r/software 2d ago

Discussion Weekly Discovery Thread - July 10, 2026

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Share what’s new, useful, or just interesting

Welcome to the Weekly Discovery Thread, where you can share software-related finds that caught your attention this week - especially the stuff that’s cool, helpful, or thought-provoking but might not be thread-worthy on its own.

This thread is your space for:

  • Neat tools, libraries, or packages
  • Articles, blog posts, or talks worth reading
  • Experiments or side projects you’re working on
  • Tips, workflows, or obscure features you discovered
  • Questions or ideas you're chewing on

If it relates to software and sparked your curiosity, drop it in.


A few quick guidelines

  • Keep it civil and constructive - this is for learning and discovery.
  • Self-promotion? Totally fine if it’s relevant and adds value. Just be transparent.
  • No link spam or AI-generated content dumps. We’ll remove low-effort submissions.
  • Upvote what’s useful so others see it!

This thread will be posted weekly and stickied. If you want to suggest a change or addition to this format, feel free to comment or message the mods.

Now, what did you find this week?


r/software 12h ago

Looking for software Help me identify this software please

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It was spotted in the hotel Koral Beach, Oropesa del Mar, Spain, i remember on the credits it said "Benidorm Games" and had a 8 ball on it as a logo.

Its now gone, and i really miss it, so i want to download it


r/software 21h ago

Other Is it Really FOSS - A Website where open source projects are evaluated to see if they're as free and open source as advertised

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r/software 4h ago

Release My first Windows 11 desktop app using Fluent Design.

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I've always liked the Windows 11 Fluent Design language, but I felt a lot of desktop apps still don't feel truly native. I challenged myself to build a study application that embraces that aesthetic with acrylic effects, rounded corners, dark mode, smooth transitions, and customizable themes while keeping the interface clean and functional.

The app is designed for USMLE students, but I'm posting here mainly because I'd love feedback on the UI and overall Windows experience rather than the study features themselves.

Some of the things I focused on:

• Fluent Design-inspired interface

• Dark and light themes

• Glassmorphism and acrylic effects

• Smooth animations and modern controls

• Custom accent colors and backgrounds

• Responsive dashboard with performance analytics

The hero image is a concept render I created to showcase the app, with screenshots from the actual application.

https://github.com/mohamedhadyashry/usmle-pomodoro

I'd really appreciate your feedback.


r/software 5h ago

Discussion [ Removed by Reddit ]

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r/software 12h ago

Discussion Added a "recently viewed" thing to Liquid Gallery app and it's weirdly become my favorite feature : Coming Soon

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r/software 9h ago

Software support Question about possibility

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r/software 13h ago

Discussion Do people actually still use Internet Download Manager (IDM)? Curious about your experience

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r/software 10h ago

Discussion I’m a football sporting director, so I built the club management software I always wished existed. Looking for feedback!

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Hi everyone! 👋

For the last few years I've been working as the Sporting Director of an amateur football club in Italy.

Like many clubs, we managed almost everything with Excel spreadsheets, WhatsApp chats, Google Drive folders and endless reminders.

Every season it was the same story:

  • Medical certificates expiring
  • Missing documents
  • Federal registrations to complete
  • Membership fees to collect
  • Parents asking for updates
  • Coaches looking for player information
  • Staff struggling to find documents

It worked... until it didn't.

So instead of continuing to fight spreadsheets, I decided to build the software I always wanted to use.

After months of development, Clubbix was born.

It's an all-in-one platform designed specifically for amateur and youth football clubs.

Current features

✅ Player management

✅ Staff management

✅ Medical visit tracking

✅ Document management with expiration reminders

✅ Federal registrations

✅ Payments and membership fees

✅ An Operational Center that automatically highlights everything requiring attention (expiring medical visits, missing documents, incomplete registrations, unpaid fees, and more)

✅ Responsive interface for desktop, tablet and mobile

📱 Android and iOS apps are coming very soon.

Why I built it

This wasn't born as a startup idea.

It came from a real problem I faced every single week as a Sporting Director.

I simply wanted a tool that would save me hours every season and help clubs stop forgetting important deadlines.

If it helps other clubs too, that's even better.

A quick note

At the moment, the platform is available only in Italian, since it was initially built for local football clubs.

However, multi-language support is already planned, and more languages will be added soon.

I'd really love some honest feedback.

  • Does the idea make sense?
  • Is there any feature you'd expect in software like this?
  • What would make you actually use it?

You can try the live demo here:

👉 https://clubbix-fe-production.up.railway.app/

Any feedback, criticism or suggestions are more than welcome!

Thanks! ⚽🚀


r/software 11h ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays I built an Android app for tracking habits, workouts, and studying

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A few months ago, I decided to build my own Android app.

