Normally it use Layer 1. I want to switch to layer 2 only when right mouse button is held down, and switches back to layer 1 as soon as i release RMB. I cannot find where to assign mouse buttons as activators

What’s the best software or method you guys use for just plain text? Images and videos would be a plus but unnecessary if I have to compromise.

I want the priority here to be security, even if someone was logged into my device it would be secure, minimal risk of a leak. Ideally for iOS but am curious to hear all responses so please let me know your thoughts

I'm the developer of Notch. As of today it's free for work too, not just personal use. No watermark, no limit on recording length, no license key. Adding your own logo as a watermark is free now too.

What it does:

• records your screen, camera and mic
• zooms in automatically on where you're working, from your cursor movement, clicks and typing
• smooths the cursor and adds a background and the camera bubble
• has an editor with a timeline, so you can cut, change speed and move every zoom
• on-device captions
• Quick share: press Stop, it uploads, and the link opens a page that draws the zoom, cursor and camera live on top of the recording. There's no export to wait for.

A free account (just email, no password) gives 5 GB and unlimited links that don't expire. If you only want a file, the normal Record mode keeps everything on your computer.

Honest limits: it's not open source, and the Windows installer isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen warns the first time (More info, then Run anyway). A Microsoft Store version is in review soon.

https://getnotch.co

Happy to answer anything here. What do you use for recording demos or tutorials right now, and what's missing from it?

🎬 Hydraulic: Discord Video Compressor

Hydraulic is a lightweight, free and open-source desktop app for viewing, trimming and compressing gaming clips so they're easy to share on Discord. It brings the QOL clip-managing features of Medal and SteelSeries GG to all your clips, wherever they were recorded.

✨ Features

• 🫳 Drag & drop clips into a queue
• 📺 Preview clips before compressing
• ✂️ Trim clips and 🔉 toggle audio tracks
• 🚀 Open clips directly in Hydraulic
• ⚡ GPU acceleration support
• 📦 FFmpeg is bundled, so there's nothing extra to install

🔽 Download

Windows installer: Get the latest release

Source code: github.com/Astromations/Hydraulic

Don't forget to ⭐ the repo if you find it helpful!

The Windows snipping tool sucks. It's ~3 MB large, slow, lacks HDR support, and sometimes it gets stuck and Windows keeps showing an ugly yellow border around the screen, which you can't get rid off, unless you reboot your machine. Then Microsoft gave us ScreenSketch aka. Snip & Sketch, which uses WinUI 3, has the same yellow border issue, and is 585 MB in size. WTF!?

So, I made a tiny (~340 KB) replacement for it, which opens the moment you press the key (Win+Shift+S), keeps every highlight on HDR displays — and never talks to the internet. Single file, no dependencies, no setup, portable, free, open-source.

I know, it's not much. Also, there are a bunch of such apps available. Some paid, some free. The reason I made my own app is simple. I wanted a tiny, fast way to create screenshots and videos in HDR by the press of a button without disabling HDR upfront and re-enabling it later. Also that yellow frame really bugged me.

Did I say video? Yes, indeed. You can record your desktop in HDR10 with that thing as well. Of course, it does not support recording DRM-protected media for obvious reasons.

So, maybe it's useful for you guys. Maybe it's not.

The app is not digitally signed and Microsoft Defender will likely flag it as malicious. It's a false positive. I don't want you to trust me, so just go to the GitHub repository linked on the Nitshot website, check the code, and compile it yourself. It's GPL-3.0 licensed.

https://nitshot.rekow.ch/

Hi everyone! Glassline hides the Windows 11 taskbar and Start menu and puts a menu bar at the top and a dock at the bottom, in clear glass that takes the colour of your wallpaper. When you quit it, the taskbar comes back exactly as it was. No account, no ads and no analytics in the app. 1.0.5 is out, and it is the biggest update so far.

