A small log of delightful, unique things — products, apps, phenomena, oddities.https://unique.rzen.dev/en-ushttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/continue-y-n-game/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/continue-y-n-game/A short browser game by Scale AI's interns: Claude Code requests your approval for each command, the prompts arrive faster than you can really read, and the reveal at the end depends on what you skimmed past.Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTplaybrowsergameaiclaude-codesatirehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/editorio/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/editorio/Lovre Crncevic's native-AppKit markdown + code editor for the Mac — free on the App Store, sub-100 ms file open, ~40 MB RAM, 180+ syntax-highlighted languages, side-by-side editor + preview with independent minimaps.Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTwritingmacoseditormarkdownindiewritinghttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/muxy-terminal/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/muxy-terminal/Muxy is not a terminal app. It's a native SwiftUI workspace with terminal at the centre — vertical tabs, split panes, built-in Git diff and branch tooling, file tree, command palette, markdown preview, 490 themes, plus mobile companion apps for remote control. MIT-licensed; brew install.Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTterminalmacosterminalswiftuigitindieopen-sourcehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/remctl-reminders-cli/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/remctl-reminders-cli/Federico Viticci's free open-source CLI for Apple Reminders — the first one that can read and write the modern features (sections, subtasks, tags, attachments, smart lists) instead of stopping at what EventKit exposes.Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTautomationmacoscliremindersautomationaihttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/cursor-camp-neal-fun/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/cursor-camp-neal-fun/A Neal Agarwal browser experiment in which the mouse cursor itself is the toy — open the page, summon a radial wheel of cursor variants, drag them around an animated camp. Five minutes, no signup.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTplaybrowserweb-toyneal-funplayhttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-14-six-browser-games/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-14-six-browser-games/Six browser games that don't ask for an install, an account, or a launch screen — each one a single URL, a single rule, and a back button.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsgamesbrowserhttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-14-six-mac-apps-from-the-catch/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-14-six-mac-apps-from-the-catch/Six small Mac apps from this week's r/macapps surfacing — a windows-not-apps ⌘-Tab, a hidden-on-calls teleprompter, on-device meeting notes, a chess-puzzle lock screen, dictation with a CLI, and command-line output on the desktop.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsmacos-appshttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-14-six-more-groans/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-14-six-more-groans/Six more dad jokes — emotional baggage, shocked morticians, medium-rare cows, silent-letter queues, thickening plots, and wind turbines who are huge metal fans.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsdad-jokeshumorhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/bartender-6-dynamic-peninsula/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/bartender-6-dynamic-peninsula/Bartender's major version keeps the menu-bar hide-and-reorder feature as a one-time purchase and adds a Pro tier that uses the MacBook notch as a dynamic peninsula for widgets, Now Playing, and triggers.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterfacemacosmenu-barnotchproductivityhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/gnome-gif-menubar/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/gnome-gif-menubar/A tiny Mac menu-bar app for searching and pasting animated GIFs without leaving the keyboard, with Apple Vision OCR to find text inside the GIF. $7 one-time.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterfacemacosmenu-bargifindiehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/zenteek-music-player/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/zenteek-music-player/Native macOS music player from a solo developer in the iTunes-as-library tradition — built for FLAC/ALAC/DSD collections, external DACs, and the experience of owning your music rather than streaming it.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTmusicmacosmusicaudioindiehi-fihttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/loop-radial-window-manager/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/loop-radial-window-manager/A free, open-source macOS window manager that swaps the Rectangle/Magnet hotkey grid for a radial menu — hold a key, flick the cursor toward an edge, release.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterfacemacoswindow-managementindieopen-sourcekeyboardhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/finalist/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/finalist/A daily planner that won't let you add to today after the day starts — the constraint is the feature.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTplanningiosmacosplanningproductivityfocushttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/gum-shell/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/gum-shell/A Charm toolkit that gives bash and zsh scripts proper TUI components — fuzzy menus, password inputs, spinners — composable with pipes.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTterminalshellterminalscriptingopen-sourcecharmclihttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/tablepro/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/tablepro/Eighteen database engines in a single Mac-native window — relational, key-value, document, analytical, cloud — with a built-in MCP server.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTindiemacosdatabasedeveloper-toolsopen-sourcesqlmcphttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/valchoose-barf-bags/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/valchoose-barf-bags/Hospital-grade 1000mL vomit bags with a rigid plastic ring that holds itself open hands-free — the kind of object that's invisible until it's the only thing you want.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTkitfirst-aidcarkidstravelkithouseholdhttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-06-constrain-the-surface/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-06-constrain-the-surface/Five strategies for cutting the day's input down to a single column, a single task, or a single empty page.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsproductivityfocusmacos-appshttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-06-menu-bar-singletons/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-06-menu-bar-singletons/Six menu-bar singletons, each one doing exactly one thing inside the same square inch of screen.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsmacos-appsmenu-barhttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-06-on-device-by-design/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-06-on-device-by-design/Four Mac apps that keep your data on your machine — redaction, on-device LLM, live transcription, and a local-first personal library.