StyleBop — a visual CSS editor for Mac

https://redd.it/1vnl01s
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TouchNow: your Mac on an iPhone or iPad, with an on-screen controller you draw yourself

https://redd.it/1vnj0ku
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Free,Open Source RSS, Reddit and YouTube reader with summaries, Q&A and content deep analises

I’ve been building RSSum, a native reader for iPhone and iPad. Posted it on r/iosapps and got a positive feedback so I ported it to a Mac Native version .
It began as a personal RSS reader, but it has gradually grown into one place for following articles, Reddit communities and YouTube channels.

The latest TestFlight adds experimental YouTube support. You can search for a public channel by name, subscribe to it, receive its latest videos in your feed and watch them inside the app. When captions are available, RSSum retrieves the actual transcript so summaries and Q&A are based on what was said in the video, not just its title or description.


Problem: RSS feeds, Reddit and you tube subscriptions are easy to follow but difficult to keep up with. Following too many articles, to many subreddits with large comment threads and on top of that Youtube, can quickly become a backlog. RSSum brings RSS, Reddit and YouTube into one unified reader, then lets you summarize content, ask follow-up questions, and listen instead of reading everything manually.

Comparison: NetNewsWire is excellent for traditional RSS, while Reeder offers a polished multi-source timeline. RSSum is better suited to people who want to understand their feeds, not just read them. It adds direct Reddit support, deep comment-thread analysis, article and feed summaries, Q&A, text-to-speech, and a choice of on-device or external providers for deep summarization and deep analyses.

Pricing: Free ($0) for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The source code is also available on GitHub.

Current features include:

RSS and Atom subscriptions
Reddit subscriptions, posts and comments. It is also possible to create new posts and reply, vote, etc so it serves as well as a quick Reddit client that uses the free Reddit API associated with every account.
YouTube channel search and subscriptions
An internal YouTube player with the standard YouTube controls
Transcript-grounded YouTube summaries and Q&A
Unified All, Unread, Favorites and Today views
Filters for articles, Reddit and YouTube
List, compact and magazine feed layouts
In-app article Reader mode and full webpage access
Individual article, post and comment summaries
Overall summaries covering multiple articles or Reddit posts
Follow-up Q&A grounded in articles, comments or video transcripts
Select text in a summary and ask the app about it
Reddit comment summaries and deeper analysis
Clickable source references inside overall summaries
whiteboards and infographics
Two-host podcasts generated from a saved batch of source material
Local and cloud text-to-speech, including on-device MLX speech
Multiple AI model options, including Apple local model, local LiteRT/MLX models, Gemini API ( BYOK), persistent ChatGPT/Gemini web sessions, Codex/Summarize (for those who are subscribers) and an optional Mac-based Apple PCC gateway - One note, Apple's Private cloud computer is enabled but it won't work because Apple is not accepting Tesflight that include IOS27 API just yet. It will work on IOS27. If you have a Mac running the latest beta it is possible to use that model through a gateway, which makes the Mac make the call through the PCC cli on the Mac.
OPML import and export
iCloud synchronization for subscriptions and reading state
Light, dark and system appearance
Cache, storage and downloaded-model management
Native layouts for iPhone, iPad and resizable Stage Manager windows

The YouTube integration uses public channel feeds, so it does not require access to your YouTube account. Transcript features depend on usable captions being available; the app reports when a video cannot currently be summarized instead of generating something from metadata.

This is still a beta, and I’d especially appreciate feedback about YouTube subscriptions, transcript reliability, playback,

summaries, Q&A and the interface on different devices.

Trust & Transparency

I'm Joao Valente

Contact: dealer.yen-61@icloud.com

Website: https://rssapp.top/

Privacy Policy: https://rssapp.top/privacy/

Terms of Service: https://rssapp.top/terms/

Tutorial: https://rssapp.top/tutorial/index.html

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/DByXE2ZU

Github: https://github.com/Joaov41/Rss

A much earlier version of this app has been on the App Store but with much less, and basic features, basically can't even be considered the same app, it was just put on the store for those who could not compile from the GitHub at the time. The current version available on TestFlight is wait for Apple's approval..

Here is the r/iosapps posts where the app is discussed in detail: https://www.reddit.com/r/iosapps/comments/1vkw2ge/freeopen\_source\_rss\_reddit\_and\_youtube\_reader/

https://redd.it/1vnkddp
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I built Throttlr, a per-app bandwidth limiter for macOS

https://redd.it/1vngd2i
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Port22 — control your terminal AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode) from your phone

https://redd.it/1vo03rs
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Making Sense of macOS Notch Apps
https://redd.it/1vo1qut
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Unshown: keep selected Mac apps out of screen shares with a native protected window

Hi r/macapps, I'm the developer of Unshown.



Problem: When I share my screen during demos, support calls, or recordings, I still need apps like Slack, Mail, Terminal, private browser windows, and internal notes on my Mac.



Sharing one app window is restrictive. Sharing the entire display is flexible, but one wrong click can expose something private. I wanted a separate share target that could show my workspace while completely omitting apps I had marked as private, so I built Unshown.



What it does



\- Lets you choose which Mac apps should never appear in the protected output

\- Creates a dedicated window called Unshown Protected Share

\- Keeps excluded apps visible and interactive on your Mac while omitting them from that window

\- Includes pause, preview focus, and stop controls for live sessions

\- Can hide Finder desktop icons only from Protected Share

\- Includes a 90-second compatibility test for meeting and recording apps

\- Supports Apple silicon and Intel Macs running macOS 14 or later



How it works



1. Choose the apps you want to keep private.

2. Start Protected Share from the menu bar.

3. In Zoom, Meet, OBS, or another window-sharing app, select Unshown Protected Share instead of your original display.



Unshown is a native Swift macOS app, not Electron. It uses ScreenCaptureKit app-exclusion filters before frames reach the Protected Share window.



Screen frames remain on your Mac. The current beta does not upload screen content, save screenshots, run cloud OCR, or analyze the text on your screen. The DMG is signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple.



Comparison: Sharing a single app window is simple, but limits you to one window. Sharing the full display preserves your workflow, but can expose private apps. OBS is much more configurable, but requires building and maintaining a scene.



Unshown sits between those options: it produces a normal macOS window that meeting and recording apps can share, while selected apps remain usable locally and absent from the output.



Current limitations



\- Unshown is not a system-wide privacy shield.

\- Sharing your original display bypasses Unshown completely.

\- Content inside an allowed app remains visible.

\- The current beta does not mask sensitive text or run OCR.

\- No meeting or recording host is certified yet, so I recommend running the built-in compatibility test before using it in a live session.



Pricing: The current build includes a free seven-day full beta. I'm testing a proposed $39 one-time founder license with one active Mac and 12 months of updates. Checkout is not live yet, and no payment is collected.



Transparency



\- Website: https://unshown.vercel.app

\- Download: https://unshown.vercel.app/download

\- Privacy: https://unshown.vercel.app/privacy

\- Security model: https://unshown.vercel.app/security

\- Beta terms: https://unshown.vercel.app/terms

\- Release notes: https://unshown.vercel.app/releases

\- Support: https://unshown.vercel.app/support

\- SHA-256: https://unshown.vercel.app/download/checksum

\- Release manifest: https://unshown.vercel.app/download/manifest

\- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%EC%B0%AC%EC%9A%B0-%EB%B0%95-7843a3212/

I'd especially appreciate feedback on two things: which meeting or recording apps work or fail for you, and whether the separate Protected Share window feels natural in a real workflow.



I'll be around in the comments to answer anything.

https://redd.it/1vf8ajh
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Battery level of ALL devices

Hey all, I was hoping to find an app which will sit in my menu bar, and let me know the battery level of all my devices. I know there's an app called 'AirBuddy' but, as far as I'm aware this only really scrapes info for your bluetooth devices. I also have a wireless keyboard using 2.4Ghz.

Are there any apps out there, which will let me know the battery level of both bluetooth AND wireless?

Thanks in advance.

https://redd.it/1vo3izv
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Raybeam - A better way to screen share on macOS (v2 update)

https://redd.it/1voa2br
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OSThe Economics of Open-Source Software

Hi everyone,

I'm one of the developers of Thaw, a menu bar manager forked from Ice. Earlier this year I forked Ice since its development basically came to a standstill. Since then, we made many improvements and added new features. Thaw now supports 20 languages, due to the help of the community, and we are currently working on making Thaw macOS 27 ready. We also moved Thaw to a GitHub org, to make it easier to work on it as a team.

Our team has grown, and we are now 3 devs working on Thaw. René is currently driving the development, especially on getting macOS 27 support in shape and does tremendous work on doing basically 1:1 support to get all bugs reported by users fixed.

During the last couple of months we had to deal with copy-right-infringement (a commercial menubar manager took our code and sold a closed source fork for $10), and noticed that some commercial but also OSS menubar managers were waiting for us to figure things out (especially macOS 27 compatibility) to the take inspiration from our code. We are literally their free R&D department, and we noticed, the moment we stopped making the code for macOS 27 compatibility public (currently we have it in a private repo), advancements there also stopped.

We also noticed that many menu bar managers out there, simply scrape code from Ice, w/o giving Jordan Baird any credit. Probably one of the reasons why Ice's development came to a standstill. On that note, we have modified Thaw to a point where we could probably drop the mentioning that we are an Ice fork. But Ice is our heritage, and we want to give credit where credit is due.

TBH, seeing all this is quite demotivating. On the bright side, roughly 150k downloads of Thaw version 1.2 have happened -- so people out there deem Thaw to be useful.

Which brings me to the title of this post.

When I forked Ice, I stated that Thaw will always be free of charge and that stands true and will NEVER change. But seeing that many downloads, and on the other side our GitHub/Patreon "income" clocking in at $60/month is somewhat disheartening, when competitors with the same, or even less functionality charge $10 or more. Although we are very grateful to all the donations we received so far.

To be clear here. I don't want to beg for money or announce that we stop development or anything like this. I just want to make you aware, that if you use any kind of open source software that serves you well, consider donating (and even if it is just $1) to that project.

https://redd.it/1vod7l0
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Gramola: your whole music library, at the edge of your screen!

https://redd.it/1vodrv8
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[OS] Remarc - your feedback layer for AI collaboration: comment on anything on your screen & instantly send to your coding agents

https://redd.it/1voc2oc
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[OS] Calyx: a free, open-source macOS terminal for supervising multiple coding agents

https://redd.it/1vordc2
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Filtre browser extension by Jeffrey of Noir

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I love the Noir extension, how it 'just works' and is regularly updated.

I was so pleased to see that Jeffrey has a new extension out, Filtre, that filtres out links on websites based on keywords.

This has really allowed me to browse the web with less distractions.

I haven't seen much talk of it online, is anyone here using it?

I find the price model pretty steep, it's only subscription after a seven day free trial. It's £1 for a month, £8 a year or £25 for a lifetime.

To be completely honest, I don't know yet wether its worth it for me. I'll keep evaluating during my trial, but I really loved Noir for its fair one time payment method.

Just interested in the communities thoughts!

https://redd.it/1vopha2
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[OS] Neon Vision Editor — a free native editor for Markdown, code, projects, and large files

https://redd.it/1vox2u9
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