Evidence-first research
Turn product pages, reviews, and discussions into Mac app research you can verify before you buy.
r/macapps
Koi Editor Alpha: A fast, native code editor for macOS
I've been building Koi Editor, a fast, minimal code editor for macOS. The Alpha is now available for Apple Silicon Macs: [https://koieditor.com/](https://koieditor.com/) **Problem:** Modern code editors can feel heavy and increasingly cloud/AI-first. Koi focuses on low-latency editing, large files, and local workflows. **Comparison:** Inspired by Sublime Text and BBEdit, but built specifically around modern macOS, with optional local AI via Ollama. **Pricing:** Free for non-commercial use. $195 one-time lifetime license, reduced during Alpha.
Sep 18, 2026
r/macapps
Update: my free floating AI assistant for macOS
About a month ago I posted a small menu bar app that puts a floating assistant over whatever you're working on by just pressing double Shift or triple shift key depending which function you want. A lot of you showed interest, so here's what changed. What it does: Double-tap Shift and a small window appears on top of your current app. Select text in Mail, capture a Safari window, or drop in a file, images, URL, etc then summarize, rewrite, translate, or just ask and keep asking follow-ups in the same thread. Triple-tap Shift jumps straight into rewrite mode on the current apps's text field. Works with: Selected text, clipboard, URLs, PDFs, EML files, images, any open window (capture + vision questions), and pretty much any text/code file (.txt .md .rtf .csv .json .html .yaml .swift .py .js .ts .java .c .cpp .sh …). Models — you pick per request \- Apple Intelligence on-device (Foundation Models) \- Private Cloud Compute (macOS 27 only) \- A local MLX model running entirely on your Mac (I use Gemma but you can use any from HuggingFace ) \- Any OpenAI-compatible local server app, so you can use any model from Ollama, LMstudio, Omlx etc. Nothing leaves your Mac unless you choose a cloud option. No accounts, no analytics. One important detail: My developer account has the private cloud compute entitlement needed to use this model from Apple, so it works on my machines, but creating a notarized installer will strip that entitlement from the app, Apple doesn't allow to distribute th
Sep 18, 2026
r/macapps
My girlfriend says nobody would download an app from this website. Is she right?
**Problem:** I wanted the MacBook notch to be more than another mini menu. Glance puts your everyday tools there and uses light as feedback. Blue for running, orange for permission, green for completed, especially when Claude or Codex agents are working. **Comparison:** Apps like DynamicLake and NotchNook inspired the space. Glance goes in a different direction with the Motion Engine, light themes, individual keyboard shortcut feedback and agent states, while still covering the usual notch features. **Pricing:** 12 euros with a 3 day free trial. [JoinGlance.app](http://JoinGlance.app) This is also my first real product, so roast the website if you want. **Did I cook or is my girlfriend right? 😂**
Sep 17, 2026
r/macapps
REQUEST: Tahoe/GG Wallpaper Manager
**Problem:** I have a client who insists on having his full photography collection available as a rotating wallpaper. His collection is about 120k discreet images (and growing as he shoots more), in jpeg format (not via Photos). Sequoia was able to handle this without a problem; we just dumped the single folder into Settings -> Wallpaper and went on our merry way. **Symptom:** In Tahoe and Golden Gate, this functionality is broken, even after full wipes and reinstalls. Feedback and tickets through Apple have not produced any resolution. Either Settings -> Wallpaper breaks and never displays the wallpapers (in one case it filled up the drive making BMPs in /Library???), or the click to add a custom folder disappears completely. This behavior occurs in all versions of Tahoe and Golden Gate, from 26.0 through 27.2.DB1. I've been fighting this for a year, and the client is ... unhappy. **Request:** I'm in the market for a third-party app to manage this mess. I want it to insert the images into the Wallpaper functionality on a randomized, rotating basis on a timer (5 to 15 minutes would be ideal). The source files can be either in a single folder, or can be in a tree of numbered folders of 1000 images each, thus: /Volumes/blah/Images/001 /Volumes/blah/Images/002 /Volumes/blah/Images/003 etc. **The Not-Needed:** I do not need a feature that offers me additional wallpapers. I have plenty. If the app has this feature, that's fine, as long as I can meet my requirement for custom wallp
Sep 17, 2026
