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Imago

Describe the image you want and the app will create it for you. Runs locally using the FLUX.2 [klein] 4B text-to-image model. Demanding system requirements.

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Lap

Photo manager and organizer to browse albums, find old photos quickly and manage large media libraries offline. A privacy-focused alternative to cloud services with local AI search and folder-first workflow.

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Sol

A FOSS launcher with a lot of features — app search, custom shortcuts, Google translate, calendar, menu bar agenda, AppleScript, window manager, clipboard manager, scratchpad, and much more.

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SlowQuit

Never quit an app by accident again. Set how long you want quitting to take for all your apps — up to three seconds — or use a blacklist or whitelist.

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HopTab

App switching, window tiling and workspace management combined in one app. Set the apps and layouts you want for sessions you create.

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Mar 20, 2026

SuperTux endures with an update to 0.7.0

The penguin version of Super Mario is still jumping after all these years.

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FINAL|FINAL

Aimed at academics, novelists and screenplay writers — features focus mode, task insertions, versioning, footnotes and citations, status and goals, themes and markdown.

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Thaw

Development of Ice seems to be frozen, so try this fork that has the goal of making it “one of the most versatile menu bar tools available.”

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Information Superhighway

If you really must doom scroll, why not learn a few things? Read random Wikipedia articles, one after the other. If you want to read more, tap the button.

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Jan 24, 2026

LosslessCut video editing is fast, free and — of course — lossless

This visual interface gives you all the advantages of FFmpeg without having to tinker with Terminal.

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FineTune

Set individual volume levels per app, route apps to different output devices, and apply EQ from your menu bar. Real-time VU meters and persistent settings.

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DockAnchor

If you have a second screen, and your mouse strays too close to the bottom, the dock will move over. Now you can stop this irksome behaviour.

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MiddleDrag

Use three-finger gestures for middle-click and middle-drag on your Mac trackpad. Handy for CAD and 3D modelling, web browsing, and coding.

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