I've been working on MeshLive, an open-source app for voice/video calls and live broadcasting over Bluetooth.

It started on Android, but I've now released an experimental Windows version too.

The video shows a Windows PC making a video call with an Android phone. Wi-Fi and internet are completely out of the picture.

No accounts, servers or existing local network needed. Just two devices running MeshLive and Bluetooth.

Getting real-time video over Bluetooth has been tricky enough on phones, and supporting Windows introduced another set of Bluetooth compatibility and connection issues.

It's still beta software, so performance varies between devices. The Windows build is currently distributed as an unsigned ZIP, not through the Microsoft Store.

Free, no ads, open source (GPL-3.0-or-later).

Windows: https://github.com/MeshLive/meshlive-windows

Android: https://github.com/MeshLive/meshlive-android

Would be interested in feedback from anyone who tries it on their Windows setup!

Hi everyone! I'm an independent developer, and over the last few months I have been working on Saetta, a small Windows utility that copies, moves and deletes files. I'm sharing it because I put a lot of work into it and I'd be glad if someone found it useful.

Why I made it

The idea came from copying folders with thousands of small files: File Explorer took minutes, and I got curious about why. It copies one file at a time, and with small files the time goes more into handling each single file than into actually copying it. I wanted to see how much better it could be done while staying inside File Explorer, without changing the way you use it.

How it works

I wrote a copy engine from scratch in native C++. Before it starts, it looks at the kind of drive it is writing to and changes strategy: * SSD: it copies many files at once. * Hard disk: it writes them in one ordered stream, so the head does not jump back and forth. * USB stick: it writes small files in parallel. Deleting runs in parallel too. I use robocopy only for network folders and folder sync.

The times I measured

On my PC (i7-9750H, Samsung 990 PRO SSD, Windows 11, median of three runs), compared with File Explorer: * 20,000 files of 64 KB, SSD to SSD: 7.7 s vs 3 min 11 s * Deleting 10,000 small files in 2,000 folders: 1.6 s vs 17.8 s * 20,000 files from one external hard disk to another: 37.6 s vs 2 min 38 s I published every measurement, the ones where the difference is small too, like copying a few very large files, because it seemed right to be transparent.

How you use it

• From File Explorer's right-click menu, on Windows 11 and in the classic menu.
• If you turn it on, also with Paste, Ctrl+V, dragging files and Delete.
• The window shows the real speed and the time left, and you can pause.
• A file in use does not stop the job: it is skipped and reported at the end. ### Free, no ads It is free, with no ads and no account, and it collects no data. There is also Saetta Professional, a one-time purchase for those who want something more, such as verified copies or scheduled backups: it is how I hope to support the project. ### A gift for the first 30

Update: all 30 licences have been claimed, thank you! The link no longer works.

To thank those who try it, I have 30 Saetta Professional licences to give away: the first 30 who open this link get it for free, for good (a Microsoft account is needed).

• Saetta on the Microsoft Store
• Website

Thanks to everyone who read this far. If you try it and have any questions, I'm here.

Hi, I’m Mr.Z, the developer. Flylet replaces the Windows volume, media, brightness and Caps/Num Lock pop-ups with modern ones you can make your own: media card styles, your own background or a GIF behind them, your colors, and where they show up.

It started as a revival of ModernFlyouts (archived in 2025), with credit to the original authors. Works on Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 11, no ads or tracking.

Store: https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9NPSS6NW7T23?cid=reddit-windowsapps
Source: https://github.com/ItsMrZxD/Flylet

It’s still a young project, so feedback and ideas are very welcome.

Song: DEAF KEV - Invincible [NCS Release] - Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds - http://ncs.io/invincible

I play Sudoku to slow down, not to sit through another ad or get nudged about a “daily challenge.” Most apps on the store feel like they’re optimized for how long they can keep you scrolling, not for actually finishing a puzzle in peace.

Just Sudoku (Nonnie Games) is on the Microsoft Store for Windows 11. Same philosophy as our other “Just…” games: no ads, no subscriptions, no coins, no watch-a-video-to-continue. You open it and you’re looking at a grid — not a wall of modes and monetization.

What might make it worth a look, especially if you’re bored of vanilla 9×9:

• Classic at 4×4, 6×6, 9×9, or 12×12 when you want a bigger board
• Diagonal — diagonals count too
• Jigsaw — regions that don’t line up with neat boxes
• Killer — sum cages
• Thermo — ascending digits along thermometer lines
• Wordoku — letters instead of numbers; some grids hide a word when you’re done

So it’s not “one grid, one ruleset, forever.” If you like Sudoku but you’ve been doing the same thing for years, there’s actual variety without turning the app into a carnival.

