[Update] Deskeen 2.3 is out! (Final 2.x). Added Video Editing & System-wide tools. free upgrade to 3.0 for all buyers!

https://redd.it/1wzutab
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Share some free and open source apps you use

Here are some amazing FOSS apps that I use:

* LaunchNext: A launcher app layout that I am used to. It supports finger gestures and performs well. Replaces LaunchOS for me.

* LocalSend: Share files between my MacBook and my Android phone. KDE is buggy for me, and Blip is closed source with constant network activity in the background that I found iffy.

* IINA: Beautiful Mac video player with a bunch of extensions and good color accuracy.

* OpenDisk: Disk analyzer. Replaces DaisyDisk for me.

* CotEditor: Plain text editor with syntax highlighting.

* Thaw: Menu bar manager. It is a little buggy on macOS 27, but it works and is under constant updates.

* Vorssaint: A Swiss Army knife utility app. Probably the hottest Mac app right now. Replaces CleanShot X, Boring Notch (FOSS), Maccy (FOSS), and pearcleaner (FOSS). It is not as good as those individual apps, but good enough for me.

https://redd.it/1wzw4t3
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[OS] I forgot a midterm, so I built a workspace where notes, tasks and calendar are unified. Local use free, $2.99 / month for sync

https://redd.it/1wzvmqp
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Margin vs Bear: Markdown notes in a database or in a folder
https://gomargin.app/blog/margin-vs-bear

https://redd.it/1wzvebl
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Lattix is one year old : A window manager that launches apps and restores window layouts across multiple spaces and monitors in one click!! [Biggest update yet]

https://redd.it/1x001mj
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What is similar to Scrivener but with Markdown and AI helps for proofreading and perhaps transcription?

I still have Scrivener – I used it week by week for about 10 years. it's still good, but when you'r e very used to Markdown and having AI editing helps for when you need them, you want more. The pure Markdown writing apps like Ulysses and iaWriter have stood apart from any engagement with AI – perhaps wisely – but there will be developers who have met this need. What are you building, or using, that's like my description?

https://redd.it/1x029di
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Safari Extension that allows you to underline and highlight any text you want within the website, it's one extension from 22 extension available on this app
https://redd.it/1x0311h
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Weekly app round-up?

Hello, first post here. As a relatively new Reddit user, I was wondering if there would be a way to get a weekly list of all apps discussed in the previous seven days, whether it's a weekly email, a summary post, or something else entirely.

Personally, I struggle with too much information at once due to lifelong health issues, and a bigger collection of apps to check out makes it quite painful and overwhelming for me to consume such information. Very likely, also for other people who share similar conditions as mine, should they be users of this space.

Thank you.

https://redd.it/1x02f8e
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Media Renamer Pro 1.3.8: one Mac app that renames your photos, movies, TV, music, audiobooks and ROMs from the metadata inside the files

Disclosure: I made this. Solo dev.

PROBLEM

Media folders fill up with names like IMG_4471.HEIC, Track 03.mp3 and Show.Name.S03E07.1080p.mkv. Media Renamer Pro reads what is already inside the files (EXIF dates, music and video tags, audiobook tags), adds online lookups when you want them, and shows you every new name in a preview before anything changes. Hit apply and the whole batch is renamed. Hit undo and it all goes back. It works on local folders, external drives and SMB/NAS shares.

WHAT IS NEW IN 1.3.8

This is the biggest accuracy update so far, tuned on tens of thousands of real files on my own NAS.

Tag review. When the tags inside a file disagree with its filename, you see both side by side and pick the winner: keep the filename, use the tags, edit the name, or skip. Works for movies, TV, music and audiobooks.

Safer names. Lookups add to a name and never take anything away. Your words, punctuation, years and bracket notes stay put.

MKV tags are read, and tags inside video files fill in TV and movie names the filename cannot provide.

Multi-episode files come out in the standard S03E01-E02 form.

Game libraries keep disc numbers and system files, and installed game folders are left alone.

COMPARISON

FileBot is the name everyone knows. It is built around movies and TV, it is a cross-platform app, and it costs $8 a year or $80 for a lifetime license. A Better Finder Rename is $29.95 and renames from patterns you set up yourself.

Media Renamer Pro is different in four ways. It is a native Mac app, not a port. It handles your whole library in one window: photos, movies, TV, music, audiobooks, game ROMs and general files. It checks its own work, so when a lookup or a tag disagrees with the filename it shows you both and lets you decide instead of guessing. And the same purchase runs on your iPhone and iPad, which neither of the others offers.

PRICING

$4.99. Once. That is less than one year of FileBot and about a sixth of A Better Finder Rename, for seven media types, full preview, tag review, one-click undo, NAS support and three platforms. No subscription, no account, no ads, and every update so far has been free.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/media-renamer-pro-batch-file/id6761764615

Happy to answer questions, and feature ideas are welcome. A lot of this update came straight from user feedback.

https://redd.it/1x014ff
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FanFic to Audio: a free Mac app for turning fanfiction into audiobooks



https://preview.redd.it/gjvca23ul3uh1.png?width=2318&format=png&auto=webp&s=f88554f4587ba6026e92e5a1206e44a5a64a2de3

Hi [r/macapps](https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/)! I’m **Dr. Matt Booth**, an educational technology systems administrator and CS/IT lecturer. I built **FanFic to Audio**, a free, open-source Mac app that downloads fanfiction as EPUB and converts it into audiobooks.

**Problem:** I wanted to download stories and create audiobooks in one app, including processing multiple books and combining stories whose series order isn’t configured on the original website.

The app lets you:

* Download stories as EPUB or open existing EPUBs.
* Add multiple books to an audiobook queue and move them up or down.
* Save narration settings for each book and resume interrupted conversions.
* Combine separate EPUBs into an ordered series.
* Narrate with macOS voices or your own OpenAI or ElevenLabs API key.
* Export a single MP3, individual chapter MP3s, or an M4B with chapters and cover art.

