👋 Free & open source

Small, useful apps
built to solve real problems

I build free, open-source desktop and self-hosted tools — no accounts, no cloud, no telemetry. Everything runs on your own machine.

🖥 Desktop & self-hosted 🔒 100% local 🐍 Python · Qt · Docker 📄 Open source
Projects

What I've been building

Each one is free, open source, and runs entirely on your machine.

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Questbee

Surveys & field data collection on your own servers — build forms in the browser, collect data on Android with no internet, and sync when connectivity returns. Full data sovereignty, no per-submission fees. Deploy with a single docker-compose up.

Self-hostedDockerOffline-first
Open → GitHub
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image-editor

A photo editor with Photoshop-grade tools and phone-app ease of use — erase people, edit only part of a picture, curves, colour grading, reshape, film looks — that always saves at full original resolution.

PythonPyQt6OpenCV
Open → GitHub
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ElGatoMenu

QR ordering for restaurants — a digital menu, OCR payment verification, a live kitchen display, and staff management. Fully self-hosted with Docker; your restaurant's data stays yours.

Self-hostedDockerWeb
Open → GitHub
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QuizBuilder

Build and run your own online assessments — rich questions with audio and video, auto-scoring and manual review, fully self-hosted with Docker. Your data stays yours.

Self-hostedDockerWeb
Open → GitHub
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nano-bot

A turn-based AI programming competition set inside a simulated human body. Write a single Python strategy to command a fleet of nanobots across living tissue — collect energy, claim Habitas Points, and outscore your opponent. A Habitas Games project.

PythonpygameAI contest
Open → GitHub
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VideoBuilder

Build videos from clips and photos on one simple timeline — drag, trim, crossfade, add titles and music, and export to MP4 with ffmpeg. A slideshow maker and light video editor in one.

PythonPySide6ffmpeg
Open → GitHub
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image-selector

Keyboard-driven photo triage and editing — browse, sort, and edit without leaving the keyboard. 30 film & camera looks, AI-assisted edits via Claude or Ollama, non-destructive.

PythonPyQt6AI
Open → GitHub
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instax-printing

Arrange three photos as instax-mini cards on a single print-ready 4R (15×10 cm) sheet — real white border and cut marks. Print three instax for the price of one photo.

PythonPyQt6Print
Open → GitHub
Support

Support the work

All of these are built and maintained as side projects — free and open source, with no company or VC behind them.

If something here saves you time or money, a small contribution helps keep it maintained and improving. Thank you!

All contributions go directly to the developer.