It’s also built for people who want the grid to be readable on a Windows machine — large numbers, light/dark themes, high contrast if you need it, keyboard if you’re at a desk. No timer breathing down your neck unless you turn one on. Hints can explain why a move works, not just flash the answer (helpful when Killer or Thermo rules are new to you).

If a specific variant sounds fun or you’re curious how it compares to the ad-heavy stuff, drop a comment.

Download info: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NTPF0DZSXTP

Hi. A long time ago I used the FreeOTFE application (for mounting LUKS partitions from Linux under Windows). I definitely prefer LUKS encryption over BitLocker.
The app worked great with WinXP, but it already had problems with newer versions.
And so I thought, maybe you know of a replacement, or perhaps in the times of Claude – is someone working on a tool like that that works on current Windows 10/11?

(https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeotfe.mirror/)

Hello,

PhotoSheet Reports Pro is a Windows app I built to make creating photo reports much less repetitive.

The idea came from my own work. I regularly deal with batches of field photos that eventually need to be organized, captioned, and placed into professional reports. Doing that manually can take hours, especially when every page follows roughly the same structure.

PhotoSheet handles most of that repetitive work for you.

You can import a batch of photos at once, choose how they should be arranged, add automatic captions, project information, and then make any adjustments you want before exporting the finished report.

Some of the main features include:

- Bulk photo importing

- Multiple report page layouts

- Captions, sections, and title block project details

- Different image fit and positioning options

- Saveable projects

- PDF, Word/DOCX, and image exports

I originally built it around environmental reporting, but the same kind of photo documentation comes up in construction, inspections, engineering, roofing, property documentation, insurance, and plenty of other fields.

There’s a lifetime Windows desktop version as well as a subscription browser-based version.

More info:

https://photosheetreports.com

PhotoSheet is also 25% off across all stores for the launch.

It's a lightweight Windows app that runs 100% offline no cloud accounts, no subscriptions, and all your data stays strictly on your PC. It tracks time, manages tasks, and generates clean PDF timesheets.

Just launched on the Microsoft Store (free tier available, with an optional one-time lifetime upgrade):

👉 https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9MZMSQHGW0FJ

Would love to hear your feedback and suggestions!

Hi, I'm the developer. I got tired of online converters that upload my files, add watermarks or ask for an account, so I made Ultimate Converter:

• images (incl. selected camera RAW), documents (TXT/MD/HTML/RTF/DOCX/ODT/PDF), audio, video, JSON/XML/LOG
• runs fully offline, keeps the original file, portable ZIP available
• completely free

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9N1XWXT9FFD8 What formats should I add next?

Hi all, I know there are already hundreds of file converters out there and recent popularity of tangerineformac also made me realise that this could be faster for most of us. That's why I kinda created Chango, which is drag-n-drop file converter and manager. It does not have any user data risk so would love everyone's feedback on its UI and functionality.

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NL33K6PBB4K
Website: http://chango.rameshtiwari.com/

I built the converters, tools and design on top of some apps available in the market. It's my first proper release, so I'd really love honest feedback: what's confusing, what's missing, what breaks, or which formats you'd want next.

I mean, they are apps for windows, but they can’t be published to ms store anymore, so that’s why I’m asking

Hi everyone,

I wanted a torrent client that looks and feels like a native Windows 11 app: Fluent design, a clean layout and sensible defaults, with the advanced options still there when you need them. So I built one.

Wintor is a BitTorrent client written with WinUI 3 and the Windows App SDK (.NET 10), using the open-source MonoTorrent engine under the hood.

What it does

• Magnet links and .torrent files: from the app, a double-click in Explorer, or a click in your browser
• Pick the folder and the files before the download starts
• A clean torrent table: progress colored by state, sortable columns that shrink with the window
• A details pane with the piece map, files and priorities, peers, trackers and a live speed graph
• Labels, status filters, search from the title bar
• Speed limits for everything or per torrent
• Keeps seeding from the tray, and tells you when a download finishes
• Plain-language messages when something goes wrong (missing files, full disk, no network)
• Light, dark and high-contrast themes, Mica or Acrylic, 12 languages

What it doesn’t do

• No ads, no telemetry, no bundled offers, no “premium” tier. It’s GPL-3.0, so that’s not going to change.
• No built-in torrent search or content catalog. It’s a client, nothing more.

Get it

• Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9P7P2DH9P4XN
• Source code: https://github.com/tarasenko-by/wintor

This is an early version (0.2), so there will be rough edges. I’d really appreciate:

• bug reports and UI feedback (design is the whole point of the project)
• pull requests, forks and ideas. Everything’s open.

Thanks for taking a look!

Hey everyone!

I’ve been developing Picslim, a privacy-first app designed to make batch image resizing, converting, and watermarking fast and simple.

It runs 100% locally on your device with zero cloud uploads or telemetry.

