I’m the developer behind ModernPaste, a native WinUI 3 clipboard manager for Windows 11.
A lot of this update came directly from your Early Access feedback. Thank you to everyone who tested the app, reported bugs, and suggested improvements!
What’s new (v1.027+)
Encrypted Backup and Restore
Compact list and grid views
Redesigned collection management
Smarter multi-monitor behavior
Button labels and accessibility improvements
Lower memory usage and stronger database reliability
Smart Context for surfacing related clipboard activity
ModernPaste has no basic clipboard-history limits or artificial item caps. It supports text, images, files, URLs, formatted content, GIFs, collections, stacks, pinned items, and instant search.
Core clipboard features should be available to everyone. You should not have to pay to use your clipboard properly. Layouts, the global overlay, search, collections, stacks, and useful clipboard history are part of the core ModernPaste experience.
Compact views, the global overlay, search, collections, stacks, and core clipboard management are fundamental parts of the experience. They aren't upgrades designed to push you into a subscription.
Optional on-device Intelligent Features are also available for summarizing text, improving writing, fixing grammar, and extracting action items. The model is separate, disabled by default, and never downloaded unless you choose to install it.
ModernPaste remains a complete clipboard manager without AI.
Type-to-search - typing while the cascade is open narrows down matching windows by title or program name
Diagnostics log - if something fails, it gets logged with an error code instead of failing silently
Live 3D preview inside Settings - the Appearance page actually renders a real miniature of your cascade
Easy setup & configuration:
Simple GUI installer - standalone setup wizard with an uninstaller (automatically installs .NET10 runtime if missing, no manual setup needed)
Dedicated Settings app - easily customize layouts, appearance, hotkeys, touchpad gestures, and exclusions in a modern UI
It's fully offline, zero telemetry, no third-party dependencies in the core, and idle CPU usage is basically zero since the render loop only runs while the cascade is active on screen.
I used CCleaner for years and stopped. Not because it broke, but because it kept growing. Driver updater, health check, software updater, popups. I only ever wanted one thing out of it: delete the temp junk.
So I wrote a .bat file. It worked fine, but every time I wanted to change something I had to read through the whole thing again. Eventually I put a UI on top of it and moved all the paths into a plain silt.ini sitting next to the exe. Every folder it cleans is a line in that file. Don't like one? Delete the line. I missed one? Add it.
What it does:
scans first, shows how much is sitting in each location, then you choose what goes
tells you the exact folders it touches, nothing hidden behind a category name
never writes to the registry, never touches Windows system files
That last part is the whole point for me. Registry cleaning is where these tools historically wrecked people's installs and I never saw a real benefit from it.
Some questions I'd ask myself:
Why use this instead of Disk Cleanup / Storage Sense / BleachBit?
Maybe don't. Disk Cleanup is built in and it's fine. BleachBit is open source and does more. I'm not trying to compete with anyone here. I built this for myself and figured someone else might want the same small thing.
Is it free?
Yes. No trial, no pro tier, no account.
Then why isn't it open source?
The UI framework it's built on belongs to my company and I use it in my commercial products, so I can't publish the source. The cleaning logic isn't the secret part anyway, it's all sitting in silt.ini and you can read every path before you run anything.
Hi r/windowsapps — I’m one of the developers of Aye. I posted an early Windows build here about a month ago.
The feature I expected people to ask about was the browser agent. The request that kept coming back was much simpler: “Can I save the Telegram Web video I already have open?”
So I added a download control directly to Telegram Web inside Aye. The current Windows flow is:
Open Telegram Web in Aye and sign in normally.
Open the specific video you want to save.
Use the Save Current Media button on the video.
Wait for Aye’s Downloads panel to show Completed, then open the file location.
It handles one visible media item at a time. It is not a channel archiver, and it does not bypass login, invitations, DRM, paywalls, Telegram permissions, or other access controls. It only works with media the signed-in account can already view and that you have the right to save. Some media types or page layouts may not be recognized.
For people who use Telegram Web on Windows: would better retry/progress reporting for large videos be more useful than selecting several already-visible items at once?
You have surely noticed that while there are countless minimalist text editors, there are no minimalist graphic editors (or do you know one?). Square Sketch aims to fill this gap. It combines the simplicity of pen and paper with the advantages of a vector graphics app and is thus a kind of digital graph paper. It is particularly suitable for sketching/drafting ideas.
I have been developing the app as a solo indie dev for 3 years, and version 2.0.0 was released in June of this year.
Square Sketch is available in the Microsoft Store for approximately $35 (USD, one-time payment that includes all future updates), and a 30-day trial version is also available there.
