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Utilities

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Utilities apps

Cross-platform

LocalSend

LocalSend is a free, open-source, cross-platform file sharing tool that allows you to share files to nearby devices.

Syncthing

Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time, safely protected from prying eyes. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored, whether it is shared with some third party, and how it’s transmitted over the internet. For more info, see the Sync folders between devices documentation.

exiftool

To remove all meta information in my_file.pdf using exiftool:

exiftool -all= my_file.pdf

macOS

Alfred

Alfred is an award-winning app for macOS which boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords, text expansion and more.

LuLu

LuLu is the free, open-source firewall designed to block unknown outgoing connections, safeguarding both your privacy and your Mac!

AppCleaner

AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps. Installing an application distributes many files throughout your System using space of your Hard Drive unnecessarily. AppCleaner finds all these small files and safely deletes them.

Windows

Microsoft PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.

AutoHotkey

AutoHotkey is a free and open-source custom scripting language for Microsoft Windows, primarily designed to provide easy keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys, fast macro-creation and software automation to allow users of most computer skill levels to automate repetitive tasks in any Windows application.

Run a software/script using a macro

^!e:: ; Ctrl + Alt + E
Run, "C:\path\to\your\program.exe"
return

Open a webpage using a macro

^!w:: ; Ctrl + Alt + W
Run, https://www.example.com
return

Firefox extensions

UBlock Origin

Finally, an efficient wide-spectrum content blocker. Easy on CPU and memory.

Automatic handling of GDPR consent forms

Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

To provide website visitors the ability to prevent their data from being used by Google Analytics, we have developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on for websites using the supported version of Google Analytics JavaScript (analytics.js, gtag.js).

Unhook

Hide YouTube related videos, comments, video suggestions wall, homepage recommendations, trending tab, and other distractions.

Stylus

Redesign your favorite websites with Stylus, an actively developed and community driven userstyles manager. Easily install custom themes from popular online repositories, or create, edit, and manage your own personalized CSS stylesheets.

AOC Dark Mode

body, .bottom-article, .nav-primary, .progress-content, #progressBar, .footer-article, .content-info, .footer-bottom, .main, .footer, #footer, .container, .top-article {
    background-color: #202020 !important;
    color: #fff !important;
}
 
p, h1, h2, h3, h4, a, .date-article, .theme, .profession {
    color: #fff !important;
}
 
#logo path {
    fill: #fff;
}
 
.wp-caption {
    display: none;
}

Iudo Modal Remover

.modal-mask {
    display: none !important;
}

Mediapart Dark Mode

html {
    background-color: #1a1a1a !important;
    color: #e0e0e0 !important;
}
 
body, .layout-container, .main-content, .container, .section__content, .teaser__container {
    background-color: #1a1a1a !important;
    color: #e0e0e0 !important;
}
 
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, a, span, div, li, #news_today_sidebar_label, #donotmiss-sidebar-label {
    color: #e0e0e0 !important;
}
  
a {
    color: #fff !important;
}
 
.header, .nav, .top-bar, .site-nav, .footer, .nav__shortcuts, .nav__shortcuts > container {
    background-color: #1a1a1a !important;
}
 
button, .button, .btn {
    color: #e0e0e0 !important;
}
 
._secondary {
    background-color: #3e3e3e !important;
}
 
input, textarea, select, ._grouping {
    background-color: #333333 !important;
    color: #e0e0e0 !important;
    border-color: #555555 !important;
}
 
.article-content, .content-text {
    background-color: #1c1c1c !important;
    color: #e0e0e0 !important;
}
 
.footer, .footer-links, .footer-widgets {
    background-color: #1a1a1a !important;
}
 
img {
    filter: brightness(0.95) !important;
}
  
.highlight, .tag, .badge, .label {
    background-color: #444444 !important;
    color: #ffffff !important;
}
 
.border, hr {
    border-color: #555555 !important;
}
 
.bright, .highlight-section {
    background-color: #333333 !important;
    color: #e0e0e0 !important;
}
 
.article-header, .top-news, .section-header {
    background-color: #1a1a1a !important;
    color: #ffffff !important;
}
 
svg:not(.mediapart-logo-icon.paperboy.paperboy-logo) > path {
    fill: #ffffff;
}
 
.engagement-bar-wrapper, .action-links, .mkt-banner-sidebar {
    display: none;
}
 
.read-also > article {
    background-color: #3e3e3e !important;
}

Meteoblue Modal and Ad Remover

.unblock-div, .wrapper-sda, .fixity {
    display: none !important;
}

Tampermonkey

Tampermonkey is the world’s most popular userscript manager.

Meteoblue Modal Blur Remover

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Meteoblue Modal Blur Remover
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.1
// @description  Remove "unblock" class from body tag
// @author       You
// @match        *://*.meteoblue.com/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==
 
(function() {
    'use strict';
    document.body.classList.remove('unblock');
})();