Tinycast is a lightweight native macOS launcher and productivity tool written in SwiftUI and AppKit with zero dependencies. It offers app launching, clipboard history, window management, Raycast extension support, and AI chat features, all free and open source with minimal resource usage.
Modaal is a platform that enables developers to build native iOS and Android apps simultaneously from a single codebase, using AI-assisted spec-driven development. Features include shared core logic with separate SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose UIs, built-in simulators, and GitHub integration, with a free plan available.
A developer with ADHD built ClearTime, a native visual timer app for Mac, iPhone, Apple Watch, and Apple TV in five hours using an AI workflow. After experiencing a serious heart condition (SVT) requiring hospitalization and ablation surgery, they stopped taking ADHD medication during recovery and created the app to help manage time blindness across their daily devices.
Apple's iPhone Duo foldable device launches October 23rd, requiring developers to redesign apps for the new form factor or risk poor user experience. The article draws parallels to iPad's 2010 launch, noting that Android developers have struggled with foldables for seven years, with most apps failing to truly adapt despite Samsung and Google's efforts to encourage optimization.
LeftOpen is a native macOS menu bar app that identifies and manages localhost ports left running by development tools, showing which process occupies each port and its associated project, then closes them gracefully with SIGTERM.
FruitMenu Redux revives a macOS utility that restores the customizable Apple menu using accessibility APIs instead of operating system patching. The app features a visual editor for menu customization, support for over 30 item types including files, folders, applications, and shortcuts, and is priced at $10 with a $7 introductory offer.