microsoft/PowerToys on Hacker News

…pretty decent. Have a look at first-party programs like PowerToys[1], or Windows Terminal[2]. [1]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys [2]: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

comment by delta_p_delta_x · 2026-05-13 · in Zero-native – Build native desktop apps with web UI

Oh my gosh they actually did! https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/47024 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/powertoys/grab-and...

comment by c-hendricks · 2026-05-12 · in Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes

…is a set of first party customization utilities, one of which is a pretty nice keyboard remapper. https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by canthonytucci · 2026-05-04 · in Why TUIs are back

No surprise. Microsoft PowerToys took 4 years to implement "select UI language" feature. https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/7670

comment by falldrown · 2026-03-21 · in Our commitment to Windows quality

…as a single key (i.e. Ctrl), only what the shortcut associated to it does (Shift+Win+F23 IIRC). https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/35808

comment by hurfdurf · 2026-01-29 · in Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows

…text properly are not prioritized by the OS vendors (one of the many ignored Windows issues https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/25595 ) while a lot of effort is wasted on stuff users dislike

comment by eviks · 2026-01-10 · in OLED, Not for Me

it's hard to compete with other launchers like: - Microsoft PowerToys Run https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys - Keypirinha https://github.com/Keypirinha/Keypirinha - Flow Launcher https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher If they…

comment by hu3 · 2025-09-16 · in A new experimental Google app for Windows

…for File Hash checks, e.g. for downloads. Hopefully it won't be too much longer until this lands: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/57#issuecommen... I found OpenHashTab to be a good tool for this in the meantime:…

comment by snthpy · 2025-09-11 · in Microsoft PowerToys

Powertoys has had some weird bugs over the years: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/410 I can't find it now, but I think it also used to crash outlook if you put mailto: links in emails.

comment by gadders · 2025-09-10 · in Microsoft PowerToys

Windows OCR is used by PowerToys. https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by atmanactive · 2025-05-19 · in ClawPDF – Open-Source Virtual/Network PDF Printer with OCR and Image Support

…Spotlight / Alfred on macOS (not an application launcher ). Bug report has been open for years: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/5962

comment by vladde · 2025-04-02 · in PowerToys Command Palette Utility

…an extension: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/command-... Release notes: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.90.0

comment by sangeeth96 · 2025-04-01 · in PowerToys Command Palette Utility

…[1] https://github.com/snowie2000/mactype [2] https://github.com/bp2008/BetterClearTypeTuner [3] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/25595

comment by SquareWheel · 2025-03-19 · in Memory safety for web fonts

... or Microsoft PowerToys: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by atmanactive · 2025-03-05 · in I built an extension that lets you extract text from anywhere to your clipboard

…reign and a fresh start, the software is just agonizingly slow and buggy. An example: new PowerToys https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/ The FancyZones "window snap" UI takes upwards of half a second to activate when dragging a window…

comment by thworp · 2025-03-04 · in Apple's Software Quality Crisis

…the superior display technology, but cannot be used for productivity because of this issue. [1]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/25595

comment by calebh · 2025-02-13 · in Better text rendering in Chromium-based browsers on Windows

…following a relevant issue [0] in PowerToys, but so far, no perfect solution has surfaced yet. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/269

comment by Klaster_1 · 2024-12-29 · in Show HN: Resizer2 – i3/KDE window movement on Windows

Yeah think its a ClearType issue[0] specifically then [0] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/25595

comment by imbnwa · 2024-11-16 · in M4 MacBook Pros use a quantum dot (QD) film rather than a red KSF phosphor film

It's active again, they've open sourced and reinvested in it with new utilities. https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by add-sub-mul-div · 2024-10-30 · in Show HN: Supercharge Your Mac

+1 for power toys https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys also, Cygwin if you need it

comment by 486sx33 · 2024-07-24 · in Ask HN: What tools do you recommend for working on Windows?

Obligatory FancyZones/PowerToys links if Komorebi doesn't suit your style: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys?tab=readme-ov-file https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/fancyzon... FancyZones is a Microsoft tiling window…

comment by runjake · 2024-06-24 · in Komorebi: Tiling Window Management for Windows

…should try the powertools OCR tool. Which is open source (MIT-licensed), the source code is here: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/tree/main/src/modules... It is written in C#, and uses the Windows.Media.Ocr UWP API to do the actual…

comment by skissane · 2024-06-24 · in Llama.ttf: A font which is also an LLM

…includes an OCR tool: https://aka.ms/PowerToysOverview_TextExtractor Source available here: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/tree/main/src/modules... (like ShareX, uses Windows built-in OCR engine:…

comment by meinersbur · 2024-06-02 · in OCR Tools for Mac, iOS and Windows

…which is open source. - Screenshot + OCR is almost certainly Microsoft Powertoys Text Extractor ( https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys ) - The DB is sqlite but the system is probably just kernel-memory which is a local .NET application:…

comment by CuriousCosmic · 2024-06-02 · in Recall: Stealing everything you've ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC

…tool, but I personally find the one keyboard shortcut in PowerToys more pleasant to use). [0] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by cfiggers · 2024-03-15 · in TextSnatcher: Copy text from images, for the Linux Desktop

