Desktop utilities
Small tools for your own machine: files, media, hardware. 37 products.
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cjpais/Handy
Press a shortcut, speak, and your words appear in any app — fully offline, free and open source.
2
Tera Convert
Converts and edits files on Mac entirely offline — images, video, audio, PDF, docs
3
android-ad-cleaner
Turns off ads and marketing pushes on Chinese Android phones, no root, fully reversible.
4
DisplaySwitcher
Switches your monitor's input with a software button instead of its physical buttons.
5
fswitcher
Rebuilds Cmd-Tab on Mac so it knows which display, desktop and window you actually want.
6
WhoIsCooking
Shows which AI agent is heating your Mac and cools it without stopping the job.
7
macOS window switcher replacement that keeps each Space separate
Splits Cmd-Tab per macOS Space, so switching only shows windows from the current one
8
TonVault
Mac app that scans your Elektron Tonverk SD card, flags problems, and backs it up with checksums.
9
Netofox
Mac app that reads your whole home network in plain English and flags what's exposed.
10
free-my-tv
Swaps your smart TV's ad-filled home screen for a fast, clean one — one button undoes it.
11
FolioSort
Sorts years of messy photos and RAW files into dated folders, fully on your own computer.
12
toPSD
Converts Procreate files to layered PSD entirely in your browser — nothing uploaded anywhere.
13
Bytesweep
Finds reclaimable disk space — Docker images, Xcode caches, AI models — undoable for 7 days.
14
Dictami
Dictates text locally on a Mac in 30 languages, landing in whatever app your cursor is in.
15
Textfold – a native Mac text expander with plain text snippets
Mac text expander that turns a short abbreviation into full text in any app.
16
PazBy
Pings you with a saved reminder when you're physically near that spot.
17
FixMP4
Rebuilds a corrupted MP4 or MOV's missing index in your browser, no upload, free preview first.
18
Smart Blur – Auto-Blur PII in the Browser, with a OpenAI Local Model
Blurs emails, cards and personal info on screen automatically the moment a screen share starts
19
RemoTune
Turns your phone into a remote for whatever's playing on your PC or Mac.
20
Vitals
Groups your Mac's ~1,000 processes into about 60 apps, so you see what's using memory.
21
Display Dimmer
Dims Windows displays via monitor hardware, falling back to software gamma when that fails.
22
ClipScrub
Deletes PII from PDFs, screenshots and recordings, entirely on your Mac
23
Drudow
Sends photos, bills and notes from WhatsApp into Google Drive, then finds them by description.
24
Dusty
Open-source Mac cleaner that only deletes from a fixed allowlist and shows every path first.
25
Colophon
Repairs broken EPUB/MOBI covers, encoding glitches and metadata online, no install.
26
lidawake by zaYco
Keeps a MacBook awake with the lid shut when macOS would sleep, then always gives sleep back.
27
LocalPDF Tools
Merges, splits and rotates PDFs entirely in your browser, no uploads
28
VPNonly
Routes only chosen Mac apps through a VPN, leaving the rest of the Mac untouched
29
VectorPop
Retraces PNG/JPEG logos into clean SVG locally on Windows and Linux, no uploads.
30
Highball
Runs Windows games on Apple Silicon Macs via Wine, picking the graphics layer per game
31
PaperLock
Scans and reads receipts, bills and IDs on iPhone, then answers questions about them
32
ArkWarden
Encrypts photos, videos, docs and audio on your iPhone — no account, no server.
33
Clypy
Syncs everything you copy across all your devices and lets you search old clips by meaning.
34
Site Routes
Routes chosen Safari sites through your VPN by country, everything else stays direct.
35
Mailward
Opens and searches Outlook PST/OST files in the browser, no Outlook install needed.
36
Densar BK
Backs up a Windows dev setup — junctions, credentials, AI memory — not just files, for a new PC.