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零第三方依赖，纯 SwiftUI 加 AppKit，没有 Electron 也没有遥测，常驻内存写明控制在 100MB 以内，同时还能直接跑你已经装好的 Raycast 扩展，用原生 SwiftUI 渲染出来。这是 Tinycast 在 README 开头给自己下的定义。 它到底装了多少东西？ 应用启动与模糊搜索、可搜索的剪贴板历史（文本和图片，粘回你刚才所在的那个应用）、内联计算器（单位、实时汇率和加密货币换算）、Quicklinks、Apple Shortcuts 调用、
带占位符和嵌套引用的 Snippets 模板、自定义 shell 命令、34 个 Rectangle 风格的窗口管理动作、系统开关、日历会议一键加入、Markdown 笔记、emoji 面板，以及对选中文本做改写翻译总结的 Quick Actions。文件搜索走 Spotlight，不自建索引。 和 Raycast 比优势在哪？ 功能面基本是照着做的，差别在开源和边界：AGPL-3.0，免费，作者明确说会一直免费；AI 功能出厂关闭，要用得自己填 key；Snippets 默认禁用，按键在本地匹配、不存储不上传。它还提供从 Raycast 导入设置，迁移成本不高。 坑在哪？ 硬门槛是 macOS 26 及以上，macOS 15 Sequoia 那个 cask 作者已写明不再维护。安装要先 brew trust --tap 再 tap，走 DMG 的话因为是自签名，得手动 xattr 清一次 quarantine。辅助功能权限在粘贴和文本展开时绕不过去。想提 PR 的注意，README 要求先开 issue 讨论，这是强制的。 今日 +1,136 star · Swift · 总计 5,533 #macOS #Swift https://t.co/gP3t4XDzt9
Sep 17, 2026
Hacker News
Hacker News
Ask HN: What self-hosted apps do you use daily?
I've been running a homelab for many years now and tried out many open source projects. A small percentage turn out to be real gems, but I use these almost every single day: Shlink: URL shortener/redirects, alternative to Bitly Vaultwarden: open source Bitwarden server Dokploy: PaaS, alternative to Vercel / Netlify Umami: gdpr-compliant web analytics Immich: photo management Papra: document archiving with OCR Navidrome: personal music streaming I'm super curious to hear about the apps you can't live without!
Sep 17, 2026
Hacker News
Hacker News
Show HN: Microsoft Office running with Wine on Linux with no virtualization
Microsoft Office famously hasn't worked well with Wine since Office 2007. There are lots of solutions out there to work around this, but all of them involve fairly heavy virtualization. Multiple people have told me that their biggest hangup for switching to Linux from Windows is the lack of the desktop version of Microsoft Office, and they don't want to run a VM to get around it. I recently fell into a bunch of free time with a Claude Max subscription, so I got Fable to hack at this until it worked! And with this, we have Microsoft Office running on Linux, with no Windows in sight! I can't promise that this will work on everyone's computer, but I did put this all in Nix Flakes, so ideally it should be relatively reproducible on any Linux system with the Nix package manager and Flakes enabled. Also, it does not work very well with X, but Wayland appears to work fine. This is not warez. You need a valid license for Office 365 for this to work. You also need to register on Microsoft's website in a browser ; the flow for registering in the app proved to be tricky and not worth pursuing. This is more proof of concept than anything else; I have no doubt that there are bugs and improvements to be made. I have only tested this with NixOS on Sway and KDE, and as stated it only really works with Wayland and the absolute latest GE-Proton, but I believe it would work fine with Gnome or any other Wayland desktop. Full disclosure, Claude Code with Fable did the vast vast majority of the wo
Sep 17, 2026
r/macapps
Mission Control still says Desktop 3, Desktop 4. I built Doorplate so my desktops finally have names, on macOS 14 through 27
I run 10+ desktops on an ultrawide, and Mission Control shows me identical thumbnails with Desktop 1 to Desktop 10+ under them. That row has looked exactly like this since Lion in 2011. I wanted names on the doors, so I wrote Doorplate. **Problem** macOS will happily give you sixteen desktops and label all of them Desktop N. Doorplate gives each one a name, an icon and a color, and puts it where you look: * the menu bar, or the notch on a MacBook, with the name of the desktop you are on * under every thumbnail inside Mission Control, on macOS 14 through 27 * a switcher where you type two letters and hit Return * a strip along the top edge of the screen when you hover there * a quick tag when you land on a desktop It also knows which apps live where. The menu bar, the switcher and the hover strip show the icons of the apps open on each desktop. Type "slack" in the switcher and it lists the desktops Slack is on; hit Return and you land there with Slack in front. Click an app's icon in the menu bar and the same happens. The Dock's red badges show next to the desktop the app lives on, so you know Mail has 3 waiting over there without going to look. And there is a presentation mode: one shortcut and every desktop is back to Desktop N, for recordings and screen shares. **Comparison** **Spaceman** is free and puts a strip of your desktops in the menu bar, with a label of up to three characters each. Nothing changes inside Mission Control and there is no switcher. **SpaceJump** ($9.9