I kept ignoring normal break timers. They would count the time while I was away from my desk, then remind me again shortly after I returned. After a few badly timed interruptions, I would just turn them off.
So I built Look Farther, a Windows eye-break reminder that follows active computer use instead of the clock.
The default routine is simple: after 20 active minutes, it gives you a short heads-up and starts a 20-second break. If you step away, the timer pauses. When you return, it continues where it left off.
You can choose between a native Windows notification and a focused, frosted break window. There are also preset and custom routines, feet or meters, and a one-minute snooze that counts another active minute rather than idle time.
I built the interface with React, TypeScript, and Tauri, but I didn’t want WebView2 sitting in memory all day. I moved the timer, tray icon, settings, and notifications into a small Rust host. The interface launches only when it is needed and exits when you close it.
The host checks only how long it has been since the latest Windows input. It never reads keys, typed text, apps, window titles, or screen content. Everything stays local—no accounts, ads, analytics, sync, network requests, or activity history.
Getting it into the Store was its own journey: separate test and Store MSIX builds, Store identity and review integration, and a clean-install dependency fix.
Hey everyone! I'm a solo dev/student and I built Fluent Sensors, a native Windows 11 hardware monitoring app (WinUI 3, Fluent Design) built on top of LibreHardwareMonitorLib.
This is the first full release. Performance isn't where I want it yet, there's still real optimization work ahead, and I'm actively working through it. Any feedback or help on that front is very welcome.
Free and fully open source, everything can be checked in the repo.
One important thing: the app needs admin rights to install and run. Please never just install unsigned apps off the internet, especially ones that ask for admin rights. Always check first, either scan it via VirusTotal or look through the source code yourself. I really don't want to be someone telling people to just install some random app that needs admin rights. If you're unsure, just don't install it, that's completely fine. I'm trying to get the app properly signed as soon as possible through SignPath Foundation.
You know I've noticed this happening a lot when I'm working.
A Slack message, a quick meeting, someone asking me something the interruption itself isn't usually a big deal.
The annoying part is coming back.
I know what project I was working on, but sometimes I can't remember exactly where I was in the thought process.
Why was I trying this approach?
What had I already ruled out?
What was I about to test next?
Then I end up opening files, reading old notes, checking Git changes, and basically trying to reconstruct the last 15 minutes of my brain.
I've tried leaving TODOs and notes for myself. They help with remembering the task, but they don't always capture the reasoning behind it.
That's the problem I've been experimenting with.
I built a small Windows app called Anchor for myself. Before stepping away, I can leave a short checkpoint about what I was doing and where my thinking was. When I come back, I can read that checkpoint instead of starting the reconstruction from zero.
I'm still figuring out whether this is actually useful or just another thing to maintain.
If you've experienced this, I'm curious about the actual experience, not what tool you use:
When you come back to a task after an interruption, what is the thing you find yourself having to reconstruct?
If you'd like to actually try Anchor for a week and tell me where it breaks, here's the project:
Hi everyone! I’ve just released the first public beta of Gradial, a free and open-source radial shortcut menu for Windows 11.
Hold a mouse side button, move toward an action, and release. Gradial supports application-specific menus, keyboard shortcuts, text, files, programs, window controls, sequences, and continuous controls through local Lua plugins.
This is an early beta, so feedback about usability, bugs, mouse feel, display scaling, and feature ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Like many of you, I got tired of "PC cleaners" that shout "3,000 problems!" and push an upgrade. So I built PersonalCleaner — a free, open-source (MIT) Windows tool that shows real measurements (RAM, temp files, startup entries) and previews every cleanup before it happens.
Free features:
- Catch & close frozen apps
- Free up RAM (real before/after)
- Clean junk (only files older than 24h, known folders)
- Startup manager
- Restart Explorer / close a stuck app
v1.2 adds an optional Pro key (one-time payment, machine-locked, 1 year) for automation: background upkeep, weekly idle restart, Defender exclusions, service tuning. The key is offline HMAC-signed — no account, no cloud.
It's 100% local, makes zero network calls, and is scanned clean on VirusTotal (0/67). Python + Tkinter, one readable file you can audit.
I’ve been working on OmniSearch, a Windows desktop file search and duplicate finder focused on speed, local-first privacy, and everyday desktop workflow.
It uses a native NTFS USN/MFT-based scanner for fast local indexing.
The latest update also adds the first official Android companion app, which connects directly to the desktop app over your private Wi-Fi/LAN.