37
duo·reader
Split-view PDF reader with two independently scrolling panes on the same file
cjpais/Handy
Press a shortcut, speak, and your words appear in any app — fully offline, free and open source.
2
Tera Convert
Converts and edits files on Mac entirely offline — images, video, audio, PDF, docs
3
android-ad-cleaner
Turns off ads and marketing pushes on Chinese Android phones, no root, fully reversible.
4
DisplaySwitcher
Switches your monitor's input with a software button instead of its physical buttons.
5
fswitcher
Rebuilds Cmd-Tab on Mac so it knows which display, desktop and window you actually want.
6
WhoIsCooking
Shows which AI agent is heating your Mac and cools it without stopping the job.
7
macOS window switcher replacement that keeps each Space separate
Splits Cmd-Tab per macOS Space, so switching only shows windows from the current one
8
TonVault
Mac app that scans your Elektron Tonverk SD card, flags problems, and backs it up with checksums.
9
Netofox
Mac app that reads your whole home network in plain English and flags what's exposed.
10
free-my-tv
Swaps your smart TV's ad-filled home screen for a fast, clean one — one button undoes it.
11
FolioSort
Sorts years of messy photos and RAW files into dated folders, fully on your own computer.
12
toPSD
Converts Procreate files to layered PSD entirely in your browser — nothing uploaded anywhere.
13
Bytesweep
Finds reclaimable disk space — Docker images, Xcode caches, AI models — undoable for 7 days.
14
Dictami
Dictates text locally on a Mac in 30 languages, landing in whatever app your cursor is in.
15
Textfold – a native Mac text expander with plain text snippets
Mac text expander that turns a short abbreviation into full text in any app.
16
PazBy
Pings you with a saved reminder when you're physically near that spot.
17
FixMP4
Rebuilds a corrupted MP4 or MOV's missing index in your browser, no upload, free preview first.
18
Smart Blur – Auto-Blur PII in the Browser, with a OpenAI Local Model
Blurs emails, cards and personal info on screen automatically the moment a screen share starts
19
RemoTune
Turns your phone into a remote for whatever's playing on your PC or Mac.
20
Vitals
Groups your Mac's ~1,000 processes into about 60 apps, so you see what's using memory.
21
Display Dimmer
Dims Windows displays via monitor hardware, falling back to software gamma when that fails.
22
ClipScrub
Deletes PII from PDFs, screenshots and recordings, entirely on your Mac
23
Drudow
Sends photos, bills and notes from WhatsApp into Google Drive, then finds them by description.
24
Dusty
Open-source Mac cleaner that only deletes from a fixed allowlist and shows every path first.
25
Colophon
Repairs broken EPUB/MOBI covers, encoding glitches and metadata online, no install.
26
lidawake by zaYco
Keeps a MacBook awake with the lid shut when macOS would sleep, then always gives sleep back.
27
LocalPDF Tools
Merges, splits and rotates PDFs entirely in your browser, no uploads
28
VPNonly
Routes only chosen Mac apps through a VPN, leaving the rest of the Mac untouched
29
VectorPop
Retraces PNG/JPEG logos into clean SVG locally on Windows and Linux, no uploads.
30
Highball
Runs Windows games on Apple Silicon Macs via Wine, picking the graphics layer per game
31
PaperLock
Scans and reads receipts, bills and IDs on iPhone, then answers questions about them
32
ArkWarden
Encrypts photos, videos, docs and audio on your iPhone — no account, no server.
33
Clypy
Syncs everything you copy across all your devices and lets you search old clips by meaning.
34
Site Routes
Routes chosen Safari sites through your VPN by country, everything else stays direct.
35
Mailward
Opens and searches Outlook PST/OST files in the browser, no Outlook install needed.
36
Densar BK
Backs up a Windows dev setup — junctions, credentials, AI memory — not just files, for a new PC.
37
duo·reader
Split-view PDF reader with two independently scrolling panes on the same file