Key Features:

•Batch Operations: Resize by dimensions/percentage, convert (JPEG, PNG, WebP), crop, rotate, and flip in bulk.

•Watermarks & EXIF: Add custom text watermarks and choose whether to preserve or strip EXIF metadata.

Documents & Archives: Import and export PDF pages and password-protected ZIP archives.

•Platform Highlights:

°Android: Material 3 design, photo picker support, and runs completely offline (no internet permission requested).

°Windows: Drag-and-drop, file associations, and native File Explorer context menu integration (`Open with Picslim`).

📥 Get Picslim:

💻 Windows (Microsoft Store): https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9MZ7N7W3T2KM

📱 Android (Google Play): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nesique.picslim

🌐 Website: https://picslim-67o.pages.dev

Let me know what you think or if you have any feature requests!

I make KeptInFlow, a Windows app, and this is its phone remote. The video is the real phone page with made-up data.

Every remote I tried shrinks the PC screen onto the phone and leaves you pinching at tiny buttons. So I built it around your thumb:

• Move the pointer slowly and a magnifier pops up, so you hit small buttons the first time
• Or hold where you want, slide to adjust, let go to click
• Swipe the Apps button to jump between PC windows
• Copy on the PC, paste on the phone, and the other way
• One tap shrinks the window you’re in to fit your phone, and puts it back after

Setup: install it on the PC, scan the QR code with your phone’s camera, tap approve. No account, nothing from an app store. The phone side runs in your browser.

Free on your home Wi-Fi. From outside the house it’s $29 once. No subscription, and no “commercial use” nags.

Limits: the PC has to be on with the app running (locked is fine). Android with Chrome is the smoothest; an iPhone needs one setting flipped on the PC. The installer is signed, but I’m a new publisher, so SmartScreen may ask: More info, then Run anyway.

If something doesn’t work for you, tell me here and I’ll fix it. Updates go out every few days.

What’s the most annoying thing about controlling your PC from your phone right now?

https://keptinflow.com/remote-desktop

I've been working on a Windows customization app called Glass Desky. Basically wanted to see how much I could change the look of Windows without using a ton of RAM.Here's what I've come up with so far. There are actually quite a few more features than what's shown in the screenshots, but these are some of my favorites.

I think I've run out of ideas for my own setup lol. Curious what you guys would come up with.

If anyone wants to mess around with it, it's at glassdesky.com. Would love to see your setups or hear what else I should add.

Picasa3は、サポートがなくなって更新されなくなってしまった。新しいファイル形式に対応できないし、動作が不安定になってしまった。

そこで、Picasaの代わりになるソフトを開発しようと思ったんだ。

膨大なファイル数でも高速に動作して、メモリをあまり占有せず、可能な限り多くのファイル形式に対応できるようにしたんだ。（swf形式のファイルも再生できるよ）

モダンではないかも知れないけれども、Picasaの機能と同等のものを可能な限り実装しようとしたんだ。（ローカルAIで顔で人物を分類したり、自動でタグを付けたりできる）

もしよかったら、試してみて。

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I’m a solo developer and I just released Show Me the File, a free file search app for Windows 10 / 11.

I made it because Windows Search was too slow for me, and most of the fast alternatives need administrator rights to run. On my work PC I don’t have admin, so that was a dealbreaker.

What it does

• Finds files by name as you type — results update with every keystroke
• No admin rights needed. Runs as a normal user, no UAC prompt. Works on locked-down work PCs.
• Completely free. No ads, no paid tier, free for personal and commercial use.
• Multiple languages supported
• Windows 10 and 11

Links

• Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PKX9FSR8K34?cid=reddit-windowsapps
• Releases : https://jhworks.app/show-me-the-file/

I made this so that anyone can find their files quickly and without any hassle. If you give it a try, I’d be grateful to hear whether it actually feels that way for you — and if it doesn’t, please tell me why. I’ll be around in the comments.

Thanks!

Hey all. I’m a solo dev and I’ve been building CutShit, a free video editor for Windows. Search “CutShit” on the Microsoft Store.

I built it because the most tedious parts of editing are the same every time: captions, cutting out filler words, and fighting background music under dialogue. So it does those for you:

• Auto-captions made on your PC: nothing uploaded, and it can translate them
• One-click filler-word removal: “um”, “uh” and friends, gone
• Separate voice from music: keep the dialogue, swap the soundtrack
• Normal editing: timeline, text, music, MP4 export on your own machine
• Imports from OBS scene collections, Google Drive, Dropbox or local files

It’s completely free. No watermark, no subscription, no “pro” tier, no account needed to edit, and your footage never leaves your PC.

[20–40 second demo GIF: filler words disappearing, or captions appearing]

It’s still early, so I’d love honest feedback: what’s confusing, what’s broken, and what would make you switch from what you use now? I read every comment.

