Apps built for real use
A collection of native apps and tools I've designed and shipped - minimal, purposeful, and built to last.
everything is a single-window download hub for macOS. Paste a link - a video URL, a magnet link, a .torrent file, or a plain HTTP/FTP address - and it works out what it is and fetches it. No browser extensions, no ad-riddled download sites, no separate app for every kind of file.
by Sabiq Sabry - novusian
Key Features
- One link field for videos, torrents, magnets, and direct HTTP/FTP
- Auto-detects the link type and shows its guess before downloading
- Type dropdown to overrule the guess when it gets it wrong
- Self-built yt-dlp fork covering the ~1,800 sites it can extract from
- aria2 for torrents and magnets, with live seeder and peer counts
- Every engine bundled - nothing to install, nothing to configure
- Live log pane with per-download progress, speed, and ETA
- Quality and format controls that appear only for video links
Blankr. is a minimal, zero-distraction note-taking app for macOS built around a single idea - open it and start writing immediately.
by Sabiq Sabry - novusian
Key Features
- Opens instantly to a blank writing canvas every time
- Auto-saves to your Desktop as a .txt file on close - no save button ever
- Timestamp-based file naming for effortless organization
- Minimal formatting panel with only the essentials
- Opens existing .txt files when double-clicked from Finder
- Fully offline, fully private, zero telemetry
- Native macOS app built with Swift and SwiftUI
Mermaid on Steroids helps turn Mermaid code into cleaner, more readable diagrams using ELK layout, with high-quality SVG, PNG, and PDF exports plus an evolving bridge to Excalidraw for editable workflows.
by Sabiq Sabry
Key Features
- ELK-powered Mermaid rendering for cleaner graph layouts
- High-quality single-page SVG, PNG, and PDF exports
- Live preview with zoom, fullscreen, and inline label editing
- Faithful Excalidraw handoff for preserving rendered diagrams
- Experimental editable ELK export for Excalidraw workflows
- Built for large architecture, systems, and flow diagrams
Let's work together
If you are interested in building a project together or if you have any questions, feel free to contact me.