r/software • • 12h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays Made a little floating RAM widget for Windows because I didn't want a whole PC suite just for that

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Some of those all-in-one PC cleaner suites have this little floating memory ball and I honestly liked it. What I didn't like was installing the whole suite (plus the popups) just to get it. So I ended up writing my own.

It's called MemBall. It sits on the edge of your screen and shows RAM usage and up/down speed. The ring goes blue, then orange, then red as memory fills up.

Stuff it does:

- click it to trim memory and it tells you how much got freed (there's an optional timer too, if you'd rather it did that on its own)

- drag it to the side of the screen and it snaps there, then shrinks into a thin bar when your mouse leaves. The bar still shows usage

- hides itself when a game or video is fullscreen

- right click shows the top 5 programs eating your RAM, and you can kill them from there

- English, Chinese and French

It's tiny (~120 KB), works on Win 10/11 and there's nothing else to install. If you're interested, you can grab it here: https://github.com/yydsyin/memball/releases/latest

Got suggestions or found a bug? Just DM me.


r/software • • 12h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays I made a tool that makes your voice sound like you’re in the game.

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Half a year ago I was watching a streamer and thought: wouldn’t it be cool and immersive if their voice sounded like they were in the game? With reverb matching a cathedral, cave, dungeon or wherever they are in the game.

So over the last months I figured out a way to make it work and I’m looking for testers to get some feedback on the beta version.

It runs 100% locally with very low CPU/GPU usage. VRAM usage depends on the selected model. It’s built for gaming content creators and streamers. Once connected to OBS, it checks the scene and gradually adjusts the reverb to match. You can use it for free, with an optional Pro upgrade.

Gameplay AutoReverb, check it out here: gameplayautoreverb.com

Feedback would be much appreciated: [feedback@gameplayautoreverb.com](mailto:feedback@gameplayautoreverb.com)

If you have any questions about the software feel free to ask in the comments! :)


r/software • • 16h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays I built a Windows notes app that automatically switches notes when you switch files or apps

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I recently launched ClingNote, a Windows notes app built around a simple idea: your notes should follow your work.

Instead of manually organizing everything into notebooks and folders, you can associate notes with specific files, applications, and work contexts.

Open a spreadsheet, document, coding project, or application, and ClingNote can automatically bring back the notes associated with it. Switch to something else, and your notes switch too.

Features:

- Context-aware notes – Associate notes with files, apps, and work contexts, with automatic switching.

- Rich-text editor – Headings, lists, tables, formatting, and more.

- Markdown support – Use Markdown alongside traditional rich-text notes.

- Search – Search across general and attached notes.

- Floating notes – Pop notes out into separate windows.

- Local-first – Notes are stored locally on your Windows PC.

- General notes – Works as a regular notes app too, without attaching notes to anything.

Pricing:

- 14-day free Pro trial – All features unlocked.

- Free mode – Continue using the full notes app without automatic context switching.

- Pro: $10/year – Enables automatic switching between notes as you change files and applications.

I wanted something that could remember what I was working on without making me constantly search through folders and notebooks.

It's especially useful if you regularly switch between documents, spreadsheets, development projects, or different applications throughout the day.

Website: https://clingnote.com/

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback, especially on the context-aware approach compared with traditional note-taking apps. I'd send some 50% codes to some users who give it a shot and would use it long term!


r/software • • 9h ago

Looking for software r/software

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We built an AI for Windows where you can see what it remembers about you and strike it out

Disclosure: I work with AIBlab, who make AIBEVA.

AIBEVA (Level S2) is an intelligent being for Windows, powered by AIB.core. Four things we focused on:

- What it remembers about you is stored on your PC, not on our servers.

- A panel shows what it remembers. Strike out a line, or say "forget where I live", and it stops using it.

- Switch the model or your API key, and the memory stays.

- No ads and no ad tracking.

Honest limits: with your own API key (Claude, Gemini or OpenAI), your messages go to that provider under its terms. Only the built-in model can chat without internet.

Free in the Microsoft Store with a 14-day trial; after that it needs an AIBSN registration (aibsn.org). You can see where it connects here: aibeva.com/check

Question for you: what would you want to see in that memory panel?


r/software • • 16h ago

Discussion IDM or FDM?

