Flick
AI text transformation without leaving your keyboard.
Flick launched on June 24, 2026 with 4 votes, #3,322 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Flick is a cross-platform desktop utility that transforms text anywhere on your system - no copy-pasting, no switching tabs. Just type your text, append a trigger like !formal, !fix, or !translate:spanish, and Flick instantly replaces it using Gemini Flash AI. Works system-wide in any app: Notion, VS Code, Gmail, Slack, anywhere. Built with Rust + Tauri v2. Free, open source, no data leaves your machine except the API call to Gemini (BYOK).
Flick is a local-first desktop writing assistant with global AI commands, offline dictation, and a privacy-first reply composer.
Use global writing commands, dictate fully offline, and turn an explicit conversation selection into an editable reply. Flick stays out of your way until you ask for help. Flick works from your system tray and replaces text directly in the app you are already using. Emails, notes, docs, chats, issue comments, or code-adjacent writing all stay in flow. Flick transforms the text in-place and restores your clipboard. Built-in commands cover everyday writing, while custom commands let you define your own prompt-backed workflows. Flick works in the app you already have open. Pick one simple flow, try it once, and keep writing. Built to be safe: if a target changes, a field is protected, or a…from rixabhh.github.io
Does a similar job
all alternatives →
Highlight it. Flick it. Done.Jul 2026 · flickwrite.com · ▲3Select text, press one key, paste back an AI edit.
AI Text ToolsJan 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · ▲6Select text, get AI help instantly. No more copy-paste.
FlashPrompt2025 · flashprompt.app · ▲11Save, find, and reuse AI prompts in Chrome and Edge with keyword shortcuts, selection-based saving, local storage, and optional CSV import and export.
More ai this month
the category →
Paintings by AI models: programs run through a simulation of oil paint.
AI · 20d ago · stillwet.art
PixVerse R2▲381A real-time world model you can explore and change
AI · 29d ago · world.pixverse.video
Source: Product Hunt launch ↗
Launched alongside, June 2026
the whole month →
Fundraisly▲1,537AI fundraising agent that finds investors and books meetings
AI · Jun 2026 · fundraisly.com
Homebrew 6.0.0▲1,481Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 6.0.0. The most significant changes since 5.1.0 are a new tap trust security mechanism, the new faster, smaller, default internal Homebrew JSON API, sandboxing on Linux, better defaults informed by our user survey, many brew bundle improvements, improved performance and initial support for macOS 27 (Golden Gate). Happy to discuss any questions here!
Dev tools · Jun 2026 · brew.sh
Hi HN! I was super frustrated at apps like tiktok and wechat preventing me from saving or downloading the animated gifs, so I made a little tool to turn a screen recording into a slack-sized emoji. Hope you get some value from this!
Life & fun · Jun 2026 · vorpus.github.io
Search 18 years of Hacker News and chart how any topic, tool, or person trended. Overlay terms to compare their rise and fall across 45M posts and comments.
Life & fun · Jun 2026 · hackernewstrends.com