Sep 17, 2026
X
X
零第三方依赖，纯 SwiftUI 加 AppKit，没有 Electron 也没有遥测，常驻内存写明控制在 100MB 以内，同时还能直接跑你已经装好的 Raycast 扩展，用原生 SwiftUI 渲染出来。这是 Tinycast 在 README 开头给自己下的定义。 它到底装了多少东西？ 应用启动与模糊搜索、可搜索的剪贴板历史（文本和图片，粘回你刚才所在的那个应用）、内联计算器（单位、实时汇率和加密货币换算）、Quicklinks、Apple Shortcuts 调用、
带占位符和嵌套引用的 Snippets 模板、自定义 shell 命令、34 个 Rectangle 风格的窗口管理动作、系统开关、日历会议一键加入、Markdown 笔记、emoji 面板，以及对选中文本做改写翻译总结的 Quick Actions。文件搜索走 Spotlight，不自建索引。 和 Raycast 比优势在哪？ 功能面基本是照着做的，差别在开源和边界：AGPL-3.0，免费，作者明确说会一直免费；AI 功能出厂关闭，要用得自己填 key；Snippets 默认禁用，按键在本地匹配、不存储不上传。它还提供从 Raycast 导入设置，迁移成本不高。 坑在哪？ 硬门槛是 macOS 26 及以上，macOS 15 Sequoia 那个 cask 作者已写明不再维护。安装要先 brew trust --tap 再 tap，走 DMG 的话因为是自签名，得手动 xattr 清一次 quarantine。辅助功能权限在粘贴和文本展开时绕不过去。想提 PR 的注意，README 要求先开 issue 讨论，这是强制的。 今日 +1,136 star · Swift · 总计 5,533 #macOS #Swift https://t.co/gP3t4XDzt9
Sep 17, 2026
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Hacker News
Ask HN: What self-hosted apps do you use daily?
I've been running a homelab for many years now and tried out many open source projects. A small percentage turn out to be real gems, but I use these almost every single day: Shlink: URL shortener/redirects, alternative to Bitly Vaultwarden: open source Bitwarden server Dokploy: PaaS, alternative to Vercel / Netlify Umami: gdpr-compliant web analytics Immich: photo management Papra: document archiving with OCR Navidrome: personal music streaming I'm super curious to hear about the apps you can't live without!
Sep 17, 2026
Hacker News
Hacker News
Show HN: Microsoft Office running with Wine on Linux with no virtualization
Microsoft Office famously hasn't worked well with Wine since Office 2007. There are lots of solutions out there to work around this, but all of them involve fairly heavy virtualization. Multiple people have told me that their biggest hangup for switching to Linux from Windows is the lack of the desktop version of Microsoft Office, and they don't want to run a VM to get around it. I recently fell into a bunch of free time with a Claude Max subscription, so I got Fable to hack at this until it worked! And with this, we have Microsoft Office running on Linux, with no Windows in sight! I can't promise that this will work on everyone's computer, but I did put this all in Nix Flakes, so ideally it should be relatively reproducible on any Linux system with the Nix package manager and Flakes enabled. Also, it does not work very well with X, but Wayland appears to work fine. This is not warez. You need a valid license for Office 365 for this to work. You also need to register on Microsoft's website in a browser ; the flow for registering in the app proved to be tricky and not worth pursuing. This is more proof of concept than anything else; I have no doubt that there are bugs and improvements to be made. I have only tested this with NixOS on Sway and KDE, and as stated it only really works with Wayland and the absolute latest GE-Proton, but I believe it would work fine with Gnome or any other Wayland desktop. Full disclosure, Claude Code with Fable did the vast vast majority of the wo
Sep 17, 2026
r/macapps
Mission Control still says Desktop 3, Desktop 4. I built Doorplate so my desktops finally have names, on macOS 14 through 27