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsmacos-appsprivacylocal-firsthttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-06-six-american-detours/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-06-six-american-detours/Six small American places worth the steer — three pieces of roadside kitsch, three corners of public land, none on the canonical tourist itinerary.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findstravelamericanahttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-06-six-lines-six-origins/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-06-six-lines-six-origins/Six literary fragments captured in a single morning — quotes, a poem, and two attribution investigations, each paired with the work it came from.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsquotesbooksphilosophyhttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-06-things-in-the-terminal/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-06-things-in-the-terminal/Four ways to make the terminal earn its window — a shell-UI library, a git heatmap, an RSS reader, and a desktop-widget pipe.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsterminaldeveloper-toolsclihttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/blip/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/blip/A menu-bar file-transfer app shaped like AirDrop but spanning Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. Direct device-to-device, no server-side storage, no size cap.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTindiemacosfile-transfercross-platformmenu-barfreehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/monitorcontrol/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/monitorcontrol/Open-source Mac utility that uses DDC/CI to make Apple's brightness and volume keys actually work on third-party monitors.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterfacemacosdisplayddcexternal-monitoropen-sourcebrewhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/smartmover-shortcut/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/smartmover-shortcut/An Apple Shortcut that bolts a small inventory database onto the iPhone's QR scanner. Print a label, list what's in the box, scan to see the contents before you slice the tape.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTautomationiosshortcutsmovingqr-codeorganizationroutinehubhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/apex-markdown-processor/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/apex-markdown-processor/Brett Terpstra's Markdown processor that speaks CommonMark, GFM, MultiMarkdown, Kramdown, and Marked simultaneously — and renders inline images directly in the terminal via ANSI.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTwritingmacosmarkdownterminalcliwritingopen-sourcebrett-terpstrahttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/sindre-sorhus-older-mac-apps/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/sindre-sorhus-older-mac-apps/Sindre Sorhus quietly hosts free builds of every paid app he ships — Dato, Lungo, Battery Indicator, the rest — for users running macOS 15 or earlier. A standing offer renewed each year.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTindiemacosindiegenerositydatolungobattery-indicatorhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/snewpapers-newspaper-archive/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/snewpapers-newspaper-archive/A digitised archive of American newspapers from the 1730s through the 1960s — six million stories, three thousand-plus mastheads, with an AI assistant that has read the papers.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThistoryarchiveshistorynewspapersresearchbrowsinghttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/superkey/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/superkey/An OCR-driven Mac click target — say or type any visible label and Superkey clicks it. Catches the buttons that keyboard accessibility tools miss.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinputmacosaccessibilitykeyboardocrvoicehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/timelined/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/timelined/A native iOS timeline app for life events — flexible enough for travel logs and project records, but the killer use case is the medical history you wish you had when a new doctor asks.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTjournaliosipadoshealthjournaltimelinehttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-04-a-small-atlas/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-04-a-small-atlas/Eight destinations, each earning a trip on a single specific note — a desert that blooms, a Kyoto townhouse, a Utah hot-spring stack, a 55-foot roadside whale.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findstravelhttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-04-geography-is-the-program/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-04-geography-is-the-program/Four places where the setting is the entire program — a BC rainforest lodge, a redwood swimming hole, a medieval tower in the Marche, and a ryokan on the Old Tokaido Road.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findstravelslow-travelhttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-04-off-until-needed/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-04-off-until-needed/Six tools that stay dormant until you trigger them — a solar light, a voice-driven click target, two keyboard utilities, an iOS Shortcut, and a tracing-to-search.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsapple-tipsmacos-appshttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/alt-tab/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/alt-tab/An open-source app switcher that shows full live window thumbnails — finally, ⌘-Tab between windows, not just apps.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterfacemacoswindow-managementopen-sourceproductivityhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/cotypist/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/cotypist/A system-wide inline autocompletion engine for macOS that quietly speeds up everything you type.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTwritingmacostypingproductivityautocompletehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/espro-p7-french-press/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/espro-p7-french-press/A vacuum-insulated stainless French press whose double-mesh filter pours clean — no silt, no tepid second cup.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTkitchencoffeekitchenstainless-steelhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/homerow/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/homerow/A keyboard navigation overlay that puts a two-letter label on every clickable element — type the letters to click.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinputmacoskeyboardaccessibilityproductivityhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/ice/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/ice/An open-source menu bar manager that hides, organizes, and reveals icons on demand — a genuine replacement for Bartender.