Wanted to share my open-source project and get some feedback

What it even is

I was once working with files and realized how slow and tedious it is to open and find files and folders. I wanted to simplify the process — type a command and whatever you need opens. That's where the idea came from: a console-style panel where you enter a short command, and in that command you assign a name to the path you want to open. I'm not a great programmer, so the app is made mostly by AI.

Let me go into a bit more detail:

Ville is a small panel that sits on a global hotkey. By default the window opens with Ctrl+Alt+Space, but you can change that in the settings.

What it can do

Sure, you can read everything on GitHub, but let me go over a few things here.

/openset <path> <alias> — an alias is basically just a name, but it sounds smarter and fancier that way.

Then /open <name> opens the folder or file you specified.

A calculator (no idea why, but it's there — functionality is again on GitHub).

Autocomplete. You type /se, a suggestion pops up for /settings, you hit Tab or just Enter, and the command runs.

Some minor appearance customization in the settings and a few things in a JSON file.

What's not there

I'm building the app on Windows 11, so I have no idea if it works on other systems.

Haven't gotten around to plugins yet, but if a decent audience builds up, I'll get to it.

And as I mentioned at the start, I'm building the program with the help of AI.

Why I'm showing this

Feedback. I need to find bugs, shortcomings, and so on. What works, what's inconvenient, what to add, what to polish, and so on.

Ideas. I know "launcher" is a niche with a ton of other alternatives and ready-made solutions. I want to understand how Ville can be useful in contrast to them — or maybe even better.

Help. If anyone's interested in the project and wants to join — issues are open. The code is generally not complex — I'm not a programmer, but I understand the code well enough, and you can figure it out in an evening.

Links

● Repository

Releases with .exe files are there too.

If you made it to the end, thank you so much. I'll be glad for any reaction — criticism, questions, and ideas.

Windows 11's clock flyout still doesn't show week numbers, and at work we plan everything by week ("let's do it in wk45"), so I made a small tray app for it.

WeekTrayMA

• Shows the current ISO week number as a tray icon
• Click it to open a small month calendar with the week number next to every week
• Light / Dark / Automatic theme (follows Windows)
• Optional "Start with Windows" - Free and open source (MIT), lightweight, no telemetry, no account

Download: https://github.com/alemariani/WeekTrayMA/releases/tag/v0.2

Source: https://github.com/alemariani/WeekTrayMA

Heads-up: the .exe isn't code-signed, so SmartScreen will warn you the first time. If you'd rather not run it, you can run it from source with Python (instructions in the README).

Feedback and feature ideas are very welcome!

Disclosure: I'm the developer.

My day on Windows kept looking like this: Outlook or Teams focused, Alt+Tab to ChatGPT in the browser, paste the thread, wait, copy the answer, paste back, fix the tone, paste again. Win+H helps for raw dictation, but it does not know what is on screen, and Copilot still lives beside your work instead of in the field you are typing in.

That's why I built UBIK Flow, a desktop app for Windows 10/11(Mac and Linux too if you switch machines). It sits in your tray and answers one question: how do I use ChatGPT or Claude without leaving the app I am in?

What it does on Windows

- Ctrl+Shift+O: voice typing at your cursor in Word, Outlook, Slack, Excel, browser fields, anywhere with a caret

- Ctrl+Shift+U: open your ChatGPT or Claude account in a side panel over the window you already have focused (no new tab dance)

- Ctrl+Shift+T: ask out loud about what is on screen; The agent can use visual context, interact with your clipboard, and act directly inside the app.

- Custom hotkeys: for the prompts you retype every week (status updates, client replies, the same Monday email)

What it is not: a resold API, a random web UI for keys, or a replacement for every local Whisper dictation app. You keep your OpenAI or Anthropic subscription. Signed desktop builds. I am happy to explain permissions and what leaves your PC in the comments.

Try it: join the waitlist for early Windows access and a 7-day desktop trial when your spot opens: https://ubik-flow.com

Honest question: where does the Alt+Tab loop hurt you most on Windows, Outlook, Teams, Excel, or the browser?

Open to any feedback or questions you might have!

The waitlist is open here: https://ubik-flow.com

Introducing Heimdall, a glassy launcher for Windows. And yes, it's faster than Everything.

Press F5 and type. It finds apps, every file, open windows, calculates sums and web searches.

Native Rust, under 2 MB, ZERO telemetry. Free and open source.

EDIT: Thank you for the great reception! I just published the 1.0.1 release with some more QoL and fixes for a few annoying quirks. It's also faster than before, and now beats Everything on every search metric. It's also come to my attention that the link doesn't show up for some reason, so you can get it here:

github(.)com/Kryzern/Heimdall