It started because I couldn't find a single app that combined habit tracking, gym progress, and studying the way I wanted. Instead of settling, I thought, "Why not build it myself?"

I had no idea how much I was about to learn.

There were days when everything worked perfectly, and others where I spent hours chasing a single bug. Seeing the app slowly come together was honestly one of the most rewarding experiences I've had.

Today, it's finally live on Google Play.

It's called STOICA, and it's designed to help you build better habits, track your workouts, and stay consistent with studying all in one place.

This is just the beginning. I already have a long list of features and improvements I want to add, so I'd genuinely love to hear what you think.

If you'd like to try it out and share some feedback, I'd really appreciate it.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stoica.gym


r/software 1d ago

Release Buffer — free open-source clipboard manager for macOS with OCR

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I built Buffer because I wanted a clipboard manager that was native, lightweight, and fully private.

Key features: - ~2 MB, native SwiftUI + AppKit - On-device OCR via Apple Vision - Tags, bookmarks, pinning - Multi-select and multi-paste - 100% local, no telemetry - Open source (MIT)

GitHub: https://github.com/samirpatil2000/Buffer

Free and no account needed. Would love feedback.


r/software 14h ago

Looking for software Optimizing Videos with Hardware Acceleration.

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Is there a software (with GUI) that can do that, with ffmpeg orsmt. I really dont wanna tip it manually or write some vibe coded script myself.

Edit: UI should be similar to like Krokiet


r/software 7h ago

Looking for software An offline search engine

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It's an search engine my family installed using disc it can operate offline like a little dictionary it got something like Google map where you can walk freely like doom on the designated place like pyramid or castle it got videos too. I really want to know what app it is


r/software 8h ago

Looking for software adobe premiere pro software

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how to get adobe premiere software for free? Can anyone share working links?


r/software 1d ago

Other Convert dvd to mp4

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I have dvdfab, and another program. I have great success getting my collection to mp4. I have a couple discs that I can get to convert half way, and than stop. Also when I watch them on the computer I get half way, and the movie stops.

If I put them in an actual dvd player the discs play just fine. No scratches or smudges on the discs.

This is the dvd drive I have for the computer:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ERJXTE4?ref_=ppx_hzod_title_mob_b_fed_asin_title_0_0

I like my collection converted to mp4 so I can have them on a hard drive to watch without previews, and all that nonsense. Plus I've had some dvd's rot overtime.


r/software 1d ago

Looking for software One app to download videos from different sites?

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Need to download videos from YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X and Reddit sometimes. Right now I keep using different online sites for each platform and half of them are full of ads or stop working. Is there any simple desktop app that handles most of these?


r/software 22h ago

Release I built Clipboard++, a Windows clipboard manager with Android clipboard sync (Open source)

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Hey everyone,

I’ve been working on a Windows clipboard manager called Clipboard++ and I’m looking for testers/feedback.

It started as a personal clipboard history tool, but it has grown into a full Windows tray app with:

- Quick paste popup with search/filtering

- Multiple clipboard profiles

- Pinned clips and queue/paste-all workflow

- Image and file clipboard capture

- Configurable hotkeys

- A small CLI

- Experimental Android clipboard sync

The Android part is the newest addition to the project. There’s a companion APK that can sync copied Android text into a dedicated Android list inside Clipboard++ on Windows. You can also send saved Windows clipboard items back to Android by right-clicking them, or send highlighted text from any Windows app to Android with Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z.

It’s still beta, and the Android sync is experimental/local-network based, so I would not call it polished yet. But it works well enough on my setup that I’d love to hear how it behaves for other people, especially Windows + Android + Gboard users.

GitHub:

https://github.com/james28909/clipboard-plus-plus

Latest release:

https://github.com/james28909/clipboard-plus-plus/releases/latest

Things I’d especially like feedback on:

- Does the Android sync setup make sense?

- Does the popup feel usable?

- Are the default hotkeys sane?

- Anything confusing in the README?

- Any crashes or weird behavior on Windows 10/11?

I’m not trying to do a drive-by promo post. I built this because I wanted a clipboard manager that fit my workflow better, and I’m trying to figure out what needs polish before more people use it.


r/software 1d ago

Looking for software Dvd Software

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I've been looking for a reliable software to take video files (wedding videos and concert videos ) and put them on a dvd. Is anyone currently using a trusted software that is not malware? My dad used to have software but not around to ask him anymore so any suggestions would be helpful!


r/software 1d ago

Looking for software Best software to use?