…and how important they can be. Here is one example of a GitHub issue that was closed as "wontfix": https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/13860 You can fix this by changing the "activation shortcut" for Run in the PowerToys…

comment by Stratoscope · 2024-03-08 · in A peculiarity of the X Window System: Windows all the way down

…recent work. This is great work btw. [0]: https://github.com/snowie2000/mactype/issues/932 [1]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/25595 [2]: https://freetype.org/freetype2/docs/reference/ft2-lcd_render...

comment by boomskats · 2024-03-07 · in Fractional scales, fonts and hinting

…so this is helpful: https://learn.microsoft.com/da-dk/windows/powertoys/shortcut... From PowerToys: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys (Which also have the (in this context) useful FancyZones)

comment by clan · 2024-02-24 · in Everyone seems to forget why GNOME and GNOME 3 and Unity happened (2022)

…VirusTotal https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/709834b0e003b6bb546cf16e... 9. Get [PowerToys]( https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys ) 10. Use Devbox for containered environment https://www.jetpack.io/devbox 11. Dual-Booting Linux and…

comment by meatjuice · 2024-02-24 · in Ask HN: Cleanest way to manage Windows OS?

…look to one side. [1]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/fancyzon... [2]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by btschaegg · 2024-02-09 · in Ask HN: Best Hacks for a Ultrawide Monitor?

Powertoys got a significant update for foreign users just 4 days ago. https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases

comment by 486sx33 · 2024-02-03 · in Over the edge: The use of design tactics to undermine browser choice

Powertoys Run ( https://github.com/microsoft/powertoys ) can do this. There are not that many plugins as Alfred but Window Switcher is built-in.

comment by abhinavk · 2024-01-17 · in Keypirinha: A fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows

…between Windows PCs, there is Mouse Without Borders. It's included in PowerToys nowadays. https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by w4rh4wk5 · 2024-01-02 · in LAN Mouse: Mouse and keyboard sharing software

…Windows PowerToys. Links: - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/garage/profiles/mouse-without-borders - https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by vs4vijay · 2023-12-27 · in DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

PowerToys is nice: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by 2OEH8eoCRo0 · 2023-12-03 · in Microsoft is planning an 'Advanced Windows Settings' panel for power users

…setting it also disables telemetry for PowerToys [0], I agree it's not ideal it's not hard. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/11873#issuecom...

comment by sequence7 · 2023-11-23 · in Fluent Search

…when we're talking about quick messages (which is what your most likely to write on mobile) [0]: https://github.com/microsoft/powertoys

comment by GABG · 2023-11-06 · in Subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed how we use language

…and Escape send both of the keys. So I'm stuck occasionally messing up my Teams messages :) [1]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys [2]: https://github.com/susam/uncap [3]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38558376/how-to-map-caps...

comment by ra1n · 2023-08-22 · in Learn AutoHotKey by stealing my scripts

Windows power toys has a kb remapper https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by anjel · 2023-07-15 · in Famous Programers with Repetitive Strain Injury (2022)

If only. There's a ticket open with Microsoft's PowerToys to improve the anti-aliasing situation: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/25595 And heres an explanation from the dev of MacType about how DirectWrite can cause…

comment by ziml77 · 2023-06-26 · in Text rendering hates you (2019)

…The Power Toys devs have an issue open regarding this feature, and we're figuring out next steps: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/279

comment by peddamat · 2022-06-13 · in Ultrawide monitors are overrated, here's why I use a 4K TV instead

…keyboard shortcuts). This issue has been open since 2020, I’m not sure what they are waiting for: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/6756 In the meantime I’ll stick with AutoHotkey.

comment by layer8 · 2022-05-08 · in PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

It's sort of filed already, you can see https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/3170 and the linked issues

comment by jcrben · 2022-05-08 · in PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

…it would be most useful to me. It was suggested on their GitHub but didn't gain much traction: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/9357 https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/14454 9 times out of 10, I am getting color…

comment by Someone1234 · 2022-05-08 · in PowerToys – open-source Windows utilities

For those on Windows I have to plug [PowerToys]( https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys ). In addition to the excellent "Video Conference Mute" it has the best key/shortcut remapper I've used on Windows. Fully open-source, but can be…

comment by pseudosavant · 2022-04-24 · in Tell HN: Have just discovered that I can use any key as Ctrl on my keyboard\

I use powertoys[0] to map printscreen to insert on my Keychron K2. [0]: https://github.com/microsoft/powertoys

comment by mimsee · 2022-04-24 · in SharpKeys – Keymapper for Windows

…Awake here. Would be happy to investigate. Feel free to open an issue in the GitHub repo ( https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues ) and I will look into it.

comment by dend · 2022-04-22 · in Show HN: Prevent your computer sleeping with just a webpage

PowerToys[0] has a utility for that. It stays in the corner of the taskbar. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by gsoto · 2022-04-22 · in Show HN: Prevent your computer sleeping with just a webpage

I really like Fancy Zones from PowerToys[1]. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

comment by mt_ · 2022-04-15 · in Show HN: A tiling window manager like i3wm written entirely in C#

Powertoys is terrific, and open Source! https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/README.md For the fastest searching possible on Windows, I use the Journal-indexing "Everything" search. https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/

comment by manapause · 2022-01-21 · in The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward