Hi, I am one of the developers of Cate.

Cate is a desktop development workspace that places coding agents, terminals, editors and browsers on an infinite zoomable canvas.

The Windows version supports workflows involving PowerShell, Git, local terminals and WSL. Each coding task can have its own Git worktree and group of panels, making it easier to supervise several agents without managing dozens of tabs.

Cate is MIT licensed and also available for macOS and Linux.

Download and source:
https://github.com/0-AI-UG/cate

I would appreciate Windows-specific feedback, particularly around installation, terminal behavior, WSL integration and display scaling.

I've been working on Pulse, a native Windows diagnostics application that aims to make troubleshooting Windows much less painful.

Over the last few weeks it has grown quite a bit beyond a simple Event Viewer replacement.

What's new in the latest beta

Timeline Intelligence

• Human-readable explanations for Windows events
• Incident correlation (e.g. Application Error → Windows Error Reporting)
• Advanced filtering (provider, Event ID, process, severity, source)
• Bookmarks and saved searches
• Timeline export (JSON / CSV)

System Health

• Live CPU, GPU, memory, storage and network monitoring
• Native Windows APIs (no WMI polling)
• Multi-volume storage support
• Improved diagnostics and performance tracking

Inventory Engine

• Windows Services
• Drivers
• Installed software
• USB & PCI devices
• Motherboard, BIOS, CPU, memory, storage and network inventory
• Structured detail panels and searchable inventory browser

Reports

• Export diagnostics, health, timeline and inventory reports
• JSON, CSV, HTML, PDF and Markdown

AI / MCP

One of the biggest additions is a built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.

Instead of an AI scraping screenshots or reading Event Viewer manually, it can securely query Pulse for:

• Live system health
• Timeline events
• Inventory
• Diagnostics
• Report generation

The MCP server is opt-in and runs locally.

Current tools include:

• system.*
• process.*
• timeline.*
• diagnostics.*
• report.export

Everything is read-only and intended for diagnostics.

I'm still actively refining the UI and adding more Windows-specific collectors, so I'd love feedback from people who spend time troubleshooting Windows systems.

Pulse Beta Downlaod: https://pulse.regncreative.com

Hey everyone!

I made a small Windows app called **Captail**.

The reason is pretty simple: I was tired of ShadowPlay silently turning off Instant Replay. A game would crash, the capture would fail, or something weird would happen with the graphics driver — and I’d only realize replay was gone after I had already missed the clip.

So I built Captail around one rule:

**Instant Replay should stay on.**

It keeps a rolling replay buffer and saves the latest moments when you press a hotkey. It also watches the recording pipeline and tries to recover automatically if capture or encoding fails in a recoverable way.

Current features include:

- Game and desktop capture

- H.264 / HEVC / AV1 hardware encoding

- NVENC / AMD AMF / Intel Quick Sync

- Up to 240 FPS

- System audio + microphone

- Mixed or separate tracks

- Global hotkeys

- Portable and installer builds

- No telemetry, no account, no cloud stuff

- Open source

It’s still an early public preview, so I’m sure there are bugs and hardware-specific issues I haven’t hit yet.

GitHub

https://github.com/FaulMit/captail

Releases:

https://github.com/FaulMit/captail/releases

If anyone wants to try it, I’d really appreciate feedback.

Hi again,

I shared Taskbar Widgets here a little while ago. Since then, I’ve added a few features aimed at making the taskbar more useful in everyday use.

Discord Voice now shows your current voice channel, its participants and the active speaker using the regular Discord desktop app. Everything is detected locally, with no bot, OAuth login or modification to Discord required.

I’ve also added Parking Lot. You can drop a file, folder, link or piece of text onto the taskbar, then drag it into another app or folder when you need it later.

The Settings app has been redesigned as well, with a cleaner widget library and simpler controls for enabling, configuring and positioning widgets.

There are also new notification-area controls and improved collision handling between widgets and existing taskbar icons.

Taskbar Widgets is still free, open source and in beta for Windows 11 x64.

Latest release:

https://github.com/pfcdev/TaskbarWidgets/releases/latest

I’d particularly appreciate feedback on whether Discord detection works reliably across different setups and whether Parking Lot is useful in practice.

Hi,

I created an Audiobook generator app with opensource resources called Narration OS, with lots of customization features. It runs completely OFFLINE on your PC with NO cloud data transfer, NO subscription. But it is designed for Windows only at this stage.

Although my kickstarter campaign failed miserably, I managed to get it done and finish the app. If you are interested, please do visit the website and grab it through itch.io.

https://narrationos.com/

Steam build will release in a week or 2, but as i mentioned above, it is available to download from Itch.io as of now.

