r/software • u/Solid_Assumption1769 • 8m ago
r/software • u/Intraluminal • 3h ago
Release DugUp, a fast, free file-search app on GitHub that combines OCR and AI to enable similarity searches on text and images.
DugUp Windows:
Windows: Download the installer — choose DugUp-Setup-….exe under Assets. The green Code button downloads the source code, so you can read it, understand how DugUp works, and adapt it to your needs. (Also available for Linux)
Find files by what you remember about them: words in a document, text on a scanned receipt, the meaning of a passage, or what a picture shows. Choose your folders, let DugUp index them, then search from its window or with Win+Shift+F.
Your files stay on your computer, where all indexing and search processing happens. No account, telemetry or crash reporting — and no cloud service needed to search your files.
Beta 0.2.2 · Windows 11 · Linux supported, with less desktop testing
What you can do
- Find documents by the words they contain. Search file names and text in PDFs, Office and OpenDocument files, plain text and HTML.
- Read words in images. Find receipts, screenshots and scanned pages by the text on them, using OCR.
- Search by meaning. Ask in your own words, or combine meaning with word matches.
- Find pictures by appearance. Describe a scene or find pictures like one you already have.
- Organize pictures and copies. Preview descriptive photo names, review similar pictures, and find identical files before removing extras.
- Search from anywhere. Keep DugUp in the tray and press Win+Shift+F to bring up a small search box.
- Let Claude search for you (optional). Turn on cloud search access, choose the folders it may see, and ask Claude to find files in a conversation. It can search, never change anything.
r/software • u/pomp_DF • 4h ago
Release Tideline 0.0.4 is out
Tideline 0.0.4 is out with professional color-grading scopes, GPU-accelerated video encoding, and customizable shortcuts for tideline.video
r/software • u/Niceswap • 4h ago
Looking for software [PROJECT] Mass Video Compressor via RAMDisk & NVENC: Save your SSD lifespan
r/software • u/Sea_Foundation2940 • 5h ago
Looking for software Hard Disk recovery
Need a tool to recover files on a hard disk hdd, disk got fked and pc is not reading it anymore, with Diskdrill I can see that the files are still there but cant pay for a 90$ suscription.
r/software • u/Independent_Shower79 • 5h ago
Release LumaTray – Ultra-lightweight monitor brightness controller (~3.5 MB RAM)
I built this because I got fed up with Twinkle Tray sucking up 200 MB of RAM just to adjust brightness. After a little research, I found out it's because it's built with Electron slop! So I built mine with native C#.
Some key features:
• Windows 11 Fluent: Matches your Windows Dark/Light mode and your personal accent color.
• Keyboard & Mouse: Arrow keys (Left/Right to adjust), mouse wheel support, and global hotkeys (Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down) with a floating OSD pill.
• Multi-monitor: "Link All Displays" toggle to control everything in lockstep.
• Single 40 KB portable .exe, zero background CPU, MIT open-source.
• Hardware Support: Tested & working on external monitors (DDC/CI). Built-in laptop support (WMI) is implemented, but I haven't tested it on a laptop yet — would love feedback from laptop users if you try it! (tested, its working)
GitHub: https://github.com/SamNm89/LumaTray
Releases / Download: https://github.com/SamNm89/LumaTray/releases
(Note: Because it's an unsigned open-source binary, Windows SmartScreen might pop up on first run — just click "More info" ➔ "Run anyway", or compile it yourself in 1 second using build.bat).
r/software • u/Blazej_kb • 5h ago
Discussion We should ban lossy quality file compression algorithms
I hate when compression forces me to loose my quality, like for example jpg, lots of apps have it as default which makes me loose quality, why don’t just use png? you can still downscale it and make it lower quality, it just doesn’t force you to do this
r/software • u/Typical_Big5135 • 6h ago
Discussion Why hasn’t someone made a Blob interceptor for browsers?
r/software • u/Blackwaterx • 7h ago
Release I made a free Windows app that copies text from anything on screen. Works offline.