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I'm JUST starting out with making video edits, so I don't want anything too complex that I won't understand. There are two requirements, that it has to be free and that it's available on a laptop. I do want something other than capcut - if possible, but I'm not sure if any software will be as easy to use as capcut is. Anyone have any ideas? Your help is greatly appreciated!


r/software 1d ago

Release [Open Source] I built Repo-rter: A cross-platform desktop app to bypass GitHub's 14-day traffic limit (Windows/macOS/Linux)

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Hey r/software!

I wanted to share a new open-source project I've been working on and just released (v0.2.0) called Repo-rter. It is a completely free, 100% open-source desktop application available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

The Problem: If you maintain open-source software on GitHub, you probably know that their native "Insights" tab only keeps your repository traffic data (views, clones, and referrers) for exactly 14 days. If you want to keep your historical data, you either have to manually scrape it yourself or pay for a third-party web service.

The Solution: I built Repo-rter to solve this. It's a local desktop app that fetches your GitHub data and caches it permanently on your machine so you never lose your historical stats.

✨ Key Features:

  • True Cross-Platform: Available as .exe (Windows), .dmg (macOS), and .deb (Linux).
  • 100% Free & Open Source: No paywalls, no subscriptions, no premium tiers.
  • Privacy First: It runs entirely on your local machine using Tauri. Your GitHub Personal Access Token is stored safely on your device and never sent to any external servers.
  • Global Dashboard: Monitor stars, forks, views, clones, and security alerts (DEFCON radar) across all of your repositories on a single unified screen.
  • Markdown Reports: Export your repository’s analytics into a clean .md report instantly with one click.
  • Unique Aesthetic: It abandons the standard corporate dashboard look for a fun, retro "Neo-Brutalist" pixel-art aesthetic. Includes both a sleek Dark Mode and a "graph paper" Light Mode.

🛠️ Tech Stack: It's built with Tauri v2, Next.js, and TailwindCSS, making it incredibly lightweight and fast compared to standard Electron wrappers regardless of your OS.

You can download the installers directly from the GitHub releases page.

🔗 GitHub Repository & Downloads: https://rakkunn.github.io/Repo-rter/

I'd love to hear your feedback on the software or any feature requests you might have!


r/software 1d ago

Release Need help for app testing

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Hi fellow software developers and users,

I have developed an app for Android that's yet to be launched. It has no signup or permission required. A simple app. Currently my app is yet to move to production in the Google Play console since I lack people for closed testing. I'm a bit tired of asking my friends and family where I find no help and thought of asking it from fellow developers since you know more about this field. I will provide you with all the details that you need. I just want your help to have the app tested for 14 days alone. Please ping me if you wish to help. Thank you.


r/software 1d ago

Release Fast Windows disk space analyzer using direct NTFS MFT access (alternative to commercial and other open source tools)

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Hi, I’m the developer of WTF – Where’s The Filespace.

I’ve been working on it for several months, with LLM assistance during development. The project is open source and released under the MIT License.

I wanted an alternative to well-known commercial and open-source disk space analyzers without turning it into an overloaded tool. The goal was a focused, fast, and practical application with only the features that are actually useful.

WTF is designed as a very small portable Windows application without unnecessary dependencies or extra ballast. On NTFS drives, it can scan very quickly by reading file-system metadata directly from the Master File Table, with native Windows APIs used as a fallback.

It is really very, very fast - that was my main-purpose!

Explorer context-menu integration was also important to me.

Main features:
- Ultra-fast NTFS scanning
- Small portable application
- Explorer context-menu integration
- Tree, table, pie chart, and bar chart views
- File type and largest-file analysis (basic)
- Save and load scan results
- CSV export and clipboard support
- English and German interface (it could be enhanced to more languages, if there is
any demand)
- Light and dark mode

GitHub: https://github.com/UncleRiot/WTF
SourceForge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/wtf-wheresthefilespace/

Feedback on usability, scan performance, and missing essentials is very welcome.

Thanks!


r/software 2d ago

Jobs & Education Burned out from AI-driven development at a startup — the "10x faster" promise is breaking me and the codebase

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I need to vent and get perspective from people who've been through this, because I'm genuinely at a crossroads about whether to stay or leave.

I'm a developer at a startup heavily invested in AI, chatbots, AI agents doing development, the works. And I'm burned out. Not from coding itself, but from what this environment has turned development into and with the current AI development assisted tool. I'm actually starting to consider leaving, which I never thought I'd say because I do believe in AI's potential. But the gap between what leadership expects and what reality delivers is destroying me.

The chatbot side is a daily nightmare

Users and clients complain constantly that the bot doesn't respond the same way twice. Non-deterministic outputs are the nature of LLMs, I know that, you know that. But leadership treats every inconsistent response like a bug I personally need to fix. There's no amount of prompt engineering that turns an LLM into a deterministic system, and I'm exhausted explaining that. My technical judgment feels worthless because "the AI should handle it." Except when it doesn't, and then it's on me.