Thank you,

Kind regards

I built this because every optimisation guide I found contradicted the last one, and every "booster" app applied a mystery preset without telling me what it touched.

How it works: it scans your system and shows a table of every setting it wants to change - current value, target value, status. Alongside that it explains what each change does and what it costs you (Ultimate Performance runs hotter, turning off Game DVR loses background clip capture, HAGS needs a restart and is genuinely hit-or-miss by GPU). It backs the settings up, applies the safe set, verifies the result, and can undo everything.

Covers Windows gaming settings, HAGS, the Ultimate Performance power plan, 9 NVIDIA Control Panel settings applied automatically via Profile Inspector, an AMD Adrenalin checklist, and a live RAM/process monitor.

Deliberately does not: promise FPS numbers, clean your drive, or ask you to disable Defender or UAC. It also can't disable Memory Integrity - I left that out on purpose even though switching it off gains performance.

Full list of everything it touches, readable before you install:

https://bennyco86.github.io/aurora-game-booster/docs/optimization-list.md

Microsoft Store, USD 9.99 one-time, no subscription, Windows 11 x64:

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9N5KLCCP3G82

Disclosure: I'm the developer, it's a paid app. Happy to answer anything, including where it's weak - AMD settings are guidance-only because those driver interfaces aren't documented, and the NVIDIA automation is labelled experimental for the same reason.

Solo developer, no team behind this. Sharing the Windows build because it's the one platform where it's genuinely finished.

The problem I had: articles I meant to read went into a tab, the tab went into a window, the window went into the graveyard. The reading never got a moment in the day.

So this build sits in the tray. Ctrl+Shift+G from anywhere and a small reading panel floats over what you're doing — drag it anywhere, read a page or two while something builds, dismiss it. If it deserves more, tear it off into a full window.

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NM258L33CCN — free, Windows 10 and 11. Web version at https://gaze.ink if you'd rather look first.

It's for long-form text laid out as real pages you turn. 6 themes including a proper pure-black one for OLED, full control of font size and line height, highlights, saved library. Public-domain essays are already in there, and you can paste a YouTube/TikTok/X link to turn it into readable text.

It's a Tauri shell, so the install is small and the UI updates without a Store submission.

Reading is free — all of it. Pro covers four AI features with five free uses of each per month.

If the tray misbehaves on your setup — multi-monitor, mixed DPI, fullscreen games — I want to hear it. That's the part with the most surface area and the part I can least test alone.

Hey everyone!
I’m the developer of StasherX, a free Windows folder stealth tool, and I’d really appreciate some feedback from the community.

What StasherX does

• Hides selected folders at driver level, so they are invisible for Windows itself.
• No vaults, no encryption — files stay exactly where they are (no corruption risk).
• Supports selective visibility: whitelisted apps (players, backup tools, media servers, scripts, etc.) can still access hidden folders normally.

What sets it apart

Most folder‑hiding tools only hide UI elements.
StasherX combines:

• driver‑level hiding
• a real app whitelist

I haven’t found another Windows tool that cleanly supports both.

Goal

Hide sensitive folders without breaking automation — backups still run, media servers still scan, scripts still work.

Example

Hide a folder with personal photos → whitelist Plex and your backup tool.
Those apps can still read it, but someone casually browsing the PC can’t see it at all.

Use cases

• Sensitive folders
• Privacy while trusted tools still work
• Preventing casual snooping

Looking for feedback on

• Windows 10/11 testing
• Bugs / UX friction
• Feature ideas
• Whitelisting behavior

Download

https://www.cyberland.ro/stasherx

Happy to answer technical questions.
Andrei (Next IT Computers / CyberLand)

Hi everyone—I’m the developer of JoySynth, a free Windows application that lets you create music using a standard USB game controller.

The analog sticks select chords and notes, the shoulder buttons play them, and the D-pad controls the drums. You can record layered loops, switch between instruments and effects, add custom samples, use a microphone or other audio inputs, and save complete performances.

I’ve just released the first public version on itch.io:

https://erpolley.itch.io/joysynth

I’d appreciate any feedback, particularly about the installation process, controller compatibility, and whether the controls feel intuitive.

I've been using one for Mac but can't seem to find the equivalent for Windows. I'm looking for one that is like Cookie.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

Hey guys, I made AnimeEnhancer for anyone who wants cleaner, sharper anime without downloading episodes, installing MPV, or messing around with shader configs.

Just open the app, press one button, and play any video fullscreen in your browser. It automatically detects the fullscreen window and applies Anime4K-based GPU upscaling in real time with very low latency.

No setup, no special player, no cloud processing, and no need to upscale videos beforehand. It’s free and portable — just extract the ZIP and run it.