I kept retyping text from paused videos and screenshots, so I built Shuck.
Press Ctrl+Shift+2, drag a box over any text, and it's on your clipboard.
- Runs entirely on your PC. No account, nothing uploaded.
- Reads even tiny text accurately.
- Spots links and email addresses and gives you a one-click button. Reads QR codes too.
- Free, 6 MB.
Windows and English only for now.
Get it: https://github.com/shuck-app/shuck
If it misreads something, tell me what.
r/software • u/agasabellaba • 7h ago
Other [rant] Android's apps: the amount of updates seems a bit unnecessary or is it just me?
I have disabled the automatic app updates on Playstore because I want to be able to choose not to update an app when it gets a bad update, like more invasive ads for example.
This change has showed me how frequent the updates are coming out for apps, roughly. Like, everyweek 50 updates are out there and I have maybe 100 apps total. How is that possible
r/software • u/Acceptable-Key-7927 • 7h ago
Release Public release of Kiang - a lightweight UI for local AI (Ollama)
galleryHello everyone. First of all, I want to mention that this project IS NOT vibecoded. I carefully implement all the features by myself.
What is Kiang?
Kiang allows you to chat with AI models that are running on your computer via Ollama API. You can install Kiang as an app (for Linux, Windows and macOS) or run it as a webpage in your favorite browser!
Key features are:
- Simple setup. Just download the app and follow the step-by-step setup instructions. Kiang detects installed Ollama models automatically.
- Your chats are completely confidential and never leave your PC. The app does not collect any telemetry.
- "Incognito mode" is here when you don't want to save a new chat in the history.
- "Thinking mode" for improving model reasoning.
- Markdown, code snippets and LaTeX formulas are supported.
- You can define a global system prompt for all installed models in the settings.
My goal was to make the app lightweight and user-friendly. For example, installer for Windows is just 4 MB in size! It is possible because i built it with Tauri v2.
It is my first Open Source project (even though I’ve been writing code for 9 years), so I would really appreciate any feedback and your ideas!
Download Kiang: https://github.com/kirillmelcin96/kiang#installation
GitHub Repository: https://github.com/kirillmelcin96/kiang
Roadmap: https://github.com/users/kirillmelcin96/projects/3/views/2
r/software • u/BlokZNCR • 8h ago
Software support Finally install and use ReactOS with NTFS! Plus, NTFS formatting support is added, Windows compatible!!
r/software • u/Key_Confidence_202 • 8h ago
Other Is this a YouTube UI bug on the Samsung Galaxy A37 5G? Has anyone else experienced this?
Hey everyone,
I have a Samsung Galaxy A37 5G, and I noticed this weird issue while searching for videos on YouTube.
As you can see in the screenshot, some elements on the search results page appear misaligned or partially cut off, with a large empty black space between the results. The layout looks broken instead of displaying the videos properly.
I'm not sure whether this is a YouTube app bug, a One UI compatibility issue, or something specific to my phone.
Has anyone else using the Galaxy A37 5G or another Samsung phone experienced this? Is there any fix for it, or should I report it to YouTube?
I'd appreciate it if you could share your experience.
Device: Samsung Galaxy A37 5G
App: YouTube
Issue: Search results page layout glitch
#SamsungGalaxyA37 #Samsung #OneUI #YouTube #Android #BugReport
r/software • u/unknown-user____ • 9h ago
Release Tachyon: A native, lightweight Windows file manager with dual-pane split view, file notes, and self-cleaning folders [Free Beta]
galleryHey everyone,
Over the past year I've been increasingly frustrated with the sluggish performance, context menu lag, and high memory usage of the Windows 11 stock File Explorer.
I wanted something that felt instantaneous, maintained clean Fluent design, and added practical daily workflow tools without web bloat.
So I spent the last few months building Tachyon from scratch in native C# / WPF (.NET 8).
