Brett Terpstra
Reviews
- Folo Open-source AI-first RSS reader that ingests 24+ source types
- Marked QL Real Markdown previews — Mermaid, math, syntax highlighting — from the Finder spacebar
- Paste Switch Paste like an Emacs kill ring
- Tintd 2 Folders that color themselves by name
- PowerHouz A HomeKit dashboard that turns your home controls into a sci-fi starship bridge
- Apex Markdown Processor One Markdown tool that renders every dialect — and shows images in your terminal
- Superkey Click any visible text by saying its name — no mouse
- Timelined A personal timeline that's quietly perfect for medical history
Finds
- Smol A Mac app that compresses images with a neural model and never uploads a byte
- Kolibri: Move Windows Hold a modifier, move the mouse, and the window under it follows
- Tungsten Edge A per-window taskbar that replaces the Dock, one labelled card per window
- DRFT Alerts you the instant your name is said in a meeting you've drifted out of
- SnipperApp 3 A code-snippet manager that lets Claude or Cursor search your own library
- GoLlyGee Conway's Game of Life, kept as a calm little pet
- ScreenCoord Drag a rectangle, get exact screen coordinates, no permissions needed
- Beat A free Mac app that turns a script into storyboards, set plans, and a shot list
- fileregister Permanent file IDs and self-documenting binders, in plain text
- Klipto A native Mac clipboard manager built around a paste-in-order Stack
- Lucky Dangle A lucky charm that hangs from the top of your Mac's screen
- Traverse A macOS outliner with a Writer view, column browsing, and screenplay export
- Marked Share A permanent home on the web for one Markdown file
- AIUsageBar What you've actually spent across every AI tool, in the menu bar
- Basalt Eighteen PDF tools in one Mac window, including redaction that proves itself
- VirtualBuddy A real GUI for virtualizing macOS on Apple Silicon
- graffiti.moe A public graffiti wall you spray from the browser and curl from the terminal
- FileRouter Open With, except you write the rules
- Arborist A command center for AI coding-agent sessions across git worktrees
- Quick Look Doctor Settles the fight when two Quick Look extensions claim the same file
- Marked QL Real Markdown previews — Mermaid, math, syntax highlighting — from the Finder spacebar
- Paste Switch Paste like an Emacs kill ring
- PowerHouz Your HomeKit setup as a starship bridge
- Tintd 2 Folders that color themselves by name
- Folo Open-source AI-first RSS reader that ingests 24+ source types
- grubber-twin CLI tool that syncs config folders between two Macs via Markdown
- Journiv Self-hosted journaling with mood tracking and full data ownership
- RSSHub Open-source tool that manufactures feeds for sites that don't publish them
- SafeCam Pro Blurs your video feed when an unexpected face appears
- Sortio AI file organizer that reads document contents, not just names
- Tuna Modern Swift launcher pitched as the Quicksilver successor
- Rescue Your nvALT Notes & Settings Database A Brett Terpstra recovery tool for users locked out of nvALT
- Marked 3 Brett Terpstra's Markdown previewer ships a major version
- TerminalWidget Terminal feedback as a desktop widget
- GitHub Contribution Image API Static PNG of your contribution graph, no JavaScript embed
- Compacto A nine-tool PDF kit for Mac — local-only, no accounts
- ScreenKite A native, free Mac screen recorder that exports 4× faster than Screen Studio
- ticker An LED-style scrolling ticker for the Mac menu bar, fed from the command line
- Apex Markdown Processor One Markdown tool that renders every dialect — and shows images in your terminal
- TerminalWidget Pipe any terminal command into a desktop widget
- LeaderKey Static, predictable single-key sequences to launch any app
- Paletro VS Code-style command palette in any Mac app
- Scrolla Keyboard scrolling for long pages without arrow-key fatigue
- Superkey Click any visible text by saying its name — no mouse
- Timelined Personal timeline for medical history, symptoms, and appointments
- Wooshy Keyboard control for every UI element in any Mac app