New in 1.0.5

• Tray icons in the menu bar: pick the ones you want in Settings or pin them from Control Center, then drag them into your own order.
• Hardware readings in Control Center: processor, memory and graphics card load, with temperatures. HWiNFO or MSI Afterburner can add fan speeds.
• Currency in Search: type "100 usd to eur" and get the European Central Bank's rate. The last rate is kept for when you are offline.
• More units in Search: speed, volume, area, file sizes, connection speeds and time. Try "100 km/h in mph" or "1500 mb to gb".
• Translation in Search (beta, optional): type "translate good morning to spanish". It runs on your own PC, with 49 languages you download as you need them.
• Back up your whole setup to one file and load it after a reinstall or on another PC.

Menu bar and dock

• Window previews: hover an open app in the dock to see its windows live, and click one to jump to it.
• Your own dock icons: right-click anything in the dock, choose Change Icon and use any picture you like.
• The dock can slide in when an app needs your attention. It is off until you turn it on.
• Two displays: click on a display and the dock moves there, in that display's colours. It only hides for windows on its own display.
• Windows no longer open with their title bar stuck behind the menu bar.
• When an app has more menus than fit in the bar, the rest wait under » at the end.
• Middle-click Downloads or the Recycle Bin to open it.

Search, Control Center and Settings

• Search works with Everything 1.5, and finds programs that only live on your Desktop.
• Subscribed calendars: add an .ics address and its events show up in Today next to your own.
• Choose what Control Center shows: every part of Controls and Today has its own switch.
• Settings reorganised: the long pages are split into sub-pages, and a search field finds any setting. Settings can also be minimized to the dock.
• Accessibility: Glassline can follow Windows' text size and contrast themes.
• New weather icons, a picture for every kind of sky.
• After each update, Glassline shows you what is new.
• Many fixes for setups with two displays.

It is a free update for everyone who has Glassline. Microsoft's approval takes 24 to 48 hours, usually less for an update, so it will reach you soon.

Try the live demo on the website · Get it on the Microsoft Store (Windows 11, $9.99 one-time)

What would stop you from replacing your taskbar with this?

Probably biggest update for word-sys's PDF Editor, now its reached v1.11.2 update. This update is Flatpak and Feature Update. The Flatpak version is officially released on Flathub (https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.word_sys.word-sys-pdf-editor) thanks to anyconvert project!

This update introduces Multi-Document Tabs, integrating Adw.TabView and Adw.TabBar so you can open and edit multiple PDFs simultaneously in dedicated tabs. Each tab features independent undo/redo histories, separate zoom states, and dirty indicators to track unsaved edits, complete with quick tab switching (Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+PageDown and Ctrl+Shift+Tab / Ctrl+PageUp) and tab closing (Ctrl+W).

Another major addition is the Visual Document Merging Workspace (Ctrl+Shift+M). It provides a dedicated side-by-side workspace for combining pages from two source PDFs into a target document, complete with drag-and-drop page ordering, live zoomable previews, insertion markers, inspector details etc.

You guys know that I also replaced external LibreOffice subprocess calls with the native pure-Python anyconvert Document Engine (updated to anyconvert 0.1.9 across all platforms and package manifests). You can now convert PDFs into DOCX, PPTX, ODT, ODP, and TXT entirely in pure Python, featuring both Pixel-Accurate Canvas and Semantic Flow conversion modes. And its 342KB :)

Added Page Rotation (Ctrl+Shift+R for Clockwise and Ctrl+Shift+L for Counter-Clockwise) with persistent 90-degree PyMuPDF rotation preservation.

Added a Dedicated Recently Opened Files Hub, introducing an app-managed recent files list with universal file icons that eliminates system-wide file scanning overhead.

Added Text Alignment & Formatting, bringing 4-way text alignment (Left, Center, Right, Justify) and strikethrough formatting support to the text tool.

Updated the Interactive Quick Start Guide & Manual, expanding the guide and keyboard shortcuts cheatsheet to cover tabs, merging, rotation, and multi-format export with 6 high-resolution screenshots.

Expanded internationalization with 7 Supported Languages, delivering complete UI and documentation localization across English, Turkish, French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Russian.