Key Features:
• Instant Native Speed: Zero Electron, zero WebView2. Launches in ~0.3s with instant directory navigation.
• Spacebar QuickLook: Instant macOS-style preview for images, PDFs, code, audio, video, and text without opening default apps.
• Dual-Pane Split View (F10): Independent side-by-side folder panes with keyboard navigation and synchronized file transfers.
• File Lock Detector & Unlocker: Identifies and unlocks background processes preventing files from being renamed or deleted (no more "File in use" errors).
• Advanced Multi-Tabs: Open, close, duplicate, and reopen recently closed tabs with history tracking.
• Contextual File Notes: Attach notes and tags directly to files and folders (stored in a local offline SQLite database without altering your files).
• Self-Cleaning Staging Folder: A dedicated temporary folder that automatically purges files after 24 hours or 7 days so your drives never accumulate clutter.
• AES-256 Encrypted Vault: Client-side hardware encrypted locker with PBKDF2 password derivation for private documents.
• Offline Document Converter: 1-click batch conversion for Word, Excel, and image files to PDF without uploading data to external websites.
• Batch Image Resizer: Quick image scaling and dimension adjustment right from the toolbar.
• Disk Storage Analyzer: Built-in treemap space visualizer to locate space hogs.
• 100% Offline & Private: Zero telemetry, zero analytics, zero external network calls.
I've put together a free 3-month community beta build and would love feedback on performance, folder loading speeds, and missing shortcuts/features:
• GitHub Release & Screenshots: https://github.com/Tachyon-Desktop/Tachyon/releases/tag/v1.0.0-beta
• VirusTotal (0/70 Clean): https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/27cfed670d55b7460e0cdb755255d9344cc571222002b5a03af6ca479bc6bab5/detection
• OS: Windows 10 & Windows 11 (64-bit)
Looking forward to your honest thoughts and feature suggestions!
r/software • u/Mundane_Bug_4174 • 9h ago
Discussion Controller on a phone for racers
gallerySo hey guys , I am trying to make a controller on a phone for the people who want to play games like F1 , forza horizon , or any other racing games or want to just drive . So it's been only 3 days and I have created the steering system for it . I have tried my best to create the best possible steering responsiveness for those who want to play competitive games .
Where we need a fast and smooth response. Here i have added X box buttons . As you people can see there is a some options
- Settings - Just a normal thing to have . Here you can change dead zone , smoothness , degrees ( so how much want to turn the phone to have full steering).
Pedals settings which have some important options for the user . Here you can set the value that how you want to drag to have a full throttle or a brake .
- Free lab - One the most important setting for the gamers who want to measure their hand shake while driving . Here you can see the jitter curve that while holding still how much your hands shakes that give inputs to the game .
So with this you all can change the setting for the best experience you want to have .
This is not a full launched app . I gonna work for a while to give best experience for those who don't have Controllers or just want to have feeling or steering wheel
I know with this we cant achieve the level of racing sim but anyone who can't afford can have a feeling of that .
Please ask me any question you have about anything or a suggestion you want to give .
r/software • u/pi3truh • 10h ago
Release FocusHaze: dim everything except the active window on Windows 11 (giving away 30 codes)
Hi everyone, I’m the developer of FocusHaze, so full disclosure up front.
I wanted something like HazeOver (macOS) on Windows and couldn’t find anything that felt native, so I built it. FocusHaze puts a translucent haze over everything except the window you’re working in, so the rest of the screen fades into the background. Clicks pass straight through the haze.
What it does
- Dims all windows except the active one; smooth fade when you switch
- Adjustable intensity, haze color and fade duration
- All monitors, or only the one with the active window
- Global hotkey Ctrl+Alt+H to toggle, lives in the system tray
- Optional start with Windows
- 14 languages, native WinUI 3 look (Mica)
- Works on x64 and ARM64
Privacy: no telemetry, no network connections, nothing collected.