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterfacemacosmenu-baropen-sourceutilitieshttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/mac-mouse-fix/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/mac-mouse-fix/An open-source mouse customization tool that brings trackpad-style gestures, smooth scroll, and configurable buttons to any external mouse.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinputmacosmouseinputopen-sourcegestureshttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/tot/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/tot/Seven color-coded notes from Panic — never an eighth — synced quietly between Mac and iPhone.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTwritingmacosiosnotesscratchpadhttps://unique.rzen.dev/posts/2026-05-03-why-this-exists/https://unique.rzen.dev/posts/2026-05-03-why-this-exists/A note on why I started Unique — a small log of delightful, unique things to make life a little more pleasant.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTmetametafoundinghttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-backyard-small-upgrades/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-backyard-small-upgrades/Two quiet upgrades for the yard — a camera bird feeder that names every species, and motion-aware solar fence lights that stay dim until something moves.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsoutdoorgiftshttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-mac-apps-quietly-worth-it/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-mac-apps-quietly-worth-it/Six small Mac apps that earn their place — a timezone converter, dock folders, a local-AI writer, a Notepad++ port, a throwaway-VM runner, and pixel-perfect iTunes recreations.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsmacos-appstoolshttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-manufactured-delight/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-manufactured-delight/Four things that exist for no reason except that someone wanted them to — a microscope archive of beach sand, 169 games for unconventional places, the bluffing card game everyone is lying about, and a search engine that renders in 1995 browsers.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsgeneral-delightplayhttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-morning-kitchen-ritual/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-morning-kitchen-ritual/Three tools for the slow start of the day — a sub-$200 espresso machine, a French press whose filter actually keeps grit out, and a jig for whittling your own chopsticks.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findskitchencoffeehttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-single-virtue-tools/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-single-virtue-tools/Today's catch — five small tools, each built around exactly one specific virtue.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findstoolsmacos-appshttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-pocket-carry/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-pocket-carry/Five things small enough to live in a jacket pocket and useful enough to earn the slot.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsedctravelhttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-six-clean-groans/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-six-clean-groans/Six dad jokes from today's sweep — every one of them turns on a single word doing double duty: gnawing/knowing, paranormal/pair-of-normal, real ladder, rip-off, knock yourself out, pi.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsdad-jokeshumorhttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-travel-as-attention/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-05-03-travel-as-attention/Five things at the seam between travel and noticing — a webcam grid of NYC food lines, an Amsterdam library of occult manuscripts, a camera that erases the crowd, a postcard with a hidden video, and a camera that hides your photos for a year.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findstravelphotographyhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/shottr/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/shottr/A native, ridiculously fast macOS screenshot utility with scroll capture, OCR, pixel ruler, and annotation.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTscreenshotsmacosscreenshotsocrproductivityhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/linearmouse/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/linearmouse/Per-device mouse acceleration, scroll direction, and sensitivity tuning for macOS — finally.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTinputmacosmouseinputopen-sourcehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/hyperkey/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/hyperkey/A free menu-bar app that promotes Caps Lock to a hyper-modifier for conflict-free shortcuts.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTinputmacoskeyboardshortcutsproductivityhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/dockdoor/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/dockdoor/Brings Windows-style live window previews to the macOS Dock, done with surprising restraint.Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterfacemacosdockwindowsopen-sourcehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/alcove/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/alcove/Reclaims the MacBook notch as a tiny ambient widget for music, AirDrop, AirPods, charging — and more.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterfacemacosnotchmenu-barmusichttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/monocle/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/monocle/A pointer-driven spotlight overlay that dims everything except where you're looking — quietly useful.Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterfacemacosfocusproductivityaccessibilityhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/antinote/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/antinote/A frictionless scratchpad for the moments where Notion or Apple Notes is too heavy to bother.Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTwritingmacosnotesscratchpadproductivityhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/typewhisper/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/typewhisper/A push-to-talk Whisper-powered dictation tool that turns spoken thoughts into clean, formatted text in any app.Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTwritingmacosdictationvoiceaihttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/flux-markdown/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/flux-markdown/An open-source markdown editor that renders inline as you type, with a quiet, distraction-free aesthetic.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTwritingmacosmarkdowneditoropen-sourcehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/folder-peek/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/folder-peek/Pin folders to the menu bar with rich previews, fuzzy search, and quick actions — a small fix for a daily annoyance.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTinterfacemacosdockfilesfinderhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/middledrag/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/middledrag/Click-drag from any pixel of a window to move it. A tiny, free utility that erases a quiet daily friction.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTinputmacosmousegesturesopen-source