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DevHub.app – Developer Utilities for macOS

132 points by wcjiang 2y ago

wcjiang 2y ago
This is a project I've been working on since I became unemployed. As I developed the app, I learned Swift along the way. Not only did it help me master Swift development, but I also created an app that can perform various tasks without relying on online tools, such as SSL management, image watermarking, NPM statistics, URL decoding, and more. The app runs entirely offline. You can check it out here: https://github.com/jaywcjlove/DevHub https://github.com/jaywcjlove/DevHub To keep DevHub healthy and well-maintained, I accept donations as a way to generate some income and continue working on it. The app is almost free, and if the tools don't meet your needs, feel free to email me. I’d be happy to hear your ideas and possibly develop small tools for you at no cost.
- a9entroy 2y ago
  Can also please add a license. I would love to give this a try if it has an MIT license.
  - dchest 2y ago
    There's no code in this repo.
  - wcjiang 2y ago
    Oh, the GitHub repository is only used to host the app's website and gather user feedback.
- rwl4 2y ago
  Nice looking app! Very similar to DevUtils (https://devutils.com https://devutils.com), but with a much more friendly pricing scheme which is great. I'm curious though, why link to the GitHub site if it's not an open source app? You even do GitHub releases of what I guess are just the readme files and screenshots?
  - ozozozd 2y ago
    I thought it was open source as soon as I saw the GitHub link. I imagine that’s why.
  - wcjiang 2y ago
    Since I don't have the funds to set up a server for hosting the website, GitHub Pages offers this service, and it's also a great platform for gathering user feedback.
  - warlord2 2y ago
    The intention was to dupe people into thinking it's FOSS.
- wouldbecouldbe 2y ago
  Would love to get an offline LLAMA in there, that would allow me to go fully offline at times & focus more!
  - wcjiang 2y ago
    That's a great idea, but it might be a separate app.
  - bombi 2y ago
    LMStudio + AnythingLLM
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cglong 2y ago
Congratulations on the release! Since the submitter is the primary author, this should be marked as a Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
blopker 2y ago
This is great, thank you for sharing! The QR code generator alone sold me on getting it. So many online generators demand I make an account for some reason. It would be amazing if this were extendable with plugins though. I have a ton of custom terminal scripts for my workflows, but some of them would just be better with a simple UI. Global hotkeys that take me right to the tool would be awesome too. Edit: it looks like global hotkeys can be done with the URL Scheme feature and Raycast. Nice.
- llarsson 2y ago
  Do you need fancy looking ones or just barebones QR codes? Because the latter you can just get from the qrcode Python package and simply go "qr news.ycombinator.com > hn.png" in your terminal. https://pypi.org/project/qrcode/ https://pypi.org/project/qrcode/
ARandomerDude 2y ago
This is a massive set of capabilities, including an SSL manager, with a ReadMe written in flawless English. It’s perfect for widespread adoption. And the developer lives in...China. Hard pass.
- neighbour 2y ago
  What's so bad about the developer living in China?
  - cced 2y ago
    OP thinks it’s ok to discriminate if China-x is the subject of discrimination, or watches too much anti-CN fear porn which has normalized this type of behavior.
    - selectnull 2y ago
      And yet... the repo has no source code, posted a github link to HN crowd that expects an a github link to actually be some sort of open source. This is certainly not the typical "Show HN look at what I've done" post. I'm not accusing the OP of being malicious, but also caution is advised (as always).
      - cced 2y ago
        I’m sure everyone will make the same type of remarks and take the same kinds of precautions the next time a closed-source project from someone in SanFran gets posted here. Let’s not dance around the topic, the whole “take head” thread has to do with CN, not because it’s closed source else he may have mentioned it, but he didn’t.
        selectnull 2y ago