I run 10+ desktops on an ultrawide, and Mission Control shows me identical thumbnails with Desktop 1 to Desktop 10+ under them. That row has looked exactly like this since Lion in 2011. I wanted names on the doors, so I wrote Doorplate. **Problem** macOS will happily give you sixteen desktops and label all of them Desktop N. Doorplate gives each one a name, an icon and a color, and puts it where you look: * the menu bar, or the notch on a MacBook, with the name of the desktop you are on * under every thumbnail inside Mission Control, on macOS 14 through 27 * a switcher where you type two letters and hit Return * a strip along the top edge of the screen when you hover there * a quick tag when you land on a desktop It also knows which apps live where. The menu bar, the switcher and the hover strip show the icons of the apps open on each desktop. Type "slack" in the switcher and it lists the desktops Slack is on; hit Return and you land there with Slack in front. Click an app's icon in the menu bar and the same happens. The Dock's red badges show next to the desktop the app lives on, so you know Mail has 3 waiting over there without going to look. And there is a presentation mode: one shortcut and every desktop is back to Desktop N, for recordings and screen shares. **Comparison** **Spaceman** is free and puts a strip of your desktops in the menu bar, with a label of up to three characters each. Nothing changes inside Mission Control and there is no switcher. **SpaceJump** ($9.9
Sep 17, 2026
r/macapps
TidyMind: on-device AI file organizer for Mac. Plans before moving, renames messy files. Free to try
I'm the developer. TidyMind is a Mac App Store app that tidies messy folders with on-device AI. Nothing is uploaded, there's no account, and the App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected." The problem: Downloads, Desktop, and project dumps turn into chaos, and most tools either move files behind your back or need cloud AI to understand what a file is. Point TidyMind at any folder and it reads your files (documents and images), then proposes a clean structure. Nothing moves until you review and approve the plan; you can drag files between folders to fix it, and every session is undoable. The AI Renamer is the other headliner: give it messy filenames and it produces names like 2025\_03\_14\_walmart\_receipt.png. The new name comes from what the file actually contains, date first when it has one. Two more modes: * Quick Metadata: instant sort by file type, no model needed * Smart Content: files things by what they actually are (receipts, invoices, resumes, whiteboard photos) Plus a duplicate finder where you pick the keeper. Models download once and run locally (MLX), fully offline after that. Comparison: Hazel is the gold standard for rule-based organizing, but you write and maintain the rules yourself; TidyMind reads content and proposes the plan for you, on-device. MacPaw Gemini finds duplicates but doesn't reorganize or rename. TidyMind does plans, renames, and duplicates in one offline pass. Pricing: Free forever for scanning, AI analysis, and plan review. Pro (applyin
Sep 17, 2026
Hacker News
Hacker News
Show HN: AutoBot – live voice control for long-running AI work
I wanted to manage long horizon agentic workstreams via voice, then put my phone down, and have a harness manage completion - extending into full computer use. I was trying to build a personal Jarvis, so I benchmarked AutoBot to see how close I could get: - OSWorld: 32.41% (moved Sol Max from 4th to 1st, beating Opus 5) - AssistantBench: 50.70% Hermes and OpenClaw, but without needing a weekend and VMs. And with the ability to manage deep personalization AND keep strict privacy rules, storing data on encrypted disk. AutoBot is a passion project that grew out of trying to make this all work for myself. I’m sharing it here because I suspect other here have the same frustration. And I’m curious what else everyone is doing for this. It’s an MIT-licensed harness that lives within a project. Native voice lets me discuss tasks, check progress, and steer work; a local ledger tracks unfinished outputs and the evidence needed to call them done. Memory drives more autonomy over time, and defrags and locks in learning nightly while a heartbeat system persists execution. I’m not selling anything. If you’re building something similar for yourself, I’d love to compare notes. GitHub: https://github.com/demeyer1/Autobot
Sep 17, 2026
r/macapps
Raycast alternatives: Tinycast or Vicinae?
I want to move away from Raycast to a different launcher but keep my extensions, etc. Now, I've recently seen Tinycast being mentioned a lot as a great, new alternative, but others have also mentioned Vicinae as a (better) alternative, as it's more established and has been around for longer. I would really appreciate if anyone who used/uses one of them or both could chime in and give their recommendation. Thank you very much in advance.
