Small Windows apps that each do one job properly. Free ones are open source, with no account, no ads and no telemetry. Everything is on protagonistlabs.app.
Free and open source
- SpaceScan: see what is filling up a drive; reads the NTFS MFT, so a whole drive maps in seconds. source
- Backup Labs: incremental backups to an external drive, USB stick or NAS. source
- File Labs: dual-pane file manager whose copies ask about every conflict once. source
- Sysoptimizer: 17 Windows tweaks you can revert, plus cleanup and startup. source
- HotkeyScan: finds which program is holding a hotkey. source
- Lume: keyboard launcher on Alt+Space, themed in plain CSS. source
- Auto Clicker: hotkeys, point routes and scripts that wait for an image. source
- Cursor Selector: preview and apply cursor schemes and packs. source
- SteamRadar: alerts when a Steam, GOG or Epic game goes free or under your price. source
- Glaze: desktop player for YouTube without suggestions or comments, SponsorBlock built in (not affiliated with YouTube or Google). source
Paid
- Shelf: every PC game in one library, with saves backed up and disk space accounted for.
- Frostpane: desktop icon panes with real blur over an animated wallpaper.
- Reel: a movie and TV library for the folders you already have.
- Stash: scheduled backups of Firefox and Thunderbird profiles.
Guides for Windows, PC games and backups: protagonistlabs.app/guides