        I don't know if we read the same HN, but I read the complaints about something not being open source (or not being *true* open source) all the time. JoeFromSanFran is certainly not exempt from those issues. Nothing to do with where the author comes from. You're implying that the problem is exclusively because of country of origin. But my comment did not even mention that and was only about the software not being open source, while at the same time a link posted was github link. So why not post a link to a website? Or app store? Why github?
primaprashant 2y ago
I use the self-hosted version of IT-Tools [1] on my own subdomain. I find it helpful that I can access these tools no matter which machine I'm using (as long as I have an internet connection). [1] https://github.com/CorentinTh/it-tools/ https://github.com/CorentinTh/it-tools/
- flaie 2y ago
  Looks nice, I didn't knew about this tool. Sad to see 217 open PR, and nothing gets merged.
  - michelb 2y ago
    Yeah, this is a bit weird. Although someone seems to be committing lately, but there hasn't been a release yet.
fippi 2y ago
Impressive! But sadly closed source is a big limiting factor for me. I've been using the similar `devtools-x` for a couple of years now (https://github.com/fosslife/devtools-x https://github.com/fosslife/devtools-x) which hosts a bit of a smaller featureset but is still in active development. Nice work nonetheless!
- Sparkenstein 2y ago
  Author of devtools-x here. Thank you for the support :D. We have 40+ features now (not counting json-to-yaml and yaml-to-json as 2 different tools), feel free to request any specific feature you want on the issue tracker. Will be more than happy to implement it.
alluro2 2y ago
That "Life Countdown" screenshot was a heavy gut punch - uncalled-for. Amazing set of utilities, kudos!
pauljara 2y ago
Will you be posting the actual source code to GitHub? The repository just has screenshots and some markdown files.
marban 2y ago
Since you already do Favicons, a set of the usual suspects (512x512, apple-touch-icon.png, etc.) would be nice.
zodvik 2y ago
Nice. I built https://utils.foo https://utils.foo last week. Client side only + ads free. Idea is to keep adding more utils to it, but keep it client side only.
- joseda-hg 2y ago
  Maybe onsider making it a PWA? If it's client side only it would probably benefit from being installable and kept around via cache for offline use Since I didnt get a popup to install and didn't see a manifest I assume this isn't in the plans, Maybe you have another solution for it like a web wrapper?
moi2388 2y ago
Yeah I’m not going to run Chinese closed source software but tyvm
- irrlichthn 2y ago
  Why not? You likely already do on your phone.
  - minkles 2y ago
    Plus your coffee machine is watching you and relaying information back to CCP command already. That beady little flashing LED is the heartbeat of communism! Somewhere in a bunker in rural China: "Look moi2388 has pressed Americano again. Imperialist scum!"
    - moi2388 2y ago
      I do like my coffee to make political statements for me. It gives me more of a kick than the caffeine does /s
- boffinAudio 2y ago
  What makes American closed source software safer?
  - John23832 2y ago
    The alternative is not just American closed source software. It could be American or Chinese OPEN source software.
sureIy 2y ago
This is the kind of tools you bookmark and then never use again because the solution is always one Google search away (or LLM shell command away) I installed a tool exactly like this one maybe a year ago and never opened it.
- chrisvalleybay 2y ago
  `LLM Shell`. This is a good concept and naming for these interfaces to the LLMs.
  - FractalHQ 2y ago
    I think they meant a shell command that talks to an LLM, like typing ?? into a terminal that has Copilot CLI installed: ?? convert images to webp and upload them to s3
vladstudio 2y ago
My favorite of this kind is https://cyberchef.org/ https://cyberchef.org/
- amingilani 2y ago
  This appears to be an outdated fork of CyberChef loaded with adware. The actual URL is https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/ https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/
  - vladstudio 2y ago
    woah! thanks for letting me know.
idle_zealot 2y ago
What's the opposite of the UNIX philosophy?
- Jnr 2y ago
  Bloatware philosophy?
- rcaught 2y ago
  Make one program do no one thing well.
dagaci 2y ago
This seems to be similar to DevToys (https://github.com/DevToys-app/DevToys https://github.com/DevToys-app/DevToys) which runs on MacOs also on Linux and Windows.
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hakube 2y ago
Uses a GitHub link without the actual source code. Where's the source code?

