Theme · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
Desktop and device utilities
Window managers, clipboard tools, file cleanup, dictation, screen capture, input remapping, wallpapers and device dashboards for power users.
New projects this week
143
Last 12 weeks
1,127
Share of all new projects
4.8%
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
+13%
Share of new projects, per week
Groups in this theme
| Group | This week | 12 wks | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desktop window and dock utilities | 30 | 186 | ▲ +70% |
| Screen recording and screenshot tools | 24 | 159 | +7% |
| Local voice dictation apps | 18 | 194 | -12% |
| Android launchers and phone utilities | 15 | 108 | -7% |
| Device monitors and ambient displays | 13 | 96 | -2% |
| Desktop file organizers and cleanup | 12 | 103 | +11% |
| Alternative computer input & remote control | 12 | 80 | ▲ +27% |
| Desktop pet companions | 9 | 109 | +24% |
| Clipboard history managers | 5 | 48 | ▼ -29% |
| Wallpaper apps and live wallpapers | 5 | 44 | ▲ +50% |
Stack
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AI tools
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Most discussed this week
- Tack+ — Opens a panel from the MacBook notch showing music controls, messages, clipboard history, stashed files, widgets and a focus timer.“I created a Mac app that opens your MacBook notch: push the cursor against it and your music, messages and clipboard are right there”
- Split-Flap — Displays text on a railway-style split-flap board animation in the browser.“Split-Flap, a railway-style flap board for any screen in the browser”
- Sharp — Streams a Mac's desktop to another Mac over Ethernet as a second display, using compressed video with lossless tiles for sharpness.“Use Your iMac as a High-Resolution Display Over Ethernet [Sharp 1.0 Beta 1]”
- Side Quests — Offers a list of about 200 real-world activities to do when bored, wrapped in a retro 80s/90s-themed website with parody and Easter eggs.“"My daughter and I built a deliberately retro website because she and her friends were tired of doomscrolling.””
- VoxScribe — Transcribes speech offline and types the text into whichever application has focus when a hotkey is held.“Made my first sale today after 6 weeks of building, here's exactly how it happened”
- FunOura — Turns an Oura ring into a gesture-based input device for controlling the Mac cursor, clicks, scrolling and media.“I turned Oura ring into a controller for Mac”
- GlidePage — Records smooth scrolling videos of a website from a pasted URL, with selectable scroll styles, device frames and backgrounds.“I made a macOS app that turns any website into a smooth 4K scrolling video”
- FramioCam — Captures screenshots and screen recordings in Chrome and edits them locally with annotations, frames, backgrounds, and a video timeline editor.“How would you grow a Chrome extension from ~100 users to 1,000+?”
- CleanDesk — Hides all desktop icons and open windows in one click.“I built CleanDesk”
- Clink — Provides a customizable iPhone keyboard with themes, layouts, swipe typing, autocorrect, predictions, and plugins.“I built an iPhone keyboard because I was bored of every keyboard looking the same”
Latest
- Barstucks — Simulates ordering coffee at a virtual cafe where the barista misspells the customer's name.“I built a virtual cafe where the barista misspells your name”
- ScrollFix — Gives mouse-wheel scrolling a Windows-style direction, adds middle-click autoscroll, and maps Home/End keys with Shift selection on macOS.“I built a free Mac app because I wanted my mouse to feel like Windows”
- Side Quests — Offers a list of about 200 real-world activities to do when bored, wrapped in a retro 80s/90s-themed website with parody and Easter eggs.“"My daughter and I built a deliberately retro website because she and her friends were tired of doomscrolling.””
- Phone Use — Lets an AI agent read an Android phone's screen and operate apps by tapping, swiping, typing and switching apps.“I open-sourced Phone Use: let an AI agent browse and operate your Android apps”
- Minimali — Replaces the Android home screen with a text-based launcher showing only chosen apps.“I built an app to get back your focus and remove distractions”
- Whispr — Turns spoken words into clean text in any iPhone app, with on-device processing and no account required.“[iOS] [29.99$ -> 2.99$ Lifetime] Whispr : Private AI Voice Keyboard”
- I made a little cat that lives… — Displays the current activity of a Muse as an animated cat on a phone home screen.“I made a little cat that lives on my phone's home screen and shows what my Muse is doing”
- Weatherling — Overlays animated rain and snow on the Mac desktop, with collectible characters that appear in the weather.“I made it rain and snow on my Mac”
- andrew dictate — Transcribes speech to text locally on macOS for dictation and meeting transcripts.“introducing andrew dictate. free, fast af, local dictation + meeting transcripts for macos.”
- PrivacyStage — Provides a virtual camera that lets the user hide selected windows and notifications from a screen share during a call.“Hide multiple windows at once, mid-call, from everything you're sharing”
- LocalSearch — Searches file names and contents on macOS with typo tolerance, showing the matched line for each result.“I built a Spotlight alternative for macOS that searches inside files in ~7 ms”
- Zack KI — Captures a selected screen region on a hotkey and sends it to an AI to explain an error or suggest next steps.“After trying ChatGPT Ads, my budget sent me to Reddit”
- Quickulate — Runs browser-based hardware tests for keyboard keys, mouse double-clicks, dead pixels, microphone, speakers, and controllers.“I built a free site to test your keyboard, mouse and screen without downloading anything”
- I got bored of my Mac wallpaper… — Generates new Mac wallpapers automatically on an ongoing basis.“I got bored of my Mac wallpaper so I made an app that makes new ones forever”
- VoxSpica — Transcribes speech offline on Windows from live microphone input or existing audio files, with a searchable local history.“I made an offline speech-to-text app (VOSK, CPU-only, no cloud) — what should I build next?”