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24 alternatives to I built a UWP app to control TP-Link smart plugs
I spent the last few weeks building a UWP app for Windows 10 that finally made it into the Windows Store. The biggest challenge was that UWP seems to have limitations with the .net version for UWP has a different API, particularly around the UDPClient API. Shameless plug, it's available here https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9PCD9X9M1P5C Any ideas on what additional features you would like to see? I want to implement an energy monitoring report for those plugs that support it. If anyone has advice about a good free report generator compatible with UWP I'm all…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I built a UWP app to control TP-Link smart plugs launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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My Computer UWP version for Windows 10.
2018 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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Winrt APIs-node.js modules generator. Contribute to NodeRT/NodeRT development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello everyone. This is Yujong from the Hyprnote team (https://github.com/fastrepl/hyprnote). We built OWhisper for 2 reasons: (Also outlined in https://docs.hyprnote.com/owhisper/what-is-this) (1). While working with on-device, realtime speech-to-text, we found there isn't tooling that exists to download / run the model in a practical way. (2). Also, we got frequent requests to provide a way to plug in custom STT endpoints to the Hyprnote desktop app, just like doing it with OpenAI-compatible LLM endpoints. The (2) part is still kind of WIP, but…
2025 · docs.hyprnote.com · its alternatives →
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BMP085 .NET Universal (UWP) library. Contribute to baget/BMP085Dotnet development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Windows Runtime Component for LevelDB. This is an unofficial port of LevelDB for Windows 10 Universal Platform (UWP) - maxpert/LevelDBWinRT
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Windows Runtime Component for LevelDB. This is an unofficial port of LevelDB for Windows 10 Universal Platform (UWP) - Performance And Comparison · maxpert/LevelDBWinRT Wiki
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Spatial awareness for your mobile apps
2022 · estimote.com · its alternatives →
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Pomodoro®-like experience as a native UWP app
2017 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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TunnlTo▲68Windows WireGuard VPN client built for split tunneling
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The first and unique devRant UWP client
2018 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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VR player for Windows 10 Mobile devices
2017 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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WizWhisp▲6Transcribe audio/video with Whisper on Windows 10/11 locally
2025 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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I've been working on this for a few months since I got my Surface RT, and realized there wasn't a solid gtalk/gchat app. It's a C#/XAML app, and I ended up writing my own XMPP stack on-top of raw sockets since there wasn't a good open source one available (that would run in RT). I'll open source my XMPP library on GitHub shortly once I've cleaned it up a bit. Check it out! Store link: http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-US/app/gabberwocky/2d7a19c5-2522-461c-8706-99ff59bd84fe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gabberwockyapp
2013 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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So I got so involved in setting up AdWords, tracking down WP security bloggers, etc. that I forgot to post it here and get you all to check it out and offer suggestions. It's only been out for a couple weeks or so though, so this still qualifies as "launch window", I guess. Check it out here: http://www.panic-press.com/ Promo code "show-hn" for a free month to try it out. It has 100 uses, so it shouldn't run out, but if it does, let me know.
2012 · panic-press.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I'd like to share a small Go utility I wrote called prxy. The idea was born out of my frustration with accessing my self-hosted services when I'm on the go. I use WireGuard to connect to my homelab, but I really dislike sending all my computer's traffic through my home network — it slows things down and is inconvenient. I wanted proper application-level split-tunneling. A tool I love, wireproxy, got me most of the way there by creating an HTTP proxy from a WireGuard peer. This is perfect for apps that let you configure a proxy. The problem was the other 10%: apps that don't. Think of…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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wireguard over TCP. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
2023 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I wanted to give my family, who are scattered all over the world, a simple and private way to connect. The commercial options didn't quite fit, and the open-source tools I found were a bit too barebones and not friendly enough for non-technical users. My main goal was to build something completely self-service. I wanted my family to be able to manage their own devices without my help, so I could set it up once and then stay out of it. This led me to build LeiaGuard, a self-hostable UI for WireGuard built with Next.js. To make it truly easy for everyone, the interface is available in…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ewelink▲6Free universal smart home remote control app for Sonoff.
2019 · sonoff.tech · its alternatives →
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exit1.dev▲11I'm trying to disrupt the insane pricing of uptime monitoring. I hope you'll help me out. I'm trying to create the absolute cheapest dev monitoring tool on the market, while still being competitive with all the others. This means $3/month plan, while still having monitoring for: Website, REST API, UDP/TCP, ICMP, Heartbeat/CRON, WS/WSS, DNS, Domain Intel/expiry and SSL. Everything with unlimited alerts through webhooks. I'm also taking an unlimited approach to the amount of checks you can have. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
2025 · exit1.dev · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I've created [UFreeTools](https://www.ufreetools.com/), a collection of developer utilities (60+ tools and growing) that's completely free, ad-free, and runs entirely in the browser. No data leaves your device - everything is processed locally. ## Background As a developer, I found myself constantly searching for simple utilities like JSON formatters, UUID generators, and color pickers. Most existing options were cluttered with ads, required sign-ups, or sent data to servers. I wanted clean, fast tools that respected privacy. So I built UFreeTools as a modern SPA using…
2025 · ufreetools.com · its alternatives →
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Azure, FTP, S3, all in one. For Windows.
2016 · frenchfrysoftware.com · its alternatives →
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