132 points by wcjiang 2y ago

This is a project I've been working on since I became unemployed. As I developed the app, I learned Swift along the way. Not only did it help me master Swift development, but I also created an app that can perform various tasks without relying on online tools, such as SSL management, image watermarking, NPM statistics, URL decoding, and more. The app runs entirely offline. You can check it out here: https://github.com/jaywcjlove/DevHub https://github.com/jaywcjlove/DevHub To keep DevHub healthy and well-maintained, I accept donations as a way to generate some income and continue working on it. The app is almost free, and if the tools don't meet your needs, feel free to email me. I’d be happy to hear your ideas and possibly develop small tools for you at no cost.

a9entroy 2y ago
Can also please add a license. I would love to give this a try if it has an MIT license.
- dchest 2y ago
  There's no code in this repo.
- wcjiang 2y ago
  Oh, the GitHub repository is only used to host the app's website and gather user feedback.
rwl4 2y ago
Nice looking app! Very similar to DevUtils (https://devutils.com https://devutils.com), but with a much more friendly pricing scheme which is great. I'm curious though, why link to the GitHub site if it's not an open source app? You even do GitHub releases of what I guess are just the readme files and screenshots?
- ozozozd 2y ago
  I thought it was open source as soon as I saw the GitHub link. I imagine that’s why.
- wcjiang 2y ago
  Since I don't have the funds to set up a server for hosting the website, GitHub Pages offers this service, and it's also a great platform for gathering user feedback.
- warlord2 2y ago
  The intention was to dupe people into thinking it's FOSS.
wouldbecouldbe 2y ago
Would love to get an offline LLAMA in there, that would allow me to go fully offline at times & focus more!
- wcjiang 2y ago
  That's a great idea, but it might be a separate app.
- bombi 2y ago
  LMStudio + AnythingLLM

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cglong 2y ago

Congratulations on the release! Since the submitter is the primary author, this should be marked as a Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

blopker 2y ago

This is great, thank you for sharing! The QR code generator alone sold me on getting it. So many online generators demand I make an account for some reason. It would be amazing if this were extendable with plugins though. I have a ton of custom terminal scripts for my workflows, but some of them would just be better with a simple UI. Global hotkeys that take me right to the tool would be awesome too. Edit: it looks like global hotkeys can be done with the URL Scheme feature and Raycast. Nice.

llarsson 2y ago
Do you need fancy looking ones or just barebones QR codes? Because the latter you can just get from the qrcode Python package and simply go "qr news.ycombinator.com > hn.png" in your terminal. https://pypi.org/project/qrcode/ https://pypi.org/project/qrcode/

ARandomerDude 2y ago

This is a massive set of capabilities, including an SSL manager, with a ReadMe written in flawless English. It’s perfect for widespread adoption. And the developer lives in...China. Hard pass.

neighbour 2y ago
What's so bad about the developer living in China?
- cced 2y ago
  OP thinks it’s ok to discriminate if China-x is the subject of discrimination, or watches too much anti-CN fear porn which has normalized this type of behavior.
  - selectnull 2y ago
    And yet... the repo has no source code, posted a github link to HN crowd that expects an a github link to actually be some sort of open source. This is certainly not the typical "Show HN look at what I've done" post. I'm not accusing the OP of being malicious, but also caution is advised (as always).
    - cced 2y ago
      I’m sure everyone will make the same type of remarks and take the same kinds of precautions the next time a closed-source project from someone in SanFran gets posted here. Let’s not dance around the topic, the whole “take head” thread has to do with CN, not because it’s closed source else he may have mentioned it, but he didn’t.
      - selectnull 2y ago
        I don't know if we read the same HN, but I read the complaints about something not being open source (or not being *true* open source) all the time. JoeFromSanFran is certainly not exempt from those issues. Nothing to do with where the author comes from. You're implying that the problem is exclusively because of country of origin. But my comment did not even mention that and was only about the software not being open source, while at the same time a link posted was github link. So why not post a link to a website? Or app store? Why github?

