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Goose (aaif-goose/goose): goose is a general-purpose, open-source AI agent that runs on your machine as a desktop app for macOS, Linux and Windows, a CLI and an API. It is built in Rust, works with 15+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama and OpenRouter (or your existing Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini subscriptions via ACP), connects to 70+ extensions through the Model Context Protocol, and is part of the Agentic AI Foundation at the Linux Foundation. See its 3 use cases.

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  1. Cleanyourtv Gathin23/cleanyourtv · Java · 22,089 stars
    Gathin23/cleanyourtv is a Java project that disables bloat on Android TV and Google TV devices over Wi-Fi with ADB and installs a custom home screen launcher. Written for family tech helpers and TV owners who want an ad-free home screen, and for developers who want to adapt the debloat and theme tooling.
    5 use cases, for example Set up a family TV with a clean, ad-free home screen
  2. Linkit blue-idea/linkit · JavaScript
    Linkit is a free, open-source, local-first desktop bookmark manager with AI summaries, semantic search, a knowledge graph, link health checks and optional free cloud sync, using your own OpenAI-compatible API or a local model. Knowledge workers who save lots of links and never find them again.
    3 use cases, for example Find any saved link by meaning, not just title
  3. Imark migsilva89/imark · Swift
    Imark is a native macOS Markdown reader that live-reloads on save, saves comments into the .md file as HTML comments, and lets a coding agent open a plan and wait while you mark it up. Mac users who write or review Markdown, especially developers reviewing plans written by coding agents.
    3 use cases, for example Review your coding agent's plan with inline comments
  4. SpaceO ParthJadhav/SpaceO · Swift
    SpaceO is a macOS tool that runs AI agent apps on separate headless virtual displays so agents can operate real native apps and Chromium browsers while you keep your own screen, cursor and focus. Mac users running computer-use agents who do not want the agent fighting them for the mouse and keyboard.
    3 use cases, for example Let an agent use Mac apps while you keep working
  5. Remove Mac AI omlahore/RemoveMacAI · Swift · 5,316 stars
    RemoveMacAI debloats macOS: it turns off Apple Intelligence and deletes its models, stops analytics and personalized ads, quiets pop-ups, switches off other apps' background updaters and reclaims disk space. Every change is shown before it happens and can be undone, and it comes as a native app, a command line tool and MDM configuration profiles for Mac admins. Mac users who do not want Apple Intelligence or analytics, and Mac admins who need to roll the same settings out with an MDM.
    3 use cases, for example Turn off Apple Intelligence and reclaim disk space
  6. Openwhispr OpenWhispr/openwhispr · JavaScript
    OpenWhispr is a free, open-source alternative to WisprFlow and Granola. Press a hotkey, speak and your words appear at your cursor, using fully offline speech-to-text models such as Whisper and NVIDIA Parakeet or cloud providers. It also transcribes meetings with speaker diarization, keeps searchable notes, offers a Voice Assistant hotkey that sends commands to GPT, Claude, Gemini or local models, and has a public API and MCP server. Writers, developers and professionals on macOS, Windows or Linux who want private voice dictation and meeting notes without a subscription.
    3 use cases, for example Dictate into any app with private, offline speech-to-text
  7. Obsidian Mind breferrari/obsidian-mind · TypeScript
    Obsidian Mind is an Obsidian vault template that gives AI coding agents persistent memory through hooks, slash commands and optional local QMD semantic search, built for Claude Code with hooks for Codex CLI and Gemini CLI. Developers and engineering managers who want their coding agent to remember goals, people, decisions and wins across sessions.
    3 use cases, for example Give your coding agent a memory that compounds
  8. TV Detox Ansub/tv-detox · Java · 1,503 stars
    TV Detox makes an old, slow Android TV fast again. You paste a prompt into Claude Code or Codex on your laptop, and the agent removes bloatware, ads and sponsored rows and installs a tiny ad-free home screen with your apps, HDMI inputs and a clock. Apps are turned off, never deleted, and undo.sh turns everything back on. Anyone with a laggy Android TV or Google TV who is comfortable running a coding agent and tapping OK on a remote.
    3 use cases, for example Clean up a slow Android TV with a coding agent

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Hot AI repos that do similar jobs in Personal productivity: Cleanyourtv, Linkit, Imark, SpaceO, Remove Mac AI.

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