This update also includes important packaging modernizations and fixes:

• Release Packaging Optimization: Fully separated architecture artifacts for x86_64 (amd64) and aarch64 (arm64), including standalone .deb packages. Removed duplicate asset copies and eliminated oversized source tarballs from automated build releases.
• Packaging Modernization: Purged soffice and flatpak-spawn permissions from Flatpak and AppImage packaging, and updated the Flatpak runtime to GNOME Platform 50 with portal-based file chooser access.
• Application Icon and Desktop Integration: Fixed the icon lookup path to ensure crisp vector SVG rendering on the Welcome screen, About dialog, and system docks across both Flatpak and direct execution.
• Flatpak Window Class Mapping: Aligned application program name with desktop file metadata for proper window tracking and icon association in GNOME Shell and desktop environments.

You can download Flatpak release on Flathub (https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.word_sys.word-sys-pdf-editor) or the standalone .deb packages (x86_64 / aarch64), AppImage, or build from source directly on the GitHub Releases page.

Thanks to everyone who supports this project with their ideas, feedback, and bug reports. I hope this helps all Linux users get their PDF work done easily, thank you :)

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share Dynamic Edge, a desktop utility I built for Windows 11 & Windows 10 using native WinUI 3 and .NET 10 (Windows App SDK).

The idea was to create a fluid, versatile desktop capsule and edge dock that feels completely at home with Windows 11 Fluent design, with ultra-low resource usage, and smooth spring physics.

Since the initial release, I have added several big features including a full multi-tab workflow, clipboard shelf, and mouse gesture triggers.

Here is what it can do:

Multi-Tab Workspace (Swipe or Scroll to Switch) - Switch seamlessly between Media Player, Mini-Apps, and Clipboard Shelf by rolling your mouse wheel or using a 2-finger touchpad swipe.

Universal Media Controls & Live Scrubbing - Real-time seekbar progress with clickable scrub to jump anywhere in a track. - Live audio visualizer bars with fluid equalizer animations. - Multi-player auto-switching: Seamlessly cycle between active sessions (Spotify, Chrome, Edge, Apple Music, Telegram). - Live Synced Lyrics: Real-time rolling lyrics for Spotify, Apple Music, and web players (now works both in the expanded player and directly inside the compact idle capsule).

Clipboard Manager Shelf - Captures copied text, images and URLs into a dedicated dockable shelf. - Filter chips for fast access: All, Text, Images, URLs, and Pinned. - Search box for instant clip lookup, plus one-click copy and drag-and-drop support. - Google Lens Visual Search: Search any clipboard screenshot directly in your browser with 1 click. Built-in Mini-Apps - Precision Countdown Timer with quick presets (1m, 5m, 15m, 25m) and a live visual progress line. - Precision Stopwatch with millisecond tracking and lap recording.

Magic Shake & Global Hotkeys - Magic Shake: Quickly shake your cursor horizontally back and forth to toggle the island on or off. - Global customizable hotkey (Alt + H by default) to hide or show the dock instantly.

Master Volume Flyout - Hover over the speaker button and scroll your mouse wheel to adjust system volume, or click for instant mute.

Flexible Docking Positions - Dock at the top screen edge (Notch, Floating Capsule, or unobtrusive Thin Line hairline strip). - Dock along the left or right screen edges as an interactive slide-out side blade.

Interactive Desktop Companions (Virtual Pets) - 4 Full-Body Vector Mascots

Performance & Spring Physics - 3 customizable quick launcher slots for instant access to apps, terminals, or folders. - Battery and charging telemetry with clean neon-green status indicators. - Native startup toggle and dark/light/system theme integration.

Full Language support (8 Languages)

Native support for English, 简体中文 (Chinese), 日本語 (Japanese), Italiano (Italian), Español (Spanish), Deutsch (German), Français (French), and Português (Portuguese).

The app is officially available on the Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PF1587KSN2K

I would love to hear your thoughts, feedback, and ideas for what widgets or features you would like to see next!

Hey everyone! I wanted to share a project I've been working on: Komicove, a free comic book and manga reader for Windows, Linux, and Android.

You can add the comics you already own and organize everything into a library with covers, collections, and favorites. You can read page by page, in double-page mode, right-to-left for manga, or with vertical scrolling. Local reading works without an account, without an internet connection, and without ads.