primaprashant 2y ago

I use the self-hosted version of IT-Tools [1] on my own subdomain. I find it helpful that I can access these tools no matter which machine I'm using (as long as I have an internet connection). [1] https://github.com/CorentinTh/it-tools/ https://github.com/CorentinTh/it-tools/

flaie 2y ago
Looks nice, I didn't knew about this tool. Sad to see 217 open PR, and nothing gets merged.
- michelb 2y ago
  Yeah, this is a bit weird. Although someone seems to be committing lately, but there hasn't been a release yet.

fippi 2y ago

Impressive! But sadly closed source is a big limiting factor for me. I've been using the similar `devtools-x` for a couple of years now (https://github.com/fosslife/devtools-x https://github.com/fosslife/devtools-x) which hosts a bit of a smaller featureset but is still in active development. Nice work nonetheless!

Sparkenstein 2y ago
Author of devtools-x here. Thank you for the support :D. We have 40+ features now (not counting json-to-yaml and yaml-to-json as 2 different tools), feel free to request any specific feature you want on the issue tracker. Will be more than happy to implement it.

alluro2 2y ago

That "Life Countdown" screenshot was a heavy gut punch - uncalled-for. Amazing set of utilities, kudos!

pauljara 2y ago

Will you be posting the actual source code to GitHub? The repository just has screenshots and some markdown files.

marban 2y ago

Since you already do Favicons, a set of the usual suspects (512x512, apple-touch-icon.png, etc.) would be nice.

zodvik 2y ago

Nice. I built https://utils.foo https://utils.foo last week. Client side only + ads free. Idea is to keep adding more utils to it, but keep it client side only.

joseda-hg 2y ago
Maybe onsider making it a PWA? If it's client side only it would probably benefit from being installable and kept around via cache for offline use Since I didnt get a popup to install and didn't see a manifest I assume this isn't in the plans, Maybe you have another solution for it like a web wrapper?

moi2388 2y ago

Yeah I’m not going to run Chinese closed source software but tyvm

irrlichthn 2y ago
Why not? You likely already do on your phone.
- minkles 2y ago
  Plus your coffee machine is watching you and relaying information back to CCP command already. That beady little flashing LED is the heartbeat of communism! Somewhere in a bunker in rural China: "Look moi2388 has pressed Americano again. Imperialist scum!"
  - moi2388 2y ago
    I do like my coffee to make political statements for me. It gives me more of a kick than the caffeine does /s
boffinAudio 2y ago
What makes American closed source software safer?
- John23832 2y ago
  The alternative is not just American closed source software. It could be American or Chinese OPEN source software.

sureIy 2y ago

This is the kind of tools you bookmark and then never use again because the solution is always one Google search away (or LLM shell command away) I installed a tool exactly like this one maybe a year ago and never opened it.

chrisvalleybay 2y ago
`LLM Shell`. This is a good concept and naming for these interfaces to the LLMs.
- FractalHQ 2y ago
  I think they meant a shell command that talks to an LLM, like typing ?? into a terminal that has Copilot CLI installed: ?? convert images to webp and upload them to s3

vladstudio 2y ago

My favorite of this kind is https://cyberchef.org/ https://cyberchef.org/

amingilani 2y ago
This appears to be an outdated fork of CyberChef loaded with adware. The actual URL is https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/ https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/
- vladstudio 2y ago
  woah! thanks for letting me know.

idle_zealot 2y ago

What's the opposite of the UNIX philosophy?

Jnr 2y ago
Bloatware philosophy?
rcaught 2y ago
Make one program do no one thing well.

dagaci 2y ago

This seems to be similar to DevToys (https://github.com/DevToys-app/DevToys https://github.com/DevToys-app/DevToys) which runs on MacOs also on Linux and Windows.

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hakube 2y ago

Uses a GitHub link without the actual source code. Where's the source code?