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Products that do what OculOS – Any desktop app as a JSON API via OS accessibility tree does

Single Rust binary (~3 MB) that reads the OS accessibility tree and gives every UI element a REST endpoint. Click buttons, type text, toggle checkboxes — all via JSON. Works as an MCP server too, so Claude/Cursor/Windsurf can control any desktop app out of the box. Windows + Linux + macOS. MIT licensed.

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    Single Rust binary (~3 MB) that reads the OS accessibility tree and gives every UI element a REST endpoint. Click buttons, type text, toggle checkboxes — all via JSON. Works as an MCP server too, so Claude/Cursor/Windsurf can control any desktop app out of the box. Windows + Linux + macOS. MIT licensed.

    Mar 2026 · github.com

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    An ultra-fast, single-binary MCP server written in Rust as a lightweight alternative to Node.js/Python. - StamManif/mcp-stama

    24d ago · github.com

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    Massive local model speedup on Apple Silicon with MLX

    Apr 2026

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    Ollamac205

    A macOS app for interacting with the Ollama models

    2023

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    Ditch your scraper. Make one API call with any tool.

    Jun 2026 · tabstack.ai

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    OpenLogi199

    A local-first alternative to Logitech Options+

    14d ago · openlogi.org

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    DevUtils197

    Developer utilities for macOS

    2020

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    errsole133

    First open-source Node.js logger with a built-in log viewer

    2025

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    Wring140

    Developer tools, one menu click away.

    May 2026 · getwring.app

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    Node.js scratchpad for macOS with direct access from menubar

    2019

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    I built over 3-4 weeks to solve my own pain point, picking up rust along the way. It has a browser version that works online/offline and cross platform desktop as well. It was a pretty intense sprint. About TreeSnap, well it simplifies this preparation of sharing code with Chat LLMs. In my use case, making o3 via ChatGPT a lot more cost-effective to use for these tasks compared to Cursor: How it works: Select files/folders → generates a single text bundle + ASCII tree Instantly shows per-file and total token counts (list & treemap views) Quickly trim unnecessary files or folders to…

    2025 · treesnap.app

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    When building Hookie, I worked with NATS Jetstream a lot. While you can do everything using the CLI, I prefer the feeling of a nice GUI better. So I built one.

    23d ago · streambench.app

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    Scraping modern websites has become a massive headache. You basically have two choices: pay for an expensive API like Firecrawl/Browserbase, or run a fleet of headless Chrome instances that eat 1GB of RAM per page and still get blocked by Cloudflare. I built Draco to fix this. It’s a fast, single-binary web scraper written in Rust. You point it at a URL, and it spits out perfectly clean Markdown or structured JSON for LLMs. The secret sauce is that it doesn't just boot a browser for every request. It uses a tiered escalation engine: Tier 1 (Stealth Fetch): Draco uses a custom…

    Aug 2026 · github.com

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    Osaurus is an open-source local inference runtime for macOS, written in Swift and optimized for Apple Silicon. It lets you run Apple Foundation Models locally — fully accelerated by the Neural Engine — while also exposing OpenAI- and Ollama-compatible endpoints, so you can connect your favorite apps, tools, or clients without any code changes. Key points: * Supports Apple Foundation Models natively * Compatible with OpenAI & Ollama APIs * ~7 MB binary, runs locally (no cloud, no telemetry) * MIT Licensed, open source Project: https://osaurus.ai Source:…

    Oct 2025 · github.com

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    OllamaAgents is a TypeScript-based CLI application that provides a Linux command interpreter using the Ollama API. It converts natural language queries into appropriate Linux commands, executing them if requested, offering explanations and cautions when necessary.

    2024 · github.com

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    Beam8

    A HTTP client for developers built with Rust

    Jun 2026 · github.com

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    MQLens is a free, native, cross-platform MongoDB GUI with the power of paid tools: every auth mode (SCRAM, X.509, AWS, Kerberos, LDAP), TLS/SSH/proxy, aggregation pipelines with explain plans, bulk edit, index/view management, schema analysis, GridFS, an embedded mongosh, and an AI query assistant.

    5d ago · mqlens.com

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    As we all are, I've been experimenting with ways to reduce external saas spend, and continually bring traditionally external pieces of context (prs, docs, trello boards) into the one mono repo. I have toyed with a markdown todo list and setting claude/codex into a "ralph" loop previously, but always missed the web ui for organising, planning, and tracking things in progress. So codex and I build kanban-cli, an installable or npx-runnable cli util that takes one or more markdown files, and uses markdown headers and todo syntax to track and manage agentic tasks. Let me know your thoughts,…

    May 2026 · github.com

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    Last year I decided to start a fun side project - a love child of VS Code and NoSQLBooster. I wanted a GUI that looks modern and snappy, minimal, not like 2003 MS Excel with dozens of buttons and dropdowns everywhere. I also wanted it to have a smart autocomplete that actually knows a schema, not just keys of the current collection, but their types and enum values. I wanted to type find({status: "}) and see "pending", "active", "cancelled" in the autocomplete suggestions. As a tech stack, I chose Tauri for the shell, Bun for the sidecar running the MongoDB driver and a tRPC server, and…

    May 2026 · monghoul.com

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    Pandia5

    Open multi-gigabyte JSON instantly — native, offline, free

    Jul 2026 · pandia.app

  23. 23MA

    Hi HN, For the last ~15 years I've worked on embedding web browsers into Java and .NET desktop apps (JxBrowser, DotNetBrowser). Over time, I watched many teams move from embedding web views into native apps, to building full desktop apps with frameworks like Electron and Tauri. Both are useful, but in practice I kept running into several problems. With Electron, beyond the larger app footprint, I often ran into: - lack of type-safe IPC - no source code protection - weak support for the modern web stack Tauri solves some problems (like app size), but introduces others: - different WebViews…

    Apr 2026 · teamdev.com

  24. 24MN

    Give a local MCP server a public URL with one command. No accounts, no signup — anonymous, ephemeral, OAuth 2.1-protected tunnels for MCP servers.

    5d ago · terragohan.github.io

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