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should i use idm or fdm


r/software • • 20h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays FlashView: a fast image viewer and photo-culling tool for Windows, designed for large folders (recursive)

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Full disclosure: this is self-promotion for a tool I built. Posting on Wednesday with the flair.

FlashView is very fast no account, no cloud, no subscription, no tracking software. I built it because I was tired of waiting for my tools to import and index before I could even look at my photos after a shoot. It's built for viewing and culling large folders even recursive quickly.

How it's different:

- No catalog, no import, no database. Open a folder (optionally with all subfolders) and start browsing right away.
- Stays fast with tens of thousands of images. Previews load in the background while you keep working.
- RAW support out of the box for Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm and more, plus JPEG, PNG, TIFF and PSD.
- Non-destructive edits: sliders, presets, cropping and blurring of faces or license plates. Your originals are never touched, and you can export to JPEG.
- Ratings saved as standard XMP, so other apps can read them too.
- 100% local: no account, no cloud, no subscription, no tracking.

Platform: Windows. The UI is available in English and German.

There's a free 60-day trial with all features. I'd really appreciate feedback, especially from people coming from Lightroom, Photo Mechanic or similar tools. What would you need to switch?

Website: https://flashview.net


r/software • • 9h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays I built Typist: pay $0.99 for one transcript instead of a monthly subscription, and pick the model (Scribe v2, Grok 2.0 or Whisper)

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Software name: Typist

Basic description: a web app that transcribes audio and video. Instead of one in-house model, you choose per file between ElevenLabs Scribe v2, xAI Grok 2.0 and Whisper. Exports TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT and VTT.

Links: https://iamtypist.dev

I built Typist, so read this as the developer's pitch.

Why it's different:

You don't need a subscription for one interview a month. Otter Pro is $16.99/month and allows 10 file imports a month; Descript's paid plans start at $16 to $24/month. On Typist you can pay $0.99 for a single file up to 90 minutes ($2.99 on Scribe v2), or take a plan from $6.99/month.

You get models from the top of public benchmarks instead of one house model. On Artificial Analysis's speech-to-text leaderboard, Scribe v2 has a 2.2% word error rate and Grok 2.0 2.3%. Whisper large-v3 costs less and does fine on clean audio.

60 free minutes when you sign up, no card. Files up to 500 MB on the free plan and 5 GB on paid plans.

The useful part, whatever tool you end up with: pick the model by recording, not by brand. One clear speaker (lectures, voice memos): Whisper is cheap and good enough. Several people or a noisy room: use a model that labels speakers, since Whisper doesn't. And if you transcribe dozens of hours every month, an unlimited plan such as TurboScribe's ($20/month) will cost you less than paying per file. Paying per file wins when you have a handful of recordings a month.

What would make you switch from the tool you use now?


r/software • • 19h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays I wanted a better download manager, so I built one

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Hey everyone! 👋

I’ve used IDM and a few download managers. They work fine, but I’ve always felt most of them could be better, especially when it comes to the UI and features.

So, I decided to try building my own download manager.

It’s called DashFlow. I wanted to add many features but i could not wait to share on internet so i will constantly updating in future please try and give me reviews

Dashflow Website

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r/software • • 2h ago

Looking for software ME ESTAFARON , NECESITO AYUDA

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hola gente de reddit necesito su ayuda, me robaron 7 millones y necesito saber el nombre completo de la persona que me estafo , ya que solo tengo el numero de celular


r/software • • 5h ago

Looking for software H

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Big day


r/software • • 11h ago

Looking for software HIRING SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

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HIRING SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS

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r/software • • 12h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays I made a free PDF tool where you click anywhere and start typing, no fumbling through menus everytime

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Filling out flat PDFs (ones without fillable fields) always annoyed me. In most editors, you pick the text tool, draw a box, type, switch tools, and repeat.

So I built TypePDF. You open a PDF, click wherever you want text, and type.

