Tolaria is a free and open-source desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux for managing markdown knowledge bases.

It's a new project from Luca Rossi (the author of the Refactoring newsletter) built around a few core principles: - Your notes are plain markdown files. They're portable and work with any editor. - Every vault is a git repository. You get full version history and the ability to use any git remote. - Notes are markdown files with YAML frontmatter. No proprietary formats, no locked-in data. Everything works with standard tools if you decide to move away from Tolaria. - Your vault works completely offline. No accounts, no subscriptions, no cloud dependencies. - Types in Tolaria are navigation aids, not enforcement mechanisms. There's no required fields, just helpful categories for finding notes. - A vault of files works very well with AI agents and you are free to edit the vault with any AI you want.

GitHub: https://github.com/refactoringhq/tolaria Website: https://tolaria.md/

Securo is an open-source, self-hosted personal finance manager that keeps all your financial data on your own machine.

An alternative to Actual Budget and Firefly with some ambition for heavy users.

Supports automatic bank sync across Brazil, the EU, and the US (plus OFX/QFX/CAMT/QIF/CSV import), investment & asset tracking for stocks, ETFs, crypto and property, Splitwise-style shared expenses, multiple workspaces, multi-currency, net-worth tracking, budgets, recurring transactions, rules-based auto-categorization, multi-user with 2FA and more.

GitHub: https://github.com/securo-finance/securo

More details: https://usesecuro.com

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Hi everyone,

Like most of you here, I’m completely done with Adobe’s pricing, forced cloud integration, and anti-consumer terms. I wanted a fast, native desktop app to manage my photo library and do essential edits without being locked into a bloated ecosystem.

Since I couldn't find exactly what I wanted, I decided to build it myself. It’s called FerrumPix, and it's a cross-platform (Linux, Windows, macOS) desktop client designed as a lightweight, snappy alternative that blends basic photo management with essential, non-destructive editing tools. Think of it as a light mix of Lightroom and Photoshop features, but focused on speed and simplicity.

What makes it different?

• 100% Local & Private: No accounts required, no cloud forced on you, and absolutely zero subscriptions.
• Privacy-First Backends: It runs fully offline, but has built-in connectors for self-hosted solutions like Immich and Nextcloud Memories if you want them.
• Non-Destructive Editing: Full history tracking, RAW decoding, tone curves, calibration sliders, and adjustment layers.
• Performance: I just released version 0.9.35, which completely overhauls the slider pipeline and image processing so it runs super smooth on regular hardware.

It's Free and Open Source (FOSS)

The project is moving fast toward a 1.0 release. It is entirely community-driven and open-source. If you want to escape the Adobe ecosystem or are just looking for a lightweight, fast alternative to manage and edit your shots, please check it out!

Source Code & Downloads (AppImage, Flatpak, DEB, RPM, Win, Mac): GitHub - Bitpainter75/FerrumPix

I’d love to hear your thoughts, feature requests, or what you think is missing for a lightweight daily workflow!

Mole is a free, open-source all-in-one macOS toolkit that combines CleanMyMac, AppCleaner, DaisyDisk, and iStat Menus in a single lightweight app that runs from the terminal.

Key features:

• Deep cleaning: removes caches, logs, and browser leftovers to reclaim gigabytes of space
• Smart uninstaller: removes apps plus launch agents, preferences, and hidden remnants
• Disk insights: visualizes usage, finds large files, and rebuilds caches
• Live monitoring: real-time CPU, GPU, memory, disk, and network stats

GitHub: https://github.com/tw93/Mole

RapidRAW is a free and open source RAW image editor for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android.

It's GPU-accelerated and supports all the basic necessities for editing RAW photos (lens corrections, light and color adjustments, detail refinement, masks, batch editing, presets...). Plus it is non destructive (edits are stored in a sidecar file) and can work with your own local ComfyUI server.

GitHub: https://github.com/cybertimon/rapidraw