). I installed claude code and set to dangerously skip permissions, enabled /rc and became completely submerged in the all-hours modern AI builder workflow. I stood up openclaw to see if I could have an agentic org drive this project. I spent a good amount of time on “openclaw ops”, babysitting 3 agents and trying to make them the best versions of themselves. They still do stupid things that cost me tokens. For the game render, I started out using Unreal Engine and allowing agents to remote control their players, but the quality just wasn’t there. I recently moved to doing near-real time video renders of the match and will bring UE back in for multi-agent games. Everything is AI generated. I’m fascinated by the future of realtime video generation and building out native MCP infrastructure. You can play directly from model provider apps (claude connector or openai plugin) and has fallback support for more basic HTTP clients. But the architecture and gameplay is MCP first. Tell your agent/app “go read clawfight.ai/agents.md and play”
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Versions
Testing replacement Mac app version scanners / updaters for MacUpdater, 8 months post program discontinuation (Spoiler: It's not pretty): [Floodtide, Latest, MacCurrent, Pearcleaner, Updatest, Version Tracker]
\[NOTE: App pictures taken at time of posting and don't match the app result testing done prior. Full size results image: [https://i.imgur.com/nMRiXSI.png](https://i.imgur.com/nMRiXSI.png) \] Like I wrote here ([https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1qj3rw6/macupdater\_we\_didnt\_know\_how\_well\_we\_had\_it/](https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1qj3rw6/macupdater_we_didnt_know_how_well_we_had_it/)) originally a month after it was discontinued, the loss of the app version scanner / updater program MacUpdater was devastating. At that time the available alternatives were pretty bad, with huge holes of missing apps. 8 months later I tried again with hope of improvement plus some new program options out there: * Floodtide ( [u/Maleficent\_Umpire706](https://www.reddit.com/user/Maleficent_Umpire706/)) \[1 time purchase\] - [https://bhopstudio.com/floodtide](https://bhopstudio.com/floodtide) * Latest \[Free\] - [https://max.codes/latest/](https://max.codes/latest/) * MacCurrent ( [u/akbaraziz](https://www.reddit.com/user/akbaraziz/)) \[Free\] - [https://maccurrent.com/](https://maccurrent.com/) * Pearcleaner \[Free\] - [https://github.com/alienator88/pearcleaner](https://github.com/alienator88/pearcleaner) * Updatest ( [u/HugeIRL](https://www.reddit.com/user/HugeIRL/)) \[1 time purchase\] - [https://updatest.app/](https://updatest.app/) * Version Tracker \[Yearly sub / 1 time pay (major versions) \] - [https://version-tracker.app](https://version-tracker.app/) (I don't wa
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Show HN: Extension to filter LLM written articles
Firefox Extension/Userscript and API to get Pangram scores for all articles on the hackernews frontpage. The extension allows you to hide articles with a high score. This is about detecting posts written by LLMs, not posts about AI. Feel free to use the API to build your own tooling/readers. Big thanks to https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=salahadawi for providing the data :).
Sep 11, 2026
r/macapps
OneDrive
[OS] DuckDisk: a free, table-first WizTree alternative for Mac, cloud storage and SSH
Hi r/macapps, I'm the developer of DuckDisk. [Overview of DuckDisk](https://i.redd.it/7198v65yvwoh1.gif) **The problem** I wanted to drill into storage usage with the details in front of me: folder sizes, allocated space, file counts, and which file types take up the most room. I also wanted the same workflow for my Mac, cloud accounts, and remote servers. DuckDisk uses an expandable, sortable tree table. Size, allocated size, percentage of parent, and file/folder counts stay visible as you browse, with a file-type summary alongside. **How it compares** DaisyDisk is an option if you prefer a visual disk map. DuckDisk is aimed at people who prefer a dense, informative table and the WizTree-style workflow on Windows. It isn't a claim to match WizTree's Windows scanning speed; the emphasis is on the information and workflow. It can scan local disks and folders, OneDrive, Google Drive, and SSH paths. Cloud scans read metadata without downloading file contents, and support cached results and incremental refreshes. You can collect cleanup targets for review; cloud items go to the provider's Trash, while local/SSH permanent deletion requires an extra confirmation. [Drag and delete files](https://i.redd.it/5dyxavlmwwoh1.gif) **Pricing and downloads** Free ($0), open source under AGPL-3.0, no subscription or paid tier. Apple Silicon Macs. Mac App Store: [https://apps.apple.com/app/duckdisk/id6798893880](https://apps.apple.com/app/duckdisk/id6798893880) Website and demos: [https://duck
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