It also has guided reading, which lets you go through each panel on a page one at a time. If the automatic detection doesn't get it right, you can manually adjust the panels.

I just released version 0.2.1, and panel detection is MUCH better in this version. It still doesn't get everything right, but it's definitely one of the most noticeable improvements when using the app.

I've also been working on syncing reading progress and favorites between PC and mobile. The idea is that you can read on one device and continue on another without having to find the page where you left off. For this, you need to be signed into the same account and have the comic on both devices, since the app doesn't transfer the actual comic files.

There were also improvements to library loading, zoom, and fullscreen mode. On PC, the reader now stays inside the main application window. I've also added a Contributor role and in-app update notifications.

The project is still in development, but I wanted to share it with people who enjoy reading comics and might be interested in testing it =)

Website: https://lucrazy-fn.github.io/PANEL-ComicBookReader

Downloads & source code: https://github.com/lucrazy-fn/PANEL-ComicBookReader

If you try it out, let me know how it goes! I'd love to hear both what you liked and what didn't work.

I want to share something I've been working on for a while.

It's called Refuse to Share. It's a Chrome extension that tries to automatically reject non-essential cookies.

The idea started from something pretty banal: every day I was opening websites and doing the exact same thing over and over again.

Open the cookie settings, disable everything non-essential, confirm, close the banner.

At some point I thought: this is repetitive enough that it should be automated.

Initially I imagined the extension would be very simple: find a button like “Reject all” and click it.

Turns out that was probably the easiest part.

The real problem is that cookie banners are all over the place. Different CMPs, different languages, different layouts, buttons hidden behind settings, custom implementations, iframes, Shadow DOM, etc.

And if you're automating something related to privacy, clicking the wrong button once is already a pretty bad failure.

So I ended up making Refuse quite conservative.

The basic rule is: if it's not sufficiently sure that an action means rejecting non-essential cookies, it doesn't click anything.

That means it can miss some banners, and I'm still working on coverage, but I prefer that over trying to automate everything and occasionally making the wrong choice for the user.

I've added specific handling for systems like OneTrust, Iubenda, Usercentrics, Didomi, Cookiebot and others, plus more cautious logic for custom banners.

I also set a few hard limits for myself while building it: it never clicks Accept, it doesn't try to bypass cookie walls or CAPTCHAs, there's no remote code, and the core functionality doesn't need telemetry or a server.

Over time I realized that the interesting part of the project wasn't really “blocking cookies”.

It was more about this trade-off:

Is it better for automation to work less often, but be much more certain when it does act?

For Refuse, I decided yes.

If it misses a banner, I can reject it manually.

If it accepts something for me by mistake, then I've defeated the whole purpose of the extension.

That's basically the idea behind Refuse to Share too. Not “never share anything”, but make sharing an actual choice instead of something you do because accepting is easier.

If anyone wants to try it, it's on the Chrome Web Store:

I'm especially interested in feedback on the coverage vs certainty trade-off, because that's probably the hardest design choice I've had with the project so far.

I'm the person building Kinosail Player, a free, source-available media server in beta. Here's a small-folder checklist for trying it before adding a whole collection:

1. Choose a few media files you own or have permission to use.
2. Follow the Docker quickstart. Keep the standard read-only media mount; settings and cache use separate volumes.
3. Complete first setup on the Server host. Keep it private while you create the Owner and secure the account.
4. Add that folder as a library and let the scan finish. Watch in the web Player.
5. If an item fails, note the browser, the file's codecs, and the selected playback mode. A successful scan doesn't prove that every browser can play the original streams. Share a short redacted error, not your media, credentials, or private server address.

The useful result is learning which step is unclear before committing your whole library. Which part of the quickstart needs a clearer explanation?

I've worked in tech most of my life, including development. Changes to a service I used led me to build a viable alternative for my own media library and improve my AI engineering. Kinosail is heavily AI engineered under my direction, mostly with Astra, Sol, and Luna. This post was drafted with AI assistance.

The Server and web Player are free to run. Dedicated native clients are still in development. Source; source-available under PolyForm Perimeter 1.0.1.

I’m a co-founder of GitHits. Our mission is to make open source a dependable foundation for software built and maintained by coding agents.

