Productivity Software

Open-sourced on October 19, Mac.apk turns an APK straight into a Mac app: no emulator or VM, with 64-bit ARM code running natively on Apple silicon. It needs macOS 26.4+, and 51 of the 65 apps the author hand-tested work. This post covers the four-step install, using F-Droid and Aurora Store, keyboard/mouse/controller input, and the important warning that it is not a sandbox.

Unplug your Mac’s external monitor and every window piles onto the laptop screen? LayoutKeeper remembers each window’s position and desktop per monitor and restores them with one click or automatically when you plug back in. It also lets your keyboard control external monitor brightness. v0.6.8, free under GPL-3.0. Requirements, setup and limitations.

Filee is a free, open-source desktop file converter: hold Ctrl and drag a file, a format ring pops up, and dropping it on JPG, PDF or MP4 converts it locally with no upload and no account. Hands-on notes, a cheat sheet for common files, and what to know about the unsigned installer and preview builds.

Braus is an Apache-2.0 open-source desktop agent for macOS 15+: a virtual-display workstation plus MCP lets Claude Code and Codex operate local apps that have no API. About 21 stars, latest v1.0-4.

House Control controls lights and AC through a live 3D model of your home, with Smart Life, Home Assistant, Hue and Apple Home support, in the Mac menu bar and on iPhone. About 520 stars, MIT, v1.0.0.

Coucou is an MIT-licensed Mac notch companion that watches Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and more, and lets you approve requests from the notch or your iPhone or Android phone. Mac 0.4 adds dictation and meeting notes.

Send files between Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS over your local network. No account, no cloud, no size limits, and it’s open source.

voidtools’ free Everything indexes every file name on your Windows PC in seconds and filters results as you type. Here’s how to set it up and search like a pro.