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Show HN: Free Community Radio Player (PWA)
2 months ago
- Open source radio app for discovering and playing 50,000+ stations from a community-curated global directory
- Features include offline playback, background controls, local favorites, shareable lists via private links, and no ads or tracking
- Fetches 'Now Playing' metadata via a proxy or client-side parsing for HLS streams, ensuring privacy
- Share links encode station data in URL fragments for serverless, private sharing
- Built with vanilla JS, Vite, IndexedDB, and Service Worker for a lightweight, offline-capable PWA
Show HN: Orbit – AR satellite tracker, watch 15k+ objects
2 months ago
- Orbit app is a real-time satellite tracker using augmented reality to display satellites, planets, constellations, and debris in the sky via camera view.
- Privacy is prioritized: no account or personal information required; camera and location data are processed on-device and not stored or transmitted.
- Collected data includes anonymous diagnostics, performance, crash logs, and usage signals for app improvement, with no tracking across apps or websites.
- Optional AI chatbot uses Google's Gemini API for space-related queries, sending typed messages to Google, with heavy guardrails to avoid personal data collection.
- No third-party advertising or tracking; children's privacy is protected with no personal data collection from children, and policy changes will be updated on the app page.
Show HN: Embersent – Document Tracking and Analytics
2 months ago
- Track document engagement by sending PDF, PowerPoint, or Word files with a tracked link to see who opens them, which pages they read, and when they do so.
- Receive instant notifications via email, Slack, or push alerts when a document is opened, including details on the reader, device, and specific pages viewed.
- Access per-recipient analytics with unique links for each viewer, showing engagement timelines, reading order, time per page, and drop-off points.
- Use privacy-focused tracking with no cookies, fingerprinting, or raw IP storage, compliant with GDPR and ePrivacy regulations on EU infrastructure.
- Benefit from features like forward detection, daily digests, and filters for unopened documents to optimize follow-up timing and outreach strategies.
- Serve freelancers, creators, recruiters, and consultants by providing insights into client engagement, pitch effectiveness, and candidate interest in offers.
- Choose from free and paid plans with options for 3 to unlimited tracked documents, white-labeling, custom domains, retention periods, and CRM integrations.
Show HN: OpenScreenShot: open-source full-page screenshot and annotation tool
2 months ago
- Open-source Chrome extension for capturing screenshots with multiple methods: full-page, region, and visible-area.
- Built-in annotation editor with tools like rectangle, arrow, pen, text, blur, and crop, featuring undo/redo functionality.
- Export options include PNG, JPEG, WebP, and PDF with configurable settings like quality and pagination.
- All processing runs locally with zero data leaving the device, ensuring privacy and no analytics or telemetry.
- Extension uses minimum permissions (activeTab + scripting) and is free, open source under MIT License.
Show HN: Ghostmeet – Self-hosted meeting transcription and summaries
2 months ago
- GhostMeet is an invisible AI meeting assistant that provides live captions and summaries directly from your browser tab, with audio processed locally using Whisper and summaries generated by Claude on demand.
- It captures audio silently from any tab (e.g., Meet, Zoom, Teams), transcribes it locally, and allows on-demand AI summaries that can include attached context like agendas, ensuring privacy as audio never leaves your machine.
- The setup is simple via Docker and a Chrome extension, running as a side panel without others knowing, and it supports use cases like standups, coaching, and user interviews while complying with NDAs through local processing.
Organic Maps
2 months ago
- Organic Maps is a privacy-focused, free offline maps app for hiking, cycling, and driving, with no ads or tracking.
- It works entirely offline, supports turn-by-turn navigation, and uses OpenStreetMap data for detailed maps.
- The app is open-source, verified for privacy, and funded by donations, grants, and community sponsors.
- Organic Maps reached 6 million installs by December 2025 and is available on major app stores.
- It emphasizes user privacy, battery efficiency, and freedom from surveillance, with community-driven development.
Soft Send
3 months ago
- Holds Gmail messages in a local queue for a configurable delay (1 minute to 1 hour) before sending.
- Allows users to cancel, edit, pause, or let messages send during the delay window.
- Features smart risk detection that adds extra delay and warnings for patterns like new recipients, missing attachments, or sensitive content.
- Includes high-risk recipient lists (Pro feature) for warnings before emailing specific people or domains.
- Designed with privacy: email content never leaves the device except to Google's Gmail API, no tracking or data selling.

privacy-focused

Show HN: Free Community Radio Player (PWA)

Show HN: Orbit – AR satellite tracker, watch 15k+ objects

Show HN: Embersent – Document Tracking and Analytics

Show HN: OpenScreenShot: open-source full-page screenshot and annotation tool

Show HN: Ghostmeet – Self-hosted meeting transcription and summaries

Organic Maps

Soft Send