The Many Apps of Sindre Sorhus
Universal Apps
Whether you know who Sindre Sorhus is or not you still may be
using one of his many popular
and mostly free apps. Sindre is a full-time open-source developer
currently based in Thailand who is responsible for more than 1,000
packages at npm, the world's largest software directory. In his spare
time (LOL) he creates wonderful macOS and iOS apps. According to a
statement on his website, if you're a student who can't afford one of
his paid apps, he will give it to you for free. He's released mora apps
than I can cover in one review, but I will list the ones with which I am
most familiar.
Aiko (free) - High-quality on-device transcription.
Easily convert speech to text from meetings, lectures, and more. You can
export the transcription as subtitles too. Link
Hyperduck (free) - Quickly send a link from your iOS
device to your Mac. Works even id either device is offline. Can share
from any app, not just Safari. Opens the link directly in the browser on
your Mac. Link
AmazingAi (free) - Local only image generation via
the Stable Diffusion engine on Apple silicon. Simply describe the image
you desire, and the app will generate it for you like magic! Link
Velja Browser Picker (free) - lets you to open links
in specific browser or browser profile, switch between browsers
effortlessly, and directly launch desktop apps for specific websites,
like opening Zoom links in the Zoom app. Link
One Thing (free) - Put your most important task or
goal in the menu bar. Its presence there will help remind you without
being annoying. You can achieve almost anything if you focus on one
thing at a time. Link
Actions (free) - Useful actions for shortcuts. It
adds over 50 useful actions not built in natively to the Shortcuts app
and is a must have for anyone who uses them. Link
Shareful (free) - Shareful makes the system share
menu even more useful by providing some commonly needed share
services:
- Copy — Copy the shared item to the clipboard and so you
can quickly paste it into another app.
- Save to Downloads —
Quickly save a shared item to the Downloads directory.
- Save As —
Choose a directory to save the shared item to.
- Open In — Open the
shared item in any app. Link