  • Includes shapes and signatures
  • Drag, rotate, snap, and align items
  • Export as an editable or flattened PDF
  • Runs in your browser with no account or install. Your file never leaves your device
  • There's a sample form if you want to try it without your own PDF

https://typepdf.pages.dev/

It's free, and I'd really appreciate feedback on what's missing or annoying. Thank you!


r/software • • 17h ago

Solved Neuroevolution Can Play Super Mario Better Than Any Human

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https://github.com/vahmoh25/NeuroMario

This repository demonstrates how neuroevolution trains neural networks to master Super Mario. Watch the AI learn and play in a 3D environment, and explore its neural network through an interactive 3D visualization. Super cool!


r/software • • 17h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays I missed the macOS Downloads Stack on Windows 11, so I built one.

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One thing I really liked about macOS was the ability to pin a folder to the Dock and quickly browse recent files without having to switch to Finder. You could just pop it open on top of whatever you were doing.

I couldn't find anything quite like that for Windows, so I decided to build it myself.

It's a pretty simple little utility. It adds an icon to your system tray, and clicking it opens a popup with your files.

Here's what it can do:

  • 📂 Custom folders - By default, it shows recent files from your Downloads folder, but you can add any folders you want.
  • 🔀 Sorting options - Choose how your files are sorted.
  • 🖼️ Image previews - Images show thumbnails instead of generic file icons.
  • 🖱️ Drag & drop - Drag files straight from the popup into other apps or folders.
  • 📋 Context menu - Right-click any file to open the standard Windows context menu.
  • 🔎 Quick file location - Middle-click a file to open its location in File Explorer, with the file already selected.

Available as a regular installer, a portable version, or through the Microsoft Store.

Everything runs locally. No file information or other data is sent anywhere.

The entire source code is public, so you're welcome to inspect it yourself (or have an AI review it if you have privacy concerns).

GitHub: https://github.com/Vivoxti/Downloads-Stack-For-Windows-Tray

If you've been looking for something like this, feel free to give it a try.

Hope someone finds it useful.


r/software • • 22h ago

Release Pragtical Code Editor v3.14.0

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As shown on the video, I currently maintain Pragtical, a free opensource lightweight editor made with SDL3, C and LuaJIT. Today I pushed a new release but I wonder if there is anything to gain from working on a code editor any longer on this AI age which I doubted would ever happen... I started an optional AI slop assistant plugin for the editor just in case with another plugin that offers easier visual source control management, since I think that code editors will sadly become review tools, sooner or later will have to embrace these new not so fun workflows. I'm looking for suggestions on what features could improve overall daily workflows on this AI age...

Looking forward for any comments, opinions and interesting features to implement as part of the editor or as additional plugins, even if there is no longer a future for it 😂

GitHub: https://github.com/pragtical/pragtical


r/software • • 15h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays Neverclick 0.4.2: Use local computer vision to select text without a mouse

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Text selection and dragging are now available in Neverclick v0.4.2. Select two hints to perform a text selection or drag.

Neverclick uses local computer vision to detect UI elements on your screen so that you can perform mouse actions without a mouse. I made this when I was suffering from hand pain. The computer vision system runs 100% offline and it's optimized quite well so you don't need a powerful gpu to run it.

Not vibe coded btw.

Download link: https://neverclick.com

Bugs & feature requests: https://github.com/LazoVelko/neverclick


r/software • • 9h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays Built a Docusign alternative with a generous free plan

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You can also start from one of dozens of free templates and use our smart creator tool to build an agreement for you. Here is a sample of supported agreements:

The full list is at formabledocs.com/templates. Would love to hear what you think or what other templates you'd find useful!


r/software • • 3h ago

Release Sacred Tools App

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A great app for anyone in the spiritual community or on their own healing journey.


r/software • • 22h ago

Release I built a tool that lets you run any app as a native Windows service

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You have a server built in Java, Python, Node.js, or any other language? Ever wondered how to run it as a native Windows service so it runs automatically at startup and recovers automatically from failures?

Many people turn to NSSM or WinSW. These tools get the job done, but they lack security as well as advanced monitoring and recovery features.

NSSM stores service configs in the Windows registry, so any user can read process arguments and environment variables containing API keys and secrets. So, it is definitely not recommended for production use.

