Open Source

Most people do not realize what a private/incognito browser window is - and more importantly what it is not. This small macos app is a wrapper for Chrome (or Chromium if you prefer) and enables you to run several independent browser sessions each starting from scratch with no extensions installed and having no history or cache.

I realized everyone I knew who played wordle usually solved the daily challenge in 3-4 guesses, and then discoverd the average globally is in fact 3.8. I then found some people actually wrote programs to systematically solve wordle and were barely able to reach an average under 3.7. I set out to make a more difficult word game in a somewhat similar style and FourWord is what I came up with. Remember: It is meant to be more difficult!

Just filling a void and streamlining the scanning process for an HP all-in-one. Set this up and you have a button to click anytime to fetch a scanned image from your HP MFP. (Sorry, macos only)

A watch face for Pebble themed for jeepfolk. The Pebble watch was sadly assimilated and disposed of by Fitbit, but if you get your hands on one this watch face still works like it did back in 2014 when I wrote it. Customizable colors and time displayed in digital, binary or morse code formats.

This Slack plugin adds a slash command enabling team members to give public recognition at any time, in any channel (usually one relative to what is being recognized) and then delivers a week end digest of all the great things the team members have accomplished. While a simple concept, there was a lot of thought into enabling recoginition without creating competition or other potential negative side effects.

Take a few photos and put them together into a single image like the kind you'd get from a photobooth in a mall.

A quick way to recursively look through images and videos in a directory structure.

Open-source, privacy-first authenticator and password manager. No account required, tokens stay on your device, and backups are under your control. A solid alternative to the big-name 2FA apps that want your phone number and a cloud account.

Open-source podcast player for Android. Subscribe to any RSS feed, download episodes for offline listening, and keep your subscriptions under your control — no account, no ads in the app, and no commercial interest steering what you hear.

A simple cross-platform tool for flashing OS images to SD cards and USB drives with validation built in.

A cross-platform password manager with open source clients, secure vault sharing, passkeys, and self-hosting options.

A privacy-focused web browser with built-in tracker blocking, Chromium compatibility, and optional privacy-preserving search and rewards features.

An open source photography workflow app and raw developer for managing digital negatives and non-destructive photo editing.

Simple, fast and just powerful enough web based diagramming tool with sharing functionality. Open source so you can host it yourself and protect your data, access and backups to your hearts content. The keyboard shortcut tool switching is what really makes the this the best option for visually communicating concepts.

Google's open source UI toolkit for building compiled applications across mobile, web, desktop, and embedded platforms from a shared codebase.

A free and open source vector graphics editor for illustrations, diagrams, icons, logos, and SVG artwork.

An API client for designing, testing, debugging, and documenting REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and other HTTP-based services.

Another priceless macos utility. It puts a calendar in your system tray for immediately access whenever you need it. There's a similar yet delusionally priced app in the app store, but this one is open source and free to use.

Bundles Vue into a complete development and build framework with a ton of options on how it's deployed to production. Comes out of the box with code splitting, live reloading, debugging tools, etc. Everything you need to fast prototyping without forgetting your project needs to be eventually deployed to production. In credibly powerful and I just can't imagine I'll ever roll a Vue app from scratch again.

Super powerful and extendable note taking/e-journaling app. It's closed source but you get all the local features for free. Infinitely customizable with a modular plugin architecture. Paid accounts get syncing between devices.

A developer platform focused on building and evaluating AI systems with more reliable, measurable behavior.

An open source container engine for building, running, and managing OCI containers and pods without requiring a daemon.

Organize your windows in macos. An ideal replacement for the now abandoned Spectacle app, this little utility makes moving your windows around, snapping them to a side or corner, splitting your screen between 2 or 3 windows - all a breeze. I now find it is one of the first apps I install on a new machine.

A native macOS database client for MySQL and MariaDB, continuing the spirit of Sequel Pro.

End-to-end encrypted messaging, voice, and video calls without ads, trackers, or a parent company mining your conversations. Run by a nonprofit and funded by donations rather than your data. The default recommendation when someone asks how to talk privately.

A fresh take on frontend development that shifts much of the framework work into the compiler, producing small, fast apps with a simple authoring experience.

A free and open source media player that handles a huge range of audio and video formats across platforms.

Minimal, open-source audiobook player for Android built around your own files. Point it at a folder of M4B or MP3 audiobooks and it handles resume positions, bookmarks, sleep timer, playback speed, and chapter navigation — no account, no ads, no cloud sync required.

A self-hostable read-it-later app for saving articles, cleaning up the reading experience, and keeping your reading list under your own control.

A fast, collaborative code editor built by the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter, with a focus on performance, modern tooling, and AI-assisted development.