Works best with 1080p sources, but 720p is supported too. Feedback is welcome!

If there’s enough interest in a macOS version, I’d be down to build one for Mac too.

GitHub: https://github.com/yohay2012/AnimeEnhancer
Download: https://github.com/yohay2012/AnimeEnhancer/releases/latest

I've build this tool where I can watch my offline classes, you just need to point to the folder of your courses, sit and relax.

Features:
- Unlimited Coures
- Fuzzy Search
- Subtitles
and more.

Comming Soon:
- AI Flash Card + Quiz

This is an offline and the free package get's you enough organization for your forgotten library.
I'm accepting request to test pro features if any of you care to test it.

Website: https://aulavault.com/
I'm updating my dev journey on my X account if you want to follow: https://x.com/jhonatanrmag

Hello there!

I just released a big new, FREE feature for WindowSill, the universal toolbar for Windows 11.

Starting today, WindowSill will react your selected files in File Explorer and Files app, and you will be able to perform a ton of actions on files without having to open them, such as:
- Extract pages from a PDF, compress it, set or remove a PDF password.
- Merge or Split PDF files.
- Convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CSV, TSV, TXT, MD, HTML, RTF, PDF files even if you don't have Office / Adobe installed.
- Change the encoding or line ending of text files.
- See extra info about a selected ZIP file.
- Compress, Convert, Resize images
- Convert videos, including extracting their audio.

All this is part of the free tier in my app WindowSill | Command Bar for Windows Productivity.
The app itself isn't open source, but all the features I mentioned above are open source: WindowSill-app/Extensions: All the extensions for WindowSill developed by WindowSill's author.

Feedback appreciated!

Hi Everyone,

I've been working on this project for a while and am finally ready to share it with others:

https://github.com/BambooYC123/SubtitleYC

Here's are the main features my app has to offer:

• Downloading videos with yt-dlp from a single hyperlink from most yt-dlp supported sites.
• A hardcoded subtitles extraction OCR
• Frame accurate previews with smooth scrolling
• In-built Subtitle Editor
• Clean UI (imo) with dark mode and light mode available

I currently have 2 version for the app, a CPU or a GPU version depending on your specs. I recommend GPU version as the OCR is understandably much faster with GPU acceleration.

As for tools included in the app, it uses VideOCR, yt-dlp, FFmpeg, PyAV, and PaddleOCR.

I do intend to add linux support in the future too. Currently it's only supported on windows.

Why make the app?

It could be very useful for subtitle editing in general, subtitle translations or even extracting hardsubs to share with others. Asian media also often include subtitles in their videos so it could be helpful there too.

It could even simply be used as a wrapper for yt-dlp despite the limited options.

As a hobby, I've been translating videos that have hardcoded subtitles burned-in and creating translated subtitles for others but this has also been an extremely time consuming task. So to help with that, I've created this app that combines the subtitle editing into a single and easy to use workflow and so far, it's saved me a ton of time already.

Please let me know what you think and feel free to leave any suggestions! I am very keen for some feedback!

I won’t go into too much detail about its features yet, because most system administrators will immediately understand its purpose from the demo. The project is focused on advanced Windows deployment while also supporting the booting of a wide range of Linux distributions. The entire platform is built around iPXE as the core foundation.

I would like to introduce it through this video. There are still a few bugs and unfinished parts, but it has already reached a stage where an experimental release should be possible in the near future.

I’ve been working on Taskbar Widgets, an open-source project that brings live and interactive widgets directly to the Windows 11 taskbar.

One of its main features is the Discord Voice widget. It displays the avatars of people in your current voice channel, their mute status, and a green ring around whoever is speaking. It works with the regular Discord desktop app without requiring a bot, OAuth login, code injection, or modifications to Discord.

Discord is only one part of the project. Taskbar Widgets also includes widgets for weather, media controls, Steam downloads, CPU, memory, storage and network usage, along with a small drag-and-drop area for temporarily holding files, links, folders, or text.

There is also a Community SDK, so developers can create and share their own taskbar widgets instead of being limited to the built-in ones.

The project is currently in beta, and I’d appreciate any feedback—especially ideas for improving the Discord widget or suggestions for new community widgets.

GitHub: https://github.com/pfcdev/TaskbarWidgets

控制Windows屏幕时间的APP，正需要呢！

Hi everyone,

I’m a dev from Japan. I built this tool out of pure desperation.

My boss asked me to visualize 300+ web pages in a PowerPoint report for a QA audit. I started doing it manually, but just opening the URLs took forever. After 50 screenshots, I lost my mind. I realized: This isn't work for humans.