WinSW stores service configs in XML files, which can be read by any user with file access. It also lacks a graphical UI.

That's why I built Servy. Servy provides 100% isolation of service configs running under non-admin service accounts. All sensitive configs are encrypted and stored in a secure vault. Servy also provides advanced configuration, monitoring options, real-time CPU/RAM monitoring, stdout/stderr streaming, heartbeat pings, notifications, and CPU affinity.

I've been working on this tool for over a year now.

Check it out on GitHub: https://github.com/aelassas/servy


r/software • • 22h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays DuoBolt, a duplicate file and photo finder for Mac and Windows: 20% off with apps.deals

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DuoBolt scans a folder, finds the files that are byte-for-byte identical, and groups the photos that only look alike, so you can review every group before anything is removed.

30-second look: https://youtu.be/PB0NW_wCYsA

If you've been thinking about getting a license, DuoBolt is listed on https://apps.deals right now, and the code APPSDEALS20 takes 20% off a new Standard or Pro license at checkout (it doesn't apply to the Standard → Pro upgrade):

https://duobolt.app/pricing/

DuoBolt stays free to use. The paid plans are a one-time purchase with no subscription, on Mac and Windows.

Questions and feedback are welcome.


r/software • • 14h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays [Web] NovelDesk: a quiet browser desk for writing your novel — 20% off the first year this month

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NovelDesk is a writing app for novels that runs in the browser, so it works the same on Windows, Mac, Linux and phones. The desk is free to use with no account; this month's deal is on the paid tier.

  • Chapters in a sidebar. A new chapter opens with the last lines of the previous one faint above the heading.
  • Notes on characters and places. Type @ to tag one in the text; click it later and the note opens beside the page, with every chapter it appears in.
  • A daily goal in words or characters, a 25/5 timer, and line focus.
  • Opens .docx, .txt and .md files and splits them at the headings, read in the browser and never uploaded.
  • Version history for each chapter, backup files, a few paper themes.

Nothing in it writes or edits your text. No ads.

Free writing stays in your browser only, and Safari clears a site's data after 7 days without a visit, so the site promises 7 days and keeps pointing you to backup files.

Free covers two manuscripts of up to 30 chapters each. Plus is $8/month or $60/year: cloud saving across devices, no limits, every version kept, Word/EPUB/PDF export, publishing chapters as reading pages, and 20 credits a month for optional AI-drawn pictures.

The deal: comment "page turner" and I'll DM you a code for 20% off the first year of the yearly plan, so $48 instead of $60 (it renews at $60). For the first 100 people, until November 14.

I'm the developer, so ask me anything about where your work is stored.

https://noveldesk.app


r/software • • 7h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays Better Stickies v1.4 is out now with macOS release, play audio inside a note and much more!

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Hello,

Release post: https://betterstickies.com/blog/betterstickies-1-4

For full changelog: https://betterstickies.com/changelog

What it is, for anyone new

It is a note taking app with super cool exclusive features while it looks and acts as sticky notes app. It works on Windows, Linux, macOS (soon). Offline, no account, no telemetry. Built with PySide6 so it's actually native, not another Electron app eating your RAM.

This app is a hidden gem and I am not exaggerating, I received so much positive reviews to be confident when I say this, it looks like a sticky note but does much more than you could think a sticky note app could do and it can replace all complex note taking apps if you aren't into that type of productivity.

The main thing it does that other sticky apps don't: you can paste or drag anything into a note.

  • Files and folders become clickable shortcuts, and you can drag them back out to your file manager
  • Screenshots and images paste straight from the clipboard, PDFs and images get a hover preview, and double-click opens an image at full resolution
  • Audio files and play audio inside notes, supports mp3, opus, flac, wav files
  • Pasted code gets detected and formatted into a code block automatically, no AI and no network, in about 50ms. Ctrl+M when it guesses wrong
  • Rich text, links, plain text, all formatted properly instead of rejected

The second thing it does so well over other stickies apps: customization, you can customize font, colors, transparency, add background image or even a moving GIF per each note, a real delight to use

Notes have tabs. Up to three pages inside one note, each with its own text, scroll position and undo history. Ctrl+PgDown and Ctrl+PgUp to move between them, Ctrl+Shift+N for a new one, all rebindable. If you have a small screen this is the feature: one note on the desktop, three notes' worth of content in it.

