Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Shooock
Optimise desktop speeds close to metal performance
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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A year ago, my co-founder launched Desktop Docs here on HN. It's a Mac app we built with Electron that uses CLIP embeddings to search photos and videos locally with natural language. We got positive feedback from HN and our first paying customers, but the app was almost 1GB and clunky to use. TLDR; rebuilding in Rust was the right move. So we rewrote the app with Rust and Tauri and here are the results: - App size is 83% smaller: 1GB → 172MB - DMG Installer is 70% smaller: 232MB → 69.5MB - Indexing files is faster: A 38-minute video now indexes in ~3 minutes instead of 10-14 minutes -…
2025 · desktopdocs.com · its alternatives →
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Arc for Windows▲476The Chrome replacement you've been waiting for
2024 · arc.net · its alternatives →
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2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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To try it out, simply build the project yourself from source, or use attached bootable ISO image of the system (in Releases on Github) and run it in QEMU. https://blog.vxn.dev/rou2exos-rusted-edition
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I've been working on a simple OS for tinkering and running bare metal apps on vintage PCs. Since I couldn't quite decide whether to target pure 16-bit, or slightly more capable 32-bit machines, I ended up with two separate versions: - GentleOS/32 (https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos32) works on i386+, requires 4MB of RAM and VGA display supporting 640x480x16 mode or any 256-color VESA mode. - GentleOS/16 (https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos) works on 80186+, requires less than 192KB of RAM and a CGA display supporting 320x200x4…
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Organize your projects and team. Now on Mac, Windows, Linux.
2018 · its alternatives →
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2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Keyboard-first Windows video player for fast local playback, smooth scrubbing, and ergonomic monitor control. - CalvinSturm/FastPlay
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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