**Comparison:** [FanFicFare](https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare) handles story downloads and EPUB updates, while [NaturalReader](https://www.naturalreaders.com/software.html) focuses on general text-to-speech reading and conversion. FanFic to Audio brings FanFicFare’s downloader into a native Mac interface with bulk audiobook queues, series combining, and chapter-aware exports.

The download engine is **FanFicFare**, created by **Jim Miller (JimmXinu) and the FanFicFare contributors**. They deserve the credit for its website support and EPUB downloading. My app is independently maintained.

**Pricing:** The app is **$0**, with no app subscription. Local macOS narration requires no paid AI account. Optional OpenAI and ElevenLabs narration uses your own API keys, with charges billed separately by those providers.

**Developer transparency — Tier 2:** Here are my public identity, professional background, developer portfolio, contact details, and policies:

* **Website:** [mattbooth.me](https://mattbooth.me/), including a **Privacy Policy & Terms of Service** button.
* **LinkedIn:** [Dr. Matt Booth](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpbooth).
* **Developer portfolio:** [My GitHub projects](https://github.com/thatosxguy?tab=repositories).
* **Contact:** [admin@strixmcs.com](mailto:admin@strixmcs.com).
* **Privacy Policy & Terms of Service:** [Separate public policies repository](https://github.com/thatosxguy/policies).

The app has no application analytics or developer-operated backend. Local narration runs on your Mac. Choosing AI narration sends the selected text to that provider; saved API keys are stored in macOS Keychain.

**Requirements:** Apple silicon, macOS 14 or later, and a separate FFmpeg installation. Version 1.3.0 is **ad hoc signed and not notarized**; please read the [installation guide](https://github.com/thatosxguy/FanFictoAudio/blob/main/docs/installation.md) before opening it.

[**Download v1.3.0**](https://github.com/thatosxguy/FanFictoAudio/releases/tag/v1.3.0) · [**Source code and documentation**](https://github.com/thatosxguy/FanFictoAudio)

I’d welcome feedback on the workflow, supported websites, and audiobook exports.

**Posting note:** I’ve followed the **Tier 2 Transparency Path** requirements for posting to the main feed by including my real identity, LinkedIn, developer portfolio, public contact details, and a website linking to my Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

https://redd.it/1x05qgx
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Sticta: turn your photos into stickers and your stickers into a wallpaper

https://redd.it/1x08710
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Layout: switch between your dev projects with one shortcut

https://redd.it/1x011vl
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Flyout update: iPhone and iPad apps, themes, encrypted notes, and Codex/Claude access

https://redd.it/1wyh324
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[Developer] SessionFlip: work and personal Claude / ChatGPT accounts side by side on one Mac, no signing out
https://redd.it/1x0dq01
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I built the signature app Apple Mail never had: one-click install, it survives macOS updates, and it's a one-time price

https://reddit.com/link/1wz5thw/video/hf8jhzbsavth1/player

Hi r/macapps. I'm Christian, the developer of Autograph, so this is my own app.

Problem

Apple Mail signatures are painful. You paste HTML into a settings pane, your logo arrives as a broken attachment or a blue question mark for the person you email, nothing reaches your iPhone, and after a macOS update or an iCloud sync the signature can simply vanish.

What Autograph does

Pick a template (they're arranged by profession) and change anything: every part has its own colours, fonts, sizes and spacing. A Phone view shows how it looks on an iPhone.
One click installs it into Apple Mail and assigns it to the right accounts. No copying HTML, no dragging files around.
If macOS or iCloud wipes it, Autograph puts it back.
Photos, logos and banners are hosted, so they render in Gmail and Outlook instead of arriving as attachments.
Dark mode: it makes dark-mode versions of your logo, banners and icons, and mail apps that honour dark mode, like Apple Mail, show them.
iPhone and iPad: scan a QR code, paste, done.
Swift app (the editor uses WebKit, since a signature is HTML), notarized, universal, macOS 14 or later.

Comparison

WiseStamp and the other web generators are subscriptions, and they end with you pasting HTML into Mail's settings yourself.
Email Signature Generator (App Store) has a one-time Pro, but it also ends in copy and paste, your logo and photo have to be online somewhere already, and every signature carries a "Powered by" line.
Mail Signature for Mail App (App Store) does write into Apple Mail and lets you assign accounts yourself, but its images go in as attachments, which is what shows up as attachments or question marks for the people you email.

What I couldn't find anywhere was all of it together: install and assign inside Mail, keep it there after updates, images that render for the recipient, and one price, once. If a tool already does all of that, tell me and I'll link it.

Pricing

Free: install into Mail, account assignment, the automatic repair after a wipe, iPhone setup, text templates. No time limit, no card.
Pro: $59 once for 2 Macs, $39 until November 1. Photos, logos, banners, every template and full styling. 14-day money-back.
No account, no subscription, free updates.

Limits, honestly

Apple Mail first. Pro can copy the HTML for Gmail or Outlook, but it only installs into Apple Mail.
macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later.
It's a one-person app. Bugs reported here get fixed, and there's Help > Send Feedback in the app.

2-minute demo: https://youtu.be/xxS\_YVL-VRM

Who's behind it: Genesis One, a DBA of Mardania LLC (https://www.linkedin.com/company/mardania/) · Privacy: https://autographs.app/privacy/ · Terms: https://autographs.app/terms/

https://autographs.app

https://redd.it/1wz5thw
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[Update] Arc PDF: A free, 11.9 MB native Mac PDF app — now with Fill & Sign (text, signatures, dates, images)

https://redd.it/1x0l54l
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