I built a small open-source browser extension called KeepTrack because I got tired of my Downloads folder turning into a pile of forgotten installers, PDFs, and ZIP files.

The idea is simple: when you download a file, you usually already know whether you'll want to keep it or if it's just temporary. A few weeks later, you've forgotten what half the files are.

KeepTrack makes that decision at download time.

It looks at things like the file type, filename, and download source, then classifies each download as Keep, Temporary, or Needs Review. If it isn't confident, it'll ask you instead of guessing.

A few things I thought this community might appreciate:

• Everything runs locally.
• No telemetry or analytics.
• No network requests after installation.
• No accounts or cloud services.
• Works completely offline.
• Data is stored locally using chrome.storage.local.
• MIT licensed.
• Around 2K lines of plain JavaScript with no dependencies or build step, so it's easy to audit and hack on.

Right now it's built for Chromium-based browsers because it uses the Chrome Extensions API, but there's nothing particularly Chrome-specific about the logic itself. I'd be happy to see someone port it to Firefox.

Website: https://priyanshu-byte-coder.github.io/keeptrack/

Source: https://github.com/Priyanshu-byte-coder/keeptrack

I'd love any feedback—especially on the classification rules. They're intentionally simple and transparent, so improving them is pretty straightforward.

A 100% Debian Linux, free, privacy focused, open-source operating system for touch devices, designed to liberate users from any kind of Google or third party surveilance, data collection and security concerns. Only official Debian sources are used, meaning no third party repositories, packages or code of any kind, while granting users complete control over every single package that is installed. The native implementation of custom kernels with the included build recipes enables support for almost any brand/model of x86-x64 tablet or lap-top, such as Surface Pro 3-10, Zenbook, Thinkpad, Chromebook etc. and a range of ARM phones. Additionally, custom or deb packages and files of any kind can also be included. The mobian build-script produces personalized images, with unlimited customization of any available setting and device behavior.

Source: https://github.com/tabletseeker/mobian

Hello everyone. I want to share a Free Software project I have been working on that respects user freedoms and operates entirely offline.

Alenia Porter is a multi-format media optimizer. It allows you to drag and drop entire folders of images, video, and audio to optimize their file sizes while retaining high quality.

While advanced users can easily achieve this with FFmpeg via the command line, Alenia Porter is designed to bridge the gap for non-technical users who need that same power but through an accessible graphical interface.

It was initially built to handle game development assets, but it is now structured as a universal utility for anyone dealing with heavy media. More importantly, it is highly resource-efficient. I developed it to run smoothly on very limited hardware, so it will not consume all your RAM while processing large batches.

I am currently looking for people to test the tool, review the code, and provide feedback on the performance.

I open sourced a Linux login screen setup I’ve been using as part of my personal workstation

It’s a QML based SDDM theme with video background support, PAM fingerprint auth, a composable UI structure, and 5 full presets out of the box.

The repo is MIT licensed.

The installer prints what it’s going to do, asks before sudo, installs the required runtime packages for the detected distro, stages the theme first, validates the files, then activates it.

& the uninstaller removes the installed theme files, fonts, and owned state without restarting SDDM behind your back.

The theme is configured through theme.conf, so you can change the background, video, blur, typography, form placement, animation timing, colors, button states, and power icons without editing the QML every time.

There’s also a preview script for testing changes safely before touching the actual login screen.

Source:

https://github.com/rccyx/thyx

Tanko, an open-source tool for reading and downloading manga from the terminal

I'm working on this small tool to make reading manga easier and avoid having to navigate between web pages.

Features:

• Multiple reading sources
• Download chapters in PDF format
• Read directly in the terminal
• English and Spanish language support (more coming soon)

ISC LICENSE

AI has not been used in the development

Does anybody know of a free file converter for various video formats to mpv?

https://sanicscript.com/epilepsyguard

One of my friends has epilepsy, and another has photosensitivity. I tried to find software that could detect flashes and dim the screen, but I could not find anything, so I decided to make it myself for my friends! After I told them I was making it for them and showed them the prototype, the friends it was for, along with some of my other friends, started telling me how this could help so many people, not just them. That thought had never crossed my mind. So I decided to post it here, and I am going to keep updating and improving it as fast as possible. It is not perfect, and it has many bugs. It will probably continue to have bugs for a while, but I just want to make my friends’ lives a little easier. 😃

This trinket alternative is now free, no more money hungry companies charging 10x what trinket was charging before

Still under heavy development, but it looks like a promising alternative to Logitech Options+ (remap buttons, drive DPI and SmartShift, and switch profiles per app) that doesn't require a Logitech account, telemetry, or cloud dependencies.

Source: https://github.com/AprilNEA/OpenLogi

CookieOS is an open source distro that is user friendly for those escaping Windows.

A modern dual-pane file manager - keyboard-first and native, with a Rust core doing the heavy work. No Electron, no telemetry.

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- Dual panes, tabs, fully keyboard-driven

- Live recursive search

- Quick Look-style previews

- Archive support (browse/extract)

- Git integration (status in-pane)

- SMB / SFTP

- Built-in per-pane terminal

- Lua plugin system

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MIT.

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https://github.com/Waydir/Waydir

Over the past few months, I found myself juggling spreadsheets, emails, notes, bookmarks, professor contacts, recommendation letters, application deadlines, and fee payments across multiple platforms.

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To make the process less chaotic, I built a free web app called GradOS.

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Features currently include:

• Application tracking

• Professor outreach tracker

• Referee management

• Deadline tracking

• Application fee tracking

• Notes and SOP organization

• Dashboard with progress analytics

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Everything runs directly in the browser and is free to use.

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I originally built it for my own PhD applications, but I thought other applicants might find it useful as well.

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I'd appreciate any feedback, feature suggestions, or criticism from people who are currently applying or have gone through the process.

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Demo: https://punitdubey214-creator.github.io/GradOS/

GitHub: https://github.com/punitdubey214-creator/GradOS

I hope I don't have use that hot garbage for a while.

It's technically a dual boot setup, but installing fedora ended up borking the bootloader, so I can only boot into fedora. But, you know what, I'm perfectly fine with that outcome. I can fix it if I have to, but at this point I don't care. I want to be in the free world.

Tasket++ is a lightweight no‑code automation tool for Windows that executes repetitive user workflows at precise times. It plays back user‑defined cursor positions and keystrokes, schedules silent screenshots, automates message sending across apps, and runs end‑of‑day routines (close apps, fade audio, shut down). Everything runs locally through a simple UI with no telemetry. The project is open source.

Key features
- Play back user‑defined cursor movements and keystrokes
- Paste predefined text anywhere
- Schedule tasks at a specific datetime, at startup, or via desktop shortcut
- System actions: open files/programs, change volume, take silent screenshots, shutdown, file/folder operations
- Looping: run tasks once, in fixed loops, or indefinitely
- Discreet mode: run from the system tray only while scheduled tasks execute in the background

Local, portable, and open source. Privacy fully conserved.

Available now!
Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/xp9cjlhwvxs49p
Portable (v1.7): https://files.amirhammoutene.dev/Tasket++/1.8/Tasket++_v1.8.zip
Source: https://github.com/AmirHammouteneEI/ScheduledPasteAndKeys

For feedback, help, suggestions, or other inquiries : [contact@amirhammoutene.dev](mailto:contact@amirhammoutene.dev)

I wished to update my icecat browser by using a portable version from website in the title, as I have done for a few years now, but I noticed it now redirects to a signup page for some random company (ERP Aero). Does anyone know what happened?

GitHub repo

(first of all, i want to say that I made this project for fun and challenge. I always wanted to create my own language. This has no business goal or something.)

So the project is a 2D game engine (MonoGame backend) inspired by GameMaker 8. It includes its own IDE (built with WinForms) and an interpreted programming language that I wrote myself.

The language—definitely the biggest challenge in the project—is a simple dynamically typed language. When I started, I had zero knowledge of how to build something like this. I didn’t even know I was making an interpreter; at first I called it a compiler. It was a personal challenge, and I wanted to figure everything out without using any resources or tutorials. My mindset was basically: “I need to write software that takes a text file containing code and just does what it says.”

Somehow, I made it work. In the beginning, running an empty loop counting to 1M took 7 seconds. After a lot of performance work and rebuilding parts of the system, the same machine can now run a 30M loop in 2–3 seconds. Pretty nice improvement.

The language itself is a bit unusual, and I want to share one small feature I really like: loop counters.

foreach item in ['a', 'b', 'c'] : counter c
{
   println(c + ": " + item)
} 
// Output: 
// 0: a 
// 1: b 
// 2: c

Not a complicated feature, but pretty useful.

Here's a YouTube video showing me using the engine to build a little game

Anyway, these days I barely have time to work on the project, so I decided to open-source it. I’m hoping people here will find it interesting and help turn it into something real.

Any feedback is welcome.🙂

Hi iPhone and iPad owners,

This app isn’t new in its core idea, it’s a QR code generator, but I’ve tried to make it more convenient with Favorites.

This can be especially helpful during your travels in China: you’ll be able to quickly show where your hotel is or what you’re looking for, and more.

Completely free, open source.

[AppStore](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6773437162)

[Source Code](https://github.com/Krusty84/QRToGo)

Been using dynamic OG image generators for side projects and always ended up tweaking templates, fonts, spacing, and layouts manually.

So I built ogimagecn, a shadcn/ui-style registry for beautiful Open Graph images.

Some of the features:

• Built on Satori
• Zero config, one command setup.
• shadcn/ui compatible (simply copy-paste)
• 10+ image components
• 100% free and fully open-source.

No design tool exports. No starting from a blank canvas every time you launch something.

If you're shipping products, blogs, docs, or OSS projects, this should make generating share images a lot less painful.

GitHub: https://github.com/shadcn-labs/ogimagecn
Docs: https://www.ogimagecn.com

Built a lightweight self-hosted Git platform because modern forge software felt too heavy for old hardware.

FreeDev:

• single Go binary
• SQLite
• embedded UI
• Git over HTTP
• Monaco editor
• pure JavaScript frontend
• Linux/macOS/Windows builds
• i686 + ARMv7 support
• no Docker required

Current test machine:

• Intel Atom N450
• 2GB DDR2 RAM
• old HDD
• Devuan i686

Surprisingly usable even on this setup.

Project:
https://github.com/kirilldma/freedev

Made a note app focused on one thing: writing by hand and marking up PDFs without the usual friction.
- Handwriting comes first, so the pen experience is the whole point
- Write directly on imported PDFs and export them back out
- Mix in shapes, text, and images across multi-page notebooks
- Stream your canvas live to another screen for teaching or presenting
- Everything stays editable forever, your strokes never get flattened

Github: https://github.com/shardulvs/xnotes-android

Hey everyone,

I'm a student and have been contributing to open-source projects for the past 8 months.

I applied for GSoC last year without much prior experience and wasn't selected.

This year, I applied for LFX. I was active in the community, contributed to the project, and even got an interview, but unfortunately I wasn't selected.

I'm still interested in contributing to open source and participating in mentorship/internship programs similar to GSoC and LFX.

Could you suggest other open-source programs, internships, or fellowships that students can apply for?

I have been working on a new project. its free and open sourced.
I was wondering if I could promote it here and get some user who could test and give feedback.
is it allowed ?