Other things it does exceptionally well:

  • Reminders with sound and desktop notifications
  • GIF and image backgrounds per note (because why not)
  • RTL text support, and the app plus its full guide are in 12 languages
  • Pin a note to lock both position and editing
  • Ctrl+scroll to zoom text without opening settings
  • Checkboxes with strikethrough when done and nesting
  • Snap to grid with an adjustable grid size
  • Export to .txt, .md or .json, so you can back them up with whatever cloud you like
  • Proper Linux support, tested on KDE, GNOME and Cinnamon (COSMIC coming)
  • On the Microsoft Store and the Snap store, Flathub coming soon

The free version now has exactly one limit. It used to have three: a note cap, a reminders cap, and a cap on animated GIF backgrounds. The reminder and GIF limits are gone entirely, so the free version now has every feature, and the only thing left is a budget of 4 note slots (an extra tab uses a slot).

Paid version is very generous and cheap, it costs currently $8 and you get the premium version without any limits, free updates, unlimited devices, and also windows, linux and macOS builds so you won't pay again if you move from windows to linux or use both.

This a side project for me and I don't intend to milk it, I want it to be sustainable to survive. The price is low to keep it accessible, not because the quality of the app is low, this not a vibe coded app and if you give it a try, you will understand the difference between Better Stickies and other Stickies apps.

As always, if you try it and something annoys you, tell me here. Most new features and fixes are built on users feedback (tens of thousands are using BetterStickies today)

Website: https://betterstickies.com

Microsoft store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NS7LLQJX1QG

Snap Store: https://snapcraft.io/betterstickies

Subreddit: r/BetterStickies (created recently after the r/OpenStickies rename)

Github (free releases and bug reports): https://github.com/HimaSphere/BetterStickies


r/software • • 9h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays Glassline 1.0.10 for Windows 11: Launchpad, Mac-style screenshots with Alt Shift 4, and the menu bar hides itself

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Hey everyone! Glassline 1.0.10 is with Microsoft now and should land in a day 🎉 Launchpad, one-drag screenshots, dynamic glass, Wallpaper Engine support, a new app panel and a long list of fixes from the last days of testing. Yes, I said "biggest update yet" last time... and it happened again 😅 So here's everything in it.

New here? Glassline turns the Windows 11 taskbar into a glass menu bar at the top and a dock at the bottom, like on a Mac. You get Search on the Windows key, Control Center, your calendar and the weather right in the bar. Quit it whenever you want and your taskbar comes back exactly as it was. You can try it in your browser first.

Already using Glassline? 1.0.10 comes through the Store on its own once Microsoft approves it. I didn't want the update to change things under your feet, so the new stuff that changes how it works (the screenshot keys, the logo, the Calendar icon, the Wallpaper Engine colours and the two-sided bar text) starts switched off for you. The What's new pages after the update have a switch for each one, or you can turn them on in Settings.

Launchpad, like on a Mac

This one I'm really proud of. Click the Apps icon in the dock and it grows right out of the icon into a full screen of all your apps, page after page. Close it and it shrinks back into the dock.

Drag apps into any order, drop one on another to make a folder, click a folder's name to rename it. Search's grid button and All Apps open it too, and the Apps icon can go anywhere in your dock now. While Launchpad is open the dock and the menu bar get out of its way, and it has its own new icon.

Mac-style screenshots, finally done right

Alt Shift 4, drag over what you want, let go. Done.

No Snipping Tool window, no hunting for where the file went: it's on your desktop. A little preview slides into the corner and leaves on its own (click it to open the picture). Want it copied instead? Hold Ctrl when you let go of the drag. Alt Shift 3 grabs the whole screen and always saves it to your desktop. Works over games and admin apps too.

Dynamic glass

Every panel now picks up the colour of whatever is behind it: menus, Search, Control Center, Settings, Quick Look, the volume pop-up, and even the dock if you tint it. White page behind it? It goes light. Dark game? It goes dark.