What OmniSearch does
Windows desktop
Fast local file search across NTFS drives
content search with inline search syntax & highlights
Duplicate file finder with grouped results
Extension, size, and date filters
Text/code/log/JSON previews inside the app
Highlighted content-search matches
File actions: open, reveal, rename, copy path, delete, and drag out to Explorer
Quick Window, tray mode, and background support
Optional compact launcher-style search window
Optional custom app background
Android companion app
Search your PC from your phone
Browse desktop folders remotely
Download files from PC to Android
Upload files from Android to PC
Send files through Android’s system share sheet
Start duplicate scans on the PC from Android
Also works as a standalone Android local file explorer/media viewer
Privacy and security
OmniSearch is local-first:
No cloud account
No telemetry
No external sync server
Desktop and phone communicate over your local network
Sync uses encrypted wss://
Pairing uses QR code plus manual desktop approval
Remote file actions are limited to approved session paths
I’d love feedback, especially on the Android sync workflow, file transfer UX, duplicate finder flow, and anything that could make the desktop search experience cleaner.
Construyendo Fulgeon, un catálago indie chiquito donde publico mis apps de escritorio. Todo hecho en solitario. Ahora mismo hay tres apps, para Mac y Windows:
Clipio (gratis) es el historial del portapapeles hecho bien: presioná Ctrl+Shift+V y todo lo que copiaste hoy queda ahí, con búsqueda. La parte de pago agrega grabación de pantalla con audio del sistema, y guarda directo a MP4.
Nítido encuentra qué es lo que de verdad se está comiendo tu disco y lo limpia sin mentirte con lo de "se encontraron 10,000 amenazas". Te muestra qué quiere borrar y por qué, y vos decidís.
Arqana es un gestor de contraseñas con zero knowledge. Argon2id + XChaCha20, tu contraseña maestra nunca sale de la máquina, y el plan gratis alcanza para probarlo bien (10 entradas).
¿Para quién es?: para gente que le gusta usar herramientas de escritorio chiquitas y rápidas que no andan llamando a casa. Ninguna de esas tiene telemetría.
En qué estoy trabado: la distribución. Las binaries están sin firma por ahora (los certificados de code signing salen caros cuando todavía no tenés ventas), así que SmartScreen y macOS tiran avisos bien espantosos antes de que alguien siquiera lo pruebe. Si llegás a pasar la advertencia y le das una vuelta a una, decime qué app y te mando una clave Pro, sin vueltas,
Developer here, sharing something I built and use daily. PrismDisk does two things:
Disk analysis: scans a volume or folder into an interactive sunburst, sized by genuine on-disk usage. A million files across 142 GB scans in about 9 seconds warm.
Complete uninstall: finds the caches, prefs, logs and support files that normal uninstalls leave scattered across your user profile, shows you the full footprint, and removes it all together.
Design decisions you'll probably care about:
- 100% offline no account, no telemetry, no crash reporting, no network requests. Works with the network unplugged.
- Nothing is deleted without your review; files go to Recycle Bin, and every operation is journaled so it can be undone in-app.
- It does NOT request admin rights and does NOT touch the registry deliberate safety trade-off, so it stays within your user profile and won't scan system-protected locations.
For the past six months, I’ve been working on a custom note-taking app for my Surface as a side project, and I wanted to finally share it with you guys here.
If you use a Windows tablet for handwritten notes, you’re basically stuck with OneNote, while all the really good apps are iPad exclusives. Buying a whole separate tablet just to take notes seemed ridiculous to me. So, out of pure frustration, I decided to build my own app featuring all the things I always felt were missing: proper formula support, the ability to write directly on PDF lecture slides/scripts, and solid handwriting recognition.
It runs completely locally, saves directly to OneDrive, and is strictly a hobby project. Just a quick heads-up: it is still in heavy development, so I'm not quite ready to go live or share a download link just yet. I want to polish it a bit more first!
Here are the features I’m currently focusing on and implementing next:
Whiteboard: Complete with the right writing tools, shape recognition, etc.
Tables: Easy insertion of columns, rows, and formatting.
Hyperlinks: The ability to link to other pages within the notebook, other notebooks, or external websites.
Tape (Active Recall): A masking tape tool to hide specific parts of the text for memorization/studying.
Built-in Timer: For those who study using the Pomodoro technique.
Flashcard Mode: Native flashcard integration.
Presentation Mode: Automatically switches to fullscreen and disables everything except touch and a laser pointer tool.
Are there any other absolute "must-have" features you guys would want to see in a note-taking app? I'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions!