Sep 17, 2026
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Hacker News
Show HN: Die With Me – Claude and Codex rate limits as AIM away messages
made this AIM buddy list but for our token usage because i wanted to bring a little bit of the old internet back! i remember those days where i'd casually check if friends are online and find excuses to say hi and poke them give it a try! i'd greatly appreciate feedback
Sep 17, 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.
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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.
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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.
TidyMind: on-device AI file organizer for Mac. Plans before moving, renames messy files. Free to try
r/macapps
Research access that matches how you work
Start free. Save, reuse, and publish Research when it becomes part of your workflow.
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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
Ollama
Koi Editor Alpha: A fast, native code editor for macOS
I've been building Koi Editor, a fast, minimal code editor for macOS. The Alpha is now available for Apple Silicon Macs: [https://koieditor.com/](https://koieditor.com/) **Problem:** Modern code editors can feel heavy and increasingly cloud/AI-first. Koi focuses on low-latency editing, large files, and local workflows. **Comparison:** Inspired by Sublime Text and BBEdit, but built specifically around modern macOS, with optional local AI via Ollama. **Pricing:** Free for non-commercial use. $195 one-time lifetime license, reduced during Alpha.
Related apps
Sep 18, 2026
r/macapps
Versions
REQUEST: Tahoe/GG Wallpaper Manager
**Problem:** I have a client who insists on having his full photography collection available as a rotating wallpaper. His collection is about 120k discreet images (and growing as he shoots more), in jpeg format (not via Photos). Sequoia was able to handle this without a problem; we just dumped the single folder into Settings -> Wallpaper and went on our merry way. **Symptom:** In Tahoe and Golden Gate, this functionality is broken, even after full wipes and reinstalls. Feedback and tickets through Apple have not produced any resolution. Either Settings -> Wallpaper breaks and never displays the wallpapers (in one case it filled up the drive making BMPs in /Library???), or the click to add a custom folder disappears completely. This behavior occurs in all versions of Tahoe and Golden Gate, from 26.0 through 27.2.DB1. I've been fighting this for a year, and the client is ... unhappy. **Request:** I'm in the market for a third-party app to manage this mess. I want it to insert the images into the Wallpaper functionality on a randomized, rotating basis on a timer (5 to 15 minutes would be ideal). The source files can be either in a single folder, or can be in a tree of numbered folders of 1000 images each, thus: /Volumes/blah/Images/001 /Volumes/blah/Images/002 /Volumes/blah/Images/003 etc. **The Not-Needed:** I do not need a feature that offers me additional wallpapers. I have plenty. If the app has this feature, that's fine, as long as I can meet my requirement for custom wallp
Sep 17, 2026
Hacker News
Gnome
Show HN: Microsoft Office running with Wine on Linux with no virtualization
Microsoft Office famously hasn't worked well with Wine since Office 2007. There are lots of solutions out there to work around this, but all of them involve fairly heavy virtualization. Multiple people have told me that their biggest hangup for switching to Linux from Windows is the lack of the desktop version of Microsoft Office, and they don't want to run a VM to get around it. I recently fell into a bunch of free time with a Claude Max subscription, so I got Fable to hack at this until it worked! And with this, we have Microsoft Office running on Linux, with no Windows in sight! I can't promise that this will work on everyone's computer, but I did put this all in Nix Flakes, so ideally it should be relatively reproducible on any Linux system with the Nix package manager and Flakes enabled. Also, it does not work very well with X, but Wayland appears to work fine. This is not warez. You need a valid license for Office 365 for this to work. You also need to register on Microsoft's website in a browser ; the flow for registering in the app proved to be tricky and not worth pursuing. This is more proof of concept than anything else; I have no doubt that there are bugs and improvements to be made. I have only tested this with NixOS on Sway and KDE, and as stated it only really works with Wayland and the absolute latest GE-Proton, but I believe it would work fine with Gnome or any other Wayland desktop. Full disclosure, Claude Code with Fable did the vast vast majority of the wo
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Sep 17, 2026
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OpenClaw
Show HN: AutoBot – live voice control for long-running AI work