The menu bar can also read the left and right side of your wallpaper separately, so a half light, half dark wallpaper stays readable.

  • Separate dock background (Settings, Appearance): the menu bar and the dock each get their own background slider, so you can have a fully clear menu bar over a glass dock. Someone here asked for exactly this 🙏
  • Tint the dock like the menu bar (Settings, Dock): when the bar takes a maximized app's colour, the dock takes it too

Wallpaper Engine support

A lot of you asked for this one. Glassline now works with Wallpaper Engine (Lively might too, but I've only tested Wallpaper Engine). The menu bar takes its colours from your animated wallpaper and keeps up when you switch. With more than one display each bar reads its own, whether you run a different wallpaper on each or one stretched over all of them.

Auto-hide for the menu bar

Like the dock already could: when a window is maximized, or always (Settings, Menu Bar). Push your mouse to the top and it comes back.

App panel

Click the app name in the menu bar and you get its windows, volume, recent files, Keep on Top and Quit (or Force Quit if it's frozen). It replaces the File/Edit menus, which honestly never worked well, sorry to whoever asked about those. Every app builds its menus its own way: I got older apps working, but Notepad and others had glitches that didn't look native at all.

Frozen apps also keep their name in the bar now, so you can Force Quit them right from there :D

New setup

Every feature has a little clip with its switch right next to it. Quick setup if you just want to get going, Show me everything if you want to see it all.

Your dock, your way

  • Calendar icon that always shows today's date and opens your calendar in one click
  • Bigger icons without a fatter dock: Dock size, Icon size and Margins are separate settings now, and the dock glides to its new size when you change them
  • The Windows key can show the dock, even over a full-screen app or game (Settings, Shortcuts)
  • Launch Options: right-click a pinned app in the dock to pick how it starts, like your browser always opening a private window
  • Start menu on the left? The dock slides out of its way

The menu bar

  • Logo menu on the far left: All Apps, Show Desktop, Task Manager, Sleep, Hibernate, Restart, Shut Down, and you can use your own picture for it. Show Desktop is in the bar's right-click menu too. Hibernate shows up when Windows has it on (someone here asked for it)
  • Your own date format: dd/MM, d MMM, yyyy-MM-dd, anything you type
  • Notifications either where Windows puts them, or top right under the bar like on a Mac, with a Test notification button so you can see where they land. They keep that spot even when the bar hides itself

Multiple monitors

I tested all of this on three displays, one of them left of the main one.

  • Drag icons between docks: with a dock on every display, drag an icon from one dock to another. If each dock shows its own display's apps, the app moves over and brings its windows with it
  • Drag a maximized window onto another display's dock and it lands maximized there
  • Full-screen video on one display while you play on another: the menu bar gets out of the video's way
  • Wuthering Waves could open as a window instead of borderless fullscreen on another display. Fixed
  • Swapping your main display no longer leaves a menu bar pushed halfway down the screen
  • Settings moved to a display with a different scale keeps the right size and colour

Today and Control Center

  • Only want the calendar? Today can show two months side by side, or the month with that day's events next to it
  • No more empty gaps in Control Center when you turn things off
  • Take Wi-Fi, Sound or Battery out of the menu bar and it shows up in Control Center instead, so it never disappears completely

Search

  • Translate into your preferred language: "translate apple" is enough
  • Single words translate a lot better now

Settings and accessibility

  • Follow Windows' animation effects (Settings, Accessibility): if you turned animations off in Windows, the dock and the menu bar calm down too
  • Reduce transparency now keeps the menu bar and the dock almost solid, like on a Mac
  • Shortcuts over admin apps: shortcuts without the Windows key now work even with Task Manager or a game running as admin in front, and Settings tells you when a combo is already taken
  • Settings explains itself: when one option changes what another does, there's a line under it with a link to the other one, and options that can't do anything right now are greyed out