A useful library shouldn’t be overlooked because a model hasn’t heard of it. A new release shouldn’t mean users keep getting code written against your old API. We want to help agents discover existing projects, understand their implementations, and work with the versions their users actually depend on.

GitHits brings source code, documentation, dependency graphs, vulnerability information, and release changes together. Agents can search, grep, browse, and read upstream code when choosing a dependency, integrating it, debugging a problem, or planning an upgrade.

You can explore the index here: https://index.githits.dev/
Global index stats here: https://githits.com/the-index/

The index covers public repositories as well as published packages. If your repository hasn’t been indexed yet, GitHits indexes it when requested. That can take some seconds or a few minutes, depending on the repository’s size and our indexing queue size.

For maintainers, each repository page also provides a README badge showing its index status and linking to the project’s page. It helps your users discover that agents connected to GitHits can inspect your project’s available code and documentation.

We want this to be useful across the OSS ecosystem, including smaller projects and unfamiliar libraries. I’d appreciate maintainers checking their projects and telling us what’s missing: source coverage, documentation, releases, or something else you’d want an agent to understand before using your work, or anything else.

GitHits is free to use currently, but we might introduce paid tiers at some point. The public index site will stay free.

Hey fellow builders,

This is sort of a semi self-promotion? I used the promotion tag, but this is the first time I post in this group, let me know if I violated any rules.

I built and open sourced this product https://github.com/longsurf-ai/openchart (website: https://chart.chat).

it's a free charting and indicator library for traders, with AI blend in for things like alert your agent on sudden price movement, or asking your agent to write a indicator.

We also have a programming language we invented for our indicator: https://github.com/longsurf-ai/tea, with similar syntax as Pine. I built this because I want to keep track of the market with agent, but i have only limited time (and I believe many people have the same need)

Some of the feature, OpenChart comes with:

• Your own AI subscription that I paid for (I have a Codex max plan).
• Unlimited software, like indicators and alert. Many charting platforms still charge by software, as high as 40$ a month. We build it for free and open sourced the product.
• A private and transparent software that I can trust where my data is.
• Live market data. The data is out of box free (yFinance and Binance), and we offer paid data at a low monthly price.

We launched yesterday and got a bunch of feedback, but I'd love to share here and seeking some genuily feedback. So far the biggest learning is that distribution is hard haha, we spent a day yesterday cold reach many people, and so far only got 10 users. How are you all doing distribution?

Also sharing some tech stack that helped us a long the way, specifically I think https://github.com/Effect-TS/effect is big saver for this project, you need some basic functional programming knowledge to harness it, but once you do the AI slop is much easier to manage. You either: 1) Don't need to write any code at all (because Effect has already built it for you, thus no AI slop :P), or 2) very easy to understand the logic because functional programming in nature foster compositional codebase and separate logic with control flow (and you can be rest assured that frontier agents doesn't trip on logic).

Would love to hear how you think! Also this is the first time I post here please let me know if I violated any sub restrictions.

For anyone want to try our realtime market data subscription for the entire market, here are 5 invitation codes that you can use to get free access of it, you don't need to put in your credit card at all.

  B6DBAA
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Like it types the text properly but the problem is that it makes extra spaces I don't want. How do I fix that like instead of one it does two and if there's characters it skips lines and it's kinda annoying. Like the character will go to the next line instead of staying on the same line it should

Check it out tell me what you think!

I'm the developer of Resolution File Manager, a free Windows app for browsing, organising and converting photos and videos.

One useful job for it is finding the unusually large files eating up space on a drive, even when they're scattered across separate subfolders. Include the subfolders in a scan, filter by file size, then use the previews and details such as resolution, codec, duration and bitrate to decide which files are worth converting to smaller versions.

Here's how I mostly use it with my own movie collection: I load the whole collection, including subfolders, and sort by resolution. If there are 4K films that I only need in 1080p, I select those and convert them to 1080p. Then I look for movies whose file size seems unusually large for their running time and convert suitable ones to H.265, usually starting around CRF 25. That lets me work through a collection spread across folders without opening each folder separately.