I wanted to manage long horizon agentic workstreams via voice, then put my phone down, and have a harness manage completion - extending into full computer use. I was trying to build a personal Jarvis, so I benchmarked AutoBot to see how close I could get: - OSWorld: 32.41% (moved Sol Max from 4th to 1st, beating Opus 5) - AssistantBench: 50.70% Hermes and OpenClaw, but without needing a weekend and VMs. And with the ability to manage deep personalization AND keep strict privacy rules, storing data on encrypted disk. AutoBot is a passion project that grew out of trying to make this all work for myself. I’m sharing it here because I suspect other here have the same frustration. And I’m curious what else everyone is doing for this. It’s an MIT-licensed harness that lives within a project. Native voice lets me discuss tasks, check progress, and steer work; a local ledger tracks unfinished outputs and the evidence needed to call them done. Memory drives more autonomy over time, and defrags and locks in learning nightly while a heartbeat system persists execution. I’m not selling anything. If you’re building something similar for yourself, I’d love to compare notes. GitHub: https://github.com/demeyer1/Autobot
Sep 17, 2026
r/macapps
Ollama
Update: my free floating AI assistant for macOS
About a month ago I posted a small menu bar app that puts a floating assistant over whatever you're working on by just pressing double Shift or triple shift key depending which function you want. A lot of you showed interest, so here's what changed. What it does: Double-tap Shift and a small window appears on top of your current app. Select text in Mail, capture a Safari window, or drop in a file, images, URL, etc then summarize, rewrite, translate, or just ask and keep asking follow-ups in the same thread. Triple-tap Shift jumps straight into rewrite mode on the current apps's text field. Works with: Selected text, clipboard, URLs, PDFs, EML files, images, any open window (capture + vision questions), and pretty much any text/code file (.txt .md .rtf .csv .json .html .yaml .swift .py .js .ts .java .c .cpp .sh …). Models — you pick per request \- Apple Intelligence on-device (Foundation Models) \- Private Cloud Compute (macOS 27 only) \- A local MLX model running entirely on your Mac (I use Gemma but you can use any from HuggingFace ) \- Any OpenAI-compatible local server app, so you can use any model from Ollama, LMstudio, Omlx etc. Nothing leaves your Mac unless you choose a cloud option. No accounts, no analytics. One important detail: My developer account has the private cloud compute entitlement needed to use this model from Apple, so it works on my machines, but creating a notarized installer will strip that entitlement from the app, Apple doesn't allow to distribute th
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Raycast
零第三方依赖，纯 SwiftUI 加 AppKit，没有 Electron 也没有遥测，常驻内存写明控制在 100MB 以内，同时还能直接跑你已经装好的 Raycast 扩展，用原生 SwiftUI 渲染出来。这是 Tinycast 在 README 开头给自己下的定义。 它到底装了多少东西？ 应用启动与模糊搜索、可搜索的剪贴板历史（文本和图片，粘回你刚才所在的那个应用）、内联计算器（单位、实时汇率和加密货币换算）、Quicklinks、Apple Shortcuts 调用、
带占位符和嵌套引用的 Snippets 模板、自定义 shell 命令、34 个 Rectangle 风格的窗口管理动作、系统开关、日历会议一键加入、Markdown 笔记、emoji 面板，以及对选中文本做改写翻译总结的 Quick Actions。文件搜索走 Spotlight，不自建索引。 和 Raycast 比优势在哪？ 功能面基本是照着做的，差别在开源和边界：AGPL-3.0，免费，作者明确说会一直免费；AI 功能出厂关闭，要用得自己填 key；Snippets 默认禁用，按键在本地匹配、不存储不上传。它还提供从 Raycast 导入设置，迁移成本不高。 坑在哪？ 硬门槛是 macOS 26 及以上，macOS 15 Sequoia 那个 cask 作者已写明不再维护。安装要先 brew trust --tap 再 tap，走 DMG 的话因为是自签名，得手动 xattr 清一次 quarantine。辅助功能权限在粘贴和文本展开时绕不过去。想提 PR 的注意，README 要求先开 issue 讨论，这是强制的。 今日 +1,136 star · Swift · 总计 5,533 #macOS #Swift https://t.co/gP3t4XDzt9
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Sep 17, 2026
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Slack
Mission Control still says Desktop 3, Desktop 4. I built Doorplate so my desktops finally have names, on macOS 14 through 27
I run 10+ desktops on an ultrawide, and Mission Control shows me identical thumbnails with Desktop 1 to Desktop 10+ under them. That row has looked exactly like this since Lion in 2011. I wanted names on the doors, so I wrote Doorplate. **Problem** macOS will happily give you sixteen desktops and label all of them Desktop N. Doorplate gives each one a name, an icon and a color, and puts it where you look: * the menu bar, or the notch on a MacBook, with the name of the desktop you are on * under every thumbnail inside Mission Control, on macOS 14 through 27 * a switcher where you type two letters and hit Return * a strip along the top edge of the screen when you hover there * a quick tag when you land on a desktop It also knows which apps live where. The menu bar, the switcher and the hover strip show the icons of the apps open on each desktop. Type "slack" in the switcher and it lists the desktops Slack is on; hit Return and you land there with Slack in front. Click an app's icon in the menu bar and the same happens. The Dock's red badges show next to the desktop the app lives on, so you know Mail has 3 waiting over there without going to look. And there is a presentation mode: one shortcut and every desktop is back to Desktop N, for recordings and screen shares. **Comparison** **Spaceman** is free and puts a strip of your desktops in the menu bar, with a label of up to three characters each. Nothing changes inside Mission Control and there is no switcher. **SpaceJump** ($9.9
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Sep 17, 2026
r/macapps
Raycast
Raycast alternatives: Tinycast or Vicinae?