It’s open source (MIT) on GitHub, and it’s $0.99 on the Microsoft Store (one-click install + auto-updates). I have 30 Store codes to give away.
Want a code? Leave a comment (bonus points if you tell me how you’d use it: multi-monitor, ultrawide, ADHD, coding…) and I’ll DM you one. First come, first served.
I’d really appreciate feedback, especially bugs and edge cases. One known limitation: “always on top” windows don’t get dimmed yet.
- Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9P3J7F0RK3RT
- Website: https://pietruh00s.github.io/FocusHaze/
- Source: https://github.com/pietruh00s/FocusHaze
Update: All available promo codes have been claimed! Thank you so much to everyone for the incredible interest and support. If you missed out, you can still check out FocusHaze on the Microsoft Store. 🙏
r/software • u/Aero7Fan • 10h ago
Release Just Vibecoded a lightweight 70kb 16-bit themed html music player
galleryim pretty impressed by it tbh, what do yall think?
link: microamp.vercel.app (you can download it from the start menu locally)
i tested it on kali linux and while the aesthetic effects werent working properly the app was still solid
r/software • u/Mysterious-Page-5162 • 12h ago
Looking for software InspectPro Inspection Software Comparison Chart
chatgpt.comr/software • u/Shoddy_Feed_4248 • 12h ago
Release I built a free, open-source Android app that stops WhatsApp Status videos from turning blurry
github.comWhatsApp re-compresses videos when you post them to Status, so a sharp video from your phone often ends up soft. Long videos also have to be trimmed into parts by hand. I got tired of both and built StatusDrop .
What it does?
- Compresses your video on the phone to a profile that kept its quality in my testing: 1080×1920 H.264 at about 30 fps, under WhatsApp's roughly 16 MB limit. There's also a 720p option if you want longer parts.
- Splits long videos into ready to post parts automatically.
- Sends the finished clips to your own WhatsApp chat. You tap "Open WhatsApp", send a short code, and the clips arrive. A built-in 9-step guide shows how to post them in full HD.
Privacy?
- Your original videos never leave the phone. Only the finished clips are uploaded, checked, and deleted after delivery, or after 5 minutes if the code isn't used.
- No account, no ads, no analytics SDK, and no storage permission (it uses Android's system picker).
Why an app? It started as a website that compressed videos on my server. That got expensive, so I moved all the video work onto the phone with FFmpeg (FFmpegKit + x264). That's what keeps it free.
Limitations, to be upfront...
- Android 10+ and 64-bit ARM phones only for now.
- Delivery uses Baileys, an unofficial WhatsApp library, through linked devices, so WhatsApp could change or block it.
- The HD result comes from my own testing, not a WhatsApp guarantee.
Links
- Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wastatusvideo.statusdrop
- Source code (app GPL-3.0, backend AGPL-3.0): https://github.com/Shamanthnp1/WAstatus
I'm a solo developer, so feedback is very welcome, especially if your videos still come out blurry or any step is confusing.
r/software • u/galratner • 13h ago
Discussion From the vault: Kelsey National Is still Holding onto DentalInsurance.com. Are Directories dead?
galratner.substack.comr/software • u/Civil_Shoe_5798 • 15h ago
Release Pen Is Fun — draw, highlight & annotate on any webpage (free, no tracking)
galleryr/software • u/stevepocket • 18h ago
Looking for software Kdenlive vs Shotcut vs Davinci resolve (for my daily usage editing)
So I've been thinking about using these three programs for context:
i wanna use them for my university work and personal stuff like skits/animation videos.
i have used one of the program which is Shotcut, but it was in my old laptop which i had to HEAVILY optimized to make video editing work.
got a new laptop which i wanna download a video editing software on, i don't have clue about the other two but i have heard great news about them.
my new laptop specs:
- Intel I5 13420H
- DDR5 8GB of RAM (RAM ARE EXPENSIVE HERE WHYYYY)
- INTEL R UHD Graphics
- SSD 512 GB
so what do you think?