Nic's notes

Hyperkey – The Extra macOS Modifier Key

Hyperkey is a free macOS utility that converts the Caps Lock key (or any modifier key) into a "hyper key" — all four modifiers combined (⌃⌥⌘⇧) — giving you an additional modifier for keyboard shortcuts in any app.

02 Mar 2026 | in apps tags: macos keyboard productivity utilities shortcuts

OpenWhispr – Open Source AI Voice Dictation

OpenWhispr is a privacy-first, open-source AI dictation tool that works across all apps on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It turns messy speech into clean text using local or cloud-based AI models.

02 Mar 2026 | in apps tags: #tools #voice #dictation #ai #open-source #productivity

Superkey - Keyboard Enhancement for macOS

Superkey is a macOS utility by Ryan Hanson that enhances keyboard efficiency through OCR-based seek-and-click, hyperkey remapping, and power-user presets.

02 Mar 2026 | in apps tags: macos keyboard productivity utilities hyperkey

Superwhisper — AI Voice-to-Text for Mac, Windows & iOS

Superwhisper is an AI-powered voice dictation app that turns speech into polished text across any app. It supports offline transcription, 100+ languages, customizable AI modes, and integrates with coding tools like Cursor and Claude Code.

02 Mar 2026 | in apps tags: tools productivity voice-to-text dictation AI whisper

macOS Text Editors — Overview, Pros & Cons

A comparison of popular text editors on macOS with strengths and weaknesses to help choose the right tool.

25 Feb 2026 | in apps tags: macOS editors productivity

macOS Voice Dictation Solutions

Comprehensive overview of voice dictation solutions available on macOS, covering built-in features and third-party AI tools (cloud and on-device), with comparison across privacy, latency, formatting intelligence, and workflow integration.

24 Feb 2026 | in apps tags: macOS dictation voice productivity AI

Firecrawl.dev Overview

Firecrawl.dev is a web data API that crawls and extracts clean, structured web content optimized for LLM and AI applications.

15 Feb 2026 | in apps tags: web data API web scraping AI

Browserbase

Browserbase is a cloud platform for running and managing headless browser sessions at scale, built for web automation and AI agents.

07 Feb 2026 | in apps tags: browser automation AI agents headless browsers developer tools

Scripty – JavaScript Injector (Chrome Extension)

Chrome extension to inject and run custom JavaScript on selected websites for automation, testing, and UI tweaks.

30 Jan 2026 | in apps tags: chrome extension javascript automation dev-tools

Paperless-ngx Overview

A modern open-source system to digitize and manage documents.

25 Jan 2026 | in apps tags: Open Source Document Management OCR Self-Hosted

Hammerspoon (macOS automation)

Scriptable macOS automation tool ideal for keyboard-only workflows, especially for multi-monitor setups.

22 Jan 2026 | in apps tags: macOS automation keyboard window-management productivity

CotEditor

My new text editor of choice

18 Jan 2026 | in apps

Migadu

The Missing Email Service For Domains

07 Jan 2026 | in apps

Tabula

open-source tool for liberating data tables locked inside PDF files.

06 Jan 2026 | in apps

Mermaid

Text-based tool for generating diagrams.

18 Nov 2025 | in apps tags: mermaid vscode diagrams

Infolobby

Turn your MySQL database into a team‑friendly business app

26 Sep 2025 | in apps

Superfile

Terminal file manager

10 Aug 2025 | in apps

TablePlus

Modern, Native Tool for Database Management

03 Aug 2025 | in apps tags: macOS

Hyprnote

Local AI notetaker for Meetings

07 Jul 2025 | in apps

Audio Editors

09 Jun 2025 | in apps

Ghostty

Fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.

06 Jun 2025 | in apps

Syncthing

file sync

22 May 2025 | in apps tags: open-source

Flameshot

screenshot software

17 May 2025 | in apps tags: open-source

Airtime (formerly mmhmm)

26 Apr 2025 | in apps tags: video

Lemwarm

warm up and boost your deliverability.

25 Apr 2025 | in apps tags: emails

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