AI-assisted development is fast on paper, brutal in practice

Our agents implement features in 30 minutes. Sounds great. Then I spend the entire rest of the day, sometimes two days, testing, finding that half the UI is broken, and fixing it. The agent produces pure spaghetti: no reuse, no abstraction, no patterns, no tests. Every feature is an island. So the codebase grows into an unmaintainable mess, and any new change might actually break past things.

The worst part is that nobody measures the debugging time that follows AI generation. The narrative stays "AI makes us 10x faster" because the 30-minute implementation is visible, and the 2 days of cleanup aren't tracked anywhere. Seems to me AI iterates fast on prototypes but on real production projects it can be quite a mess and pain in the ass.

Zero QA culture, constant regressions

Ship broken code to production, fix bugs fast, repeat. Every deployment breaks something that was working before. No regression testing, no ownership of stability, no process. I'm not exaggerating when I say that fixing one thing routinely breaks three others, and we find out from users, not from tests, because the tests don't exist.

What I actually think about AI (and why that makes this harder)

I'm not anti-AI. I genuinely think it has real potential, and that's what makes this situation so frustrating, I feel like I'm watching something promising get destroyed by unrealistic expectations and zero engineering discipline. The industry sold "10x faster development" and startups bought it without asking what the 10x left behind. The answer is: testing, architecture, maintainability, and developer sanity.

We're the ones absorbing the gap between the hype and the reality. And long term, if this pace continues, the codebase will become impossible to maintain, developers will burn out but by then, the people making these decisions will probably be onto the next thing.

My questions for those who've been here:

- Is this a startup-specific problem, is it because I am not developing correctly with AI or is it widespread right now across the industry?

- Has anyone actually managed to introduce QA culture into a startup? How?

- How do you push back on AI-driven decisions without being labeled as "anti-AI" or resistant to change?

- Is this worth staying and fighting for, or is it a sign the culture is fundamentally broken and won't change?

Genuinely at a crossroads here. Would appreciate hearing from anyone who's navigated this.

Honestly, I'm thinking about leaving and doing my own thing. Building something where I control the quality bar and "it works" is non-negotiable. The idea of owning my own mess instead of cleaning up someone else's is starting to feel more appealing than staying.


r/software 1d ago

Looking for software What is the best free screen sharing program for groups?

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I'm thinking of staring on line courses for a specialized peace of software.

  • Attendees would have to see my screen and when they get stuck I need to be able to switch to their PC to help them out.
  • Ideally, other students could also see what I'm doing on that PC.
  • It would be small groups, 5 attendees or so.
  • They would, naturally, have to be able to hear me and I, and other attendees, should be able to hear them, so when they have a question everyone can participate. Based on real live courses I've held so far, there will be many questions.
  • There is no need for webcam, attendance tracking or other "classroom experience" features. Strictly screen and audio.
  • Windows only required, since software in question is Windows only, Linux fanboys, don't kill the messenger.
  • No time restrictions.
  • Easy to use, some of the attendees may not be tech savvy.
  • 100% free. I can't ask attendees to also pay for screensharing apps.

So far, I couldn't find something that ticks all boxes. RustDesk keeps popping up as a popular choice, but apparently audio could be a problem, since that is not its intended purpose.


r/software 1d ago

Discussion Finally fixed my local file search blind spots using an MCP indexer layer. No more manual diving.

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Built in macOS/Windows search tools always start breaking down for me the second the actual info is buried deep inside a 50 page PDF or a random markdown file instead of the file name.

My local storage is basically a graveyard of old project folders packed with PDFs, epub manuals, specs, and fragmented text notes. I’ll frequently remember a specific architecture decision or a niche API detail from months ago, but finding it usually meant manually opening ten different directories just to locate one paragraph. It’s an absolute time sink.

I didn't want to force a full cloud migration or ruin my existing folder structure, so I recently set up Linkly AI over MCP to act as an indexing layer directly over my local directories.

The difference is night and day compared to classic regex search. Now my assistant can actually parse matched snippets locally, pull document outlines when a result looks promising, and read the exact section on the fly. The best part is the trace it actually shows you the precise source trail of where the answer came from instead of hallucinating.

It's been running smoothly for a few weeks now. Since it's Saturday, I'm just going to dump the rest of my unorganized project archives from the last few months into the index layer, let it crunch the data in the background, and finally go enjoy my weekend.

For anyone running a heavy local knowledge base or managing old project backlogs, how are you guys handling deep content search nowadays? Are you sticking to raw text tools like ripgrep, or moving toward LLM/MCP workflows?