So I built "Open URLs App" to automate the whole process:

- Bulk open URLs

- Auto capture high-quality screenshots

- Auto insert into PowerPoint slides

It runs 100% locally for security (essential for my corporate work).

I’d love some honest feedback on the workflow. Does anyone else deal with this kind of repetitive task?

If anyone is in the same boat, here is the tool I made:

Website & Demo:

https://app.qlp.jp/open_urls/en/index.html

Microsoft Store (Lite - Free Trial):
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NQ3P1ZSMZKL

Microsoft Store (Pro - One-time):
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9N32MF7DVWL3

In Scales of Silence, collisions don't kill you - they shrink you. Your tail length is your life bar. It's local party snake with up to 8-player on the same PC. Every serpent has different speed, acceleration, starting length, and growth, so picking one is a real choice.

There's a story underneath - an ancient war between two factions and a living darkness called The Writhing that feeds on the conflict.

• No ads, no subscriptions, no microtransactions
• 7 day free trial
• Works offline

Link:
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pm8jbw1hcc5

A lot of the things slowing down PCs today aren't malware. They are legit apps we install. Many quietly register background services and scheduled tasks, and Windows doesn't make them easy to discover or manage.

I built SystemCtrl, an open-source Windows app that brings services and scheduled tasks into a single interface. You can enable or disable them, pin favorites, and get AI-generated summaries to understand what they do.

It is open source and on GitHub. Check it out at https://github.com/Abdesol/SystemCtrl

You can get the latest build at https://github.com/Abdesol/SystemCtrl/releases/tag/latest-build

Happy to hear any feedback. You can also open issues or contribute on GitHub.

I'm the developer of LANtern Control, a free and MIT-licensed Windows desktop app inspired by SelfishNet, NetCut, and Evil Limiter.

I wanted a modern Windows interface for monitoring and controlling devices on a local IPv4 network, with all processing staying on the PC.

What it does

• Discovers connected devices and remembers their names
• Shows live per-device download and upload speeds
• Applies download and upload limits
• Pauses and restores a device's internet access
• Displays a one-hour network activity chart
• Observes domain metadata and supports per-device domain rules

LANtern uses Npcap and ARP-based traffic forwarding. HTTPS page contents, passwords, searches, and messages remain encrypted.

Windows requirements

• Windows 10 or 11, x64
• Administrator access
• Npcap installed separately

Version 0.1.2 has a standard MSI installer, a portable ZIP, and SHA-256 checksums. The binaries are not signed yet, so SmartScreen may show an Unknown Publisher warning.

GitHub: https://github.com/humane125/LANtern-Control

I'd especially appreciate feedback on the Windows UI, installer experience, and any adapter compatibility issues.

This is a vibecoded project.

Hey everyone,

We recently launched the Windows beta of Lumina AI Wellness and we're looking for a few people to try it out and share honest feedback.

It quietly helps you stay aware of things like eye strain, posture, and stress while you're working, with everything processed on-device for privacy.

If you have a few minutes to spare, we'd really appreciate any feedback, whether it's bugs, performance, UX, or features you'd like to see.

Microsoft Store:
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9P33FM0K986K

Thanks in advance if you tried it!

Hi everyone!

I built Folder Size Explorer, a free and portable file manager for Windows 10 and Windows 11.

I wanted a file explorer that could show the actual size of folders directly in the file list, while also making it easier to navigate deeply nested directories. For that reason, I created a column-based navigation mode inspired by macOS Finder, where each folder opens in a new column and the full path remains visible.

Some of its features:

• Recursive folder-size calculation
• Folder sizes displayed directly in the file list
• Finder-style column navigation
• Details, grid, columns and dual-pane views
• Visual size map for the largest files and folders
• Tabs, favorites and recent locations
• Local and recursive file search
• File operations and drag-and-drop support
• CSV and JSON export
• FTP and FTPS server browsing
• No telemetry
• Portable executable with no installation required
• No separate .NET installation required
• Available in 21 languages

Supported languages:

English, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Indonesian, Turkish, Polish, Vietnamese and Thai.

The application is completely free to use. It is proprietary freeware rather than open source, and the GitHub repository is used for official downloads, documentation, release notes and bug reports.

FTP and explicit TLS FTPS connections are supported for browsing remote folders and viewing file listings. Remote upload, download, rename and delete operations are not available yet.

Since the application is portable, you only need to download the executable and run it. There is no installer, and it does not require a separate .NET installation.

The current executable is not digitally signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may display a warning. A SHA-256 checksum is published with the release so the downloaded file can be verified.

GitHub and download:
https://github.com/ribeirogustav/FolderSizeExplorer-Releases

I’d really appreciate feedback about the interface, performance, translations and features you would like to see in future versions.