Original Summary

I got really tired of every tiny Mac utility charging $15 to $20 (or worse, a monthly subscription) just to hide menu bar icons, snap windows, or hold files on the edge of the screen. Over the last couple of days I put together a script on my M1 Pro MacBook that uses Claude Code + xcodebuild to build native SwiftUI alternatives from scratch and push the code and compiled .app files straight to my GitHub. First, it searches for popular paid Mac utilities that only do one simple job and writes up a clean feature spec. Then an offline builder loop writes the SwiftUI code, compiles it with xcodebuild, fixes its own compiler errors, grabs a screenshot, and publishes a release on GitHub under the MIT license. Everything it builds is 100% free, open source, native Swift, and runs completely offline with zero tracking. You can check out all the repos and grab the compiled apps here: https://github.com/turhe123 A few of the ones it already finished or has in the queue: EdgeDropShelf ( https://github.com/turhe123/edge-drop-shelf ) : a floating drag and drop file shelf on the side of your screen, similar to Yoink HoverGridSnap : window snapping and custom grid layouts, similar to Moom MenuBarCollapse : hides extra icons in your menu bar, similar to Bartender RightKeyAppSwitch : lets you use your right command key + a letter to jump straight to any app, similar to rcmd DisplayLayoutKeeper : remembers your window positions when you plug/unplug external monitors, similar to Stay TitlebarGestures : trackpad gestures on window titlebars, similar to Swish * DesktopVeil : hides messy desktop icons with one click for screen sharing, similar to Camouflage Quick heads up if you download the .zip releases: since I am giving these away for free and not paying Apple $99/year for a developer signing certificate, macOS Gatekeeper will complain the first time you open them. Just move the app to your Applications folder and run this in Terminal before opening: xattr -cr /Applications/AppName.app (Or you can just clone the repo and build it yourself in Xcode). It is still working through a list of 60 apps right now. If there is a specific paid Mac utility you think is way too expensive for what it does, let me know in the comments and I will add the concept to the queue!   submitted by   /u/Fuzzy-Astronomer624 [link]   [comments]

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  • 发布时间：2026/10/20 01:10:01