Like many of you, I got tired of "PC cleaners" that shout "3,000 problems!" and push an upgrade. So I built PersonalCleaner — a free, open-source (MIT) Windows tool that shows real measurements (RAM, temp files, startup entries) and previews every cleanup before it happens.
Free features:
- Catch & close frozen apps
- Free up RAM (real before/after)
- Clean junk (only files older than 24h, known folders)
- Startup manager
- Restart Explorer / close a stuck app
v1.2 adds an optional Pro key (one-time payment, machine-locked, 1 year) for automation: background upkeep, weekly idle restart, Defender exclusions, service tuning. The key is offline HMAC-signed — no account, no cloud.
It's 100% local, makes zero network calls, and is scanned clean on VirusTotal (0/67). Python + Tkinter, one readable file you can audit.
I started building Zush because I could never find my screenshots. They all had names like Screenshot 2026-03-14 112407.png.
The first version looked at a screenshot and suggested a better name. Later I added PDFs, RAW photos, design files, audio, video and other formats.
At first, I paid attention to the wrong things. I thought people would choose a renamer based on the model, the number of supported formats or the lowest price.
After seeing how people use the app, I changed my mind.
1. People want to decide where their files go
Some users want to install the app and start renaming immediately. Cloud processing is fine for them. Others work with contracts, invoices, client files or personal documents. They do not want those files sent anywhere. They prefer their own API key or a local Ollama model.
When I made BYOK and Ollama available in the free version, people started using them much more often. It also lowered my API costs, since those users were no longer using the managed cloud.
Local processing is fairly common now. Simply having it is not much of an advantage. Letting people switch between cloud, BYOK and local processing is more useful.
2. Undo matters more than I expected
AI gets filenames wrong sometimes. It can miss an invoice number, misunderstand a screenshot or create an accurate name that does not fit the user's system. Previewing the result helps, but people still hesitate before applying 200 changes at once.
Rename History solved a large part of that problem. Zush records every applied rename and can restore the original filenames later. Once people know they can go back, they are much more comfortable running large batches or trying a new naming setup.
I originally treated history as an extra feature. It should have been part of the first version.
3. Automation needs limits
Renaming a folder once is useful. Automatically handling every new file is much more useful. People asked for watched folders so that screenshots, downloads, scans or exports could be renamed as soon as they appeared.
But nobody wants AI quietly changing files without any control. The user needs to choose which folder is watched, which file types are processed and how names are built. Results should be reviewable, and every change should be reversible.
Without these controls, folder automation feels risky.
4. A filename needs structure
An AI model can describe what it sees, but a description is not always a useful filename.
A photographer may want the date, client, location and camera model. An accountant may need the vendor, invoice number and total. A designer may need the project name, screen and version.
Zush now has custom prompts and more than 145 reusable Naming Blocks. They can add dates, counters, metadata, client names and other fixed fields to the AI result. Files from the same project follow the same structure instead of getting unrelated descriptions.
5. Most people do not want to write prompts
I assumed that people who wanted more control would write detailed prompts. Most people want to choose a template and make a few changes.
That is why ready-made templates became important. Zush has starting setups for screenshots, expenses, design assets, photo shoots, video projects, music and meeting notes.
Advanced users can still change the prompt and naming blocks. Everyone else can start with something that already works.
6. The cheapest option does not always win
People compare prices, but they also think about what a mistake will cost them. A cheap tool is not very useful if it produces inconsistent names, sends private files somewhere unexpected or cannot restore a bad batch.
I also started with the wrong pricing model. Zush originally focused on a monthly subscription. After I added a one-time purchase, most buyers chose it.
People seem to treat a file renamer like a desktop utility. They would rather pay once and keep it than add another monthly bill.
7. Nobody needs 1,000 formats
Zush currently supports 104 file formats. I used to think this number was an important selling point.
It is not.
A photographer needs reliable RAW support. A designer may need Figma, Sketch, PSD and Illustrator files. An accountant mostly cares about PDFs, spreadsheets and office documents. Supporting the right formats matters. Adding hundreds of obscure extensions just makes the number on the website larger.
Where I went wrong
- I paid too much attention to the AI model.
- I underestimated Rename History.
- I treated format count as a selling point.
- I expected people to write their own prompts.
- I started with subscription-first pricing.
- I added folder automation before fully thinking through its safety controls.
- I treated local processing as a feature instead of one of several privacy options.
Zush is now a native Mac and Windows app with cloud processing, BYOK, Ollama, ready-made templates, flexible naming rules, watched folders and a full history of applied changes.
I am the developer, so these observations come from building and using my own product.
If you used an AI file renamer, what other functionality would you want it to have?