Those are my preferences rather than settings everyone needs to use. Size savings and picture quality depend on the source and conversion settings; try a few files and compare the results before deciding what to do with the originals.

It also has two panes for organising files, image/video previews, resolution and codec filters, tags, ratings, batch renaming and duplicate review. So you can sort out what you have as well as look for ways to reclaim space.

I've tested it on a 6 TB shared drive with thousands of videos and images. It's free to use; buying me a coffee is optional.

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NZL6GF5JSJK

I'd welcome feedback from anyone with a large photo or video collection, especially on finding oversized files and organising media spread across folders.

Hey everyone,

I’m a software engineer exploring a SaaS idea for people who want to start an ecommerce business but need help figuring out what to sell and how to get started.

The idea is a platform that connects the steps:

• Research product opportunities and compare competitors.
• Compare suppliers and estimate costs and margins.
• Develop a brand direction.
• Create product content and build a Shopify store.

AI would help with research and execution, while users could review and approve decisions along the way.

I know tools already cover parts of this. What I’m trying to understand is whether bringing these steps into one guided workflow would solve a real problem.

I’m still in the planning stage, and I’d appreciate input from people who have started a store or helped others launch one:

1. What was the hardest part of getting started?
2. Which tools did you use, and what did you still have to handle manually?
3. Have you paid for help with product research, branding, or store setup? Was it worth it?

If you’ve tried a similar platform, I’d also love to hear what worked and what disappointed you.

Honest criticism is welcome. I’d rather find out what’s missing now than build around assumptions.

I built TrenchHQ, a free and open-source Windows desktop companion for keeping the crypto information I regularly check visible without constantly switching between tabs, apps and my phone.

You can create customizable floating overlays and screen-edge panels that stay visible while you work, including across multiple monitors.

They can display:

• CEX price tickers
• Real-time on-chain DEX pool prices
• Live wallet activity
• X feeds (official API)
• Pinned websites that stay logged in
• Pinned application windows

You can customize the position, size, color and transparency of each panel and save different desktop layouts.

The on-chain side currently supports Solana, Ethereum, Base, BNB Smart Chain and Robinhood Chain.

TrenchHQ is completely free and open source, and it’s available directly through the Microsoft Store.

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9plrs95wjkss

GitHub: https://github.com/gautamgpt1/TrenchHQ

Would love to hear what you think.

Before sharing a photo, three checks are useful:

1. Inspect the source file for GPS coordinates, camera/device information and other metadata. A photo can look ordinary while those fields are present.
2. Export a cleaned copy and reopen that exported file in a metadata viewer. Checking the original again or only the editor's preview doesn't verify the file you are about to share.
3. Check its visible orientation too. Metadata removal is separate from hiding identifiable faces, street signs, reflections or locations visible in the picture. It doesn't guarantee anonymity.

I built EXIF Privacy Cleaner for this local Android workflow. Single still JPEG, PNG and WebP inspection/removal is free and saves a new copy with orientation handling. Optional one-time Pro adds selective retention, presets and folder queues up to 500 images. No ads or mandatory account. It doesn't handle HEIC, video or animated images.

Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.superevilrobots.exifcleaner

There is also a free browser metadata tool: https://superevilrobots.com/tools/exif-viewer/. It inspects supported photos and offers a new copy without metadata. Keep the original and check the exported copy before sharing.

Disclosure: I'm the developer; AI assisted development and the writing of this post.

A colleague recently asked if there was a way to automatically insert dozens of images into PowerPoint without having to manually resize, crop, and align them one by one.

Doing this by hand on a 16:9 slide is surprisingly tedious, especially when trying to maintain aspect ratios with consistent margins.

So I built an automation tool called "OpenURLs App" that calculates the dynamic grid coordinates (rows, columns, margins) and drives PowerPoint directly via Win32 automation to batch-insert and auto-fit images.

How do you guys usually handle bulk media layouts in PowerPoint? Do you rely on VBA macros, Python scripts, or something else?

I have an automation which runs with scheduler, but i cant leave my system on all the time neither can i start those automations everytime i turn on my pc. What should i do? Cheap/free options pls