I want to move away from Raycast to a different launcher but keep my extensions, etc. Now, I've recently seen Tinycast being mentioned a lot as a great, new alternative, but others have also mentioned Vicinae as a (better) alternative, as it's more established and has been around for longer. I would really appreciate if anyone who used/uses one of them or both could chime in and give their recommendation. Thank you very much in advance.
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Sep 17, 2026
r/macapps
Orange
My girlfriend says nobody would download an app from this website. Is she right?
**Problem:** I wanted the MacBook notch to be more than another mini menu. Glance puts your everyday tools there and uses light as feedback. Blue for running, orange for permission, green for completed, especially when Claude or Codex agents are working. **Comparison:** Apps like DynamicLake and NotchNook inspired the space. Glance goes in a different direction with the Motion Engine, light themes, individual keyboard shortcut feedback and agent states, while still covering the usual notch features. **Pricing:** 12 euros with a 3 day free trial. [JoinGlance.app](http://JoinGlance.app) This is also my first real product, so roast the website if you want. **Did I cook or is my girlfriend right? 😂**
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Bitwarden
Ask HN: What self-hosted apps do you use daily?
I've been running a homelab for many years now and tried out many open source projects. A small percentage turn out to be real gems, but I use these almost every single day: Shlink: URL shortener/redirects, alternative to Bitly Vaultwarden: open source Bitwarden server Dokploy: PaaS, alternative to Vercel / Netlify Umami: gdpr-compliant web analytics Immich: photo management Papra: document archiving with OCR Navidrome: personal music streaming I'm super curious to hear about the apps you can't live without!
Sep 17, 2026
r/macapps
Receipts
TidyMind: on-device AI file organizer for Mac. Plans before moving, renames messy files. Free to try
I'm the developer. TidyMind is a Mac App Store app that tidies messy folders with on-device AI. Nothing is uploaded, there's no account, and the App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected." The problem: Downloads, Desktop, and project dumps turn into chaos, and most tools either move files behind your back or need cloud AI to understand what a file is. Point TidyMind at any folder and it reads your files (documents and images), then proposes a clean structure. Nothing moves until you review and approve the plan; you can drag files between folders to fix it, and every session is undoable. The AI Renamer is the other headliner: give it messy filenames and it produces names like 2025\_03\_14\_walmart\_receipt.png. The new name comes from what the file actually contains, date first when it has one. Two more modes: * Quick Metadata: instant sort by file type, no model needed * Smart Content: files things by what they actually are (receipts, invoices, resumes, whiteboard photos) Plus a duplicate finder where you pick the keeper. Models download once and run locally (MLX), fully offline after that. Comparison: Hazel is the gold standard for rule-based organizing, but you write and maintain the rules yourself; TidyMind reads content and proposes the plan for you, on-device. MacPaw Gemini finds duplicates but doesn't reorganize or rename. TidyMind does plans, renames, and duplicates in one offline pass. Pricing: Free forever for scanning, AI analysis, and plan review. Pro (applyin
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Sep 17, 2026
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Claude
Show HN: Die With Me – Claude and Codex rate limits as AIM away messages
made this AIM buddy list but for our token usage because i wanted to bring a little bit of the old internet back! i remember those days where i'd casually check if friends are online and find excuses to say hi and poke them give it a try! i'd greatly appreciate feedback
Sep 17, 2026
Find the answer before you buy the app
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