Entries tagged #open-source on Unique.https://unique.rzen.dev/en-ushttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/nfc-business-card/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/nfc-business-card/Wilson Harper's PCB business card harvests energy from the phone tapping it to animate 21 Charlieplexed LEDs — and the write-up shows every decision, including the one that breaks the datasheet on purpose.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTmakingpcbnfcelectronicsdiyopen-sourcehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/mapping-indias-clouds/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/mapping-indias-clouds/Aman Bhargava reads the cloud panel out of ~1,200 India Meteorological Department meteograms every day by measuring pixels, and draws the result as an 8-bit sky over the subcontinent.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTdesigndata-vizweatherindiapixel-artopen-sourcehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/defragger/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/defragger/A graphical Linux defragmenter in Rust that talks to the kernel's own extent-move interfaces directly, shows an adaptive block map while it works, and ships a fragmented test volume so you can watch it safely.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTfileslinuxopen-sourcerustext4kdenostalgiahttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/sierra-softlock-analyzer/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/sierra-softlock-analyzer/Static analysis for Sierra SCI adventure games: decompiles the scripts, finds every state where victory has quietly become impossible, derives and verifies guards, and recompiles them into Sierra's own loose-patch format.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTplayretrogamingsierraopen-sourceadventure-gamesstatic-analysishttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/ivan-bohun/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/ivan-bohun/A live personal site running on six £12 ESP32-S3 boards in a London flat: four serving blades hold a leader election over encrypted radio and fail over MAC, IP and TLS certificate in under four seconds.Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTmakingself-hostingesp32open-sourcenetworkingtlshttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/every-cube/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/every-cube/A browser toy that indexes every reachable Rubik's Cube permutation and gives you one slider across the whole set, with famous patterns marked on the ruler.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTplayrubiks-cubemathinteractivepuzzleopen-sourcehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/morningprint/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/morningprint/An Epson receipt printer wakes before its owner and prints one piece of CP437 block art and a short verse, themed to the day. MIT-licensed, and honest about the week it went wrong.Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTmakingraspberry-pithermal-printergenerative-artopen-sourceescposhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/ssh-place/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/ssh-place/r/place rebuilt over SSH — a 200×60 shared canvas, fifteen seconds between pixels, and your SSH key fingerprint as the entire account system.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTterminalterminalcollaborativepixel-artfreeopen-sourcehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/cycloidal-gearbox/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/cycloidal-gearbox/Three iterations of a printed cycloidal drive for a NEMA 17, with measured torque and efficiency, plus a Fusion 360 script that generates the rotor profile for any ratio.Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTmaking3d-printingcadopen-sourceengineeringfusion-360https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/datatype-chart-font/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/datatype-chart-font/An OpenType variable font whose ligatures turn {b:15,45,80} into a bar chart — bars, sparklines and pies rendered by the typeface itself, with no JavaScript, images or charting library. SIL Open Font License.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTdesigntypographydatavizopen-sourcevariable-fonthttps://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-07-28-parts-the-mac-already-had/https://unique.rzen.dev/bundles/2026-07-28-parts-the-mac-already-had/Five small Mac apps built entirely out of frameworks and hardware already sitting in the machine — no bundled engine, no service behind them.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTbundlesdaily-findsmacos-appsopen-sourcehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/herculaneum-scroll-first-read/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/herculaneum-scroll-first-read/The Vesuvius Challenge has virtually unwrapped PHerc. 1667 — a carbonized Herculaneum scroll — and read its preserved text continuously, end to end, for the first time in two thousand years. X-ray microtomography, machine-learning ink detection, and a pan-and-zoom of the unwrapped surface you can read yourself.Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThistoryarchiveancient-historymachine-learningpapyrologyopen-sourcehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/zen-mode-hammerspoon/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/zen-mode-hammerspoon/A Hammerspoon script that adds one global focus hotkey to macOS: the active window centers and grows to full height while the Menu Bar, Dock, wallpaper, and every other window black out. MIT, ~250 lines of Lua — and it needs Hammerspoon.Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTfocushammerspoonfocusopen-sourceutilitymacoswindow-managementhttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/folo/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/folo/An open-source RSS reader that pulls in 24+ source types beyond plain feeds — Bluesky, GitHub trending, Nature, YouTube — into one timeline, with an AI 'Vibe Read' mode and daily digest. Free tier available; paid plans from $4.17/mo raise the caps.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTreadingrssaireadingfeedsopen-sourcehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/wyrm-math/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/wyrm-math/A gesture-based algebra app for iOS and Android built on an MIT-licensed 'conditionally sound' engine — you drag terms across an equation, and invalid moves simply have nowhere to land. Free browser demo; the $4.99 app is how the open-source project sustains itself.Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTlearningmatheducationopen-sourcehttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/app-monitor-mac-utility/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/app-monitor-mac-utility/A free, MIT-licensed SwiftUI dashboard that folds Mac app-usage tracking, storage cleanup, health checks, and update monitoring across the App Store, Homebrew, and Sparkle into one local-first native app. macOS 14+, currently beta.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTmaintenanceopen-sourcemaintenancestoragefreemachttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/osaurus/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/osaurus/A free, MIT-licensed native Swift app that runs local LLMs on Apple Silicon through Apple's MLX — plus an agent layer with memory, tools, and scheduling, and an on-device filter that scrubs personal data before any cloud call.Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTaiaiopen-sourcelocal-llmprivacymacosagentshttps://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/tldraw/https://unique.rzen.dev/reviews/tldraw/A free, no-account infinite whiteboard that opens instantly in a browser tab — and the open-source React canvas SDK it's built on, source-available and free in development with a paid license key for commercial production.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTplanningwhiteboarddiagramsbrowserfreeopen-sourcecanvashttps://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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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