Fixed, thanks to your reports

  • Hovering over a dock icon could crash Glassline. Not anymore
  • A rare crash tied to Bluetooth, gone
  • Your own shortcuts only worked once per run. Now they work every time
  • Show Desktop works every time, and brings back the window you had in front
  • Clicking the weather sometimes showed nothing until you pressed Alt+Tab. Fixed
  • Feedback sent while the website can't be reached (some networks block it during football matches, yes really) gets saved and sent later on its own
  • Over a maximized app the menu bar now takes exactly the app's colour: no more two-tone bar, no thin line of wallpaper under it
  • App icons in the menu bar (Discord, Steam...) were a bit blurry.
  • Spotify's icon had a small black bar under it while starting (it reports 0% progress and the dock drew an empty bar, Windows' taskbar doesn't)
  • ChatGPT's close and minimize buttons hid under the menu bar when it was maximized
  • The dock could stay black on the desktop after closing a maximized app
  • The app name over a dock icon could stay on screen when Start opened
  • Screenshots could close by themselves the moment they opened
  • Wallpaper Engine's settings window and HoYoPlay were treated as games
  • Cleanup tools like AdwCleaner no longer flag Glassline's uninstall helper
  • Keep the Windows taskbar on the side of the screen? No more nagging, and the menu bar fits around it
  • Changing Windows' display scale keeps the interface size you picked
  • Weather isn't fetched at all while the Weather switch is off
  • "Start Glassline when I sign in" now shows off if you disabled it in Windows' Startup apps
  • Lots of smaller fixes: tooltips that wouldn't show, the dock hiding again after Settings closes, and more

Honestly, most of this came from you, in the comments here and through Feedback. Glassline has around 30-40 users right now, and I'm really happy with how much you all help and throw ideas at me. I use it as my daily driver so I catch bugs too, but your reports and logs are gold (the Spotify one, for example). So thank you, and please keep them coming.

Get it

Glassline is $9.99, once. No subscription, every update free. Get it today and 1.0.10 shows up on its own as soon as Microsoft approves it.

Which one are you trying first? And what should I build next? I read every comment.


r/software • • 3h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays AudioRouter (free, open source): visual audio routing for Windows. Mic, noise gate , EQ , Discord, headphones and a recording at once

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31 Upvotes

Hi, I'm the developer of AudioRouter. I game on Windows, and every audio setup I tried meant either decoding mixer strips and bus buttons, or clicking through several Windows sound panels. I wanted to see where my audio goes and change it while it plays, so I built AudioRouter. I use it every day for my own setup.

You put sources on the left (microphone, a game, Spotify, a file), outputs on the right (headphones, Discord through a virtual cable, a recorder) and tools in between. The lines are the routing, and they pulse with the level while it plays. Everything is live, so you can tweak an EQ while you talk.

What's in it:
 - 30+ built-in tools: noise gate, denoise, de-hum, a 16-point EQ, compressor, limiter, pitch, a voice changer, recording to WAV/FLAC/MP3
 - Your own VST2/VST3 effects, each in its own process, so a crashing plugin can't take your audio down
 - Capture a single app (just the game, just the browser)
 - Send audio between two PCs on your network (gaming PC → streaming PC)
 - Stream Deck plugin, a local HTTP API and a command line

It's free, GPL-3.0, with no account and no telemetry.

Limits: Windows 11 x64 only; it's an early preview, so expect rough edges; the installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows shows a SmartScreen warning (the download page explains it) and sending audio into Discord or OBS still needs a virtual cable such as VB-Cable.

Source: https://github.com/MrDesjardins/audiorouter
Site: https://audiorouter.org
2-minute video: https://youtu.be/IHitHqpi87s

I'd love feedback on what's confusing when you first open it.


r/software • • 23h ago

Looking for software What experience have you had with Windows applications developed with the help of Claude?

4 Upvotes

What experience have you had with Windows applications developed with the help of Claude?
I'm interested in learning about experiences from those who have used Claude to develop desktop applications and then installed and used them regularly on Windows.
How have things gone regarding stability, performance, and maintenance as the project starts to grow? What problems arose when transitioning from a functional prototype to a daily-use application?
I would also like to know what kind of program you created, what technologies you used, and how much manual review or intervention was needed to get it running smoothly.
If anyone has distributed an application to other users, it would be interesting to hear about their experience with the installer, updates, and Windows Defender alerts.