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226 titles from 208 authors in the last 30 days, with 216 distinct links and 108 Show HN.

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• Show HN: Sunlight – the camera-based infinite canvas window manager for Mac · score 8.0

  Sunlight is a macOS window manager that replaces the traditional stacked window model with an infinite, camera-based canvas where every window is displayed live and can be navigated spatially. It achieves this via a custom Dock add-on that enables real window scaling and interaction at 1:1 within the canvas, offering features like layouts, gestures, and desktop integration. The project is technically ambitious, requiring partial SIP disabling for its live-window mode, and is well-documented with clear setup instructions.

• Show HN: InputConfig, a free open-source app to run your Mac with any controller · score 7.8

  InputConfig is a free, open-source macOS app that maps game controllers, MIDI devices, keyboards, mice, trackpads, and even screen regions to keyboard/mouse/macro/MIDI outputs for use in any app. It stands out for its breadth of input sources, deep controller support (including DualSense Edge, Adaptive Controller, Switch 2), and accessibility focus, with a polished one-screen UI and extensive presets.

• Show HN: OpenScreen 2.0 – open-source Screen Studio alternative (Win/Mac/Linux) · score 7.8

  OpenScreen is an open-source cross-platform desktop app for screen recording and video editing, positioned as a free alternative to Screen Studio. It offers AI-powered editing, on-device transcription, GPU-accelerated rendering, a headless CLI, and an MCP server for AI agents, making it a powerful tool for creating polished product demos and walkthroughs.

• Show HN: Local Code – Run DeepSeek 4.1 Flash 1017 Locally on Your Mac · score 7.5

  Local Code is a private, on-device AI agent for Apple platforms that combines an Apple Silicon inference engine, model-specific coding harness, and sandboxed agent runtime with Python, Node.js, shell, and other built-in tools. It streams Mixture-of-Experts weights from disk to run large DeepSeek models on Macs with less memory than the checkpoint, and provides extensive sandboxed capabilities like document conversion, image generation, and web browsing.

Recent titles

1. Show HN: Folio Refresh, a Mac Duplicate Photo Cleaner for Lightroom/Capture One
   2026-11-01 · caddora.ie · HN discussion
2. Sayloe – Speak in one language, type in another on Mac
   2026-11-01 · sayloe.com · HN discussion
3. LocalASO – App Store keyword research in 52 countries, on your Mac
   2026-10-31 · localaso.com · HN discussion
4. Hex – local voice dictation for Mac
   2026-10-31 · anoma.ly · HN discussion
5. A studio website where every page is one PostgreSQL query, served off a Mac Mini
   2026-10-31 · studionull.io · HN discussion
6. Show HN: Enclyra – 3-4B local models that do real work on an 8 GB Mac, offline
   2026-10-31 · enclyralabs.com · HN discussion
7. Steve Jobs Told Tim Cook Never to Ask 1 Question. Apple's Touch Mac Shows Why
   2026-10-31 · inc.com · HN discussion
8. Infinite Mac: BeOS
   2026-10-30 · blog.persistent.info · HN discussion
9. Little Snitch Shows Who Your Mac Talks To
   2026-10-30 · little-snitch.app · HN discussion
10. Show HN: MCP for Your Mac Hardware
    2026-10-30 · github.com · HN discussion
11. Simlock: Turn your Mac into a simulator cloud that manages itself
    2026-10-30 · incubator.callstack.com · HN discussion
12. Show HN: Tinycap, a tiny Mac screen recorder that makes PR-sized GIFs and MP4s
    2026-10-30 · soleo.github.io · HN discussion
13. Show HN: TapScribe, record and transcribe meetings locally on your Mac
    2026-10-30 · tapscribe.app · HN discussion
14. A Claude Code agent's test escaped into my Mac. I only noticed because it talked
    2026-10-30 · marutpandya.com · HN discussion
15. FreeBSD-SA-26:52 – Missing WireGuard MAC Validation (CVE-2026-58085)
    2026-10-30 · mail-archive.com · HN discussion
16. How to See What's Taking Up Space on Your Mac
    2026-10-30 · crufti.app · HN discussion
17. Show HN: InputConfig, a free open-source app to run your Mac with any controller
    2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
18. Show HN: Sidekeys – Turn an iPhone into a Mac display and agent control deck
    2026-10-29 · sidekeysapp.com · HN discussion
19. Show HN: Sunlight – the camera-based infinite canvas window manager for Mac
    2026-10-29 · sunlight.software · HN discussion
20. Show HN: Auto Dismiss Mac OS "Allow <app> to find devices on local networks?"
    2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
21. Why Apple Brought a Touch Display to the Mac
    2026-10-29 · wired.com · HN discussion
22. Show HN: Wavefunction – a minimal, open-source desktop coding agent for Mac
    2026-10-29 · wavefunction.si · HN discussion
23. Show HN: Grip – Open-Source Screen Studio Alternative for Mac
    2026-10-29 · bestboy.dev · HN discussion
24. Show HN: Overheard – a Mac meeting recorder you can query from Claude Code
    2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
25. Show HN: Letterblade – open Outlook .msg files on Mac, Linux and Windows
    2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
26. Show HN: Macvoice – A local voice agent for Mac in 1.4 GB, no PyTorch
    2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
27. Apple Releases Mac Studio with 512 GB of Unified Memory
    2026-10-29 · pcmag.com · HN discussion
28. Local Code by Draw Things: open-source frontier intelligence on your Mac
    2026-10-29 · releases.drawthings.ai · HN discussion
29. Aiseesoft Anock for Mac
    2026-10-29 · aiseesoft.com · HN discussion
30. Get Ready for Touch on Mac
    2026-10-28 · developer.apple.com · HN discussion

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